Council tables kratom ban indefinitely
Sandpoint Mayor Jeremy Grimm listens during the May 20 City Council meeting.
Photo by JACK FREEMAN
SANDPOINT — The City Council unanimously voted to table Mayor Jeremy Grimm’s proposed prohibition on the sale of kratom products Wednesday evening.
The motion was made by Council President Deb Ruehle, who said the sale of kratom was not a crisis in Sandpoint and that the issue was too complex for a municipality to handle. Ruehle said the council received written testimony opposing the ban from across the nation and as far away as Virginia.
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