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Resident urges Bolivar to ban kratom sales after local deaths
Summary
A resident spoke at the Aug. council meeting urging the city to consider an ordinance banning the sale of kratom, citing reports of deaths and recent FDA action and leaving petition material and a Marion, Ill., ordinance for council review.
Mike, a resident, urged the Bolivar City Council on Aug. 1 to consider an ordinance banning the sale of kratom within city limits, saying he had lost family members to opioid poisoning and had since learned of harms he attributes to kratom. “It is an herbal substance derived from the leaves of a a plant that is native to Southeast Asia,” Mike told council members, adding that kratom “acts on the brain like opioids such as fentanyl.”
The resident said kratom is sold at gas stations and smoke shops and identified at least two local outlets that advertise it in their…
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