State Cracks Down on ‘Vape Shop Morphine’ as Emergency Rule Classifies Isolated 7-OH as a Schedule I Controlled Substance

Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) inspectors have removed 17,311 packages of concentrated 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) from stores across more than 20 counties, Commissioner Wilton Simpson announced today. This significant action follows an emergency rule that classified isolated or concentrated 7-OH as a Schedule I controlled substance in Florida.

The emergency rule, which makes it illegal to sell, possess, or distribute 7-OH in concentrations exceeding 400 parts per million (ppm), was announced recently by Commissioner Simpson and Attorney General James Uthmeier. Schedule I classification places 7-OH in the same category as dangerous dru

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