{"id":3577,"date":"2025-09-09T07:17:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T12:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=3577"},"modified":"2025-09-04T20:25:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T01:25:08","slug":"warnings-about-a-new-vape-shop-hazard-7-oh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/warnings-about-a-new-vape-shop-hazard-7-oh\/","title":{"rendered":"Warnings About a New Vape Shop Hazard, 7-OH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/urban-6712756_640-e1757035392842.jpg\" alt=\"urban-6712756_640-e1757035392842\" width=\"597\" height=\"400\" \/>A new danger has emerged in vape shops and at gas stations and corner stores. Health officials warn that a concentrated kratom byproduct called 7-OH is being produced and marketed in ways that appeal to kids, and can be bought easily, even though it is believed to have effects and impacts similar to those of opioids. The 7-OH products are available to consumers in a range of forms and packages such as candy, fruit-flavored gummies, ice cream cones, drink mixes and shots, and tablets. Officials worry these products may represent the next stage of the opioid crisis. The FDA has\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/news-events\/press-announcements\/fda-takes-steps-restrict-7-oh-opioid-products-threatening-american-consumers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">taken steps<\/a> to get 7-OH restricted. If you or your child was harmed by 7-OH, you should call the seasoned Chicago-based product liability lawyers of Moll Law Group. Billions have been recovered in product liability lawsuits around the country with which we\u2019ve been involved.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Call Moll Law Group About Your Potential Claim<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On July 29, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) let consumers know that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is taking steps to try to stop the availability of 7-OH. There\u2019s been a recommendation to restrict some of the products that contain 7-OH under the Controlled Substances Act, for instance. Further, the FDA has provided consumers with educational materials, health care providers with a letter, and a scientific assessment that indicates people can develop opioid addiction when they use 7-OH products repeatedly or over a long time. The FDA has also sent warning letters to various businesses for illegal marketing of products containing the addictive substance.<\/p>\n<p>7-OH, which appeared in products starting around 2023, is also referred to as 7-hydroxymitragynine, 7-hydroxy, 7-OHMG, 7-HMG, and 7. It is one of two psychoactive components that occurs naturally in kratom, which is a plant whose leaves were sold for medicinal and recreational purposes throughout the 2000s. There are only small quantities of 7-OH in kratom, but the products that are sold in cape shops have significant quantities of 7-OH; it\u2019s believed that synthetic steps are taken to change another psychoactive component of kratom, one that exists in greater quantities, into 7-OH.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/warnings-about-a-new-vape-shop-hazard-7-oh\/#more-3577\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new danger has emerged in vape shops and at gas stations and corner stores. Health officials warn that a concentrated kratom byproduct called 7-OH is being produced and marketed in ways that appeal to kids, and can be bought easily, even though it is believed to have effects and impacts similar to those of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3578,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dangerous-products","category-product-liability"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Warnings About a New Vape Shop Hazard, 7-OH &#8212; Illinois Injury and Mass Tort Lawyer Blog &#8212; September 9, 2025<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A new danger has emerged in vape shops and at gas stations and corner stores. 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