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Poison control centers statewide are seeing more people suffer from overdose-like symptoms of popular drug products, and federal health officials are pressing for restrictions on how they are made.
The Pennsylvania Department of Health says poison control centers continue to see a rise in calls involving kratom and its derivative, 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH). From 2022 through June, Allegheny County reported the most cases with 18. The department issued a health advisory this month warning that reports of exposure remain elevated; it also issued an advisory in August…