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Toledo council bans synthetic kratom derivatives, allows natural leaf pending research
Summary
The council passed Ordinance 3-51-25 to ban the sale of specified synthetic kratom derivatives (including 7‑hydroxy mitragynine) while preserving access to the natural kratom leaf pending additional study and regulation; passing was declared an emergency.
The Toledo City Council voted on Nov. 5 to adopt Ordinance 3-51-25, which enacts Toledo Municipal Code Part 5 subsection 5.13.17 to prohibit the sale of certain synthetic kratom derivatives while leaving the natural kratom leaf legal pending further research and regulation.
Councilman Melden, who moved the amendment, told colleagues the ordinance targets "the synthetic products" and…
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