We oppose this
Prohibits the sale of products that contain 7-hydroxymitragynine at a level that exceeds 2% of total alkaloids or one milligram per serving; establishes fines for the sale of such products.
Saying this out loud matters. A representative who hears only opposition learns nothing about what we would actually vote for.
We are not asking anyone to do nothing. Every objection below comes with the clause we would put in its place — the full text is here.
A cap answers "how much is in it?" by banning the answer above a number. Section 13 answers it by requiring the number on the label. Same information reaches the buyer; nothing has to be removed from the shelf, and nobody is pushed to an unlabeled source to get what they were already using.
The 2% figure is only meaningful if somebody measures it. Section 12 requires batch testing by an independent laboratory with a certificate of analysis, which is the part that makes any number - a cap or a disclosure - true rather than claimed.
Yours will be better than ours because it is yours. Change a word, say where you live, and stop — ninety seconds is a long call.
I am a constituent and I am asking you to oppose S8925A. I am not against labeling 7-OH content - put the number on the package. But a two percent cap does not make anything safer, it just removes the tested, labeled product and leaves the untested one online. Please require disclosure and lab testing instead of a cap.
