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  "id": 677304,
  "title": "This Popular Herb Is Part of a Billion-Dollar Industry Sold at Convenience Stores. Now Regulators Want to Ban It.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/this-popular-herb-is-part-of-a-billion-dollar-industry-sold-at",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-12T14:32:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Entrepreneur",
    "slug": "entrepreneur",
    "url": "https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/this-popular-herb-is-part-of-billion-dollar-industry-now-regulators-want-to-ban-it"
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  "summary": "Kratom is legal, but largely unregulated. A surge in overdoses has led regulators in several states to move toward outright bans.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}