The lawsuit alleges the companies shipped products to Texas containing 7-OH levels ranging from 86% to 96% of total alkaloid content, nearly fifty times the 2% maximum allowed under the Texas Kratom Consumer Health and Safety Protection Act.
Attorney General Paxton's investigation found that the defendants deceptively marketed their products as non-synthetic and falsely claimed on their websites that they did not ship synthetic kratom or products exceeding the 2% 7-OH limit to Texas.
Laboratory testing confirmed the products contained synthetic alkaloids expressly prohibited by state law.
The Texas Legislature enacted the 2023 Kratom Consumer Health and Safety Protection Act to establish strict potency limits and ban synthetic additives in kratom products sold in the state.
7-OH is a potent alkaloid that the source packet notes is more than twenty times stronger than morphine.
Paxton stated he would not allow California-based companies to illegally ship their potentially deadly substances into Texas. He said synthetic kratom products can be incredibly dangerous, and his office would continue working to protect Texas consumers from the harms of adulterated kratom products.
This action follows a previous lawsuit against North Texas-based Kratom retailers operating under the name Smokey's Paradise in Midlothian, Texas, where the Office of the Attorney General secured a Temporary Injunction to stop the sale of illegal adulterated products.