Kratom products sold in Bellingham gas stations

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  7-OH is a synthetic opioid-like substance derived from kratom“7-Hydroxymitragynine, better known as 7-OH, is widely available for purchase, including from Bellingham smoke shops. The tablets are a semi-synthetic derivative of kratom.”
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  7-OH is being sold in Bellingham gas stations and smoke shops“7-Hydroxymitragynine, better known as 7-OH, is widely available for purchase, including from Bellingham smoke shops. The tablets are a semi-synthetic derivative of kratom.”
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  A recent report states that 7-OH is being sold in Bellingham gas stations and smoke shops“7-Hydroxymitragynine, better known as 7-OH, is widely available for purchase, including from Bellingham smoke shops. The tablets are a semi-synthetic derivative of kratom.”
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  The products are marketed as natural energy boosters and pain relievers“Kratom products, and newer, synthetic forms known as 7-OH, are available to buy — often regardless of your age — in cartoonish packages of powders, capsules, extracts, gummies and drinks. The products are marketed throughout Whatcom County and nationwide as natural energy boosters, pain relievers and supplements, and are sold in gas stations and smoke shops.”
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  The products come in colorful packages“Kratom products, and newer, synthetic forms known as 7-OH, are available to buy — often regardless of your age — in cartoonish packages of powders, capsules, extracts, gummies and drinks.”
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  The products are available regardless of age“Kratom products, and newer, synthetic forms known as 7-OH, are available to buy — often regardless of your age — in cartoonish packages of powders, capsules, extracts, gummies and drinks.”
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  Clinicians and lawmakers are expressing concern over the addictive properties of these products“Addictive, opioid-like gas station products are alarming clinicians, lawmakers — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000 7-Hydroxymitragynine, better known as 7-OH, is widely available for purchase, including from Bellingham smoke shops. The tablets are a semi-synthetic derivative of kratom. 7-OH and kratom products can have stimulant, sedative and addictive effects. ( Finn Wendt /Cascadia Daily News) Standing in downtown Bellingham, you could walk a few blocks and, with relatively little cash, buy illicit fentanyl, an opioid. Or, for a little more money, you could walk a few blocks into a gas station and purchase any of the dozens of colorful, fruity, legal products that act on the brain’s same opioid receptors. Kratom products, and newer, synthetic forms known as 7-OH, are available to buy — often regardless of your age — in cartoonish packages of powders, capsules, extracts, gummies and drinks. The products are marketed throughout Whatcom County and nationwide as natural energy boosters, pain relievers and supplements, and are sold in gas stations and smoke shops. Ranging in price from a few dollars to hundreds of dollars, the products are derived from dried leaves of a tree native to Southeast Asia, the leaves of which have stimulant, sedative and addictive effects.  With little information beyond flavors and enhancement promises, kratom products are sold at convenience stores nationwide, including this one in Bellingham. ( Owen Racer /Cascadia Daily News) The natural powder form of kratom has been used relatively safely for decades. But the more potent, semi-synthetic derivative”
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  The report states that 7-OH is a semi-synthetic derivative of kratom“7-Hydroxymitragynine, better known as 7-OH, is widely available for purchase, including from Bellingham smoke shops. The tablets are a semi-synthetic derivative of kratom.”
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  Kratom has stimulant, sedative, and addictive effects“7-OH and kratom products can have stimulant, sedative and addictive effects.”
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  Kratom has been used relatively safely for decades“The natural powder form of kratom has been used relatively safely for decades.”
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  The more potent 7-OH form is raising alarms“7-OH and kratom products can have stimulant, sedative and addictive effects.”
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  The products range in price from a few dollars to hundreds of dollars“Ranging in price from a few dollars to hundreds of dollars, the products are derived from dried leaves of a tree native to Southeast Asia, the leaves of which have stimulant, sedative and addictive effects.”
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  The products are sold in gas stations and smoke shops throughout Whatcom County“Kratom products, and newer, synthetic forms known as 7-OH, are available to buy — often regardless of your age — in cartoonish packages of powders, capsules, extracts, gummies and drinks. The products are marketed throughout Whatcom County and nationwide as natural energy boosters, pain relievers and supplements, and are sold in gas stations and smoke shops.”