Missouri State Sen. Maggie Nurrenbern, D-Kansas City, is pushing new statewide regulations on kratom and a more potent related compound called 7-OH.
Her bill was heard on Wednesday by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Nurrenbern said 7OH has been nicknamed “gas station heroin,” and right now it can be sold in convenience stores and smoke shops with no age limits, no labeling requirements, and in highly concentrated forms.
“Senate Bill 927 bans the sale of kratom to people under the age of 21 and limits the 7OH content to 2% of the alkaloid composition of the product,” said Nurrenbern. “It would ban kratom products from mimicking candy and lays out very strict labeling requirements detailing the manufacturing and serving sizes of the product and warning statements.”
Former law enforcement officer Terry Blevins pushed back and said the bill will provide the opportunity for bad actors to put dangerous products on the market.
“As a street officer, I saw how drug prohibitions don’t actually reduce demand, but instead drive consumers to the illicit market, which in turn makes our communities much less safe,” said Blevins.
Blevins also said he relies on 7OH to manage chronic pain after a combat injury and argues the push to ban it is really an industry fight—one he believes is driven by kratom companies trying to eliminate a competing product.
SB 927 would also require retailers to keep kratom behind the counter. Violations could result in a Class E felony.
To view the bill click the link below.
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