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Tiffanie Brown was suffering from migraines and ulcers when someone recommended a "safe, natural" product that would help. The 41-year-old West Valley City mom became addicted to kratom, an herbal supplement that has been called "gas station heroin" because over time — sometimes not much time — it can create something that very much resembles an opioid addiction, acting on the same receptors in the brain. And it's widely available.









