# US father and son arrested after deaths linked to ‘gas station heroin’

https://mins.news/en/item/85154

- BBC News, 2026-10-03 22:39 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6qjnlk4r2jjo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> A Mississippi smoke-shop owner and his 18-year-old son have been charged with possessing controlled substances for distribution amid an investigation into the suspected overdose deaths of two University of Mississippi students. Authorities linked suspected kratom derivatives found near the victims to the shop and seized similar substances there. Kratom is legal in some states, but certain derivatives are now Schedule I controlled substances.

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