DeSoto County moves toward banning kratom sales
DeSoto County Supervisor Robert Foster supports the ordinance but said he wanted to see draft language for the kratom ban before the final vote. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
DeSoto County could soon ban kratom, adding to the growing number of government entities that are taking action against the unregulated drug amid widespread concern.
At its meeting Monday, Oct. 19, the DeSoto County Board of Supervisors asked board attorney Adam Emerson to draft an ordinance banning the sale of the product within unincorporated areas of the county.
The ban would apply on county land, not within individual city limits.
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Aarron Fleming
Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.
He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on DeSoto County and the surrounding municipalities.
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