Is 9-OH (9-hydroxycorynantheidine) Legal in Iowa? (2026)

Legal

As of November 12, 2026, 9-OH (9-hydroxycorynantheidine) is legal to sell at retail in Iowa. 9-OH not in Iowa schedules (Iowa Code 124.204); no kratom act, whole-plant ban or analog definition; 2026 kratom Schedule I bill not enacted. Controlling source: Iowa Code 124.204 Schedule I, substances included.

Verified November 12, 2026 (hash check) · confidence: confirmed

Is 9-OH Legal? Every state and federal law

QuietNo pending legislation, deadlines or enforcement actions on file for 9-OH in Iowa.
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Unscheduled

What the record says

Iowa does not reach 9-OH. Iowa Code 124.204 lists the Schedule I substances by name, and neither it nor any other Schedule names 9-OH, 9-hydroxycorynantheidine, mitragynine, 7-hydroxymitragynine, kratom or Mitragyna speciosa. The 2026 annual scheduling act (2026 Iowa Acts, ch. 1033, H.F. 2202) adds nitazenes, fentanyl analogs and other substances to 124.204 but no kratom alkaloid. HF 2133, which would have designated kratom as a Schedule I controlled substance, passed the House on 2026-03-17 (69 to 26) and stalled on the Senate calendar, and SF 2192 was not enacted; neither carries over to the 2027 General Assembly. 481 IAC 553.13, the Board of Pharmacy temporary designation rule (IAC 9/30/26), lists no kratom alkaloid; the Notice of Intended Action in RA 26-323 (IAB 9/30/2026, hearing 2026-10-20) proposes to add mitragynine pseudoindoxyl, MGM-15 and MGM-16, following the DEA order, and does not name 9-OH. Iowa Code 124.201(4) has the Board designate a substance after a federal final order unless it objects; 9-OH is not federally scheduled, so that route does not reach it. Chapter 124 has no kratom consumer protection act (no age, labeling, registration or form rules), no whole-plant ban, and Iowa Code 124.101 defines no controlled substance analog. No 7-OH or mitragynine listing exists to carry derivative words, and trace 7-OH is not a state-controlled substance today. 9-OH is not federally scheduled; federal Analogue Act and FDA exposure are interpretive.

Controlling language, verbatim

1. Schedule I shall consist of the drugs and other substances, by whatever official name, common or usual name, chemical name, or brand name designated, listed in this section. ... 2. Opiates. Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any of the following opiates, including their isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, esters, and ethers, whenever the existence of such isomers, esters, ethers, and salts is possible within the specific chemical designation:

Source of excerpt

Citations

  1. Iowa Code 124.204 Schedule I, substances included (Iowa Legislature, 2026-11-08) PRIMARYOFFICIAL
  2. 2026 Iowa Acts, ch. 1033 (H.F. 2202), controlled substances schedules (Iowa Legislature, 2026-11-08)OFFICIAL
  3. Iowa Code 124.201 Standards and schedules (federal designation, subsection 4) (Iowa Legislature, 2026-11-08)OFFICIAL
  4. 481 IAC 553.13 Temporary designation of controlled and precursor substances (Iowa Legislature, 2026-11-08)OFFICIAL
  5. Regulatory Analysis RA 26-323, Notice of Intended Action, 481 IAC 553 (IAB 9/30/2026) (Iowa Board of Pharmacy, 2026-11-08)OFFICIAL
  6. HF 2133 (91st GA) bill history, kratom as Schedule I (Iowa Legislature, 2026-11-08)OFFICIAL

Where 9-OH (9-hydroxycorynantheidine) stands across the country

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Among Iowa’s 6 neighbors, Nebraska is illegal; Illinois and Minnesota are restricted; South Dakota and Wisconsin are gray area; Missouri is legal.

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Federal posture

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

Verbatim law on file for Iowa

1 instrument on file for this compound’s framework in Iowa; 6 of 6 citations above are official sources. Each text carries its source and a fingerprint that changes when the law does.

Iowa Code 124.201 · Duty to recommend changes in schedules, temporary amendments to schedulesOFFICIAL
Instrument
Duty to recommend changes in schedules, temporary amendments to schedules
Source
https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/124.201.pdf
Retrieved
2026-10-29
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1. The board shall administer the regulatory provisions of this chapter. Annually, within
thirty days after the convening of each regular session of the general assembly, the board
shall recommend to the general assembly any deletions from, or revisions in the schedules
of substances, enumerated in section 124.204, 124.206, 124.208, 124.210, or 124.212, which
it deems necessary or advisable.
In making a recommendation to the general assembly
regarding a substance, the board shall consider the following:

a. The actual or relative potential for abuse;
b. The scientific evidence of its pharmacological effect, if known;
c. State of current scientific knowledge regarding the substance;
d. The history and current pattern of abuse;
e. The scope, duration, and significance of abuse;
f. The risk to the public health;
g. The potential of the substance to produce psychic or physiological dependence liability;

and

h. Whether the substance is an immediate precursor of a substance already controlled

under this subchapter.

2. After considering the factors described in subsection 1, the board shall make a
recommendation to the general assembly, specifying the change which should be made in
existing schedules, if it finds that the potential for abuse or lack thereof of the substance is
not properly reflected by the existing schedules.

3.

If the board designates a substance as an immediate precursor, substances which are
precursors of the controlled precursor shall not be subject to control solely because they
are precursors of the controlled precursor. Such designations shall be made pursuant to the
procedures of chapter 17A.

4.

If any new substance is designated as a controlled substance under federal law and
notice of the designation is given to the board, the board shall similarly designate as controlled
the new substance under this chapter after the expiration of thirty days from publication in
the federal register of a final order designating a new substance as a controlled substance,
unless within that thirty-day period the board objects to the new designation. In that case the
board shall publish the reasons for objection and afford all interested parties an opportunity
to be heard. At the conclusion of the hearing the board shall announce its decision. Upon
publication of objection to a new substance being designated as a controlled substance under
this chapter by the board, control under this chapter is stayed until the board publishes its
decision. If a substance is designated as controlled by the board under this subsection the
control shall be considered a temporary amendment to the schedules of controlled substances
in this chapter. If the board so designates a substance as controlled, which is considered
a temporary amendment to the schedules of controlled substances in this chapter, and if
the general assembly does not amend this chapter to enact the temporary amendment and
make the enactment effective within two years from the date the temporary amendment
first became effective, the temporary amendment is repealed by operation of law two years
from the effective date of the temporary amendment. A temporary amendment repealed by
operation of law is subject to section 4.13 relating to the construction of statutes and the
application of a general savings provision.

9-OH (9-hydroxycorynantheidine) in neighboring states

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Closest to 9-OH in Iowa

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Compound Analytics. “Is 9-OH Legal in Iowa? Updated Nov 2026.” Compound Laws, https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/9-oh/iowa/. Accessed November 13, 2026.

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