Long Island county mulls bans on ‘gas station heroin’ kratom — but there’s an exemption

Source: New York Post

Suffolk County is set to ban the psychoactive herbal extract kratom — aka “gas station heroin” — but a proposed law would exempt sales of the actual plant. County lawmakers tweaked a proposed law so that it targets synthetic pills, capsules and liquid vials known to be sold in gas stations while allowing sale of leaves of kratom. 3 Suffolk County lawmakers have revised a proposed bill that would’ve fully banned the sale of kratom within its borders.