Is Kava Legal? State by state
Kava (Piper methysticum) is legal to sell at retail in 47 states, restricted in 4, in a gray area in 0 and illegal in 0. Federal: not federally scheduled. Verified through November 12, 2026.
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What is Kava?
Root of the Pacific shrub Piper methysticum, prepared as a traditional beverage and sold in kava bars, cans, powders and supplements; active constituents are kavalactones. Not a federally controlled substance and not in 21 CFR 1308.11. Federal posture is food and drug law: FDA issued a 2002 consumer advisory on liver injury reports from kava supplements. State law ranges from silence to named-plant and human-consumption provisions and rules on kava products blended with kratom.
Framework: CSA scheduling · Reference article
Legal 47 · Restricted 4 · Gray 0 · Illegal 0 · Not verified 0Federal posture
Not federally scheduled. Not federally controlled; sold under FDA dietary supplement and food law Federal detail and instruments
Status by state
- Alabama Legal
- Alaska Legal
- Arizona Legal
- Arkansas Legal
- California Legal
- Colorado Legal
- Connecticut Legal
- Delaware Legal
- District of Columbia Restricted
- Florida Legal
- Georgia Legal
- Hawaii Restricted
- Idaho Legal
- Illinois Legal
- Indiana Legal
- Iowa Legal
- Kansas Legal
- Kentucky Legal
- Louisiana Legal
- Maine Legal
- Maryland Legal
- Massachusetts Legal
- Michigan Legal
- Minnesota Legal
- Mississippi Legal
- Missouri Legal
- Montana Legal
- Nebraska Legal
- Nevada Legal
- New Hampshire Legal
- New Jersey Legal
- New Mexico Legal
- New York Legal
- North Carolina Legal
- North Dakota Legal
- Ohio Legal
- Oklahoma Legal
- Oregon Legal
- Pennsylvania Legal
- Rhode Island Legal
- South Carolina Legal
- South Dakota Legal
- Tennessee Legal
- Texas Restricted
- Utah Restricted
- Vermont Legal
- Virginia Legal
- Washington Legal
- West Virginia Legal
- Wisconsin Legal
- Wyoming Legal
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