Kratom: Opiate-like high from legal herb sold in Lowell

Kratom: Opiate-like high from legal herb sold in Lowell

LOWELL — The 2 Brothers Smoke Shop & Vape store sits at the corner of Mammoth and West Meadow Roads and at the intersection of controversy over the sale of an unregulated herb called kratom. MaryBeth Murphy, the clinical director for the Megan House Foundation, which provides residential treatment and sober living for women, told the Board of Health that she was concerned about the proliferation of smoke shops in Lowell, like 2 Brothers, that se…