WASHINGTON (TNND) \u2014 The Trump administration is calling for the compound 7-OH, a popular by-product of the Kratom plant found in diet pills and pain-relief pills, to be scheduled as an illicit drug. <\/p>\n
Food and Drug Administrator Commissioner Marty Makary has requested that the Drug Enforcement Administration classify 7-OH as a Schedule 1 substance, a classification given to heroin, ecstasy and lysergic acid diethyl amide (LSD).<\/p>\n
Regulators have sounded the alarm bells on 7-OH, which can be found in tablets, gummies, mixed drinks or shots, due to its “high risk of addiction.” It’s been used both as a pain reliever and a stimulant, being easily accessible for purchase at gas stations, smoke shops and online. Officials say these products are sold with no \u201cquality control, no dosage control and no warnings.\u201d High potent 7-OH products can cause nausea, vomiting and seizures.<\/p>\n
\u201cVape stores are popping up in every neighborhood in America, and many are selling addictive products like concentrated 7-OH,” Makary said. “After the last wave of the opioid epidemic, we cannot get caught flat-footed again. 7-OH is an opioid that can be more potent than morphine. We need regulation and public education to prevent another wave of the opioid epidemic.\u201d<\/p>\n
The FDA does not approve 7-OH for dietary supplements or in food products. Just in June, the FDA sent warning letters to seven companies for illegally distributing products containing 7-OH.<\/p>\n
The American Kratom Association (AKA), a trade group representing the industry, gave the FDA its support in efforts to reschedule 7-OH.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis bold step is a critical milestone in protecting public health and consumer safety from dangerous synthetic products that masquerade as natural kratom,\u201d the AKA said in a statement. A spokesperson for the group said that the FDA\u2019s decision shines a light on a \u201cmassive and growing\u201d problem in the kratom marketplace.<\/p>\n
Back in 2016, the DEA signaled that it intended to classify 7-OH as an illicit substance but decided against it due to public backlash. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON (TNND) \u2014 The Trump administration is calling for the compound 7-OH, a popular by-product of the Kratom…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46413,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[36522,9038,246,97,36524,243,5825,5599,9107,36523],"class_list":["post-46412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-7-oh","tag-addiction","tag-fda","tag-health","tag-kratom","tag-medication","tag-opioid","tag-public-health","tag-regulation","tag-schedule-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}