By Jason Hancock | Editor-in-Chief
Good morning,
Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway’s lawsuit against American Shaman ended Thursday with a deal that immediately takes kratom and 7-OH products off the company’s Missouri shelves.
That outcome is notable not just because American Shaman is the state’s largest distributor of kratom products, but because it comes a month after a Jackson County judge declined to grant Hanaway’s request for an immediate temporary restraining order. The court said then that the case included competing expert claims and unresolved questions.
(Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent)
by Rebecca Rivas
The agreement ends Hanaway’s litigation against Missouri’s largest kratom distributor, but the fight over whether the products pose a public health threat is far from abstract.
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by Jayden Bates-Bland
With World Cup matches coming to Kansas City, Missouri is turning to a reporting app designed to help law enforcement identify possible human trafficking.
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COMMENTARY
by Rebecca Phillips
Are we who we say we are? Are our actions and words aligning with the admonition: “Stay on the road”? Who are we living for? Are we trying to get the praise of the people, or are we doing kind things for people in secret when no one is looking?
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