{"id":750537,"date":"2025-08-21T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/?p=750537"},"modified":"2025-08-19T22:05:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T03:05:45","slug":"kratom-compound-under-fire-as-users-brace-for-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2025\/08\/21\/kratom-compound-under-fire-as-users-brace-for-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Kratom Compound Under Fire as Users Brace for Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-custom-everlit-iframe-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Everlit Audio Player\" src=\"https:\/\/everlit.audio\/embeds\/artl_XQlJkFjEkxa?client=wp&amp;client_version=2.6.0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"80px\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n<p>In 2009, when Jacey Blaylock was 17, she and a friend decided to take an early October trip to the Castle of Muskogee for its haunted house. But the outing spiraled into crisis when the pair was hit head-on in rural Cherokee County by a man in a speeding car who strayed into their lane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blaylock, now 33, is still dealing with the effects of that day when she was pinned inside the vehicle for 45 minutes. It would take her a year to learn to walk again, though moving would never be the same because her foot was mangled.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor lack of a better word, it\u2019s kind of deformed,\u201d Blaylock said. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to walk on. It causes me a lot of pain. My hip and pelvis were also crushed and also cause me a lot of pain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the accident, Blaylock, who is on Medicaid,\u00a0 tried numbing injections in her neck, opioids, and pills aimed at nerve pain. But the medications weren\u2019t as effective as she hoped. In 2018, she discovered something new: kratom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kratom is a plant native to Southeast Asia where it was traditionally used to control chronic pain. The drug has had a controversial rise overseas: in 1943, growing kratom trees was banned in Thailand as the government tried to protect its monopoly on opium. In 1979, kratom was designated a Schedule V drug with cannabis. But by 2021, Thailand had decriminalized kratom, saying it wasn\u2019t as dangerous as portrayed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The United States is now grappling with the question of how to regulate kratom. In Oklahoma, the drug is still legal, though one of its compounds, <a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomavoice.com\/2025\/08\/11\/kratom-faces-increasing-scrutiny-from-states-and-the-feds\/\">considered central to its analgesic properties<\/a>, 7-OH, is drawing scrutiny from both state and federal authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles is-style-borders wpnbha show-image image-alignright ts-4 is-1 is-landscape is-style-borders\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"730893\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"article-section-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>the latest<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"754196\" class=\"tag-attorney-general tag-cdc tag-covid-19 tag-george-monks tag-measles tag-oklahoma-news tag-oklahoma-state-department-of-health tag-oklahoma-state-medical-association tag-whooping-cough category-health category-publichealth type-post post-has-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2026\/01\/05\/oklahoma-health-department-refuses-to-share-county-level-measles-data\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Monks_15-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Oklahoma Health Department Refuses to Share County-Level Measles Data\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Monks_15-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Monks_15-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Monks_15-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Monks_15-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Monks_15-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Monks_15-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 2400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Monks_15-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2026\/01\/05\/oklahoma-health-department-refuses-to-share-county-level-measles-data\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Oklahoma Health Department Refuses to Share County-Level Measles Data<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/author\/paulmonies\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" alt=\"Avatar photo\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/cropped-Paul-Monies.jpg?resize=48%2C48&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/cropped-Paul-Monies-96x96.jpg 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-48 photo\" height=\"48\" width=\"48\"><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/author\/paulmonies\/\">Paul Monies<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2026-01-05T06:01:00-06:00\">January 5, 2026<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2026-01-05T11:05:42-06:00\">January 5, 2026<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<p>Research suggests that 7-OH, or 7-hydroxymitragynine, is 13 times more potent than morphine. It\u2019s what Jacey Blaylock eventually began using to manage the pain caused by her car accident. After kratom gained popularity, gas stations began selling a concentrated form of synthesized 7-OH, which Blaylock used alongside kratom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like night and day the difference between when I have it and when I don\u2019t have it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But lawmakers are putting a damper on 7-OH. In late July, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recommended that the federal Drug Enforcement Administration place the novel opioid in Schedule I, citing a high potential for abuse. In Oklahoma, a law banning products containing more than 1% of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news9.com\/story\/67e605a0ad1c1e184c6c247e\/-described-as-taking-large-quantities-pain-pills-q-a-on-a-senate-bill-that-would-regulate-katrom-in-oklahoma\">7-OH goes into effect in November.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While stories about kratom addictions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/health-wellness\/2025\/08\/06\/kratom-7oh-addiction-fda\/85451305007\/\">are proliferating<\/a> and a Reddit community dedicated to quitting the drug has drawn more than 50,000 members, supporters of kratom and 7-OH think bans are short-sighted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Michele Ross is a scientific advisor for 7-HOPE Alliance, a nonprofit partially funded by the kratom industry, dedicated to advocating for 7-OH. Ross, a neuroscientist based in Oklahoma City, uses kratom herself due to fibromyalgia pain and believes more regulation would be better than a ban, noting that if 7-OH is classified as Schedule I, it will be difficult to study as an option to help wean people off more fatal drugs. Boosters of 7-OH point to a complicated claim that there\u2019ve been no deadly overdoses linked to the compound, though there have been deaths associated with kratom.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re dealing with people who maybe tapered down from heroin to 7-OH, and that\u2019s safe, right?\u201d Ross said. \u201cBut now they don\u2019t have 7-OH. What is their next step? How do we help and support them? We don\u2019t like to touch on these conversations. We like to pretend that people in recovery don\u2019t do this. Or that people in chronic pain just do yoga or breath work, and their pain will go away. These populations are highly marginalized and under-supported, and they are going to be hit hard by a federal 7-OH ban.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7-OH users may not know how much or exactly what they are consuming, though. Labeling requirements vary by state and don\u2019t always accurately portray the strength of what\u2019s inside. Dr. Jason Beaman, chair of forensic science studies at Oklahoma State University, said concerns around lack of regulation trump ease of access.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t know what you\u2019re taking, and if the argument is, \u2018Let\u2019s just have strange substances available at gas stations as a replacement to health care,\u2019 that\u2019s not a good argument,\u201d Beaman said. \u201cLike, \u2018Oh, I can\u2019t go to the heart doctor, so I\u2019ll just get my heart medicine at a gas station, but don\u2019t regulate it, so I can do it?\u2019 Chronic pain is a serious issue that needs to be addressed by medical professionals with a treatment plan that lets you try different modalities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past 10 years, Beaman has seen many patients in both addiction treatment and psychiatric settings struggling with kratom abuse, and he\u2019s not convinced the secrets of the understudied drug are worth learning.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAbsolutely, I\u2019d be a fan of studying it in a controlled environment,\u201d he said. \u201cAt this point, though, I don\u2019t know that I see benefit in just regulating it, as I think we have more appropriate substances available.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jacey Blaylock may soon be looking for a more appropriate substance herself as she withdraws from 7-OH after the looming ban.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not sure what I\u2019m going to do,\u201d she said. \u201cI just know it\u2019s not going to be a whole lot of fun.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1767\" height=\"1767\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cropped-elizabeth_caldwell-scaled-1.jpg?resize=1767%2C1767&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-749534\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:219px;height:219px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cropped-elizabeth_caldwell-scaled-1.jpg?w=1767&amp;ssl=1 1767w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cropped-elizabeth_caldwell-scaled-1.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cropped-elizabeth_caldwell-scaled-1.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cropped-elizabeth_caldwell-scaled-1.jpg?resize=140%2C140&amp;ssl=1 140w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cropped-elizabeth_caldwell-scaled-1.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cropped-elizabeth_caldwell-scaled-1.jpg?resize=1536%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cropped-elizabeth_caldwell-scaled-1.jpg?resize=1200%2C1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cropped-elizabeth_caldwell-scaled-1.jpg?resize=800%2C800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cropped-elizabeth_caldwell-scaled-1.jpg?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cropped-elizabeth_caldwell-scaled-1.jpg?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cropped-elizabeth_caldwell-scaled-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cropped-elizabeth_caldwell-scaled-1.jpg?resize=780%2C780&amp;ssl=1 780w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cropped-elizabeth_caldwell-scaled-1.jpg?resize=706%2C706&amp;ssl=1 706w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cropped-elizabeth_caldwell-scaled-1.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cropped-elizabeth_caldwell-scaled-1.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>Elizabeth Caldwell is a Tulsa-based journalist and contributor to Oklahoma Watch. Contact her at <a href=\"mailto:caldwell07@sbc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">caldwell07@sbc.edu<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:16px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles is-style-default wpnbha is-grid columns-3 colgap-1 show-image image-aligntop ts-3 is-3 is-landscape is-style-default\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"750537\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"article-section-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>MORE FROM ELIZABETH CALDWELL <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"753855\" class=\"tag-affordable-housing tag-cash-flowing-investments tag-displacement tag-evictions tag-fair-view-mobile-homes tag-housing-conditions tag-housing-crisis tag-housing-inequality tag-landlord-tenant-disputes tag-legal-aid tag-mobile-homes tag-oklahoma tag-oklahoma-news tag-predatory-lending tag-real-estate-investors tag-rent-increases tag-rent-to-own tag-slumlords tag-tenant-rights tag-trailer-parks tag-tulsa category-evictions category-housing category-vulnerable-populations type-post post-has-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2025\/12\/16\/trailer-park-owner-hikes-rents-forces-tenants-into-rent-to-own-deals\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Hardesty-and-Oliver-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Trailer Park Owner Hikes Rents, Forces Tenants Into Rent-to-Own Deals\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Hardesty-and-Oliver-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Hardesty-and-Oliver-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Hardesty-and-Oliver-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Hardesty-and-Oliver-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Hardesty-and-Oliver-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Hardesty-and-Oliver-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 2400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Hardesty-and-Oliver-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2025\/12\/16\/trailer-park-owner-hikes-rents-forces-tenants-into-rent-to-own-deals\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Trailer Park Owner Hikes Rents, Forces Tenants Into Rent-to-Own Deals<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tenants who live in Jordan Lee\u2019s Tulsa-area trailer parks have a less-than-luxurious existence. They\u2019re struggling with toilets that won\u2019t flush, lights that won\u2019t turn on, rain that falls through ceilings, and, now, higher rents. Lee, who seeks investors, recently added three Green Country properties to his multi-state portfolio. He\u2019s hiking up rates via illegal contracts while insisting vulnerable tenants lease-to-own units that aren\u2019t habitable.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-12-16T06:00:00-06:00\">December 16, 2025<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-12-18T06:57:49-06:00\">December 18, 2025<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"752897\" class=\"tag-coweta tag-dave-wineinger tag-max-myers tag-ron-durbin tag-sloat-middle-school category-education type-post post-has-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2025\/11\/13\/destroy-to-fix-former-lawyers-aggressive-tactics-target-oklahoma-school-district-amid-assault-claims\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Coweta_569-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\u201cDestroy to Fix\u201d: Former Lawyer\u2019s Aggressive Tactics Target Oklahoma School District Amid Assault Claims\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Coweta_569-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Coweta_569-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Coweta_569-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Coweta_569-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Coweta_569-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Coweta_569-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 2400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Coweta_569-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2025\/11\/13\/destroy-to-fix-former-lawyers-aggressive-tactics-target-oklahoma-school-district-amid-assault-claims\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\u201cDestroy to Fix\u201d: Former Lawyer\u2019s Aggressive Tactics Target Oklahoma School District Amid Assault Claims<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Supporters contend Ronald Durbin\u2019s aggressive, inflammatory social media tactics are just what\u2019s needed to hold power to account. But parents say his allegations are exaggerated, his demeanor disrespectful and his intent nefarious. 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