Feds charge shop clerk, son with selling illegal kratom after 2 Ole Miss deaths
Federal authorities investigating the deaths of two University of Mississippi students have charged a store clerk and his son with selling an illegal kratom product.
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Federal authorities investigating the deaths of two University of Mississippi students have charged a store clerk and his son with selling an illegal kratom product.
7-OH is a concentrated byproduct of the kratom plant and is said to be just as addictive as opioids.
Attorney General James Uthmeier is looking to have a judge toss out a challenge to a rule banning the sale and manufacture a concentrated byproduct of kratom, also known as 7-OH.
Companies that sell a byproduct of kratom, known as 7-OH, and users of the substance are challenging an emergency rule banning its sale and manufacture in Florida.
Inspectors are cracking down on what state leaders call a "highly addictive" chemical found in some goods sold to South Florida teens and young adults.
Jasmine Adeoye, an account manager based in Austin, Texas, said she became addicted to kratom drink "Feel Free Classic," after she sought an alcohol alternative.
