Florida bans kratom compound 7-OH amid warnings of a potential new opioid crisis. What does this mean for consumers?

A substance once found next to vape pens and tobacco products on store shelves across Central Florida is now officially banned. The compound, called 7-hydroxymitragynine, commonly referred to as 7-OH, ...

Florida has declared 7-OH, a concentrated kratom byproduct, illegal due to its high potential for abuse and lack of accepted ...

Citing an “immediate danger to the public health, safety and welfare,” Attorney General James Uthmeier issued an emergency ...

Attorney General James Uthmeier said Wednesday that his office is reclassifying concentrated 7-hydroxymitragynine products as ...

FDA’s recommendation to control 7-OH products under the Controlled Substances Act should help prevent competition between ...

Kratom is sold in gas stations, vape shops and convenience stores across the nation. The plant is related to the coffee plant ...

Botanic Tonics, opens new tab, maker of feel free, today applauded Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier's announcement ...

The crackdown is not on the Kratom plant itself. Rather, it targets a highly concentrated byproduct that officials say is ...

Texas law bans the sale of synthetic kratom, but it isn’t enforced. Earlier this year, legislation died in the Texas House to ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida officials have taken emergency action to ban 7-OH, a synthetic drug extracted from kratom, by ...

Just two weeks after Louisiana became the seventh state to ban kratom entirely, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced that an emergency rule ...