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

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).

Source of excerpt

Citations

1. N.C. Gen. Stat. 90-89 Schedule I (kratom alkaloids absent) + HB 468 status (North Carolina General Assembly) PRIMARYOFFICIAL

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

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. 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 North Carolina

0 instruments on file for this compound's framework in North Carolina; 1 of 1 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

Kratom (Whole Leaf / Mitragynine) in neighboring states

• Kratom (Whole Leaf / Mitragynine) in Georgia Restricted
• Kratom (Whole Leaf / Mitragynine) in South Carolina Restricted
• Kratom (Whole Leaf / Mitragynine) in Tennessee Illegal
• Kratom (Whole Leaf / Mitragynine) in Virginia Restricted

Kratom (Whole Leaf / Mitragynine) in other states

Same framework in North Carolina

• Mitragynine Pseudoindoxyl in North Carolina Illegal
• 7-OH (7-Hydroxymitragynine) in North Carolina Legal
• Speciociliatine in North Carolina Legal

Other compounds in North Carolina

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