Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against Pure Leaf Kratom, LLC and Outcast Distribution, LLC, two California-based online retailers, for deceptively marketing and shipping adulterated and synthetic alkaloid products to Texans. Laboratory testing confirmed products contained 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) levels of 86% to 96% of total alkaloid content, far exceeding the 2% maximum set by the Texas Kratom Consumer Health and Safety Protection Act of 2023. The defendants' websites claimed they did not ship synthetic products or products exceeding 2% 7-OH to Texas, representations the investigation found to be false.