JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier paid a visit to Jacksonville Thursday to speak about a proposed ban on a product he's comparing to narcotics: kratom.

Sheriff T.K. Waters says more than 340 grams of kratom were confiscated by a single JSO detective earlier in September. He added that Uthmeier’s push to ban kratom products comes at a crucial time to protect the city from what he called “gas station morphine.”

Kratom is a supplement often advertised as a remedy for opioid withdrawal, pain relief, and energy boosting.

Following an advisory from the FDA, Uthmeier moved to ban these products—commonly sold at gas stations and vape shops—and is also mandating that labels clearly indicate if kratom is an ingredient.

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