On Tuesday, Aug. 12, Ventura County Behavioral Health briefed the Board of Supervisors on an emerging public health threat: kratom, an unregulated substance increasingly linked to overdoses and deaths ...

The 7-OH alkaloid is one of the plant's most potent active compounds. According to information distributed by the attorney ...

Feel Free and similar products contain synthetic kratom compounds like 7-OH, which act like opioids and are not federally ...

Florida has become the first state in the nation to take an aggressive stand against a potent derivative of kratom.

Citing an “immediate danger to the public health, safety and welfare,” Attorney General James Uthmeier issued an emergency ...

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier issued an emergency rule banning a compound known as 7-OH. This is a concentrated ...

Just two weeks after Louisiana became the seventh state to ban kratom entirely, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced that an emergency rule ...

Citing an “immediate danger to the public health, safety and welfare,” Attorney General James Uthmeier on Wednesday issued an ...

Ventura County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted in favor of directing staff to research and draft an urgency ordinance ...

Dar es Salaam. The Drug Control and Enforcement Authority (DCEA) has intercepted a total of 30 tonnes of mitragyna speciosa, a new type of narcotic drug, smuggled into Tanzania disguised as fertilizer ...

Kratom addiction is on the rise in Philly, as powerful extracts sold as "7-OH" in smoke shops simulate the effects of opioids ...

Hailed as a natural wonder tonic, Kratom is popping up all over local gas stations and smoke shops. But experts warn they’re ...