Summary
The city now bans selling kratom — a psychoactive substance some call 'in-store heroin' — to anyone under 21, with stores required to post signage and check ID. Council acted as a stopgap while the state considers its own ban.
At a glance
- Total mentions
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- Last 30 days
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Last discussed Apr 20, 2026.
Impact analysis
No direct city cost; businesses bear signage and compliance burdens.
Families and young residents protected from an unregulated psychoactive product.
Retailers selling kratom face new compliance and enforcement exposure.
Mentions & discussions (6)
Council votes to regulate kratom
Council votes to regulate kratom C & G Newspapers
City Council - Apr 20, 2026
The city now bans selling kratom — a psychoactive substance some call 'in-store heroin' — to anyone under 21, with stores required to post signage and check ID. Council acted as a stopgap while the state considers its own ban.
City Council - Apr 6, 2026
Council hasn't voted yet on banning kratom sales. Members asked for fixes covering penalties for minors and required signage, and a state ban may beat the city to it — a revised draft is expected at the next meeting.
City Council - Mar 16, 2026
Prevention workers showed how concentrated 7-OH kratom products, packaged like candy, are sold in local smoke shops, sometimes with free samples. The proposed ban on sales and possession by minors was tabled for legal cleanup, with police handling enforcement.
City Council - Feb 2, 2026
Council Member Rusie wants to reconvene the playground committee this spring to plan a fenced tot lot, and she's drafted an ordinance barring kratom sales to minors that could come back to council in March.
City Council - Jan 20, 2026
Rusie is drafting an ordinance, modeled on Clinton Township's and the city's vaping ordinance, to set the minimum purchase age for Kratom at 21 as a stopgap until the state regulates it. It's being sold at local tobacco shops and surveyed by SNAP.
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