Mohamed Gamiel, owner of Sarah Quick Stop and Liquor Corner Store in Tupelo, MS, has filed an appeal of the town’s recent decision to ban the manufacture, sale, and possession of kratom. The appeal was filed last week in Lee County Circuit Court. Gamiel argues in his appeal that Tupelo’s kratom ban is arbitrary, unsupported …
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UPDATE JULY 14, 2026: NORTH CAROLINA amends bill to ban 7OH but only regulate, not ban, kratomUPDATE JUNE 29, 2026: NORTH CAROLINA adds a kratom ban into an unrelated billUPDATE MAY 11, 2026: TENNESSEE governor signs kratom ban, goes into effect July 1, 2026. SOUTH CAROLINA ban momentum might be slowing down. Other states crossed …
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On June 2, 2025, a last-minute amendment to ban kratom was slipped into a Connecticut hemp regulation bill that had originally been introduced on February 2. By June 4, the bill was sitting on Governor Ned Lamont’s desk. Lamont signed the bill into law three weeks later. The next step was to determine which schedule …
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