Overview
- Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway issued six civil investigative demands to manufacturers and retailers, including CBD American Shaman, seeking records on ingredients, safety claims, labeling and adverse‑event communications.
- Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier asked an administrative judge to dismiss a challenge to his Aug. 15 emergency rule that added 7‑hydroxymitragynine to the state’s most dangerous drugs list, with a hearing set for Dec. 3.
- Los Angeles County linked six deaths to products containing 7‑OH and urged retailers to pull kratom and 7‑OH items, as officials warned the compound can act like an opioid at higher doses and most cases involved multiple substances.
- The FDA has warned companies over illegal marketing of 7‑OH products and says neither kratom nor 7‑OH is approved as a drug or dietary supplement, while testing limitations complicate determinations in reported deaths.
- Policy responses are widening, with Kansas City and Overland Park weighing local rules and an Ohio bill proposing to regulate natural kratom, restrict sales to adults and cap synthetic 7‑OH, even as some industry figures dispute reports of harm.