Can a controversial tree help end the opioid crisis? Insights on that question will be offered in a virtual lecture on April 25 launching th

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Christopher McCurdy IMLS April 2022

April 25 Lecture To Explore Kratoms Therapeutic Potential in Opioid Addiction

April 4, 2022

NCCIH Research Blog Team

Can a controversial tree help end the opioid crisis? Insights on that question will be offered in a virtual lecture on April 25 launching the spring 2022 season of the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Healths Integrative Medicine Research Lecture Series.

Dr. Christopher R. McCurdy, the Frank A. Duckworth Eminent Scholar Chair in Drug Research and Development and a professor of medicinal chemistry at the University of Florida (UF) College of Pharmacy, will explore kratomboth as a traditional medicinal treatment in Southeast Asia and, increasingly, a subject of published studies over the past few years around its potential to help treat opioid addiction and withdrawal.

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