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Va. subcommittee advances kratom consumer‑protection substitute after contentious testimony
Summary
A House General Laws subcommittee advanced HB360, a consumer‑protection bill on kratom that would require labeling, limit 7‑hydroxymitragynine to 1% and move enforcement into the Virginia Consumer Protection Act; witnesses and industry experts sharply disagreed on the science and some label language was negotiated as a friendly amendment.
Delegate Dahlia Price presented HB360 and a committee substitute that shifts enforcement and regulation into the Virginia Consumer Protection Act and adds consumer warnings and placement rules for kratom products. Price told the panel the bill "does not ban kratom" and "does not criminalize possession," but seeks to require clearer warnings and to lower the allowable 7‑hydroxymitragynine level to 1 percent of total alkaloids.
Supporters described clinical harms and addictive effects. Dean Francis, a family member of someone who sought treatment after using kratom, recounted his son's decline and told the committee, "I would not wish this on anyone." Kate Gibson, a psychiatric nurse practitioner who treats substance use…
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