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Springfield council refers kratom prohibition ordinance to committee after enforcement concerns
Summary
After a lengthy debate about enforcement, testing and impacts on veterans, the Springfield City Council voted to refer a proposed ordinance banning certain kratom products to the general government committee rather than adopt it tonight.
The Springfield City Council on Monday agreed to send a proposed ordinance that would prohibit the manufacture and sale of certain kratom products to the general government committee for further work, after health officials and the city solicitor warned the measure, as drafted, includes testing and labeling requirements the city cannot yet enforce.
Commissioner Helen Carlton Harris, who leads the Department of Health and Human Services, told councilors the ordinance ‘‘as it is written right now… we cannot enforce.’’ She said the measure requires third‑party laboratory testing and specific labeling provisions (‘‘the…
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