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7-OH Ban 2026: Every State Where It Is Illegal, With Dates

Q: What states is 7-OH illegal in?

7-OH is illegal to sell at retail in Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, North Dakota, Ohio, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont and Wisconsin as of November 12, 2026.

17 of 51 banned

As of November 12, 2026, 7-OH is banned from retail sale in 17 of 51 US jurisdictions; federally, it is not scheduled. Banned: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, North Dakota, Ohio, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont and Wisconsin.

Ban here means retail sale is prohibited by statute, rule, order or scheduling. Restrictions and gray areas are listed on the compound page.

Record corrected November 3, 2026: 7-OH in Missouri: Status now shown: Legal. Change history

When does the next 7-OH ban take effect?

Federal: DEA temporary Schedule I: 7-OH above 1 mg/g or under 100:1 mitragynine ratio (re-notice), Earliest Nov 13, 2026. DEA may act on or after this date. An order takes effect on publication with no grace period. and Kentucky: kratom sales and manufacturing by processors and retailers prohibited, July 1, 2027 (in 230 days).

Hotearliest DEA action in 0 days (DEA-1570 / FR 2026-20943); notice of intent by the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration), applies to every seller; enforcement action by the attorney general (Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway), binds named parties only

Earliest Nov 13, 2026
DEA temporary Schedule I: 7-OH above 1 mg/g or under 100:1 mitragynine ratio (re-notice)
Federal · Enforcement date · DEA-1570 / FR 2026-20943
DEA may act on or after this date. An order takes effect on publication with no grace period.
in 230 days July 1, 2027
kratom sales and manufacturing by processors and retailers prohibited
Kentucky · Ban · HB 757, 2026 Ky. Acts ch. 161, secs. 114–115, as amended by HB 869, ch. 198, secs. 64–65
Beginning July 1, 2027, Kentucky law prohibits kratom processors and retailers from distributing, dispensing, selling, preparing, manufacturing, or offering kratom, kratom extract, or kratom products for sale. Concentrated 7-OH above 400 ppm is already controlled under 902 KAR 55:015.
active October 14, 2026
DEA re-notices intent to place 7-OH and mitragynine pseudoindoxyl above 1 mg/g (or 1 mg/mL) or below a 100:1 mitragynine ratio in Schedule I; withdraws July 2026 notice
Federal · Notice of intent · DEA-1570; FR Doc. 2026-20943 · DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) · applies to every seller
Products exceeding 1 mg per gram (solids) or 1 mg per mL (liquids) of 7-OH alone or combined with pseudoindoxyl, or with a mitragynine-to-7-OH mass ratio under 100, would be Schedule I; the order cannot issue before 30 days after publication (on or after November 13, 2026) and would run two years.
active October 14, 2026
Missouri AG expands 7-OH investigation to nine more companies and orders KC Distro and Karmic Genesis to stop selling 7-OH immediately
Missouri · Enforcement action · Attorney General (Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway) · binds named parties only
Civil investigative demands seek product composition, manufacturing and safety-representation records; two distributors were ordered to halt 7-OH sales at once. The AG’s office states high-potency 7-OH is illegal under Missouri law following the state’s September 2026 adoption of the federal MGM-15 scheduling.
active July 6, 2026
Notice of intent to temporarily schedule 7-hydroxymitragynine
Federal · Notice of intent · FR 2026-13580 / DEA-1570 · DEA (U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration) · advisory, not binding
ACTION line reads “Proposed amendment; notice of intent” -- NOT operative. A federal named basis would supersede every state interpretive isomer theory once final.
active June 22, 2026
Florida AG signs expanded emergency rule scheduling 7-OH and six related compounds (including pseudoindoxyl, MGM-15, MGM-16) as Schedule I above 1 mg/g or below a 100:1 mitragynine ratio
Florida · Emergency rule · Attorney General (Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier) · applies to every seller
Products may contain no more than 1 mg per gram (solids) or per mL (liquids) of 7-hydroxymitragynine, mitragynine pseudoindoxyl, 7-acetoxymitragynine, 9-hydroxycorynantheidine, 10-hydroxycorynantheidine, MGM-15 or MGM-16, and must contain at least 100 times more mitragynine by mass; violations are felony-level.
November 10, 2026
Hillsborough County unanimously approves ban on synthetic kratom compound 7-OH
Florida · Signal
October 29, 2026
Pending bill: Pending bill
Delaware · Signal
October 29, 2026
Pending bill: Pending bill
Hawaii · Signal
October 29, 2026
Pending bill: Pending bill
Idaho · Signal
October 29, 2026
Pending bill: Pending bill
New Jersey · Signal
October 23, 2026
From hemp to high-tops: Missouri smoke shops scramble to survive new ban
Missouri · Signal

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BannedNot banned (legal, restricted or gray)Not yet verified

Federal

Not federally scheduled. 7-OH: not federally scheduled; DEA proposes temporary Schedule I above a threshold (FR 2026-20943), order not before 2026-11-13 Federal detail

States where 7-OH is illegal (17)

Jurisdiction	Instrument	Effective	Basis
Alabama	Ala. Code 20-2-23 (Schedule I; items 322-323; subdivision (5) synthetic controlled substance analogue) and 20-2-20	2016-05-10	schedule 1 / Schedule I
Arkansas	Ark. Dept. of Health List of Controlled Substances, Schedule I(c)(24)-(25), as filed Nov. 2015	2015-11-08	schedule 1 / Schedule I
Connecticut	Regs. Conn. State Agencies 21a-243-7 (PR2025-018), effective 2026-04-02	2026-04-02	schedule 1 / Schedule I
District of Columbia	D.C. Register Notice of Final Rulemaking N0061279, 63 DCR 14819 (Dec. 2, 2016), adding 22-B DCMR 1201.1(h)(16)	2016-12-02	schedule 1 / Schedule I
Florida	Fla. emergency rule 2ER26-2 (Schedule I, s. 893.03(1)(a))	2026-08-18	schedule 1 / Schedule I
Hawaii	Hawaii NED Emergency Controlled Substance Scheduling Action (Sept. 22, 2026), amending HRS 329-14(b)	2026-09-22	schedule 1 / Schedule I
Indiana	IC 35-31.5-2-321 'Synthetic drug' (names 7-hydroxymitragynine and mitragynine, including an analog of the compound)	2012-03-15	schedule 1 / Schedule I
Kansas	SB 430 (2026) enrolled, amending K.S.A. 65-4105 (adds mitragynine; carries 7-hydroxymitragynine at (b)(32))	2026-07-01	schedule 1 / Schedule I
Kentucky	902 KAR 55:015 Section 1 (Schedule I)	2026-03-12	schedule 1 / Schedule I
Louisiana	La. R.S. 40:964, Schedule I(G) (Miscellaneous)	2025-08-01	schedule 1 / Schedule I
Massachusetts	105 CMR 726.000, Temporary placement of kratom in schedule 1 (emergency regulation)	2026-08-28	schedule 1 / Schedule I
North Dakota	N.D. Cent. Code 19-03.1-05(3)(lll) (Schedule I, kratom alkaloid derivatives)	2026-09-04	schedule 1 / Schedule I
Ohio	Ohio Adm. Code 4729:9-1-01.1 Mitragynine-related compounds (Schedule I, permanent rule eff. 2026-05-19)	2025-12-12	schedule 1 / Schedule I
Tennessee	Tenn. Pub. Ch. 950 (2026), Sec. 2 (H.B. 1649), Matthew Davenport’s Law	2026-07-01	Prohibited
Utah	Utah Code 58-37-108(2)(a)(viii), 58-37-406, 58-37-107	2026-05-06	schedule 1 / Schedule I
Vermont	Vermont Department of Health, Regulated Drug Rule (Ch. 8, Subch. 9), sections 3 and 7.0		controlled substance / Schedule I
Wisconsin	Wis. Stat. 961.01(4m), (12g); 961.11(4); 961.14(7)(mk)-(mL); 961.25	2014-04-25	schedule 1 / Schedule I

Recent bans

2026-09-23Arizona: Status changed from restricted to illegal.
2026-09-23Colorado: Status changed from restricted to illegal.
2026-09-23Georgia: Status changed from restricted to illegal.
2026-09-23Maryland: Status changed from restricted to illegal.
2026-09-23Missouri: Status changed from restricted to illegal.
2026-09-23Mississippi: Status changed from restricted to illegal.
2026-09-23Nebraska: Status changed from restricted to illegal.
2026-09-23Oklahoma: Status changed from restricted to illegal.
2026-09-23Oregon: Status changed from restricted to illegal.
2026-09-23Rhode Island: Status changed from restricted to illegal.

7-OH ban status by state

Is 7-OH Legal? Every state · 7-OH change history · All deadlines · What “illegal” means here

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Compound Analytics. “7-OH Ban 2026: Every State Where It Is Illegal, With Dates.” Compound Laws, https://compoundlaws.com/bans/7-oh/. Accessed November 13, 2026.

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