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Dim convenience store shelving photographed at night, small bottles racked on the right and deep shadow to the left, under type reading Gas station heroin. Two drugs, one name.

Gas Station Heroin: Two Different Drugs Are Sha...

Kemal Whyte

FDA uses gas station heroin for tianeptine. The press uses it for concentrated 7-OH kratom products. They are different drugs with different legal status, and treating them as one makes...

Two states, opposite directions: Minnesota raised the kratom purchase age to 21 in force 1 August 2026 after a near unanimous vote, while North Dakota prohibited under a temporary 30 day executive order with a special session called for 2 September 2026

Minnesota Is the Model, and the Industry Is Not...

Kemal Whyte

Minnesota raised the kratom purchase age to 21 on 1 August 2026, passing 127 to 5 and 56 to 10. North Dakota prohibited four days later under a temporary order,...

North Dakota is closed: the state kratom ban has been in force since 5 p.m. Wednesday 5 August 2026, covering sale, purchase and possession, with a dark grid of state tiles and North Dakota struck through in red

North Dakota Is Closed: The Kratom Ban Nobody V...

Kemal Whyte

Kratom is illegal in North Dakota as of right now. It took two days, by executive order, after the state's own legislature had refused three times. The venue where this...