Claims extracted
15
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
7%
1 of 15 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
Leans right
of the writing, not the subject · beta estimate
Publisher signals
66/100
New York Post's corrections and
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Outlets on this story
2
Health
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
A potent kratom-derived opioid known as MGM-15 is beginning to hit San Francisco with the first death reported Wednesday — just as police launched a crackdown on smoke shops selling kratom and other addictive drugs.
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police → derive → kratom
The San Francisco Department of Health issued a health alert about the opioid, saying in a news release that “ingesting too much MGM-15 can result in a fatal opioid overdose.”
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ingesting → issue → overdose
The city’s chief medical examiner detected the drug in a fatal overdose involving an adult who died in late September, officials said.
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officials → detect → September
MGM-15, a Schedule 1 substance, is illegal to sell but is found in products marketed as “uncaria tomentosa” or “cat’s claw,” sold in smoke shops and gas stations, officials said.
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officials → sell → shops
The packaging of the consumed MGM-15 is branded “Script botanicals x Maui labs” advertising four tablets with a “berry punch” flavor, according to photos shared by the health department.
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packaging → consume → department
The packaging makes no reference to kratom or 7-hydroxymitagynine and is different from the product that has been found in Utah and Washington, officials said.
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officials → make → Utah
Kratom, sometimes derided as “gas station heroin,” has become commonly used for pain relief and opioid withdrawal.
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Kratom → deride → relief
However, kratom and concentrated amounts of 7-OH are considered to be unapproved and very risky, potentially resulting in seizures and substance use disorder, the Food and Drug Administration warned.
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Administration → consider → seizures
San Francisco police on Wednesday served warrants at multiple San Francisco “smoke shops” over recent weeks, seizing kratom products and also psilocybin, flavored tobacco, drug paraphernalia, nitrous oxide and hundreds of other illegal items.
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police → serve → items
Some smoke shops had hundreds of the illegal products, police said.
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police → have → products
Officers are working closely with the City Attorney’s Office on these investigations.
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Officers → work → investigations
The shops seemed to brazenly violate laws against selling the products, with police noting that the items were in plain view under displayed price tags.
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items → seem → tags
Police mentioned two smoke shops they busted — one on the 1400 block of Haight Street and another on the 4600 block of Geary Boulevard, which apparently even did not have a license to sell tobacco products.
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which → mention → products
The Bay Area city has suffered from a reputation of being overrun by druggies.
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city → suffer → druggies
Earlier this year, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data put the city second on the list of the highest number of fatal drug overdoses, trailing behind only Baltimore.
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data → put → Baltimore
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