Is MGM-16 Legal in Idaho? (2026)

Is MGM-16 Legal? Every state and federal law

Federal

Federal Schedule I (DEA temporary order, drug code 9674), effective 2026-08-26 to 2028-08-26 (effective 2026-08-26). State-law reading underneath: Gray area.

Rule type

permanent

Tier

Under review

What the record says

Idaho Code 37-2702(d) provides that when a substance is designated a controlled substance under federal law and notice is given to the board, the board shall similarly control it by promulgating a temporary rule or proposing a statutory amendment, or both, within thirty days of Federal Register publication of a final order, unless the board objects. The incorporation therefore depends on board action. No temporary rule of the Board of Pharmacy controlling MGM-16 appears in the Idaho Administrative Bulletins of August, September or October 2026, and no objection was located, so whether and when MGM-16 became controlled in Idaho turns on agency action not found in the record. Checked: Idaho Code 37-2705 (Schedule I, amended through 2026 ch. 90) does not name MGM-16, 7-hydroxymitragynine, mitragynine or kratom; H 864 (2026), which would have added mitragynine substances to Schedule I, was referred to committee and not enacted; S 1282 (2026, kratom consumer protection act) was referred to committee and not enacted; Idaho has no controlled-substance analog statute and no statewide whole-plant ban. Federal Schedule I (temporary, DEA-1644) applies regardless of this state row; the state row governs after the order lapses.

Controlling language, verbatim

(d) If any substance is designated, rescheduled, or deleted as a con- trolled substance under federal law and notice thereof is given to the board, the board shall similarly control the substance under this act by promul- gating a temporary rule or proposing a statutory amendment, or both, within thirty (30) days from publication in the federal register of a final order designating a substance as a controlled substance or rescheduling or delet- ing a substance, unless within that thirty (30) day period, the board objects to inclusion, rescheduling, or deletion.

Source of excerpt

Citations

1. Idaho Code 37-2702 Authority to control (Idaho Legislature, 2026-10-28) PRIMARYOFFICIAL
2. Idaho Administrative Bulletin Vol. 26-10 (Oct. 7, 2026) (Idaho Division of Financial Management, 2026-10-28)OFFICIAL
3. H 864 (2026) mitragynine substances to Schedule I (Idaho Legislature, 2026-10-28)OFFICIAL
4. S 1282 (2026) kratom consumer protection act (Idaho Legislature, 2026-10-28)OFFICIAL
5. DEA temporary order, FR Doc. 2026-17429 (91 FR 54948), 21 CFR 1308.11(h)(90)-(91) (Federal Register (DEA), 2026-10-28)OFFICIAL

Where MGM-16 (9-fluoro-dihydro-7-hydroxymitragynine) stands across the country

Among Idaho's 6 neighbors, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming are illegal, the same posture as Idaho.

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Federal posture

Federally scheduled or prohibited. Federal Schedule I (DEA temporary order, drug code 9674), effective 2026-08-26 to 2028-08-26 Federal detail

Verbatim law on file for Idaho

1 instrument on file for this compound’s framework in Idaho; 5 of 5 citations above are official sources. Each text carries its source and a fingerprint that changes when the law does.

37-2702.

AUTHORITY TO CONTROL. (a) The board shall administer the
regulatory provisions of this act and may add substances to or delete or
reschedule all substances enumerated in the schedules in section 37-2705,
37-2707, 37-2709, 37-2711, or 37-2713, Idaho Code, pursuant to the pro-

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cedures of chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code. In making a determination
regarding a substance, the board shall consider the following:

(1) The actual or relative potential for abuse;
(2) The scientific evidence of its pharmacological effect, if known;
(3) The state of current scientific knowledge regarding the substance;
(4) The history and current pattern of abuse;
(5) The scope, duration, and significance of abuse;
(6) The risk to the public health;
(7) The potential of the substance to produce psychic or physiological
dependence liability; and
(8) Whether the substance is an immediate precursor of a substance al-
ready controlled under this article.
(b) After considering the factors enumerated in subsection (a) of this
section, the board shall make findings with respect thereto and issue a
rule controlling the substance if it finds the substance has a potential for
abuse.

(c) If the board designates a substance as an immediate precursor, sub-
stances which are precursors of the controlled precursor shall not be sub-
ject to control solely because they are precursors of the controlled precur-
sor.

(d) If any substance is designated, rescheduled, or deleted as a con-
trolled substance under federal law and notice thereof is given to the board,
the board shall similarly control the substance under this act by promul-
gating a temporary rule or proposing a statutory amendment, or both, within
thirty (30) days from publication in the federal register of a final order
designating a substance as a controlled substance or rescheduling or delet-
ing a substance, unless within that thirty (30) day period, the board objects
to inclusion, rescheduling, or deletion. In that case, the board shall pub-
lish the reasons for objection and afford all interested parties an opportu-
nity to be heard. At the conclusion of the hearing, the board shall publish
its decision, which shall be final unless altered by statute. Upon publica-
tion of objection to inclusion, rescheduling, or deletion under this act by
the board, control under this act is stayed until the board publishes its de-
cision.

(e) Authority to control under this section does not extend to dis-

tilled spirits, wine, malt beverages, or tobacco.

[37-2702, added 1971, ch. 215, sec. 1, p. 939; am. 1972, ch. 133, sec.

2, p. 261; am. 2017, ch. 4, sec. 1, p. 5.]

Related

MGM-16 (9-fluoro-dihydro-7-hydroxymitragynine) in neighboring states

• MGM-16 (9-fluoro-dihydro-7-hydroxymitragynine) in Montana Illegal
• MGM-16 (9-fluoro-dihydro-7-hydroxymitragynine) in Nevada Illegal
• MGM-16 (9-fluoro-dihydro-7-hydroxymitragynine) in Oregon Illegal
• MGM-16 (9-fluoro-dihydro-7-hydroxymitragynine) in Utah Illegal
• MGM-16 (9-fluoro-dihydro-7-hydroxymitragynine) in Washington Illegal
• MGM-16 (9-fluoro-dihydro-7-hydroxymitragynine) in Wyoming Illegal

Closest to MGM-16 in Idaho

• MGM-15 (dihydro-7-hydroxymitragynine) in Idaho Illegal
• 7-OH (7-Hydroxymitragynine) in Idaho Legal
• Kratom (Whole Leaf / Mitragynine) in Idaho Legal
• Mitragynine Pseudoindoxyl in Idaho Illegal
• 9-OH (9-hydroxycorynantheidine) in Idaho Legal
• Speciociliatine in Idaho Legal

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