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  Oglesby City Council agrees to prohibit kratom, Written by Tom Collins This
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  Everlit. Oglesby will join the growing list of cities to prohibit Kratom,
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  the so-called gas station drug, that's increasingly showing up in autopsies. Monday,
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  The
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  Oglesby City Council took up the discussion of whether to follow the
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  lead of Mendota, Spring Valley and other local communities that have banned
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  its sale and or possession within city limits. The problem with this
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  drug is it's highly addictive and can be dangerous if misused, Commissioner
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  Hillary Moyle said. Commissioner Austin Cunhan quickly lent his support to a
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  ban on the sale of kratom, citing two recent student deaths at
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  the University of Mississippi. I'm not really a fan of drugs, period.
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  And I also think just the stuff being sold in Ogglesby feels
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  kinda sleazy, Kullinan said, and so I'm very comfortable with a ban
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  on the sale of it. Cullenan and Mayor Jason Curran left open
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  whether to extend the ban to possess deferring that issue to the
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  Oglesby Police Department. Chief Mike Margus, however, quickly lent his support to
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  prohibiting both the sale and possession within in city limits. If it's
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  not safe to sell Kratom in Oglesby, then it shouldn't be legal
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  to possess Kratom and Oglesby either, Margnus told Shaw a local after
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  the meeting. The council then voted unanimously to authorize City Attorney Pat
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  Berry to draft an ordinance which should be ready for the next
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  council meeting on November 2. LaSalle County Coroner Rich Ploch has expressed
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  concern with how frequently Kratom is showing up in post mortem toxicology
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  reports. He counted ten fatal overdoses in which Kratom was a contributing
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  factor. Of the ten, there were two where Kratom was pinpointed as
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  the primary cause of overdose. Ploch said, he was pleased that Oglesby
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  acted decisively. Next for Ploch is trying to get the ban extended
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  to the unincorporated areas of LaSalle County. He anticipates making a presentation
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  to county officials later this year. I'm glad and very supportive that
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  the Moonies are jumping on the bandwagon, Plock said, but I feel
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  that we as a county need to do our part to regulate
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  it in the unincorporated areas.