The emergency rule will add yet another layer of security against the 7-OH compound in kratom products, a Southeast Asian plant known for its versatile opiate or stimulant properties. Simpson’s announcement came one month after Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier listed 7-OH as a Schedule 1 substance, placing it alongside drugs like heroin and LSD. Two weeks later, Uthmeier derided the compound as 13 times stronger than morphine and promptly issued an emergency rule scheduling 7-OH as a highly illegal Schedule 1 substance. An emergency rule lasts 90 days and must be taken up by the Legislature to become permanently part of Florida law. “[But] this emergency rule is only good until the Legislature comes back to meet.