Kratom Science

Fifth Scientific Kratom Symposium Held in Florida. NIDA Director Nora Volkow was the keynote speaker kratomscience.com/2026/02/24/fif

Tupelo Convenience Store Owner Appeals Kratom Ban kratomscience.com/2026/02/23/tup
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Utah bill will no longer ban all kratom. Should SB45 pass, plain leaf kratom will remain legal in the state, but the amount of 7-OH in products will be capped at a strict 0.4%, which may eliminate some popular extract products kratomscience.com/2026/01/27/k...

Florida Man Who Media Claim Had “92,000 Pounds of 7-OH” Pleads Guilty to Gun Charge www.kratomscience.com/2026/02/18/f...

NEW STATE BAN THREAT. An amendment added to an unrelated bill would make kratom a Schedule I controlled substance in Arizona. By our count, 15 states now face a total ban of all kratom in 2026 kratomscience.com/2026/01/27/k...

Tighter Czech Regulations Spark Wave of Negative Kratom News. In 2025, a bold new framework was implemented: Kratom is not classified as a food or supplement, but a "psychomodulatory substance". If successful, it could serve as a model for other countries www.kratomscience.com/2026/02/17/t...

Kratom Use Disorder Treatment with Methadone an Ongoing Practice. There is also a general concern that using a full agonist to treat a partial agonist may simply replace one dependency with a much stronger dependency that is harder to discontinue www.kratomscience.com/2026/02/16/k...

Kratom Under Attack, UPDATED TODAY. New state ban threats added: Illinois, Kansas, Tennessee, West Virginia, Wyoming. 14 states in total! kratomscience.com/2026/01/27/kra

Tupelo Mississippi Bans Kratom www.kratomscience.com/2026/02/10/t...

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The Ohio Board of Pharmacy is trying to ban ALL kratom. A public comment period is open until January 28 kratomscience.com/2026/01/20/com

Unique New York Law Prohibits “All Natural” on Kratom Product Packaging, a first prohibiting this specific phrasing. Another law signed the same day makes it illegal to sell kratom to those under 21 kratomscience.com/2025/12/23/u...

What Trump’s Executive Order and Schedule III Means for Cannabis. It will only be as legal as buprenorphine, but it allows for more research and possible greater access as some states may ease restrictions kratomscience.com/2025/12/19/wha

Connecticut Moves Forward with Kratom Ban Despite Majority Public Opposition kratomscience.com/2025/12/17/con

Did Ohio Just Ban Kratom? Hard to Tell From New Emergency Rule. A statement issued with the rule seems to suggest natural leaf kratom is not banned, but also seems to think natural leaf kratom contains only mitragynine www.kratomscience.com/2025/12/16/d...

Two men were busted in Kyiv selling kratom through Telegram. Kratom has been illegal in wartime Ukraine since November 2024 kratomscience.com/2025/12/12/u...

Pennsylvania Introduces Bipartisan Kratom Regulation Bill. The bill bans sales to minors, specifies language required on product labels, and bans products containing 7-OH an amount greater than 2% of alkaloids kratomscience.com/2025/12/08/p...

U.S. Municipalities Escalate Crackdowns on Kratom and 7-OH. We include a comprehensive list of towns and counties making moves toward prohibition in the past 4 months. Public safety and lack of federal/state action are often cited reasons www.kratomscience.com/2025/12/05/u...

FDA Seizes Tens of Thousands of 7-OH Products from Missouri Warehouses, cites violation of FD&C act, much like it did with kratom in past seizures www.kratomscience.com/2025/12/03/f...

Kratom Consumer Protection Bill Considered in Michigan; Sponsor Warns of Nonexistent “8-OH”: Rep Cavitt: "By the time we outlaw the 7-OH, they’re going to spin it into an 8-OH and start selling 8-OH" www.kratomscience.com/2025/12/01/k...

Missouri Attorney General Launches Investigation into Kratom, 7-OH Companies. Neither kratom nor 7-OH are illegal in Missouri, and all attempts at regulation have failed to pass www.kratomscience.com/2025/11/25/m...

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Scientists Discover How Plants Make Kratom Trace Alkaloid Mitraphylline.. this could lead to sustainable production of a potentially beneficial medicine www.kratomscience.com/2025/11/05/s...

Kratom Products Recalled Due to Salmonella Concerns. Kratom Products Recalled Due to Salmonella Concerns. The products, processed for sale in 2023, were voluntarily recalled by Bedrock MFG out of Idaho www.kratomscience.com/2025/11/03/k...

Family of Official in Ukraine, where Kratom is Illegal, Allegedly Sold Kratom in Schools. 29 people, including 5 minors, are alleged to be involved in sales www.kratomscience.com/2025/10/28/f...

Two months after the Ohio governor called for a kratom ban, Senate instead introduces a regulation bill www.kratomscience.com/2025/10/24/o...

Correlation but not causation: Scientists find “insufficient evidence to suggest that kratom causes seizures” www.kratomscience.com/2025/10/21/s...

Scientists Test 7-OH Products Marketed as ‘Kratom Extracts’ www.kratomscience.com/2025/10/15/s...

California Dept of Public Health Seizes Kratom Despite Lack of Prohibition Laws www.kratomscience.com/2025/10/10/c...