""It's terrifying. How highly addictive this is,""
""The fact that now I am getting a phone call from people who have loved ones, that they're very concerned about being addicted to,""
""There are no age restrictions, there are no warnings about what it is, or that you can get addicted to it and that it can cause big problems,""
""I think that what we need to do is, we need to figure out how to educate people. We need to get similar to what we do with cigarettes, alcohol, or cannabis. At this point, it needs to be, you know, warning labels about what it is and what it does,""
The California Department of Public Health warns that Kratom and its derivative 7-OH are linked to six recent overdose deaths in Los Angeles County. Kratom and 7-OH are not FDA-approved and are illegal for retailers to sell, yet they remain widely available in smoke shops and gas stations and are often labeled as dietary supplements for chronic pain, anxiety, depression, and opioid withdrawal. Advocates report growing addiction concerns and family harms, call for education, warning labels, age restrictions, and enforcement, and note that agencies like the California Alcoholic Beverage Control Department plan to take action.
Read at ABC7 San Francisco
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