US lobby group asks Indonesia not to ban kratom farming
It urges regulation, says millions in US use it to treat pain, opioid withdrawal
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The possibility that Indonesia may ban the growth and export of a controversial herbal supplement with psychoactive properties has set off lobbying efforts from the United States.
The US sources 95 per cent of its kratom from the South-east Asian country.
