Overview
- Officials confirmed three additional fatalities, raising the recent local toll to six, with alcohol detected in all of the decedents.
- Public health authorities describe 7‑OH products as synthetically concentrated and capable of causing severe respiratory depression consistent with opioid overdoses.
- Los Angeles County urged retailers to stop selling 7‑OH items and advised residents to avoid them, carry naloxone, avoid mixing with alcohol, and not use alone.
- The FDA has issued warning letters, stated 7‑OH is not lawfully marketed as a drug, dietary supplement, or food additive, and recommended that the DEA consider controlling the substance.
- Despite enforcement steps, high‑7‑OH products remain easy to find at vape and smoke shops, gas stations, and online.