Kratom Devastation Continues as AB-1088 Remains in Committee

• 9-6-2024  Governor Newsom issues regulations to protect kids from dangerous and intoxicating hemp products
• 10-9-2024 "Gov. Newsom’s intoxicating hemp executive order sets precedent in kratom regulation fight"  Gov. Newsom’s intoxicating hemp executive order sets precedent in kratom regulation fight - 
• 2-20-2025 - AB1088 introduced by CA  Assembly Member Bains a physician from Delano. Bill Text - AB-1088 Public health: kratom.
• 6-11-2025 - AB1088 referred to Committee. Bill Status - AB-1088 Public health: kratom.  (The California Assembly must submit bills by July 18th in order to have legislated voted and signed for 2025 legislative calendar)
• 7-15-2025 - FDA Issues Warning Letters to Firms Marketing Products Containing 7-Hydroxymitragynine
  The FDA issued warning letters to:
  • Shaman Botanicals, LLC - Kansas City, MO
  • My Smoke Wholesale - Houston, TX
  • Relax Relief Rejuvenate Trading, LLC dba RRR Trading or EDP Kratom - Kansas City, MO
  • Thang Botanicals, Inc. dba 7ΩHMZ, 7-OHMZ, or 7OHMZ - Ojai, CA
  • Royal Diamond Imports, Inc. dba Roxytabs.com - Dallas, TX
  • Hydroxie, LLC - Escondido, TX
  • 7Tabz Retail, LLC - Tampa, FL
    

  The letters requested that the recipients respond within 15 business days. (July 30th)

• 7-18-2025 Last day for policy committees to hear and report bills. 2025 Legislative Deadlines
• 7-29-2025 FDA Takes Steps to Restrict 7-OH Opioid Products Threatening American Consumers

Hiding in Plain Sight: 7-OH Products | FDA

• Read the FDA report on 7-OH, a potent opioid that is an emerging public health threat.
  • Recently, there has been a concerning proliferation of concentrated 7-OH products that are sold
    over the counter and online. The enhanced amount of 7-OH in these products is likely
    synthetically derived through oxidate chemical conversion of mitragynine isolates or kratom
    extracts. Given the trace amounts of 7-OH that are naturally present in kratom, direct extraction of 7-OH from plant material would simply be unfeasible economically
• Questions about 7-OH? Read the consumer guide to learn how to protect you and your family.
• FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, M.D., M.P.H. is taking action to protect Americans from dangerous, illegal opioids. Read his op-ed in the New York Post.
• View the letter that FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, M.D., M.P.H., sent to healthcare professionals.

AB 1088, as amended, Bains. Public health: kratom.
Existing law, the Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law, provides for the regulation of various subjects relating to the manufacturing, processing, labeling, advertising, and sale of food, drugs, and cosmetics, under the administration and enforcement of the State Department of Public Health (department) and in accordance with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. The act generally requires manufacturers, packers, and holders of processed foods to register with the department. A violation of the act is a crime.

• This bill would add kratom products and products containing 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH products), as defined, to the Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law. 
• The bill would prescribe specified quantities of alkaloids present in kratom products and 7-OH products and would establish labeling and packaging requirements for those products. 
• The bill would prohibit the sale of kratom products and 7-OH products to those under 21 years of age. 
• The bill would require the packaging of kratom products and 7-OH products to be child resistant and would prohibit the sale and manufacture of a kratom product or 7-OH product that is attractive to children. 
• By expanding the scope of a crime, the bill would create a state-mandated local program.

Article 16 (commencing with Section 111224.8) is added to Chapter 5 of Part 5 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code as "Kratom Consumer Protection Program"  Compare Versions - AB-1088 Public health: kratom. Public health: kratom.

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