Is Kratom (Whole Leaf / Mitragynine) Legal in Alabama? (2026)

Rule type

permanent

Tier

schedule i

Schedule

schedule 1

Effective

2016-05-10

Effectively prohibitive

yes, in practice

Controlling language, verbatim

Mitragynine ... [Schedule I] (Ala. Code 20-2-23(b)(4))

Source of excerpt

Citations

No citation on file for this row yet.

Where Kratom (Whole Leaf / Mitragynine) stands across the country

Among Alabama's 4 neighbors, Tennessee is illegal; Florida, Georgia and Mississippi are restricted.

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Federal posture

Not federally scheduled. Kratom leaf / mitragynine not federally scheduled; DEA 7-OH re-notice (Nov 13+) reaches extracts under 100:1 mitragynine to 7-OH Federal detail

Pending deadlines

• 2026-11-13 · Federal · DEA 7-OH threshold order would reach kratom extracts under 100:1 mitragynine to 7-OH (DEA-1570 / FR 2026-20943)
  On or after Nov 13, 2026: kratom products whose mitragynine is less than 100 times their 7-OH (or 7-OH plus pseudoindoxyl), or above 1 mg/g or 1 mg/mL of those, would be Schedule I. Plain leaf and typical extracts sit above 100:1; enhanced 7-OH kratom does not. Kratom leaf and mitragynine are not scheduled.

Verbatim law on file for Alabama

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

Ala. Code Sec. 20-2-23(b): "(b) The controlled substances listed in this section are included in Schedule I:"
Sec. 20-2-23(b)(4)a. (governing chapeau):
"(4)a. A synthetic controlled substance that is any material, mixture, or preparation that contains any quantity of the following chemical compounds, their salts, isomers and salts of isomers, unless specifically excepted, whenever the existence of these salts, isomers and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation or compound:"
Listed entries:
"322. Mitragynine."
"323. Hydroxymitragynine."

Ala. Code Sec. 20-2-2 (Definitions): contains NO standalone definition of "isomer." The word "isomer" is used but never defined and never qualified as optical/positional/geometric.

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Kratom (Whole Leaf / Mitragynine) in neighboring states

• Kratom (Whole Leaf / Mitragynine) in Florida Restricted
• Kratom (Whole Leaf / Mitragynine) in Georgia Restricted
• Kratom (Whole Leaf / Mitragynine) in Mississippi Restricted
• Kratom (Whole Leaf / Mitragynine) in Tennessee Illegal

Kratom (Whole Leaf / Mitragynine) in other states

Same framework in Alabama

• Mitragynine Pseudoindoxyl in Alabama Illegal
• 7-OH (7-Hydroxymitragynine) in Alabama Illegal
• Speciociliatine in Alabama Illegal

Other compounds in Alabama

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