L.A. stores must immediately stop selling kratom and 7-OH products, health department warns

When mixed with alcohol, medications or illicit drugs, the county health department warns, 7-OH products can “cause severe respiratory depression and death. Importantly, these products are unregulated and may contain unknown concentrations of 7-OH, increasing the risk of unintentional overdose.” There have been six reported kratom-related deaths in Los Angeles County in just the past few months.