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Council sends kratom ban back to ordinance committee after extensive public comment and testimony
Summary
After wide-ranging testimony for and against, the council voted to send a proposed ordinance banning the sale of kratom back to ordinance committee to craft language that would target adulterated extracts and include age limits.
The Livingston Parish Council on April 24 introduced an ordinance to prohibit the sale of kratom in the parish and, after extensive public comment, voted 8–1 to send the proposal back to the ordinance committee for revision. Councilmembers asked the committee to consider excluding whole-leaf, unadulterated kratom used by some adults for self-management while banning concentrated extracts and adding an age restriction similar to alcohol or tobacco.
The meeting included multiple witnesses. Tim Brown, chief of investigations for the Livingston Parish coroner’s office, told the council his office sees a high rate of opioid-related overdose deaths and said…
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