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Opioid Crisis

2 stories on this topic.

OpinionEnforcement

Selective Enforcement: No Arrests for a Fentanyl-Class Opioid, Arrests for Cannabis

The State Won’t Arrest Sellers of a Fentanyl-Class Opioid — But Still Arrests People for Cannabis** - December 16th, 2025

December 16, 2025

OpinionKratom & Psychedelics

Kratom and 7-OH Are Different Beasts, and Lawmakers Made a Hasty Decision

Connecticut’s decision to move forward with scheduling raw kratom leaf as a controlled substance amounts to throwing out the baby with the bathwater. The state is conflating natural kratom (used by many to avoid opioids) with 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) — a much more dangerous synthetic or concentrated derivative. That conflation is wildly irresponsible, and I fear it will lead

October 16, 2025