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[Note: it's not clear from this article, but the man was using steroids, proven to cause heart problems when abused, CM]
'UK Must Ban Drug That Helped Kill My Son'
The mother of a 30-year-old man from Hatfield, who died after battling an addiction to a herbal supplement he bought online, said yesterday she would like to see the drug banned in the UK.
Last week, an inquest found that Kratom, along with other drugs, contributed to Oliver Cohen's death from heart failure in September 2008.
The aspiring musician had been taking the supplements - which are legal in the UK but banned in Australia and many areas of South Asia where the plant grows -to treat his ADHD, using the pills for their calming effect.
Janet Koganovitch of Borehamwood told the Jewish News how the drug took hold of her son: "He experimented with lots of different drugs he bought online including Kratom. It can be very addictive and I don't think this is stressed strongly enough. If it is taken in high amounts it can be like taking heroin."
Cohen tried on several occasions to stop taking the pills, but resumed medicating when withdrawal symptoms like nausea, shaking and physical pain became too much to bear.
"He was saying to me how selfish it was what he was doing," Koganovitch said. "He went to drug counselling but because the doctors weren't familiar with the drug they didn't know what to tell him. They told him to just wean himself off the pills and he tried to several times, but the withdrawals were so bad he would always start taking them again."
Cohen died last year at the QE II Hospital in Welwyn Garden City just one month after celebrating his 30th birthday.
Now, Koganovitch is trying to spread the word and is taking every opportunity to share her son's story in the hope that future losses can be prevented.
She said: "I think young people need to be very wary. It's just so easy to purchase these things, and parents should be made aware so we can discuss these things with our children."
http://www.totallyjewish.com/news/national/c-11210/uk-must-ban-drug-that-helped-kill-my-son/
The following news report stresses the danger of webshops even more:
http://www.borehamwoodtimes.co.uk/news/4122912._Herbal_remedy_killed_my_son_/
At least this article tells the truth: "Oliver Cohen of Walsingham Close, Hatfield, suffered from major heart complications, which eventually led to his death on September 22 last year, after repeatedly ordering vitamins and steroids - to which he became addicted - over the internet."
http://www.stalbansreview.co.uk/news/4118138._My_son_died_of_an_addiction_to_drugs_bought_online_/
For factual information on kratom, visit www.kratom.nl
'UK Must Ban Drug That Helped Kill My Son'
The mother of a 30-year-old man from Hatfield, who died after battling an addiction to a herbal supplement he bought online, said yesterday she would like to see the drug banned in the UK.
Last week, an inquest found that Kratom, along with other drugs, contributed to Oliver Cohen's death from heart failure in September 2008.
The aspiring musician had been taking the supplements - which are legal in the UK but banned in Australia and many areas of South Asia where the plant grows -to treat his ADHD, using the pills for their calming effect.
Janet Koganovitch of Borehamwood told the Jewish News how the drug took hold of her son: "He experimented with lots of different drugs he bought online including Kratom. It can be very addictive and I don't think this is stressed strongly enough. If it is taken in high amounts it can be like taking heroin."
Cohen tried on several occasions to stop taking the pills, but resumed medicating when withdrawal symptoms like nausea, shaking and physical pain became too much to bear.
"He was saying to me how selfish it was what he was doing," Koganovitch said. "He went to drug counselling but because the doctors weren't familiar with the drug they didn't know what to tell him. They told him to just wean himself off the pills and he tried to several times, but the withdrawals were so bad he would always start taking them again."
Cohen died last year at the QE II Hospital in Welwyn Garden City just one month after celebrating his 30th birthday.
Now, Koganovitch is trying to spread the word and is taking every opportunity to share her son's story in the hope that future losses can be prevented.
She said: "I think young people need to be very wary. It's just so easy to purchase these things, and parents should be made aware so we can discuss these things with our children."
http://www.totallyjewish.com/news/national/c-11210/uk-must-ban-drug-that-helped-kill-my-son/
The following news report stresses the danger of webshops even more:
http://www.borehamwoodtimes.co.uk/news/4122912._Herbal_remedy_killed_my_son_/
At least this article tells the truth: "Oliver Cohen of Walsingham Close, Hatfield, suffered from major heart complications, which eventually led to his death on September 22 last year, after repeatedly ordering vitamins and steroids - to which he became addicted - over the internet."
http://www.stalbansreview.co.uk/news/4118138._My_son_died_of_an_addiction_to_drugs_bought_online_/
For factual information on kratom, visit www.kratom.nl
