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

Rule type

permanent

Tier

schedule i

Schedule

schedule 1

Effective

2016-01-01

Effectively prohibitive

yes, in practice

Controlling language, verbatim

Vermont regulations list mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine in the state's Regulated Drug Rule. (12-5 Vt. Code R. 23:7.0)

Source of excerpt

Citations

1. Vermont Regulated Drug Rule (12-5 Vt. Code R. 23:7.0) - mitragynine + 7-OH listed (per LAPPA) (LAPPA (Kratom: Summary of State Laws, July 2025)) PRIMARYOFFICIAL

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

Among Vermont's 3 neighbors, Massachusetts is illegal; New York is restricted; New Hampshire is legal.

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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 Vermont

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

Vermont Dept. of Health Regulated Drug Rule (Code Vt. R. 13-140-011), Sec. 7.0 (Hallucinogenic Drugs...), effective 7/15/2019 - listed entry (bare named substance, no isomer/salt tail):
"Mitragynine"
(For contrast the metabolite is listed with full chemical name: "7-hydroxymitragynine; (aE,2S,3S,7aS,12bS)-3-Ethyl-1,2,3,4,6,7,7a,12b-octahydro-7a-hydroxy-8-methoxy-a-(methoxymethylene)indolo[2,3-a]quinolizine-2-acetic acid methyl ester.")

"Hallucinogenic Drug" class (Rule Sec. 3.7 / 18 V.S.A. 4201(10)) - NO isomer clause:
"\"Hallucinogenic Drug\" means stramonium, mescaline or peyote, lysergic acid diethylamide, and psilocybin, and all synthetic equivalents of chemicals contained in resinous extractives of Cannabis sativa, or any salts or derivatives or compounds of any preparations or mixtures thereof, and any other substance which is designated as habit-forming or as having a serious potential for abuse..."

18 V.S.A. 4201 isomer clauses attach only to specifically enumerated drugs and are optical/geometric (e.g., cocaine "its salts, optical and geometric isomers, and salts of isomers"). Vermont has no diastereomer/stereoisomer catch-all.

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Kratom (Whole Leaf / Mitragynine) in neighboring states

• Kratom (Whole Leaf / Mitragynine) in Massachusetts Illegal
• Kratom (Whole Leaf / Mitragynine) in New Hampshire Legal
• Kratom (Whole Leaf / Mitragynine) in New York Restricted

Kratom (Whole Leaf / Mitragynine) in other states

Same framework in Vermont

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

Other compounds in Vermont

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