Governor urges permanent ban on all kratom in North Dakota

By: Jack Dura

Outlets: North Dakota Monitor

Published: September 2, 2026

Words: 773

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong called on the Legislature Wednesday to prohibit kratom “in all its forms,” a boost for efforts to ban the substance as lawmakers deliberate what action to take.

The Republican governor’s roughly nine-minute State of the State address came at the start of the special session he called last month for restricting kratom. A House-Senate policy committee is deliberating two bills to ban …

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