Urgent.News

What's breaking now, across thousands of outlets.

Health & Medicine

HHS endorses DEA move to schedule synthetic kratom extracts

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Friday added its recommendations to the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) move to schedule synthetic kratom extracts, putting its support behind the push to regulate the substances colloquially called "gas station opioid." In July, the DEA announced plans to temporarily schedule a psychoactive compound derived from kratom...

HHS endorses DEA move to schedule synthetic kratom extracts

We haven't written up this one. The Hill has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.

Read the original at thehill.com →

More in Health & Medicine

Coronavirus disease 2019

COVID-19 is a contagious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. In January 2020, the disease spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic.

More from Friday 9 October →