{"id":423152,"date":"2026-08-04T00:52:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T00:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/423152\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T00:52:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T00:52:07","slug":"california-poison-control-warns-about-synthetic-kratom-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/423152\/","title":{"rendered":"California Poison Control warns about synthetic kratom products"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CALIFORNIA (KERO) \u2014 California Poison Control is warning the public about dangerous synthetic kratom products, including some brands containing chemicals 10 times more potent than morphine.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say products from the &#8220;Buzzers&#8221; and &#8220;Homiez&#8221; brands contain those highly potent chemicals. A death investigation is underway in Utah connected to &#8220;Buzzers Cat&#8217;s Claw&#8221; tablets, which were found to contain synthetic kratom products.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say other products marketed as kratom may also contain dangerous chemicals.<\/p>\n<p>Doctors urge people to check their supplements and talk to a medical professional if they need help managing pain.<\/p>\n<p>This story was reported on-air by a journalist and has been converted to this platform with the assistance of AI. Our editorial team verifies all reporting on all platforms for fairness and accuracy.<\/p>\n<p>Stay in Touch with Us Anytime, Anywhere:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CALIFORNIA (KERO) \u2014 California Poison Control is warning the public about dangerous synthetic kratom products, including some brands&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423153,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[168838,7,9,8,55184,168839,168840,168841,168842,5438,168843],"class_list":["post-423152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-buzzers-cats-claw","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-california-poison-control","tag-homiez-kratom","tag-kratom-death-investigation","tag-kratom-supplements","tag-kratom-warning","tag-pain-management","tag-synthetic-kratom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}