{"id":1204,"date":"2025-08-04T01:12:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T17:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rockingdish.com\/common-gas-station-opioids-targeted-by-rfk-jr-in-new-crackdown\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T01:13:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T17:13:12","slug":"common-gas-station-opioids-targeted-by-rfk-jr-in-new-crackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rockingdish.com\/?p=1204","title":{"rendered":"Common Gas Station Opioids Targeted By RFK Jr. In New Crackdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Recommendation Made By RFK Jr. To Restrict Popular 7-OH Opioids<\/h2>\n<p><em>\u201cI spent 14 years as a heroin addict,\u201d<\/em> HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said at a Tuesday, July 29, press conference.<em> \u201cI have been 43 years in recovery.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>At 71, RFK Jr. is now working to Make America Healthy Again, and that effort was continued as HHS and the FDA announced they are recommending policies restricting 7-OH opioids, also known as 7-hydroxymitragynine.<\/p>\n<p>These 7-OH opioid products, which are synthetically produced from the kratom plant, are widely sold at gas station convenient stores and vape shops across America.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c7-OH is increasingly recognized as having potential for abuse because of its ability to bind to opioid receptors,\u201d<\/em> the FDA stated in a July 29 press release.<\/p>\n<p>Mentioning the rise of street drugs, as well as the more recent escalation of oxycodone and fentanyl abuse, FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary said, <em>\u201cWe have a history of being asleep at the wheel. For the sake of our nation\u2019s children, let\u2019s not get caught flat-footed again.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>He added, <em>\u201cPublic health is supposed to prevent disasters, not just clean them up when they\u2019ve killed thousands and thousand of people.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Recommended Policies On 7-OH Opioids<\/h2>\n<p>Looking to a disconnect between <em>\u201cthe ivory towers\u201d<\/em> of the medical field, and <em>\u201cthe streets,\u201d<\/em> Makary rhetorically asked at the July 29 press conference, <em>\u201cHave experts been to the vape stores? It affects what we see in the operating room.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Continuing, he said, <em>\u201cI\u2019ve been surprised going to these vape stores at what I\u2019m seeing. First of all, roughly 85% of the vape products are illegal vape products \u2026 No cutesy, fruity flavored (gummies or vapes) designed to appeal to children \u2026 [are] legal or approved by the FDA.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wpss_copy\">Content retrieved from: <a href=\"https:\/\/countryrebel.com\/common-gas-station-opioids-targeted-by-rfk-jr-in-new-crackdown\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawL8d6ZleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFPUXpYcnF2cEtTRXN4d3NhAR69A-fmpbfzwnMm1cbp1jEETODqMl4RtAsRqb68Uj7WMCkyElRUogxRRSBAvg_aem_MKwBKS9albPQimpWXyE2OQ\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/countryrebel.com\/common-gas-station-opioids-targeted-by-rfk-jr-in-new-crackdown\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawL8d6ZleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFPUXpYcnF2cEtTRXN4d3NhAR69A-fmpbfzwnMm1cbp1jEETODqMl4RtAsRqb68Uj7WMCkyElRUogxRRSBAvg_aem_MKwBKS9albPQimpWXyE2OQ<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recommendation Made By RFK Jr. To Restrict Popular 7-OH Opioids \u201cI spent 14 years as a heroin addict,\u201d HHS Secretary Robert F. 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