Ohio Kratom Ban Paused After RFK Jr. Call to Gov. DeWine
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. urged Ohio Gov. DeWine to pause a kratom ban as states weigh regulations on synthetic 7-OH products while natural kratom remains legal.
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Ohio Governor Calls for State Kratom Ban; Cites Recent FDA Recommendation
Governor Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) is urging the Ohio Board of Pharmacy (BOP) to classify kratom as a Schedule I substance. This comes just weeks after the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recommendation that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) schedule 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH), an alkaloid that occurs in trace amounts in plain leaf kratom and as a …
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Rhode Island Kratom Legalization Bill on Governor’s Desk
Rhode Island House Bill 5565, and its companion Senate Bill 792. “The Rhode Island Kratom Act” is on the governor’s desk. The bill will legalize and regulate kratom in Rhode Island, which outlawed kratom in 2017. One of the bill’s sponsors, Rep. John G. Edwards, said, “Kratom, which is used by about 15 million Americans, …
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