As Gov. Jared Polis ponders a bill to increase Colorado’s regulation of the herbal remedy kratom, Dave Bregger said he feels like he’s on “pins and needles.” The bill on Polis’s desk ...

7-OH is a full opioid receptor agonist, unlike natural kratom and other alkaloids found in it which act as partial agonists. This distinction makes 7-OH products more likely to cause respiratory ...

Kratom in its modern forms, especially 7-OH when concentrated or synthetically made, poses new and serious risks to the health and safety of consumers," officials in Kentucky wrote.

In May, Colorado signed a law regulating kratom, 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH), which has sparked controversy with advocates stating that the law could cause some manufacturers to use other ...

The crux of the complaint fell on how the state defines concentration limits for 7-OH, the key compound in some kratom products’ effects. The bill creates artificial limits on the compound, while ...