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Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Kratom Legality: The Ugly Truth

See below map for details:



Green States
  • Alaska
  • Arizona
  • Colorado
  • Connecticut
  • Delaware
  • Georgia
  • Hawaii
  • Idaho
  • Iowa
  • Kansas
  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana
  • Maine
  • Maryland
  • Massachusetts
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • Missouri
  • Montana
  • Nebraska
  • Nevada
  • New Hampshire
  • New Mexico
  • North Carolina
  • North Dakota
  • Oklahoma
  • Pennsylvania
  • South Carolina
  • South Dakota
  • Texas
  • Utah – Bill HB0110 requested kratom be listed as a controlled substance, but it was removed from the bill before the bill passed.
  • Virginia
  • Washington
  • West Virginia – Bill HB2526 requested kratom be listed as a controlled substance, but it was removed before the bill passed.
  • Wyoming
The Yellow States
  • Illinois – Kratom is currently legal to anyone 18 years or older, but two bills were introduced in October 2017 to ban it completely, which are currently pending: HB4106 and SB2051.
  • New Jersey – It has been requested that kratom be criminalized in Bill A3281, and the bill is still pending action.
  • New York – It is currently legal in the state of New York; Bill A00231 is pending, requesting the banning of kratom, as is Bill S06924, limiting kratom to 18 years and older.
  • Ohio - Bill was introduced in 2018 to list kratom as a Schedule I drug. Click here for the AKA's Call to Action in Ohio.
  • Oregon – Kratom is currently legal. The pending bill number is SB518, and is currently pending “study for purpose of determining whether plant mitragyna speciosa and drug derivatives of plant should be scheduled as controlled substances” by Directs State Board of Pharmacy.
Purple States
  • California – Kratom is legal statewide here, except in the city of San Diego. Mitragynine and 7-Hydroxymitragynine were listed as “Novel Psychoactive Drugs,” and then banned.
  • Florida – It is legal statewide, but banned in Sarasota County after being listed a “designer drug.” Two bills were brought forwards in 2017 to ban 7-Hydroxymitragynine and Mitragynine statewide, H0183 and S0424, but they did not pass.
  • Mississippi – Legal statewide, except for in Union County.
The Red States
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