Alert – FTC – Agencies call out firms for putting kids’ health at risk for the sake of profit For the second time in as many years, the Federal Trade Commission today sent cease-and-desist letters – jointly with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) – to several companies currently marketing edibles containing Delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol…

Alert – NDEWS – What is 7-OH? 7-hydroxymitragynine or 7-OH is an opioid-receptor binding alkaloid that occurs naturally in trace amounts in kratom leaves What was found? Dr. Christopher McCurdy, an internationally recognized kratom expert, alerted the NDEWS team to the presence of synthetically created 7-OH pharmaceuticals being marketed as kratom products. In response, the NDEWS team analyzed…