{"id":158563,"date":"2026-04-06T14:55:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T14:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/158563\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T14:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T14:55:07","slug":"lackawanna-co-scranton-officials-propose-ordinance-to-ban-sale-of-gas-station-heroin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/158563\/","title":{"rendered":"Lackawanna Co., Scranton officials propose ordinance to ban sale of \u201cgas station heroin\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF)  \u2014 Lackawanna County and Scranton city leaders and law enforcement officials have announced a proposed ordinance aimed at banning the sale of kratom within city limits.<\/p>\n<p>Lackawanna County District Attorney Brian Gallagher joined Scranton City Councilman Pat Flynn, members of city council, and representatives from the addiction, treatment, and recovery community Monday to unveil the proposal.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say the measure targets kratom, a substance sometimes referred to as \u201cgas station heroin,\u201d citing concerns about its accessibility, psychoactive effects, and potential for addiction.<\/p>\n<p>According to city leaders, kratom is commonly sold over the counter at convenience stores, smoke shops, and gas stations, making it widely available despite growing public safety concerns.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed ordinance is intended to limit access to the substance and address what officials describe as an increasing issue within the community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) \u2014 Lackawanna County and Scranton city leaders and law enforcement officials have announced a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":158564,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-158563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}