Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway is targeting a Kansas City-based chain of stores that produces and sells opioid-like products often found in gas stations and smoke shops.
Hanaway, a Republican, filed a lawsuit Tuesday that accuses CBD American Shaman and related companies of falsely marketing kratom products as safe.
“(Despite) the seizure by the federal government of much product from their facilities in Kansas City, still they continue to produce 7-OH,” Hanaway said during a press conference Tuesday. “And 7OH, put simply, is a synthetic opioid that is being distributed over the counter.”
Hanaway told reporters that 7-OH is being falsely marketed as a product that can help opioid addicts recover from addiction. The item is often referred to as “gas station drugs” or “gas station heroin.”
“The FDA has said that the suppressive effects of it on your respiratory and coronary systems is three times greater than morphine,” she said. “One of the things we’re concerned about is that they’re giving out free samples.”
Also, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Heidi Miller, said 7-OH, or 7-hydroxymitragynine, has been linked to serious health harms, hospitalizations, and deaths.
In response, CBD American Shaman President and Founder, Stephen Sanders II, told multiple media outlets that their products are safe and that they intend to continue serving their customers while defending themselves in court.
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