... This research expanded the existing literature on the use of social media data to address the benefits and health impacts of kratom. In terms of benefits, the findings inform the existing literature that reported health benefits of kratom use like chronic pain relief and pain management [5,6,10,22,48,49], addiction and opiate withdrawal [5,[13][14][15]22,48], anxiety and depression relief [5,10], help falling asleep [50], improving sex drive [22,49,51,52], improving mental health and quality of life [11,12,52], and improving mood and energy [12,13,15,52]. Overall, the results revealed that kratom helps with easing aches, relieving and reducing pain, managing pain, overcoming and easing unpleasant adverse effects of opioid addiction and withdrawal, self-treating symptoms of depression and anxiety, inducing sleep and treating sleep disorders like insomnia, enhancing sexual performance, increasing sex drive and desire, boosting libido, helping with mental health woes, helping with emotional or mental conditions, helping to cope with stressful life events, and boosting mood and increases in body energy. ...