INDONESIA-LAW-MEDICINE-DRUGS

This picture taken on December 25, 2018 shows Indonesian kratom grower Gusti Prabu displaying samples of the plant leaves in dried and shredded form at a farm in Pontianak, West Kalimantan. - Top producer Indonesia is cashing on surging global demand for a controversial drug called kratom, a green powder derived from a tree leaf that is hailed by advocates as a miracle treatment for everything from opioid addiction to anxiety, but its growing popularity has raised red flags with health regulators. - TO GO WITH INDONESIA-LAW-MEDICINE-DRUGS,FEATURE BY HARRY PEARL, WITH ASEANTY PAHLEVI IN PONTIANAK (Photo by Louis Anderson / AFP) / TO GO WITH INDONESIA-LAW-MEDICINE-DRUGS,FEATURE BY HARRY PEARL, WITH ASEANTY PAHLEVI IN PONTIANAK (Photo by LOUIS ANDERSON/AFP via Getty Images)