Is 7-OH (7-Hydroxymitragynine) Legal in Arkansas? (2026)

Rule type

permanent

Tier

schedule i

Schedule

schedule 1

Effective

2015-11-08

Controlling language, verbatim

(25) 7-Hydroxymitragynine -- (11-2015) [Arkansas Schedule I, hallucinogenic substances]

Source of excerpt

Citations

1. Arkansas Department of Health Controlled Substances List (Schedule I) - mitragynine (24) + 7-hydroxymitragynine (25), eff. 11-2015 (Arkansas Department of Health, 2025-07-03) PRIMARYOFFICIAL

Change history

• 2026-07-25Effective date changed from 2015-11-01 to 2015-11-08.

Where 7-OH (7-Hydroxymitragynine) stands across the country

Among Arkansas's 6 neighbors, Louisiana and Tennessee are illegal; Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas are restricted; Missouri is gray area.

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Federal posture

Not federally scheduled. 7-OH: not yet scheduled; DEA re-noticed Oct 14 (Schedule I above 1 mg/g or under 100:1 mitragynine ratio) on or after Nov 13 Federal detail

Pending deadlines

• 2026-08-01 · Federal · DEA temporary Schedule I order for 7-OH (above threshold) - effective on Federal Register publication (DEA NOI 2026-07-01)
• 2026-08-05 · Federal · DEA temporary Schedule I - 7-OH above a specified threshold (DEA-1570 / FR 2026-13580)
• 2026-11-13 · Federal · DEA temporary Schedule I: 7-OH above 1 mg/g or under 100:1 mitragynine ratio (re-notice) (DEA-1570 / FR 2026-20943)

Verbatim law on file for Arkansas

1 instrument on file for this compound's framework in Arkansas; 1 of 1 citations above are official sources. Each text carries its source and a fingerprint that changes when the law does.

Arkansas Dept. of Health, List of Controlled Substances (rule; auth. Ark. Code Ann. 5-64-216 & 5-64-101 et seq.), Schedule I:
(c) Opium derivatives (Narcotic Drugs) - governing chapeau for the mitragynine listing:
"(c) Opium derivatives: (Narcotic Drugs) Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any of the following opium derivatives, its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation:"
Entries:
"(24) Mitragynine (11-2015)"
"(25) 7-Hydroxymitragynine (11-2015)"

(d) Hallucinogenic substances chapeau - the optical/positional/geometric limiter, expressly scoped to (d) ONLY (does NOT govern the (c) mitragynine listing):
"...(for purposes of this paragraph only, the term \"isomer\" includes the optical, position and geometric isomers):"

Ark. Code Ann. 5-64-101 (Definitions): no general definition of "isomer."

Related

7-OH (7-Hydroxymitragynine) in neighboring states

• 7-OH (7-Hydroxymitragynine) in Louisiana Illegal
• 7-OH (7-Hydroxymitragynine) in Missouri Gray area
• 7-OH (7-Hydroxymitragynine) in Mississippi Restricted
• 7-OH (7-Hydroxymitragynine) in Oklahoma Restricted
• 7-OH (7-Hydroxymitragynine) in Tennessee Illegal
• 7-OH (7-Hydroxymitragynine) in Texas Restricted

7-OH (7-Hydroxymitragynine) in other states

Same framework in Arkansas

• Mitragynine Pseudoindoxyl in Arkansas Illegal
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• Speciociliatine in Arkansas Illegal

Other compounds in Arkansas

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