Is Mitragynine Pseudoindoxyl Legal in Louisiana? (2026)

Federal

Pseudoindoxyl -- federally Schedule I (DEA temporary order, drug code 9672, eff. 2026-08-26) (effective 2026-08-26). State-law reading underneath: Illegal.

Rule type

permanent

Tier

schedule i

Schedule

schedule 1

Effective

2025-08-01

What the record says

Act 41 (2025), R.S. 40:966.1 defines kratom by 7-OH/mitragynine AND by derivation from M. speciosa leaves; possession/distribution criminalized; M. speciosa added to Schedule I. Do-not-ship. See states/louisiana.md.

Controlling language, verbatim

A. ... 'kratom' means any substance derived from the leaves of the Mitragyna speciosa tree or any substance containing 7-hydroxymitragynine or mitragynine. B.(1) ... It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly produce, manufacture, distribute, or dispense ... kratom. ... C. ... It is unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally to possess kratom.

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Where Mitragynine Pseudoindoxyl stands across the country

Among Louisiana's 3 neighbors, Arkansas, Mississippi and Texas are illegal, the same posture as Louisiana.

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Federal posture

Federally scheduled or prohibited. Pseudoindoxyl -- federally Schedule I (DEA temporary order, drug code 9672, eff. 2026-08-26) Federal detail

Pending deadlines

• 2026-08-01 · Federal · DEA temporary Schedule I order for mitragynine pseudoindoxyl, MGM-15, MGM-16 - effective on Federal Register publication (DEA NOI 2026-07-01)
• 2026-08-05 · Federal · DEA temporary Schedule I - mitragynine pseudoindoxyl, MGM-15, MGM-16 (DEA-1644 / FR 2026-17429)
  Second DEA Notice of Intent filed with the Federal Register on 7/1/2026 (companion to the 7-OH NOI, DEA-1570), placing three 7-OH-RELATED substances — mitragynine pseudoindoxyl (MP), MGM-15, and MGM-16 — into Schedule I under 21 U.S.C. 811(h). HHS confirmed these have no accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse. Same procedural clock as the 7-OH NOI: 30-day notice period, temporary order cannot issue before ~2026-08-05, effective on Federal Register publication of the order, 2-year duration (+1 yr possible). Unlike the 7-OH NOI there is NO concentration threshold here — these named substances are controlled outright. Confirm the exact companion docket number when the Federal Register posts on 7/6/2026.
• 2026-11-13 · Federal · DEA to replace pseudoindoxyl Schedule I order with a threshold order (re-notice) (DEA-1570 / FR 2026-20943)
  On or after Nov 13, 2026 DEA intends to withdraw the Aug 26 order (FR 2026-17429) and place pseudoindoxyl in Schedule I only above a threshold: more than 1 mg/g or 1 mg/mL alone or combined with 7-OH, or mitragynine under 100 times the pseudoindoxyl or combined amount. Until then it stays Schedule I at any amount. MGM-15 and MGM-16 stay Schedule I unchanged (FR 2026-20942).

Verbatim law on file for Louisiana

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

§964. SCHEDULE I — G. Miscellaneous. Unless specifically excepted or contained within a pharmaceutical product approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration, or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances, including their salts, isomers, or salts of isomers, whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, or salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation: (1) 7-hydroxymitragynine (2) Mitragynine (3) Tianeptine.
§966.1. Unlawful possession, production, or distribution of kratom. A. For purposes of this Section, "kratom" means any substance derived from the leaves of the Mitragyna speciosa tree or any substance containing 7-hydroxymitragynine or mitragynine. B.(1) Manufacture; distribution. It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly produce, manufacture, distribute, or dispense, or possess with intent to produce, manufacture, distribute, or dispense, kratom. (2) Any person who violates Paragraph (1) of this Subsection for an amount of: (a) An aggregate weight of less than five hundred grams, shall be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars, imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not less than one year nor more than three years, or both. (b) An aggregate weight of five hundred grams or more, shall be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars, imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not less than one year nor more than five years, or both. C. Possession. It is unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally to possess kratom. Any person who violates this Subsection shall be punished as follows: (1) On a conviction wherein the offender possesses twenty grams or less, the offender shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars. (2) On a first conviction, wherein the offender possesses more than twenty grams, the offender shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, imprisoned in the parish jail for not more than six months, or both. (3) On a second or any subsequent conviction, wherein the offender possesses more than twenty grams, the offender shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, imprisoned in the parish jail for not more than six months, or both.
§989.2. C. For the purposes of this Section: (5) "Prohibited plant" means any combination of any of the parts, leaves, stems, stalks, seeds, materials, compounds, salts, derivatives, mixtures, preparations, or any resin extracted from any part of the following plants: (m) Mitragyna speciosa.

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Mitragynine Pseudoindoxyl in neighboring states

• Mitragynine Pseudoindoxyl in Arkansas Illegal
• Mitragynine Pseudoindoxyl in Mississippi Illegal
• Mitragynine Pseudoindoxyl in Texas Illegal

Mitragynine Pseudoindoxyl in other states

Same framework in Louisiana

• 7-OH (7-Hydroxymitragynine) in Louisiana Illegal
• Kratom (Whole Leaf / Mitragynine) in Louisiana Illegal
• Speciociliatine in Louisiana Illegal

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