{"brand":"Compound Laws","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/kratom/","compound":{"slug":"kratom","name":"Kratom (Whole Leaf / Mitragynine)","category":"alkaloid","framework":"kratom_kcpa","description":"Mitragyna speciosa whole leaf / mitragynine. Illegal where mitragynine itself is scheduled (whole leaf becomes contraband); KCPA-regulated (age/labeling/registration) in KCPA states; otherwise unregulated.","same_as":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitragyna_speciosa"},"as_of":"2026-10-22","summary":"Kratom (Whole Leaf / Mitragynine) is legal to sell at retail in 16 states, restricted in 23, in a gray area in 1 and illegal in 11. Federal: not federally scheduled. 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C. ch. 30S (HS 1 for HB 332, 85 Del. Laws c. 478), signed 2026-09-08. No 7-OH cap or ban. In store: nothing displayed whe","verified_at":"2026-10-07","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/kratom/delaware/"},{"code":"DC","name":"District of Columbia","status":"legal","state_status":null,"federal_overlay":false,"headline":"Not listed in DC Schedule I: neither D.C. 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Ch. 950, eff. 2026-07-01)","verified_at":"2026-10-07","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/kratom/tennessee/"},{"code":"TX","name":"Texas","status":"restricted","state_status":null,"federal_overlay":false,"headline":"KCPA -- whole leaf (age/labeling; 7-OH cap N/A)","verified_at":"2026-07-18","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/kratom/texas/"},{"code":"UT","name":"Utah","status":"restricted","state_status":null,"federal_overlay":false,"headline":"Pure-leaf safe harbor (<=0.4% 7-OH, no extract; smoke-shop, 21+, registered)","verified_at":"2026-10-07","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/kratom/utah/"},{"code":"VT","name":"Vermont","status":"illegal","state_status":null,"federal_overlay":false,"headline":"Effectively contraband -- mitragynine itself is a named regulated drug","verified_at":"2026-07-18","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/kratom/vermont/"},{"code":"VA","name":"Virginia","status":"restricted","state_status":null,"federal_overlay":false,"headline":"KCPA -- whole leaf (age/labeling; 7-OH cap N/A)","verified_at":"2026-10-22","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/kratom/virginia/"},{"code":"WA","name":"Washington","status":"legal","state_status":null,"federal_overlay":false,"headline":"Unregulated -- HB 2291 KCPA died; DOH CR-101 scheduling track open","verified_at":"2026-07-18","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/kratom/washington/"},{"code":"WV","name":"West Virginia","status":"restricted","state_status":null,"federal_overlay":false,"headline":"KCPA -- whole leaf (age/labeling; 7-OH cap N/A)","verified_at":"2026-10-22","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/kratom/west-virginia/"},{"code":"WI","name":"Wisconsin","status":"illegal","state_status":null,"federal_overlay":false,"headline":"Schedule I -- leaf contains named mitragynine","verified_at":"2026-10-18","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/kratom/wisconsin/"},{"code":"WY","name":"Wyoming","status":"restricted","state_status":null,"federal_overlay":false,"headline":"KCPA -- whole leaf (age/labeling; 7-OH cap N/A)","verified_at":"2026-10-22","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/kratom/wyoming/"}]}],"deadlines":[{"compound_id":23,"jurisdiction_code":"MN","scope":"state","deadline_date":"2026-08-01","deadline_type":"effective_date","bill_number":"2026 c.63 (HF3453)","bill_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/laws/2026/0/63/laws.0.1.0","title":"MN kratom minimum age rises 18 -> 21 (effective 2026-08-01)","status":"passed","severity":2,"summary":null,"notes":" | 2026-10-07: in effect Aug 1, 2026 (21+)."},{"compound_id":23,"jurisdiction_code":"FED","scope":"federal","deadline_date":"2026-11-13","deadline_type":"enforcement","bill_number":"DEA-1570 / FR 2026-20943","bill_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-20943","title":"DEA 7-OH threshold order would reach kratom extracts under 100:1 mitragynine to 7-OH","status":"upcoming","severity":4,"summary":"On or after Nov 13, 2026: kratom products whose mitragynine is less than 100 times their 7-OH (or 7-OH plus pseudoindoxyl), or above 1 mg/g or 1 mg/mL of those, would be Schedule I. Plain leaf and typical extracts sit above 100:1; enhanced 7-OH kratom does not. Kratom leaf and mitragynine are not scheduled.","notes":"Oct 14 DEA re-notice"},{"compound_id":23,"jurisdiction_code":"KY","scope":"state","deadline_date":"2027-01-01","deadline_type":"ban","bill_number":"HB 757 (2026 RS), Acts ch. 161, secs. 114-115","bill_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb757.html","title":"Kentucky: all kratom sales and manufacturing banned","status":"upcoming","severity":5,"summary":"From Jan 1, 2027 HB 757 (passed over the governor's veto; lawsuit reported) ends the Kentucky kratom consumer protection framework and bans selling or manufacturing kratom products. Concentrated 7-OH above 400 ppm is already Schedule I (902 KAR 55:015).","notes":"Oct 7 upcoming-law sweep"}],"recent_changes":[{"date":"2026-09-23","field":"status","from":"illegal","to":"restricted","kind":"changed","det_id":1107,"compound_id":23,"code":"MO"},{"date":"2026-09-23","field":"status","from":"restricted","to":"illegal","kind":"changed","det_id":1107,"compound_id":23,"code":"MO"},{"date":"2026-09-22","field":"status","from":"legal","to":"restricted","kind":"changed","det_id":1091,"compound_id":23,"code":"DE"},{"date":"2026-09-22","field":"status","from":"legal","to":"illegal","kind":"changed","det_id":1102,"compound_id":23,"code":"MA"},{"date":"2026-09-22","field":"status","from":"legal","to":"illegal","kind":"changed","det_id":1111,"compound_id":23,"code":"ND"},{"date":"2026-07-25","field":"status","from":"illegal","to":"restricted","kind":"changed","det_id":1107,"compound_id":23,"code":"MO"}]}