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Utah Senate adopts compromise regulation on kratom after extended debate
Summary
Lawmakers substituted and passed SB 45, narrowing allowable kratom products to raw/pure leaf sold in specialty shops with new regulatory authority for the Department of Agriculture; debate split between advocates of a ban and supporters of a tightly controlled regulatory approach.
The Utah Senate on Monday substituted and passed a second substitute of Senate Bill 45 to narrow and regulate kratom sales in the state, moving the issue from broad prohibition to a controlled-availability model.
Senator McKell, sponsor of the floor substitute, said the change is a compromise reached in negotiations with the House that would allow the sale of "pure leaf" kratom in a limited retail channel while eliminating what he called the majority of the unsafe market. "This will eliminate 90 plus percent of our problem in the state of Utah, but we are going to allow…
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