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Local business owners and users urge Washington council to regulate kratom, not ban it
Summary
Several business owners and residents spoke at the March 16 Washington City Council meeting opposing an outright local ban on kratom, distinguishing traditional kratom leaf from synthetic, concentrated products and urging regulation and age limits rather than prohibition.
Islam Diab, owner of King’s Smoke Shop, told the council that his store enforces state age limits and warned an outright ban would force him to close if kratom sales—about 40% of his sales—were restricted. “I never heard since we I opened the store that someone died or got sick,” Diab said, adding that his shop limits sales to customers 21 and older.
Cameron Feldman, who operates Coop Records and said kratom helped sustain his business, described closing a separate East Peoria shop after a local ban and urged Washington to “pause and…
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