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Isolated 7-hydroxymitragynine Now Being Sold in Tablets and Liquid Shots

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Companies are now selling isolated 7-hydroxymitragyinine in a grey marketplace that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) refuses to regulate. Found in near-zero amounts in plain leaf kratom, 7-hydroxymitragyinine has been shown in animal studies to have enormous dependency potential. Obeng et al 2020 demonstrated that while mitragynine, kratom’s most abundant alkaloid, has “a complex …

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Lawsuit Awards $11 million to Family of Woman Who Died After Taking Strong Kratom Extract

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Grow LLC, the company selling kratom under the vendor name “Kratom Distro”, has been ordered to pay $11 million to the family of Krystal Talavera, a Florida woman with pre-existing health conditions who died after ingesting “Space Dust”. Sold in an unlabeled package with no accompanying information, Space Dust has been reported to be an …

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Is kratom being adulterated with other drugs?

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Both legality proponents and prohibitionists claim that kratom sold in the Western marketplace by some nefarious vendors is adulterated with other drugs such as fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine. But where is the evidence of this? There are confirmed cases in the scientific literature and media that we examine below of kratom being adulterated with O-desmethyltramadol, …

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Kratom Interactions with Food, Drugs, and Dietary Supplements

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Many foods, drugs, and dietary supplements can interact with other foods, drugs, and dietary supplements. This can have various effects on the body ranging from barely noticeable to a toxic adverse event. Kratom can interact with multiple drugs and dietary supplements, and certain foods. Multiple studies have shown alkaloids in kratom inhibit cytochrome P-450 enzymes …

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100. Kratom News: Livingston Cops Lobby to Make More Criminals, State Bans and KCPA, Will FDA Work with Congress?

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100. Kratom News: Livingston Cops Lobby to Make More Criminals, State Bans and KCPA, Will FDA Work with Congress?
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Livingston Parish, Louisiana council is voting on a kratom ban ordinance tonight [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] We hit 100 episodes! We’re in the middle of legislation season, so there’s no time to celebrate. Brian goes through the January 31st ordinance council meeting in Livingston Parish, Louisiana – the Sheriff’s weak …

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Colorado Feasibility Report Proposes Strict Kratom Regulations

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A feasibility report published by the Colorado Department of Revenue on January 4, 2023 recommends that the state require kratom vendors and processors to adhere to stringent regulations to operate in the state. As part of Colorado’s Senate Bill 22-120, passed May 26, 2022, the report recommends that the General Assembly: “expressly permit kratom product …

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97. Livingston Parish Kratom Ban; Sheriff Tied to Rehab Center

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97. Livingston Parish Kratom Ban; Sheriff Tied to Rehab Center
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!!!Supporters of the right to consume kratom are encouraged to attend!!!The Livingston Parish Ordinance Committee meetingThursday January 12, 2023 at 5:00 pmat the Governmental Building20355 Government BlvdLivingston LA 70754in the Livingston Parish Council Chambers.On the Agenda: Discussion of Kratom prohibition ordinance Sources brought to the attention of Kratom Science that Sheriff Jason Ard, who proposed …

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Federal Bill Would Limit FDA Power Over Kratom

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A federal bill cosponsored by Corey Booker (D-NJ) and Mike Lee (R-UT) in the Senate and Mark Pocan (D-WI) in the House would compel Congress to begin the process of regulating kratom on a national level, and protect the kratom industry and consumers against current Food and Drug Administration (FDA) restrictions. The cosponsors introduced the …

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93. Kratom News for December 2022… Read ‘n’ Rant!

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93. Kratom News for December 2022... Read 'n' Rant!
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Brian flies solo for the December edition of Kratom News, where he reads and rants about the case of the Arkansas man sentenced to 10 years in prison for carrying kratom, another family sues a kratom vendor for wrongful death, police in Louisiana continue to lobby so they can arrest kratom consumers, a wealthy New …

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92. Kratom News for November 2022

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92. Kratom News for November 2022
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Brian and Kailee talk about the results of the state marijuana and psychedelics referendums from Tuesday’s election, a wrongful death lawsuit against kratom companies and the American Kratom Association in Georgia, a death in Transylvania County, North Carolina attributed to suboxone mixed with vaped kratom, a drug company is undergoing human clinical trials for a …

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