Is MGM-15 (dihydro-7-hydroxymitragynine) Legal in Kansas? (2026)

Illegal

As of November 12, 2026, MGM-15 (dihydro-7-hydroxymitragynine) is illegal to sell (federally scheduled; state law on file reads gray area) in Kansas. Federal Schedule I (DEA temporary order, drug code 9673), effective 2026-08-26 to 2028-08-26. Controlling source: HB 2365 (2026) enrolled, amending K.S.A. 21-5701 and 65-4105.

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

Is MGM-15 Legal? Every state and federal law

Kansas MGM-15 ban status: ban in force

Watchnotice of intent by the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration), applies to every seller
Federal
Federal Schedule I (DEA temporary order, drug code 9673), effective 2026-08-26 to 2028-08-26 (effective 2026-08-26). State-law reading underneath: Gray area.
Rule type
permanent
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Under review

What the record says

HB 2365 (2026) added 7-hydroxymitragynine to Kansas Schedule I at K.S.A. 65-4105(b) under the opiate chapeau that reaches isomers, esters, ethers, salts and salts of isomers, esters and ethers; SB 430 (2026) added mitragynine to the same list; the Kansas Board of Pharmacy reports both effective 2026-07-01. MGM-15 (dihydro-7-hydroxymitragynine) is not named and is not an isomer, ester, ether or salt of 7-OH (different molecular formula), so the Schedule I entry does not reach it expressly. K.S.A. 21-5701(b) defines a controlled substance analog as a substance intended for human consumption that meets at least one of: a chemical structure substantially similar to a substance in K.S.A. 65-4105 or 65-4107, a substantially similar central nervous system effect, or a represented or intended similar effect; K.S.A. 21-5705(a)(1) makes distribution of opiates or controlled substance analogs thereof a felony. Reach to MGM-15 depends on applying the analog definition to a 7-OH derivative, so the row is restricted and interpretive. Checked and absent: no named listing in K.S.A. 65-4105 or the 2026 session laws; no automatic incorporation of federal scheduling (K.S.A. 65-4102(e) lets the Board of Pharmacy schedule on an emergency basis after considering federal temporary scheduling, and no such rule naming these compounds was found); no derivative or semi-synthetic language in the 7-OH entry; no kratom consumer protection act; no whole-plant ban (SB 497, a kratom Schedule I bill, died). Federally, the compound is Schedule I under the DEA temporary scheduling order (DEA-1644, FR Doc. 2026-17429, effective 2026-08-26 to 2028-08-26); that federal control applies regardless of this state row.

Controlling language, verbatim

Any of the following opiates, including their isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, esters and ethers, unless specifically excepted, whenever the existence of these isomers, esters, ethers and salts is possible within the specific chemical designation: ... (47)(32) 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) ... “Controlled substance analog” means a substance that is intended for human consumption, and at least one of the following: (A)The chemical structure of the substance is substantially similar to the chemical structure of a controlled substance listed in or added to the schedules designated in K.S.A. 65-4105

Source of excerpt

Citations

  1. HB 2365 (2026) enrolled, amending K.S.A. 21-5701 and 65-4105 (Kansas Legislature, 2026-10-28) PRIMARYOFFICIAL
  2. K.S.A. 21-5705 (Kansas Revisor of Statutes, 2026-10-28)OFFICIAL
  3. SB 430 (2026) enrolled, adding mitragynine to K.S.A. 65-4105 (Kansas Legislature, 2026-10-28)OFFICIAL
  4. K.S.A. 65-4102 (Kansas Revisor of Statutes, 2026-10-28)OFFICIAL

Where MGM-15 (dihydro-7-hydroxymitragynine) stands across the country

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Among Kansas’s 4 neighbors, Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma are illegal, the same posture as Kansas.

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Federal posture

Federally scheduled or prohibited. Federal Schedule I (DEA temporary order, drug code 9673), effective 2026-08-26 to 2028-08-26 Federal detail

Verbatim law on file for Kansas

4 instruments on file for this compound’s framework in Kansas; 4 of 4 citations above are official sources. Each text carries its source and a fingerprint that changes when the law does.

K.S.A. 21-5701(a)-(b) and K.S.A. 65-4105(a)-(b), as amended by HB 2365 (2026), Secs. 1, 2 (7-OH entry at 65-4105(b)(32) as renumbered, quoted in the excerpt) · Controlled substance analog definition; Schedule I opiates including 7-hydroxymitragynineOFFICIAL
Instrument
Controlled substance analog definition; Schedule I opiates including 7-hydroxymitragynine
Source
https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2365/hb2365_enrolled.pdf
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2026-10-29
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K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 21-5701 is hereby amended to read
as follows: 21-5701. As used in K.S.A. 21-5701 through 21-5717, and
amendments thereto:

(a) “Controlled   substance”   means   any   drug,   substance   or
immediate   precursor   included   in  any of  the   schedules  designated  in
K.S.A.   65-4105,   65-4107,   65-4109,   65-4111   and   65-4113,   and
amendments thereto.

(b) (1) “Controlled substance analog” means  a substance that is

intended for human consumption, and at least one of the following:

(A) The chemical structure of the substance is substantially similar
to the chemical structure of a controlled substance listed in or added to
the   schedules   designated   in   K.S.A.   65-4105   or   65-4107,   and
amendments thereto;

(B) the   substance   has   a   stimulant,   depressant   or   hallucinogenic
effect   on   the   central   nervous   system   substantially   similar   to   the
stimulant, depressant  or hallucinogenic effect on the central  nervous
system of a controlled substance included in the schedules designated
in K.S.A. 65-4105 or 65-4107, and amendments thereto; or

(C) with   respect   to   a   particular   individual,   such   individual
represents or intends the substance to have a stimulant, depressant or
hallucinogenic   effect   on   the   central   nervous   system   substantially
similar   to   the   stimulant,   depressant   or   hallucinogenic   effect   on   the
central   nervous   system   of   a   controlled   substance   included   in   the
schedules designated in K.S.A. 65-4105 or 65-4107, and amendments
thereto.

(2) “Controlled substance analog” does not include:
(A) A controlled substance;
(B) a   substance   for   which   there   is   an   approved   new   drug

application; or

(C) a substance with respect to which an exemption is in effect for
investigational   use   by   a   particular   person   under   section   505   of   the
federal food, drug, and cosmetic act, 21 U.S.C. § 355, to the extent
conduct with respect to the substance is permitted by the exemption.

K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 65-4105 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 65-4105. (a) The controlled substances listed in this section are
included in schedule I and the number set forth opposite each drug or
substance is the DEA controlled substances code that has been assigned
to it.

(b) Any of the following opiates, including their isomers, esters,
ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, esters and ethers, unless specifically
excepted, whenever the existence of these isomers, esters, ethers and
salts is possible within the specific chemical designation:
K.S.A. 21-5701(b) as amended by HB 2365; K.S.A. 65-4105(a), (b), (b)(32), (b)(42) as amended by SB 430; K.S.A. 21-5705(a) · Controlled substance analog; Schedule I opiates (7-hydroxymitragynine, mitragynine); unlawful distributionOFFICIAL
Instrument
Controlled substance analog; Schedule I opiates (7-hydroxymitragynine, mitragynine); unlawful distribution
Source
https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2365/hb2365_enrolled.pdf
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2026-11-08
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(b) (1) “Controlled substance analog” means a substance that is
intended for human consumption, and at least one of the following:
(A) The chemical structure of the substance is substantially similar
to the chemical structure of a controlled substance listed in or added to
the schedules designated in K.S.A. 65-4105 or 65-4107, and
amendments thereto;
(B) the substance has a stimulant, depressant or hallucinogenic
effect on the central nervous system substantially similar to the
stimulant, depressant or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous
system of a controlled substance included in the schedules designated
in K.S.A. 65-4105 or 65-4107, and amendments thereto; or
(C) with respect to a particular individual, such individual
represents or intends the substance to have a stimulant, depressant or
hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system substantially
similar to the stimulant, depressant or hallucinogenic effect on the
central nervous system of a controlled substance included in the
schedules designated in K.S.A. 65-4105 or 65-4107, and amendments
thereto.
(2) “Controlled substance analog” does not include:
(A) A controlled substance;
(B) a substance for which there is an approved new drug
application; or
(C) a substance with respect to which an exemption is in effect for
investigational use by a particular person under section 505 of the
federal food, drug, and cosmetic act, 21 U.S.C. § 355, to the extent
conduct with respect to the substance is permitted by the exemption.

(a) The controlled substances listed in this section are included in
schedule I and the number set forth opposite each drug or substance is
the DEA controlled substances code that has been assigned to it.
(b) Any of the following opiates, including their isomers, esters,
ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, esters and ethers, unless specifically
excepted, whenever the existence of these isomers, esters, ethers and
salts is possible within the specific chemical designation:

(32) 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH)

(42) Mitragynine

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to distribute or possess with the intent to distribute any of the following controlled substances or controlled substance analogs thereof:
(1) Opiates, opium or narcotic drugs, or any stimulant designated in K.S.A. 65-4107(d)(1), (d)(3) or (f)(1), and amendments thereto;
(2) any depressant designated in K.S.A. 65-4105(e), 65-4107(e), 65-4109(b) or (c) or 65-4111(b), and amendments thereto;
(3) any stimulant designated in K.S.A. 65-4105(f), 65-4107(d)(2), (d)(4), (d)(5) or (f)(2) or 65-4109(e), and amendments thereto;
(4) any hallucinogenic drug designated in K.S.A. 65-4105(d), 65-4107(g) or 65-4109(g), and amendments thereto;
(5) any substance designated in K.S.A. 65-4105(g) or 65-4111(c), (d), (e), (f) or (g), and amendments thereto;
(6) any anabolic steroids as defined in K.S.A. 65-4109(f), and amendments thereto; or
(7) any substance designated in K.S.A. 65-4105(h), and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. 65-4105(a) and (b) chapeau, as amended by SB 430 (2026), Sec. 3 (entries (b)(32) 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) and (b)(42) Mitragynine quoted in the excerpt; the printed list uses dotted leaders) · Schedule I: opiates (7-hydroxymitragynine; mitragynine)OFFICIAL
Instrument
Schedule I: opiates (7-hydroxymitragynine; mitragynine)
Source
https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_430/sb430_enrolled.pdf
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2026-10-29
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K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 65-4105, as amended by section 2 of
2025 House Bill No. 2365, is hereby amended to read as follows: 65-
4105. (a) The controlled substances listed in this section are included in
schedule I and the number set forth opposite each drug or substance is
the DEA controlled substances code that has been assigned to it.

(b) Any of the following opiates, including their isomers, esters,
ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, esters and ethers, unless specifically
excepted, whenever the existence of these isomers, esters, ethers and
salts is possible within the specific chemical designation:
K.S.A. 65-4105(b) + 65-4101(y) · Kansas Schedule I opiates chapeau + statutory definition of "Isomer"OFFICIAL
Instrument
Kansas Schedule I opiates chapeau + statutory definition of "Isomer"
Source
https://ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch65/065_041_0005.html
Retrieved
2026-07-06
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K.S.A. 65-4105(b) (Schedule I - opiates), chapeau:
"(b) Any of the following opiates, including their isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, esters and ethers, unless specifically excepted, whenever the existence of these isomers, esters, ethers and salts is possible within the specific chemical designation:"
Relevant listed entries (added by HB 2365 and SB 430, effective July 1, 2026):
"(32) 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH)"
“(42) Mitragynine”

K.S.A. 65-4101(y) (Kansas Uniform Controlled Substances Act - Definitions):
"(y) \"Isomer\" means all enantiomers and diastereomers."

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Compound Analytics. "Is MGM-15 Legal in Kansas? Updated Nov 2026." Compound Laws, https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/mgm-15/kansas/. Accessed November 13, 2026.

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