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Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced Thursday an investigation into kratom and 7OH retailers and manufacturers statewide.

The investigation includes known 7OH producer and retailer, American Shaman, in the Kansas City metro.

Kratom is a natural herb hailing back from southeast Asia that has been used as a remedy for centuries. It contains a small percentage of seven hydroxymitragynine, or 7OH.

American Shaman and its founder, Vince Sanders, learned how to produce concentrated synthetic 7OH in a pure tablet form. Local experts have reported the effects to be 25 to 40% stronger than morphine, providing an opiate like high.

7OH is being sold in gas stations, smoke shops and retail fronts across the metro and country. Some have coined it as

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