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Committee hears public pleas to regulate, not ban, kratom; item postponed pending state hearings
Summary
Public commenters told the Los Angeles rules committee that kratom-like products aid recovery and that prohibition would drive a black market; the committee agreed to add the matter to its calendar and postponed agenda items 7 and 13 to await state hearings and additional analysis.
The Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee heard more than a dozen public comments urging regulation rather than an outright ban on kratom and related products and voted to postpone action on the matter until after pending state hearings.
Public commenters — including users, recovery advocates and local business owners — told the committee that the products under discussion have helped them reduce alcohol or opioid use, manage chronic pain and continue working. Justin Wood,…
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