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Mother27s plea: family urges Gadsden County to ban kratom after fatality
Summary
A Quincy mother, represented by a nurse practitioner, urged the Gadsden County Commission to ban all kratom products after her adult son died in April 2024; she cited the lack of long‑term studies and alleged increasingly potent kratom derivatives and asked the county to act before federal debate delays local protections.
QUINCY, Fla. — A Gadsden County resident urged commissioners to ban kratom products during public comment, saying the substance and newer synthetic derivatives have caused deaths and that local action is needed while national debate continues.
Nurse practitioner Tiffany Northington read a statement from Susan Cave, whose son died in April 2024. "Kratom is killing people," the…
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