To the editor: What customers ought to know primarily about L.A.’s crackdown on 7-OH and kratom merchandise is that there’s a higher path than prohibition (“L.A. County shops should instantly cease promoting kratom and 7-OH, well being division warns,” Nov. 7).
States corresponding to Rhode Island have applied regulatory constructions for 7-OH requiring dosage requirements, correct labeling, testing and age restrictions. Though the present dosage limits are severely restricted, it reveals that sensible regulation to keep away from overcriminalizing hundreds of thousands of customers of 7-OH and kratom merchandise is feasible, if not mandatory.
L.A. County’s reported overdoses on these merchandise are troubling, however much more so after we contemplate that each unlucky case examined by the Los Angeles Instances revealed cocktails of different substances, each authorized and unlawful, within the toxicology screens.
What this proves is that we want clear guidelines, protected laws and a clear market so customers know what they’re getting.
Yael Ossowski, Washington, D.C.
This author is deputy director of shopper advocacy group Shopper Selection Middle.
