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The Kansas City, Missouri City Council is considering an ordinance to ban the sale of what Mayor Quinton Lucas has called 'gas station drugs.'

It takes aim at products like nitrous oxide and Delta 8 THC gummies, but also a product that has gained popularity in recent months, synthetic 7-OH.

7-OH is a concentrated, synthetic derivative of the herbal plant, kratom. Both are sold without regulations across the Kansas City area. 7-OH is often referred to as 'gas station heroin' because of the opioid-like effects it can produce in users, including severe withdrawal symptoms.

It's produced by companies in the metro, including American Shaman and Relax Relief Rejuvante. The FDA recently seized 73,000 synthetic 7-OH products from the c

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