For the third straight session, bills in the Florida House and Florida Senate have been filed to ban the constituent elements of Kratom.

The bills, filed by Democrats Kristin Jacobs in the House and Darryl Rouson in the Senate, would add Mitragynine and Hydroxymitragynine, constituents of Kratom, to the schedule of controlled substances, offering an exception for any FDA approved substance containing these chemicals.

These bills have already been big talkers among our readers, as Rep. Kristin Jacobs memorably compared advocates for the herbal palliative to Adolf Hitler, describing them in an interview as “addicts with glassy eyes and shaky hands.”

Jacobs, who called Kratom prohibition a “fall on the sword” issue for her, now has more than those shaky-handed advocates to contend with, however.

The Coconut Creek Democrat also has one of the most formidable lobbying firms in Tallahassee against her.

As Christine Jordan Sexton of POLITICO Florida reported, four lobbyists from Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney registered on behalf of The American Kratom Association last week.

Those lobbyists: Marnie George, Michael Harrell, Paul Hawkes and Timothy Stanfield.

The Kratom bills face headwinds in both the House and the Senate.

Not only are they being carried by Democrats, there is no equivalent lobby working on the side of the prohibitionists.

While the bills have been referred to committees, as of yet no hearing has been slated for either measure.