Kratom leaves are arranged for a photograph in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia, on Saturday, May 5, 2018. Kratom, a coffee-like evergreen that Southeast Asian farmers have long chewed to relieve pain, is one of the hottest local commodities thanks to the opioid epidemic in the U.S. Photographer: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Workers lay out kratom leaves to dry at a processing facility in Kapuas Hulu, West Kalimantan, Indonesia, on Thursday, May 3, 2018. Kratom, a coffee-like evergreen that Southeast Asian farmers have long chewed to relieve pain, is one of the hottest local commodities thanks to the opioid epidemic in the U.S. Photographer: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Workers harvest kratom leaves at a plantation in Kapuas Hulu, West Kalimantan, Indonesia, on Friday, May 4, 2018. Kratom, a coffee-like evergreen that Southeast Asian farmers have long chewed to relieve pain, is one of the hottest local commodities thanks to the opioid epidemic in the U.S. Photographer: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg via Getty Images
A worker checks a sack of ground kratom leaves at a facility in Kapuas Hulu, West Kalimantan, Indonesia, on Thursday, May 3, 2018. Kratom, a coffee-like evergreen that Southeast Asian farmers have long chewed to relieve pain, is one of the hottest local commodities thanks to the opioid epidemic in the U.S. Photographer: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg via Getty Images
A machine processes finely ground kratom leaves into powder at a facility in Kapuas Hulu, West Kalimantan, Indonesia, on Thursday, May 3, 2018. Kratom, a coffee-like evergreen that Southeast Asian farmers have long chewed to relieve pain, is one of the hottest local commodities thanks to the opioid epidemic in the U.S. Photographer: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg via Getty Images
