Hawaiʻi lawmakers are considering regulating kratom and banning sales to minors. But kava advocates want an outright ban.

As the popularity of kratom and kava is on the rise is bars and convenience stores, Riverstone Health highlighted the two in it's quarterly newsletter.

It's made from the powdered root of a pepper tree called piper methysticum strained through a wooden bowl full of water. Kava is always accompanied by a ceremony where people gather around the ...