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Kratom debate: bereaved families urge ban; patients and clinicians press for regulation
Summary
Families of people who died after kratom consumption urged the Legislature to ban mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine (H4261); chronic-pain patients, clinicians and veterans urged regulation (H2454) and lab testing to preserve access to whole-leaf kratom for pain management and recovery.
The committee heard sharply contrasting testimony on two competing bills: H4261 (a proposal to schedule kratom alkaloids as Class A controlled substances) and H2454 (a kratom consumer-protection and regulation approach). Bereaved parents described sudden deaths they attributed to kratom products and urged an outright ban. Dan Gibbs…
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