Clinically characterizing adults who use kava or kratom: Substance use disorder assessment challenges for increasingly popular botanical products

Assessment of patients using kratom or kava may become challenging due to co-use. The relative rewarding and reinforcing effects of these botanicals alone or combined requires systematic study. SUD for either is possible but should be contextualized by patient-level factors including other substance use.

Authors

Katherine A. Hill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5712-7238)
Kirsten E. Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8352-3688)
Edward W. Boyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5884-0315)

Institutions

Johns Hopkins University (US)
Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
Yale University (US)
The Ohio State University (US)

Publication Details

Journal: Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports
Published: 2025-11-09
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dadr.2025.100394
Primary Topic: Medicinal Plant Extracts Effects
Type: article
Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 0.00

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article

Clinically characterizing adults who use kava or kratom: Substance use disorder assessment challenges for increasingly popular botanical products

Katherine A. Hill, Kirsten E. Smith, Edward W. Boyer

Nov 9, 2025

Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports

Medicinal Plant Extracts Effects

article

Clinically characterizing adults who use kava or kratom: Substance use disorder assessment challenges for increasingly popular botanical products

Katherine A. Hill, Kirsten E. Smith, Edward W. Boyer

November 9, 2025article en

Abstract

Assessment of patients using kratom or kava may become challenging due to co-use. The relative rewarding and reinforcing effects of these botanicals alone or combined requires systematic study. SUD for either is possible but should be contextualized by patient-level factors including other substance use.

Drug and Alcohol Dependence ReportsVol. 17

Johns Hopkins University (US), Johns Hopkins Medicine (US), Yale University (US), The Ohio State University (US)

Openalex Percentile: Top 49%

Medicinal Plant Extracts Effects

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