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North Dakota House kills total ban on kratom, complicating special session (opens the original)
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The North Dakota House on Friday killed a bill that would permanently ban all kratom, complicating what the Legislature will do about the substance the governor called a special session to address. Senate Bill 2408, brought by Sen. Michelle Axtman, R-Bismarck, failed with 47 members opposed and 46 members in favor of the bill. It passed the Senate Thursday in a 46-1 vote. In the House debate, supporters said a total ban is necessary to address what they called a dangerous, addictive drug. Oppone
Kratom bills advance, including a permanent full ban in North Dakota (opens the original)
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Legislation advanced Wednesday to permanently ban all kratom and synthetic products in North Dakota, hours after the governor urged the Legislature to ban kratom “in all its forms.” The Legislature began a special session Wednesday to address kratom and other topics. Two kratom bills could get their first votes in the House and Senate as soon as Thursday. Sen. Michelle Axtman, R-Bismarck, introduced amendments to Senate Bill 2408 to include natural kratom in addition to her original bill’s inten
July 14: Prairie Dog Town Plague (opens the original)
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“The Black Death,” as the bubonic plague was called, swept Europe in the mid-14th century and killed millions of people. Hundreds of years later, North Dakota also grappled with plague. The first cases were detected in dozens of ground squirrels shot at a golf club and on ranches in the Crosby area in 1941. The rodents carried dozens of fleas infected with plague bacteria. State health officials connected the plague to an outbreak that had spread throughout the western states. They set up a rode
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