A bill that would ban “gas station heroin” has passed through the state house with bipartisan support.
Drug enforcement and mental health experts have been reaching out to state legislators for several years in hopes to ban the product, which is sold over the counter officials say is extremely harmful and addictive.
It’s called tianeptine, also known as 7-OH, and it causes an effect similar to heroin and other opioids that are addictive.
“It is frequently used chronically and, if stopped abruptly, users may experience withdrawal symptoms similar to those associated with opioid discontinuation,” FDA Commissioner Martin Markary said in a statement earlier this year. The product is not FDA approved.
Tennessee and Michigan have already passed similar legislation.
The bill was first introduced last year and passed though committee with bipartisan support. But no new action was taken until this past week when it passed through the appropriations committee then the house floor.
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