Idaho Falls City Council bans local sale of kratom

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Once active, it prohibits kratom in the state, including powdered leaf, capsules, teas, and concentrated extracts containing 7-OH. The Board of Pharmacy is considering extending the ban to natural kratom too. The permanent ban on synthetic kratom comes from a rule set by the Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review, known as JCARR, following a hearing in April. As of Thursday, a permanent ban on synthetic versions of the Asian herb kratom is in place in Ohio.

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He started taking kratom capsules regularly five years ago and then two years ago turned to a kratom drink called Feel Free. In Tennessee, where Clarke spent his entire NBA career playing for the Grizzlies, kratom is sold openly in smoke shops and corner stores. In the same botanical family as coffee, kratom has been used for centuries in Southeast Asia. She also sees the FDA's announcement as a silver lining, though she's skeptical kratom will ever disappear entirely. Since going to rehab, Maloney hasn't had kratom in the past year.

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FitzGerald said he hopes that if Boston adds its name to the kratom regulation list, it will help prompt state action. “We fully support regulations on kratom,” said Mac Haddow, senior public policy fellow with the industry group, the American Kratom Association. Personally, she said “I’m a mom and absolutely never want my kids to experiment with kratom and I think it is incredibly problematic.” Dr. Sarah Wakeman, medical director for substance use disorder at Mass General Brigham, said there’s some truth to that. Despite its relative low lethality, a handful of cities and towns have moved to regulate kratom sales. Several others have passed or are considering limits like age restrictions and bans on the powerful synthetic version.

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• An herbal supplement that’s marketed as a cure-all for chronic pain and sold in gas stations and smoke shops is getting banned in communities across Southern California and the nation.
• In 2022, the NIH released a study warning that nearly a third of kratom users met the diagnostic criteria for “kratom use disorder,” such as increased use, tolerance, withdrawal, and craving.

Lawmakers on Beacon Hill are currently considering several bills that would ban or regulate kratom, including one drafted with the help of the American Kratom Association. But, she added, “For my patients that come to me and have been using illicit opioids and have switched to kratom, they are reducing their risk. Dr. Kristin Martin, an addiction physician and chair of the American Osteopathic Associations Conjoint Committee on Addiction Medicine, said kratom is still an emerging area of research. Trouville, who is now suing the manufacturer of the kratom drinks her son consumed, suspects that’s part of the reason his death certificate reflects mitragynine toxicity as his cause of death.

• A temporary ban on Ohio kratom sales was created by an executive order from DeWine in December and was set to expire in June.
• If you ship to or live in Tennessee, plan accordingly before the July 1 effective date — easily the most consequential state-level kratom news of the month.
• What frustrates him, Sulb said, is that the legislation lumps natural kratom with synthetic products.
• It’s more potent than morphine and has led to overdoses requiring Narcan.
• Synthetic products derived from hemp, such as Delta-8, can be highly-concentrated and intoxicating.

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That designation would make the substance illegal nationwide. “(The governor) doesn’t understand the people he’s going to Kratom Farms put out of work,” Ingram said. “We’ve had a number of people in Ohio who have actually overdosed and died,” he said.