(KTLA) — The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is warning consumers about several fatal overdoses that have been linked to legal products available for purchase at convenience stores and smoke shops.

Health officials say products containing a synthetic Kratom compound known as 7-Hydroxymitragynine, or 7-OH, have been connected to three fatal overdoses of otherwise healthy people.

The ages of those who've died range from 18 to 40, officials said, and all three have involved alcohol use but no other notable substances that contributed to their deaths.

Kratom is a natural product derived from the leaves of plants grown in Southeast Asia and can be consumed in pill form, as an herbal tea or smoked. Often used in the self-treatment of pain, anxiety or depression, it has a stimul

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