Police register 17 kratom deaths in Czechia in 2025

Police recorded 17 deaths in the Czech Republic linked to the use of the drug kratom last year, a police spokesperson said on Friday.  The director of the national agency for combatting drug use said that the deaths had been caused either by kratom alone, in high doses, or in combination with alcohol, medications or THC.

The previous year two deaths were recorded in connection with kratom, which can be legally sold in the Czech Republic.