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Post probe finds banned synthetic kratom in NYC smoke shops
“The New York Post reports an investigation found dangerous kratom products on sale in New York City smoke shops.” — Rex "Two-Point" Gridley, on air
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Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorIt's ten Eastern, seven Pacific, and this is still The Tailgate.
Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorThe New York Post reports an investigation found dangerous kratom products on sale in New York City smoke shops.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe Post says some contained synthetic opioids, the stuff sometimes called gas station heroin.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFederal law bans those compounds, and the shops were selling the products openly anyway.
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistThe summary gives no numbers, so we don't know how many shops. But the concern is public health, plainly.
Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorRight. Nothing here says which products or brands, so check what a shop is selling before you take a thing off its shelf.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSmoke shops aren't pharmacies. A label doesn't prove what's inside, and this report shows it.
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistAye. Unregulated and unlabelled is a poor forecast for anyone.
Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorAlso out of Spain, the Washington Examiner says hundreds of teenage migrants in Ceuta have slept on cardboard for two months, waiting on a slow government response.
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