Chesterfield shoppers will no longer find kratom products at The Green Dragon after the retailer's owners signed a legal agreement with Attorney General Catherine Hanaway's office to halt all Missouri sales.

The Green Dragon, LLC, which operates a retail store in Chesterfield and distributes kratom products across the St. Louis area, agreed on Thursday, Aug. 6, to stop marketing, selling or advertising 7-Hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) or any other kratom product in the state, First Alert 4 reported. The agreement also bars owners David Jadwin and a co-owner identified as Matthew from operating any Missouri business that sells the products, according to the AG's office.

Kratom products, sold as tablets, gummies, drinks and powders, have been widely available at gas stations, smoke shops and specialty retailers across Chesterfield Valley. Law enforcement sometimes calls the substance "gas station heroin."

The deal is part of Hanaway's broader crackdown on unregulated 7-OH sales. Missouri coroners have linked 161 overdose deaths to the compound, which the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says is three times more powerful than morphine. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) filed its intent in July to place concentrated 7-OH in Schedule 1, the same federal category as heroin.

"7-OH was killing people in Missouri," Hanaway said in a July 8 interview with the Springfield Daily Citizen. "The coroners reported 161 overdose deaths from the substance that was legal and being sold over the counter. And we've gotten the five biggest sellers in Missouri to agree not to sell here."

The Green Dragon is the latest target. Hanaway's office previously reached settlements in June halting sales by CBD American Shaman, the largest kratom producer, and distributor Relax Relief Rejuvenate Trading. Missouri lawmakers debated a statewide ban this spring but adjourned without passing one, so the AG has relied on voluntary agreements and consumer protection authority rather than a specific statute.

Once the federal reclassification is finalized, county prosecutors will be able to treat 7-OH possession and sales as criminal matters statewide.