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Hillsborough County Considers Restrictions On Potent Kratom Compound

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Status

Reported, not yet confirmed

Independent sources

3

First seen

Oct 21, 5:05 PM EDT

updated Oct 21, 7:41 PM EDT

Topic

Local News

Reported by WTVT, WTSP and WFLA (NBC 8), not yet confirmed.

What Happened

Hillsborough County is considering restrictions or a ban on kratom products and a potent kratom compound as families describe losing loved ones, WFLA, WTSP and WTVT reported.

Written by our system from the sources below (3), version 2, Oct 21, 8:46 PM EDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.

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How It Unfolded

Oct 21, 5:26 PM EDT · first source seenOct 21, 8:11 PM EDT · published

Official Confirmation

No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.

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Hillsborough County and its neighbours, as they are right now. The event is placed on the county; it is not drawn as a point.

How We Decided

Oct 21, 5:47 PM EDTHeld: One source so far, and no official source confirms it yet.Oct 21, 8:11 PM EDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.NextConfirmed when an official source agrees.