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HHS endorses DEA move to schedule synthetic kratom extracts

HHS endorses DEA move to schedule synthetic kratom extracts

Healthcare News – Read More The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Friday added its recommendations to the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) move to schedule synthetic kratom extracts, putting its support behind the push to regulate the substances colloquially called “gas station opioid.” In July, the DEA announced plans to temporarily schedule a psychoactive compound derived from kratom… 

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