{"id":312065,"date":"2026-10-22T17:52:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T17:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/312065\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T17:52:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T17:52:06","slug":"scranton-council-unanimously-approves-kratom-sales-ban-for-minors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/312065\/","title":{"rendered":"Scranton council unanimously approves kratom sales ban for minors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) \u2014 Scranton City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to ban the sale of kratom and synthetic kratom products to minors.<\/p>\n<p>Flynn called the measure a step toward protecting young people and thanked his fellow council members, City Solicitor Tom Gilbride and Lackawanna County District Attorney Brian Gallagher for their work on the ordinance.<\/p>\n<p>The action comes amid concerns about concentrated products containing 7-hydroxymitragynine, or 7-OH. The Pennsylvania Department of Health says concentrated 7-OH products have become more available and can cause opioid-like effects, including respiratory depression and dependence. Pennsylvania poison centers reported 167 kratom- or 7-OH-related cases from January 2022 through June 2025; 81 involved significant illness. The department cautions that poison-center reports are voluntary and may undercount cases.<\/p>\n<p>The FDA has also warned that concentrated 7-OH products may be inaccurately labeled and can be marketed in forms such as gummies, tablets and drinks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) \u2014 Scranton City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to ban the sale of kratom and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312066,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-312065","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\/312065","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=312065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}