Month: June 2019

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The FDA this week again cracked down on marketers and sellers of products containing kratom, an herbal plant used recreationally and as medicine but is not legally marketed in the U.S. as a drug or dietary supplement. The FDA issued warning letters to Cali Botanicals of Rancho Cordova, CA, and Kratom NC of Wilmington, NC , ''for illegally selling unapproved, misbranded kratom-containing products with unproven claims about their ability to treat or cure opioid addiction and withdrawal symptoms." The latest warnings are two of several the FDA has issued to alert consumers about what it says are the serious risks associated with the use of the products. The herb is legal on the federal level, although the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is considering labeling it a Schedule I d...

Federal health officials issued warnings Tuesday to two companies they say make unproven claims about the potential health benefits of the herbal supplement kratom. Cali Botanicals of Folsom, California, and Kratom NC of Wilmington, North Carolina, illegally sold product containing kratom that claimed to treat or cure opioid addiction and withdrawal symptoms as well as other health conditions the supplement is not proven to treat, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says. "Despite our warnings, companies continue to sell this dangerous product and make deceptive medical claims that are not backed by science or any reliable scientific evidence," said Acting FDA Commissioner Ned Sharpless said in a statement. "As we work to combat the opioid crisis, we cannot allow unscrupulous vendors ...

The nonprofit news outlet Wisconsin Watch provided this article ... according to a 2016 state Department of Health Services report. Cannabis was used in Wisconsin more often than any other illicit ...

Federal license holders must provide 60 days' notice to Health ... news release. The amended regulations will take effect Oct. 17, 2019, but it will take time after that date for new cannabis ...

For nearly 20 years, opioids ruled Anthony Padgett’s life, although his habit started as a doctor-prescribed relief from work-related chronic back pain. “I was addicted physically but also mentally (to opioids). It was a downhill slope. ... It's highly addictive and highly abused," said Padgett, who said he put his wife "through a whole lot" because of his addiction. Then last year he began using kratom, an increasingly popular herbal supplement he said helped him kick his addiction to pain pills. "I felt normal again and my pain was gone," said Padgett, who opened Kratom & More at 311 SE Broad St. in Murfreesboro in May. Read more at Daily News Journal.

Oregon lawmakers have decided to leave the drug kratom unregulated for now. Kratom is made from the leaves of a tree native to southeast Asia and, when ingested, can have an effect similar to both a stimulant and an opioid. It has become increasingly publicized and available in Oregon. In April, the Senate Judiciary Committee amended a series of rules and restrictions on kratom into an unrelated bill. On Monday, the Joint Ways and Means Committee reversed the earlier action and removed all references to kratom in the bill. The bill would have regulated the production, testing and labeling of kratom and limited its sales to people age 21 and over. Read more at Oregon Live.