The Scoop: Thurs. Aug. 27, 2026, Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF
Activist group DeFlock St. Pete is asking city council to end its contract with Flock Safety over surveillance…
What is kratom? | Orlando emergency doctor explains potential risks, dangers
What is kratom? | Orlando doctor explains potential risks, dangers and safety warnings Orlando Health medical toxicologist and…
Tighter laws on kratom leading to more detox admissions
Tighter laws on kratom leading to more detox admissions ORLANDO, Fla. — The federal government could reclassify some…
Kratom overdose of 2-year-old leads to manslaughter charges for two
WEST MELBOURNE, Fla. — Two people arrested in connection with a 2-year-old girl’s death, who ingested Kratom pills…
Brittany Larsen: Florida should choose smart regulation over prohibition
Brittany Larsen of Livlyhood. The recent New York Times reporting on the fight over kratom and 7-hydroxymitragynine pulled…
Whack-a-mole bans won’t fix Florida’s kratom problem, advocates say
Florida’s crackdown on kratom-derived products keeps escalating. Attorney General James Uthmeier signed an expanded emergency rule last month…
Florida designates highly concentrated kratom chemical as Schedule 1 drug
Florida designates highly concentrated kratom chemical as Schedule 1 drug TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida lawmakers have classified highly…
Florida’s new 7-OH ban still misses the bigger kratom problem
Attorney General James Uthmeier has signed a new emergency rule once again targeting 7-hydroxymitragynine, commonly known as 7-OH,…
Florida cracks down on 7-OH products, imposes product limit
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV/Gray Florida Capital Bureau) – The Florida government is taking steps to regulate a “highly addictive”…
Kratom: Advocates tout its properties, but Florida legislators want strict warnings
Kratom by Yanawuti via Stock for WMNF News. by Camille Louise Goering, Florida Trident February 4, 2026 Florida…
Florida drug bust seizes 92,000 pounds of 7-OH, arsenal of guns and explosives, sheriff says: “‘Breaking Bad’ on steroids”
In what is considered the largest bust of its kind in the country, a young man is facing…
Legal battle underway in Florida over ban on kratom compound
At the Kapua Kava Bar in Fort Myers, owner Rob Fontano sells kratom powders, extracts and even chocolates.…