Is 7-OH (7-Hydroxymitragynine) Legal in North Carolina? (2026)

Legal

As of July 18, 2026, 7-OH (7-Hydroxymitragynine) is legal to sell at retail in North Carolina. Unregulated -- no scheduling, no named ban, no KCPA (HB 468 pending).

Verified July 18, 2026 · confidence: confirmed
Tier
unscheduled

What the record says

Unregulated -- not scheduled, not named, no enacted KCPA. HB 468 'Regulate Kratom Products' in House Rules committee (6/24/2025); not enacted.

Controlling language, verbatim

N.C. Gen. Stat. 90-89 (Schedule I) and Article 5 contain no entry for Mitragyna speciosa, mitragynine, 7-hydroxymitragynine, or mitragynine pseudoindoxyl (quoted silence).

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Citations

No citation on file for this row yet.

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

LegalRestrictedGray areaIllegalNot yet verified

Among North Carolina's 4 neighbors, Tennessee is illegal; Georgia, South Carolina and Virginia are restricted.

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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 North Carolina

0 instruments on file for this compound's framework in North Carolina; 0 of 0 citations above are official sources. Each text carries its source and a fingerprint that changes when the law does.

No verbatim law text on file for this jurisdiction yet.

Related

7-OH (7-Hydroxymitragynine) in neighboring states

7-OH (7-Hydroxymitragynine) in other states

Same framework in North Carolina

Other compounds in North Carolina

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Compound Analytics. "Is 7-OH (7-Hydroxymitragynine) Legal in North Carolina? (2026)." Compound Laws, https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/7-oh/north-carolina/. Accessed October 25, 2026.

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