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LOS ANGELES - There's a new warning about a synthetic compound linked to several fatal overdoses in Los Angeles County .

Kratom is being sold in everyday places like gas stations and smoke shops. Now a woman is sharing her powerful story of overcoming addiction to kratom products because she doesn’t want others to go through the side effects that she went through.

What they're saying:

"I was taking one before a spin class and it felt amazing," said Beverly Hills resident, Julyet Berlen.

She says she initially started taking a liquid kratom product for health reasons, not knowing what kratom was or how addicting the product could be.

"I didn’t think anything of it because there was no clear identification of what the ingredients were," she said. "I got so addicted."

She

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