Ole Miss students died near drug listing newly illegal ingredient, ex-prosecutor says selling it is ‘unlawful’

OXFORD, Miss. – Two Ole Miss students were found dead near tablets whose labels list an ingredient the federal government recently made illegal, and the product is nowhere to be found on the brand’s website.

According to court documents, Ole Miss students Aidan Hamilton, 18, and Robert Strang, 20, were discovered dead on Sept. 21, each found near similar packages of kratom or synthetic kratom. Officials noted that Hamilton “could have died due to a Pulmonary Edema,” a finding consistent with a drug overdose. When first responders reached Strang’s house near campus, he was found “cold to the…