Kailee joins Brian to look at the latest kratom news. This month we look at an investigative report asking questions about academic freedom at University of Florida that directly affected kratom scientists, past podcast guest Oliver Grundmann and Christopher McCurdy. Kratom regulations preventing sales to minors pass Pennsylvania House. A kratom consumer protection act is vetoed by the Missouri governor based on false information. Kratom sales are regulated in Thailand but banned in a Louisiana parish.

References

• "Inside the Academic-Freedom Crisis That Roiled Florida’s Flagship", Sept 6 2022, The Chronicle. https://www.chronicle.com/article/inside-the-academic-freedom-crisis-that-roiled-floridas-flagship
• "Kratom is the latest unregulated substance concerning Pennsylvania lawmakers", Sept 6 2022, Reading Eagle. https://www.readingeagle.com/2022/09/06/kratom-is-the-latest-unregulated-substance-concerning-pennsylvania-lawmakers/
• "Language Regulating Processors Stripped in Pennsylvania Kratom Consumer Protection Bill; Only Prevents Sales to Minors", June 21 2022, Kratom Science https://www.kratomscience.com/2022/06/21/language-regulating-processors-stripped-in-pennsylvania-kratom-consumer-protection-bill-only-prevents-sales-to-minors/
• "New law around Kratom plant comes into effect Thailand", Aug 28, 2022, The Thaiger, https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/drugs/new-law-around-kratom-plant-goes-into-effect-thailand
• "Kratom Science Podcast #66: Pascal Tanguay, Drug Policy/Harm Reduction Expert talks Kratom, WHO", Dec 2 2021, Kratom Science, https://www.kratomscience.com/podcast/66-pascal-tanguay-drug-policy-expert-talks-about-kratom-in-thailand/
• "Setbacks arise in effort to protect consumer market for kratom", Aug 24 2022, Natural Products Insider, https://www.naturalproductsinsider.com/herbs-botanicals/setbacks-arise-effort-protect-consumer-market-kratom
• "Kratom Science Podcast #78: Journalist Anthony Roberts: Working on A Leaf of Faith, FOIA’ing the DEA and FDA, and Kratom as NDI" https://www.kratomscience.com/podcast/78-journalist-anthony-roberts-working-on-a-leaf-of-faith-foiaing-the-dea-and-fda-and-kratom-as-ndi/
• "Kratom, an herbal extract, is raising addiction fears. Ascension is the 1st parish to ban it", Aug 19 2022, The Advocate, https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/crime_police/article_1a466bc6-1fc3-11ed-9054-4fb52e8d0d23.html
• "Ascension Parish Council votes to ban the sale of controversial product kratom", Aug 22 2022, WAFB9, https://www.wafb.com/2022/08/23/ascension-parish-council-votes-ban-sale-controversial-product-kratom/

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