7-OH Users Are Stockpiling and Doing Reddit Detoxes to Prep for Ban
Manisha KrishnanCultureJul 28, 2026 5:30 AM‘They’re Fucking a Lot of People’: 7-OH Users Brace for DEA BanThe opioid-like compound, which is found in kratom, can cause brutal withdrawal symptoms and will soon be a controlled substance. My pelvis was completely shattered,” says Cam, who asked to be identified by his first name because he is discussing drug use. He needed a spinal fusion and was unable to return to his job in car parts manufacturing.“I was in pain 24/7,” Cam says.He needed serious painkillers, and he says the 15 milligrams of oxycodone a day he was prescribed wasn’t cutting it.“I didn't sleep for months.
- ▪Manisha KrishnanCultureJul 28, 2026 5:30 AM‘They’re Fucking a Lot of People’: 7-OH Users Brace for DEA BanThe opioid-like compound, which is found in kratom, can cause brutal withdrawal symptoms and will soon be a controlled substance.
- ▪My pelvis was completely shattered,” says Cam, who asked to be identified by his first name because he is discussing drug use.
- ▪He needed a spinal fusion and was unable to return to his job in car parts manufacturing.“I was in pain 24/7,” Cam says.He needed serious painkillers, and he says the 15 milligrams of oxycodone a day he was prescribed wasn’t cutting it.“I d
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Manisha KrishnanCultureJul 28, 2026 5:30 AM‘They’re Fucking a Lot of People’: 7-OH Users Brace for DEA BanThe opioid-like compound, which is found in kratom, can cause brutal withdrawal symptoms and will soon be a controlled substance. Some users tell WIRED it has relieved their pain and anxiety.Photo-Illustration: WIRED Staff; Getty ImagesCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyA couple months after completing detox for alcohol in June 2023, Cam got into a brutal motorcycle accident.The 36-year-old upstate New York resident woke up hospitalized in late September after a month in a coma. “I broke every rib, every vertebrae. My pelvis was completely shattered,” says Cam, who asked to be identified by his first name because he is discussing drug use.
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