TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV/Gray Florida Capital Bureau) - Florida officials say nearly 18,000 dangerous products containing the chemical 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) have been pulled from store shelves just one month after the state classified concentrated forms of the substance as a Schedule I controlled substance.

Attorney General James Uthmeier announced the update during a press conference in Jacksonville on Thursday.

“Thanks to our emergency rule and the hard work of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, nearly 18,000 dangerous 7-OH products have been wiped off the shelves,” Uthmeier said. “We will continue to protect our kids from this poison that carries a high risk for abuse and death.”

7-OH is a chemical compound found naturally in the kratom plant, but in ve

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