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Kratom ban resolution (House Bill 5537)→At a glance
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Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Sep 21, 2026.
Public comments (9)
A chronic pain patient who was bedridden for eight years said kratom gave her life back and urged the committee not to support the ban bill.
Public Health and Safety Standing Committee · 7:25 →Melody's husband described watching chronic pain take his wife away and kratom give her back, asking for regulation rather than a ban.
Public Health and Safety Standing Committee · 10:13 →A woman in recovery from opioid addiction said natural kratom helped her leave methadone behind six years ago and asked the committee to keep it available.
Public Health and Safety Standing Committee · 12:01 →A woman from Ann Arbor with chronic pain and IBS said kratom relieved her pain without side effects and asked the committee not to take it away.
Public Health and Safety Standing Committee · 14:33 →Described a devastating back injury, failed nerve-pain treatments and a suicide attempt before finding relief; his time ran out mid-testimony.
Public Health and Safety Standing Committee · 16:42 →A Redford resident who uses kratom for back pain asked the committee to hold the resolution and distinguish natural leaf from synthetic 7-OH.
Public Health and Safety Standing Committee · 39:21 →A 20-year chronic pain patient said synthetic 7-OH products falsely marketed as kratom are the real problem and asked the committee to hold off.
Public Health and Safety Standing Committee · 41:05 →With the International Plant and Herbal Alliance, urged regulation — lab testing, age gates, labeling — rather than a ban on natural kratom.
Public Health and Safety Standing Committee · 43:09 →Described escaping prescription pill addiction through whole-leaf kratom in 2019 and asked the committee not to confuse natural leaf with synthetics.
Public Health and Safety Standing Committee · 45:24 →