A Stevenson High student team and Stanstrong Coalition presented a community scan showing kratom and synthetic 7‑OH products available in local smoke and convenience shops; presenters and trustees discussed drafting an ordinance modeled on neighboring municipalities and coordinating with Lake County public health.

After a presentation on health and enforcement concerns, council directed staff and the city attorney to draft an ordinance prohibiting the sale of kratom within city limits; police described limited local data but noted regional municipalities have enacted bans.

Public commenters described divergent personal experiences: one speaker said natural kratom dramatically improved chronic pain and quality of life, while another said synthetic gas‑station products drove theft, rehab stays and family harm.

The Scranton City Council voted to adopt an amended ordinance prohibiting the sale and distribution of kratom and related compounds to anyone under 18, removing broad possession language and adding a provision to defer to future state law.

The Scranton City Council voted to adopt an amended ordinance prohibiting the sale and distribution of kratom and related compounds to anyone under 18, removing broad possession language and adding a provision to defer to future state law.

DuPage County Health Department staff and the DuPage Federation presented county data showing large increases in kratom poison-control calls and described packaging and potency that they say increases addiction and youth exposure; presenters urged municipalities to consider comprehensive bans.

At the Oct. 19 Poplar Bluff City Council meeting, resident Sandy Marshall asked the city to research options to restrict sales of kratom and concentrated kratom products, citing youth access and recent deaths elsewhere; city staff said an ordinance is being drafted for a future workshop.

More than a dozen callers and in-person speakers told the board a local ban should exclude unadulterated whole-leaf kratom and instead target concentrated synthetic analogs; health professionals and industry representatives distinguished natural kratom from 7-OH and other synthetics.

A committee forwarded a package of bills — covering penalties for selling vaping products to minors, newborn screening additions, property transfer law, childcare closure notice, DEHP restrictions in IV supplies, and kratom sales regulation — to the House floor by unanimous vote.

Council assigned the ordinance-review committee to determine Oronos municipal authority over vaping products and similar youth-targeted products; the referral was amended on the council floor to explicitly include kratom and passed unanimously after public comment from a resident urging attention to youth exposure.

At the Committee of the Whole trustees raised public‑health concerns about kratom sold at local gas stations and smoke shops and asked staff to explore education and ordinance options; staff said neighboring jurisdictions are tracking synthetic variants and a local ordinance may be drafted for ordinance committee consideration.

Councilors expressed interest in pursuing a civil-penalty ordinance to restrict sale, distribution and advertising of a new synthetic drug (described in national press as "gas station heroin") pending expert briefing; members preferred civil penalties and a sunset tied to state or federal regulation.

After public-health testimony and extensive council discussion over definitions and banned combinations, North Kansas City approved bill 8008 (ordinance 9805) to regulate sale, display, and production of kratom products, with a 30-day effective action period and a $500 registration fee to be finalized by resolution.

At a University of Georgia study committee, pharmacologists, treatment providers and parents urged regulation and testing of kratom products, distinguishing dangerous concentrated extracts from natural leaf and urging product standards, age limits and stronger enforcement.

The Boston City Council Committee on Government Operations heard testimony Sept. 21 on Docket 1414, an ordinance to ban the sale and use of chemically concentrated/synthetic kratom (notably 7‑hydroxymitragynine) while allowing regulated natural leaf products with age and labeling rules; members discussed preemption by the state’s emergency order and options for a contingent effective date.

Board staff described a state temporary order designating kratom as a Schedule I controlled substance (effective 08/28/2026–08/28/2027), and said town attorneys are exploring cease-and-desist orders and license revocations after a recent smoke-shop search produced kratom, marijuana and flavored tobacco products.

Staff told the board that the state has classified kratom as a Schedule I substance for one year; the department notified retailers and two local stores in Lenox Dale and Lee removed products from shelves.

County drug-and-alcohol and coroner officials presented toxicology and fatality data and urged restrictions on kratom derivatives; council agreed to return the revised ordinance to the Public Safety committee for more work.

Council held first reading and approved scheduling a second reading (Sept. 28) of an ordinance to prohibit kratom—citing youth access and concerns about synthetic adulterants—after hearing proponents and opponents during public comment.

City leaders and the public health commissioner explained the governor's new all-forms ban on kratom, outlined state data on reported deaths, and flagged enforcement challenges including a directive not to confiscate products from store shelves.

Commissioners discussed an ordinance to restrict sales and possession of nitrous oxide, kratom‑related compounds and certain inhalants, stressing youth protection and coordination with public health and law enforcement; they agreed to form a task group to draft proposed language and gather templates from other counties.

Council heard a public-health presentation on kratom and concentrated 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) from Council member Cain, debated enforcement and production implications, and directed staff to draft a "split approach" ordinance: 21+ age restriction, behind-counter storage, youth-targeted packaging restrictions, and a ban on products with 7-OH concentrations above naturally occurring levels, with a 30-day compliance timeline for retail sales.

The board set a public hearing for Oct. 6 on a proposal to prohibit sale and distribution of kratom. The chair said county legislation may render a local measure unnecessary; a board member said the town should act if the county does not.

Curry County Prevention and a district attorney investigator asked the board to pursue county-level restrictions after local testing found phenibut, large nitrous‑oxide canisters and colorful kratom/tianeptine products readily available; commissioners scheduled a workshop to review templates from neighboring counties.

Director Lauren Buck told the Revere Board of Health that a Massachusetts Department of Public Health emergency order (Aug. 13) designates kratom as a Schedule I substance effective Aug. 28; Revere will require retailers to remove kratom products by Aug. 31 and begin spot checks and enforcement on Sept. 1, with fines after a warning.