The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services is finalizing regulations to classify a “dangerous” derivative of kratom as a Schedule I narcotic that would make it a crime to sell, possess or distribute the substance.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear in a Wednesday press conference said 7-hydroxymitragynine, or 7-OH, is a “powerful and addictive drug that has no place in Kentucky.” A press release from his office stated law enforcement would be able to remove the “unsafe” 7-OH products from shelves once the regulation is finalized.

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