As of November 12, 2026, 9-OH (9-hydroxycorynantheidine) is legal to sell at retail with restrictions in Illinois. Kratom Control Act covers any compound or derivative of the plant and bars sale to or possession by persons under 18 (720 ILCS 642/5); no ban. Controlling source: 720 ILCS 642/5 Kratom Control Act.
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The Illinois Kratom Control Act (720 ILCS 642/5, effective 2015-01-01) defines kratom as any parts of Mitragyna speciosa and any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture or preparation of that plant, including but not limited to mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine. 9-OH is a compound of the plant, and a semi-synthetic 9-OH made from plant-derived mitragynine is a derivative or preparation of the plant, so a 9-OH tablet or liquid is a product containing kratom under the act. The act's only rules are age rules: a minor under 18 may not purchase or possess any product containing any quantity of kratom, and no one may sell, distribute samples of or furnish such a product to a minor under 18 (Class B misdemeanors, with a $500 minimum fine for sellers). Illinois has no kratom labeling, registration, testing, form or concentration rule and no ban on synthetic or synthetically derived kratom alkaloids; HB 4737 (a kratom consumer protection act with a 21 age limit and a synthetic-compound ban) was re-referred to Rules on 2026-03-27, SB 3160 (a Kratom Prohibition Act repealing the Kratom Control Act) remains in Senate committee, and HB 3129 (mitragynine and 7-OH to Schedule III) remains in House Rules; none is law. The Illinois Controlled Substances Act Schedule I (720 ILCS 570/204, Source P.A. 103-245) lists no kratom alkaloid. 720 ILCS 570/201(d) (as amended by P.A. 104-819, effective 2026-08-07) treats a federally scheduled substance as scheduled in Illinois 30 days after a federal final order absent objection; 9-OH is not federally scheduled, so it does not capture 9-OH, but a federal 7-OH order could reach trace 7-OH. Illinois' controlled substance analog provisions were not shown to reach 9-OH, since no Illinois schedule lists a kratom alkaloid to anchor a structural comparison; any such reach is interpretive. 9-OH is not federally scheduled; federal Analogue Act and FDA exposure are interpretive.
(a) As used in this Act, "Kratom" means any parts of the plant Mitragyna speciosa, whether growing or not, and any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of that plant, including but not limited to mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine. ... (b) A minor under 18 years of age shall not knowingly purchase or possess any product containing any quantity of Kratom. ... (d) A person shall not knowingly sell, buy for, distribute samples of, or furnish any product containing any quantity of Kratom to any minor under 18 years of age.
Among Illinois’s 5 neighbors, Indiana, Kentucky and Wisconsin are gray area; Iowa and Missouri are legal.
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Not federally scheduled. Not federally scheduled: absent from 21 CFR 1308.11 and every DEA kratom-alkaloid order and notice; Analogue Act exposure is interpretive Federal detail
3 instruments on file for this compound’s framework in Illinois; 5 of 5 citations above are official sources. Each text carries its source and a fingerprint that changes when the law does.
571e6da652da6623(720 ILCS 570/201) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 1201) Sec. 201. (a) The Department shall carry out the provisions of this Article. The Department or its successor agency may, by administrative rule, add additional substances to or delete or reschedule all controlled substances in the Schedules of Sections 204, 206, 208, 210 and 212 of this Act. In making a determination regarding the addition, deletion, or rescheduling of a substance, the Department shall consider the following: (1) the actual or relative potential for misuse; (2) the scientific evidence of its pharmacological effect, if known; (3) the state of current scientific knowledge regarding the substance; (4) the history and current pattern of misuse; (5) the scope, duration, and significance of misuse; (6) the risk to the public health; (7) the potential of the substance to produce psychological or physiological dependence or a substance use disorder; (8) whether the substance is an immediate precursor of a substance already controlled under this Article; (9) the immediate harmful effect in terms of potentially fatal dosage; and (10) the long-range effects in terms of permanent health impairment. (b) (Blank). (c) (Blank). (d) If any substance is scheduled, rescheduled, or deleted as a controlled substance under Federal law and notice thereof is given to the Department, the Department shall similarly control the substance under this Act after the expiration of 30 days from publication in the Federal Register of a final order scheduling a substance as a controlled substance or rescheduling or deleting a substance. If the Department does not take action within 30 days, at the conclusion of the 30-day period the substance shall be considered scheduled, rescheduled, or deleted in the same manner as the federal law, unless within that 30-day period the Department objects, or a party adversely affected files with the Department substantial written objections objecting to inclusion, rescheduling, or deletion. In that case, the Department shall publish the reasons for objection and afford all interested parties an opportunity to be heard in a public hearing to be held no later than 45 days after the statement of objection. After the public hearing, the Department shall publish its decision within 14 days of the conclusion of the public hearing, by means of a rule, which shall be final unless altered by statute. Upon publication of objections by the Department, similar control under this Act whether by inclusion, rescheduling or deletion is stayed until the Department publishes its ruling. (e) (Blank). (f) (Blank). (g) Authority to control under this Section does not extend to distilled spirits, wine, malt beverages, or tobacco as those terms are defined or used in the Liquor Control Act of 1934 and the Tobacco Products Tax Act of 1995. (h) Persons registered with the Drug Enforcement Administration to manufacture or distribute controlled substances shall maintain adequate security and provide effective controls and procedures to guard against theft and diversion, but shall not otherwise be required to meet the physical security control requirements (such as cage or vault) for Schedule V controlled substances containing pseudoephedrine or Schedule II controlled substances containing dextromethorphan. (Source: P.A. 103–881, eff. 1-1-25; 104-819, eff. 8-7-26.)
85c3197e563d65d2(720 ILCS 642/1) Sec. 1. This Act may be cited as the Kratom Control Act. (720 ILCS 642/5) Sec. 5. (a) As used in this Act, "Kratom" means any parts of the plant Mitragyna speciosa, whether growing or not, and any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of that plant, including but not limited to mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine. (b) A minor under 18 years of age shall not knowingly purchase or possess any product containing any quantity of Kratom. (c) [no false ID]. (d) A person shall not knowingly sell, buy for, distribute samples of, or furnish any product containing any quantity of Kratom to any minor under 18 years of age. (e) Sentence. Violation of (b) or (c) is a Class B misdemeanor. Violation of (d) is a Class B misdemeanor for which the offender shall be fined not less than $500.
7d1ba7675fdc14e2(720 ILCS 642/5) Sec. 5. Kratom sale to or possession by minors prohibited. (a) As used in this Act, "Kratom" means any parts of the plant Mitragyna speciosa, whether growing or not, and any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of that plant, including but not limited to mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine. (b) A minor under 18 years of age shall not knowingly purchase or possess any product containing any quantity of Kratom. (c) A minor under 18 years of age in the furtherance or facilitation of obtaining any product containing Kratom shall not knowingly display or use a false or forged identification card or transfer, alter, or deface an identification card. (d) A person shall not knowingly sell, buy for, distribute samples of, or furnish any product containing any quantity of Kratom to any minor under 18 years of age. (e) Sentence. Violation of subsection (b) or (c) of this Section is a Class B misdemeanor. Violation of subsection (d) of this Section is a Class B misdemeanor for which the offender shall be fined an amount of not less than $500. (Source: P.A. 98-981, eff. 1-1-15.)
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