SF Reports First Fatal Overdose From Kratom-Derived Opioid as SFPD Raids Smoke Shops

The first fatal overdose in SF involving MGM-15, a potent kratom-derived opioid sold in products marketed as supplements, has prompted a health alert as police seize hundreds of kratom products and other items from local smoke shops.The San Francisco Department of Public Health recently reported a death involving dihydro-7-hydroxymitragynine, also known as MGM-15, a semisynthetic opioid derived from kratom, as KRON4 reports. The substance was recently added to the federal Drug Enforcement Administration s Schedule I list of controlled substances.MGM-15 was listed in the toxicology results of an adult who died in late September, as well as in the packaging of the product the person consumed, officials said. The death marks San Francisco s first reported fatal overdose involving the substance, which has previously been linked to overdose deaths in Utah and Washington.According to KRON4, the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) warned that MGM-15 is a semisynthetic opioid der