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Feds Move To Ban Potent Kratom Compound Sold In Gas Stations And Smoke Shops

Federal officials moved to temporarily classify 7-OH, a psychoactive compound found in kratom, as a Schedule I controlled substance.

Feds Move To Ban Potent Kratom Compound Sold In Gas Stations And Smoke Shops
A sign in a smoke shop window in Quincy, Massachusetts. Photo by Tom Joyce / NewBostonPost

Federal officials moved to temporarily classify 7-OH, a psychoactive compound found in kratom, as a Schedule I controlled substance.