Atlanta hearing targets retail sales of kratom – FOX 5 Atlanta

Atlanta hearing targets retail sales of kratom  FOX 5 Atlanta

Officials are pushing for a statewide Georgia kratom ban after the attorney general warned the unregulated supplement is causing fatal overdoses. Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr asked a Senate study committee to ban retail sales of kratom following fatal overdoses and more than 315 emergency calls statewide. ATLANTA – Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr called on state lawmakers Friday to completely ban kratom from store shelves following a surge in emergency calls and fatal overdoses tied to the substance. Carr told a joint legislative study committee that Georgia faces an escalating crisis as kratom continues to line the shelves of gas stations and vape shops statewide. He warned that the existing Kratom Consumer Protection Act fails to protect the public from severe harm.

Carr asked lawmakers to take strong action and ban the herbal drug from store shelves across the state. Pitter Goughnour testified that her daughter's life will never be the same after her ex-husband, Bill, died six years ago from a kratom overdose. She still holds video showing paramedics attempting to revive him after he consumed what he thought was a natural supplement. Goughnour explained the deep personal toll his death took on their family. "This has hit me personally, he will never walk my daughter down the aisle," Goughnour said. "When it was sold to Bill, it