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Kelly Armstrong: ““People were overdosing and dying from a product that they could buy off the shelf without any regulations or any age…”

On the recordSeptember 2, 2026
“People were overdosing and dying from a product that they could buy off the shelf without any regulations or any age restrictions. That’s why we took it off the shelves until you all could be convened,”
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Kelly Armstrong
Republican · North Dakota

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Governor addressing the Legislature on kratom regulation.

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