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Faced with kratom bill, Montana lawmakers pressured to ‘get something passed’

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HELENA - A bill to bring new regulation to kratom in Montana received its first hearing Tuesday, sparking more than an hour of testimony and questions about how best to rein in products often advertised as mood stabilizers and sold in gas stations and vape shops.Some lawmakers on the House Business and Labor Committee, as well as state officials and lobbyists, acknowledged only learning of kratom in recent days. The plant-derived substance, whic…

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St Louis Post-Dispatch

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Missouri House advances bill to regulate kratom products

Kratom industry leaders criticized a provision that potentially allows for highly potent synthetic products to stay on store shelves.

2 days ago·St. Louis, United States

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Faced with kratom bill, Montana lawmakers pressured to ‘get something passed’

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Montana Free Press

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Faced with kratom bill, lawmakers pressured to ‘get something passed’

At a March hearing for a bill to regulate kratom products, proponents and opponents alike urged lawmakers to take some form of action to rein in a “Wild West” market.

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