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JACKSON • House members for the second consecutive year appear on track to pass legislation that would make kratom, a green powdered herbal supplement, illegal in Mississippi.
JACKSON • One day after marijuana became legal in Mississippi for medicinal use, the state House on Thursday passed legislation that would make the herbal product known as kratom illegal.
During a virtual meeting that starts at 6:30 p.m. today, February 16, the board of trustees for the Town of Monument will hear a presentation seeking to overturn the community's prohibition on sales of kratom, an herbal pain reliever of Southeast Asian origin. Leading the charge will be Mac Haddow, senior fellow on public policy at the American Kratom Association. Haddow is one of the nation's leading advocates for the popular but controversial substance, which the federal Food and Drug Administration has spent the past several years demonizing — an effort that led Denver in November 2017 t...