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Podcast: CBS Mornings on the Go
Episode: Crypto in Your 401(k)? | Kratom’s Risks Raise Red Flags
Description: A new executive order opens the door for companies to add cryptocurrencies to retirement plans. CBS News business analyst Jill Schlesinger weighs the risks and potential rewards.
The supplement known as kratom can be found in products from drinks to pills and powders and brewed tea leaves. While marketed as an energy booster, relaxant and pain reliever, there is growing concern about the safety of it. The supplement has been blamed for addiction, seizures and even deaths. Last week, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced plans for a crackdown on one kratom compound. The...