The Housing-Consumer Protection Subcommittee advanced a kratom regulation bill (HB360) and an Airbnb rental-guarantee bill (HB765) over significant opposition, while tabling an anti-discrimination bill (HB988) and carrying over several contested measures including a mold liability bill and a rental junk fees bill.
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Delegate Cole refused to remove the phrase 'opioid like' from the required warning label, citing military usage and arguing consumers do not know the product causes opioid-like dependence. Jack Edward Henningfield testified that calling kratom's withdrawal 'opioid like' is not evidence-based and that the federal government walked away from that characterization roughly 10 years ago; Bob Durkin similarly argued the warning describes morphine-style withdrawal — stupor and rigor — which is not what kratom produces and therefore will not help consumers. The American Kratom Association's Mike Carlin also listed removal of the language as their top requested amendment.
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“No less than half of my patients that I treat in my practice are being seen for Kratom and Kratom derivatives. We use the exact same protocols that we treat heroin, fentanyl, and prescription opioid addictions.”
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Sign in to subscribeThank you. You got a bill that was heard in the Criminal Law Subcommittee of Courts of justice, and then they referred it to General Laws Committee with a substitute, is that right? Yes, sir. Okay, so we've got a bill. It's been vetted by the criminal law folks. The. What was the reason that you were explained to you. Sorry. As to why we were getting this bill? So. And sorry, Delegate Hernandez, he's heard this probably four times, because I think we've spent three times in court. So what I'm saying is you don't have to give us the whole bill. Okay. What aspects of it maybe. Delegate Hernandez, if you were in Crimson, what aspects of the bill are we supposed to be looking at here in general laws? I'm happily defer to the patron. So if you would specifically look at sections D and E of the bill. Section D is the part that we worked on, specifically D1, which is kind of where we start to talk about the device. So hence my. My presence here before you today. So, nitrous oxide. In order to really make sure that we're targeting the right scenario and…
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