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Ray County urges Missouri to regulate kratom and synthetic 7‑OH products
Summary
Ray County Commissioners passed a resolution March 11 urging the State of Missouri to ban or restrict kratom and synthetic 7‑OH products and pledged support for the attorney general and law enforcement investigations.
Ray County Commissioners on March 11 unanimously approved a resolution that expresses concern about kratom and synthetic 7‑OH products and urges the State of Missouri to adopt regulations to ban or restrict their manufacture and retail sale.
Presiding Commissioner Sheila Tracy read the resolution in the meeting record and the commission voted 3‑0 to approve it. The resolution states that kratom and certain synthetic opioid‑analog products have become a serious public‑health and public‑safety concern both in Ray County and statewide and that the county will continue to support the Missouri Attorney General and law‑enforcement efforts addressing the issue.
The minutes do not include text of any dissenting views or detailed incident data; commissioners said legal counsel reviewed the resolution before the vote. The motion was made by Commissioner Max Hockemeier and seconded by Commissioner Bobby Don Davis.
The resolution is a formal expression of the county’s position and asks the state to take regulatory action; it does not by itself change county law or create local criminal penalties. The commission instructed staff to retain the resolution in county records and the minutes show the board approved sharing the resolution with the press on related items (in a separate motion on March 12 concerning a railroad resolution).
