Turns out the story is made up but yeah very funny regardless.

They are opening their first brick and mortar store, doing it on Veterans Day to highlight their hiring practices with veterans. If you arent near enough to make the drive check out their website.

pingreedetroit.com

Without reporting by people like @davidkroll.bsky.social years ago many wouldnt have even realized there was an issue that needed to be addressed. That issue continues to this day.

The first major salmonella outbreak tied to Kratom happened about 8 years ago. In that time consumers have begged for safety standards to be created/enforced. Very few states have acted and the federal government has largely done nothing except fear monger vs actually making the market safer.

but there's always a moral panic that some poor person somewhere is spending their snap benefits in ways that allow them to get too much enjoyment out of life.