Incident highlights dangers of illegal concentrated synthetic 7-OH opioid products misrepresented as natural kratom; Georgia law already bans such products

ATLANTA, GA, October 31, 2025 (EZ Newswire) -- The Global Kratom Coalition (GKC) today issued a statement following reports that five students from Saddle Ridge Elementary and Middle School in Walker County, Georgia, were hospitalized after ingesting gummies described as containing “kratom.”

GKC officials warn that the products involved were almost certainly concentrated synthetic 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH), not natural kratom leaf, and that such products are already illegal under Georgia law.

“This tragic situation underscores exactly why Georgia’s existing kratom-related regulations are so important,” said Matthew Lowe, Executiv

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