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Answers still pending in Ole Miss student deaths as state looks at kratom, other substances

Headline from WJTV Jackson

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — There are still questions. There is still an investigation. And, most importantly, there are still two families grieving the loss of two young men. More than a week after two University of Mississippi students were found dead at separate locations in Oxford, Mississippi Public Safet…

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Reports & sources

8 articles, oldest first.

  1. New York Post

    Tragic Ole Miss student bought Smax Pseudo-DHM kratom from raided store: court docs (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    An Ole Miss student found dead in his room bought kratom from a drug store which has since been raided – and store staffers warned undercover cops about the risks of taking the herbal supplement because “people were dying."

  2. Fox5 Atlanta

    New details link same kratom brand to 2 Ole Miss student deaths (opens Fox5 Atlanta)

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    Court documents show law enforcement found identical chewable kratom tablets near two Ole Miss students who died hours apart last week in Oxford, Mississippi, leading to undercover busts at two local retail shops.

  3. Fox News

    Ole Miss students' toxicology reports will be done 'in due course,' families to be notified first: officials (opens Fox News)

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    Ole Miss students Aidan Hamilton and Robert Strang were found dead with Smax synthetic kratom tablets near them, officials said.

  4. Fox News

    Ole Miss students' toxicology reports completed, official says (opens Fox News)

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    Ole Miss students Aidan Hamilton and Robert Strang were found dead with Smax synthetic kratom tablets, and toxicology results are now complete.

  5. WJTV Jackson

    Answers still pending in Ole Miss student deaths as state looks at kratom, other substances (opens WJTV Jackson)

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    WJTV Jackson's feed description

    MEMPHIS, Tenn. — There are still questions. There is still an investigation. And, most importantly, there are still two families grieving the loss of two young men. More than a week after two University of Mississippi students were found dead at separate locations in Oxford, Mississippi Public Safet…

  6. Fox News

    Ole Miss students died near drug listing newly illegal ingredient, ex-prosecutor says selling it is 'unlawful' (opens Fox News)

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    Two Ole Miss students were found dead near tablets listing an ingredient the DEA recently made illegal, and the brand's site no longer shows it.

  7. New York Post

    Suspected overdose reported miles from Ole Miss after 22-year-old had ‘synthetic kratom products’ in possession (opens New York Post)

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    Another suspected overdose was reported Thursday in Oxford, Mississippi – the same college town where two University of Mississippi students were recently found dead on the same day.

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