A Kentucky family is warning about the dangers of the drug kratom after their loved one's sudden death on Easter morning.Kathy Jo Sample said she knew her sister was gone when paramedics rushed her out of her home in Caldwell County and put her on a stretcher."When I saw my sister, my baby sister... she was lifeless," Sample told 비바카지노 Viva through tears.Her younger sister, Debra Jo Lipe-Groves, died of a suspected heart attack on March 31, Easter Sunday. She was only 43 years old but had been going downhill for weeks.Sample said her sister battled drug addiction for most of her life. The last substance she abused was kratom. The drug can be used to treat pain or anxiety, but according to the Drug Enforcement Administration, it can be addictive. It's legal in Kentucky, illegal in Indiana, and labeled as a "drug and chemical of concern" by the DEA.Sample watched as Debra Jo rapidly lost weight and became severely anemic, needing a blood transfusion the week before her death."She just looked so weak, she looked like a little 80-year-old woman," she said.On the same day as Debra Jo's funeral, April 4, Gov. Andy Beshear signed a bill into law regulating the sale of kratom in Kentucky. House Bill 293 prohibits the sale of kratom to anyone under the age of 21 and requires all kratom products to be clearly labeled with information for safe and effective use.Republican state Rep. Kim Moser is the bill's lead sponsor."If it's contributing to harm and certainly death, it's time that we take a stance on this," Moser said.Sample is pleased the state is stepping in, but is demanding even tighter restrictions to prevent others from experiencing the pain of losing a loved one to kratom."I'm glad that they are actually paying attention to it, but we've gotta get it off the shelves," Sample said.Kratom is not currently regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Moser said she hopes states imposing restrictions on the drug will bring about change at the federal level.