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Story summary
- U.S. authorities arrested two store employees after a raid linking two Ole Miss student deaths to synthetic kratom.
- Agents seized about 500 kratom units and THC cartridges during the Oxford Puffs store raid.
- Both Ole Miss students bought Smax pills from local stores before dying.
- Mississippi lawmakers may pursue a statewide kratom ban after the deaths, citing Commissioner Sean Tindell.
