Association of behavioral economic demand for kratom with DSM-5 use disorder: quantity and likelihood-based demand approaches.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Kratom products have increased in popularity in the United States due to their availability and their purported analgesic and stimulatory properties. We sought to examine if behavioral economic demand procedures widely used in addiction science would identify indicators of problematic kratom use and to evaluate the relative performance of differing demand approaches.

Methods

Respondents with a lifetime history of kratom use (N = 117) completed two versions of a hypothetical kratom purchase task. The first version ("Quantity") followed typical purchase task methods; respondents were asked how much kratom they would purchase across various prices. The second version ("Likelihood") asked how likely respondents would be to purchase a single dose of kratom across the same pr

SUBMITTER: Pierce-Messick Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12636289 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature