Is Mitragynine Pseudoindoxyl Legal in Vermont? (2026)

Federal

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

Rule type

permanent

Tier

under review

Effective

2016-01-01

Controlling language, verbatim

Vermont's Regulated Drug Rule names mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine; mitragynine pseudoindoxyl is not separately listed in the operative text available. (12-5 Vt. Code R. 23:7.0 -- isomer/derivative clause not retrieved)

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Where Mitragynine Pseudoindoxyl stands across the country

Among Vermont's 3 neighbors, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and New York are illegal, the same posture as Vermont.

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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 Vermont

1 instrument on file for this compound's framework in Vermont; 0 of 0 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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Mitragynine Pseudoindoxyl in neighboring states

• Mitragynine Pseudoindoxyl in Massachusetts Illegal
• Mitragynine Pseudoindoxyl in New Hampshire Illegal
• Mitragynine Pseudoindoxyl in New York Illegal

Mitragynine Pseudoindoxyl in other states

Same framework in Vermont

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

Other compounds in Vermont

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