Kratom targeted in crackdowns by states and cities

The AMA specifically noted that manufacturers are increasingly extracting and concentrating 7-OH into products that are chemically manipulated opioids that have no legitimate relationship to traditional kratom leaf products. According to agency statements, natural kratom leaf products are not the focus of this action. For experienced kratom users seeking targeted effects, 7-OH products for sale offer a more intense experience. Most states regulate whole-leaf kratom through Kratom Consumer Protection Acts that set a 21+ age minimum, require accurate labeling, and prohibit adulterated or synthetic products. These products are not the same as natural kratom leaf or naturally occurring 7-OH.

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“A blanket ban on natural 7-OH is now directly at odds with the President’s stated goal. That happens when the liver processes and converts mitragynine, another kratom alkaloid, into even more 7-OH. Several states and dozens of cities and counties have banned those "synthetic" forms of 7-OH, saying they are potentially harmful and addictive. In wide-ranging remarks on healthcare Monday in the Oval Office, President Trump said his administration would seek to have “natural 7-OH” approved. Davenport, a nurse practitioner, had never heard of kratom until it appeared in her son's toxicology report. She explained that a lethal interaction between kratom and his prescribed medication led to his death.

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Hepner started going three to four times each week and then began purchasing a kratom powder from a liquor store and stirring it into her tea. In 2024, Maizie Hepner, 24, started visiting a bar in Dubuque, Iowa that did not serve alcohol and instead offered beverages containing kava and kratom, psychoactive substances derived from plants. Treatment for problems related to kratom is available—and effective. Others have taken a patchwork approach, with several banning some of the drugs, but not all of them.

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• Pimping for Botanic Tonics while pledging to be against much stronger 7-0H drugs is outrageous.
• We’ve shown with illegal hemp products that when the state sets clear expectations and partners with businesses, compliance follows.
• The longer answer involves understanding why regulators are treating concentrated 7-OH products differently from the natural kratom leaf.
• Hartman admitted that she did not know much about what was in kratom when she first tried it.
• Not all liquid Kratom products are extracts; always check the label.How long do the effects of Kratom drinks last?

The first is people with opioid use disorder who buy kratom either to tide them over until they can get more opiates or as an attempt to wean themselves off even harder stuff. “But I can tell you that there are a number of kratom products that are being sold right now that exceed the FDA regulations … for all of those heavy metals.” But given the overall lack of regulation, the packaging on many kratom products does not include information about dosing, the concentration of active compounds or the other ingredients mixed in.

McCurdy Q Kratom does support the emergency ban for now, but he wants to see further study into 7-0H, which could be banned nationally if it is federally scheduled as a Schedule 1 drug. Savchenko claims the push to ban the product at the state and federal level is being lobbied for by larger Kratom companies . She said she does not think 7-0H should be scheduled, but instead regulated like other emerging products, like hemp. The similarity to opioids is what Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier focused on when announcing the ban last week.

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We will keep tracking this kratom news in next week’s Executive Summary. It is not a statewide kratom ban in Missouri unless the legislature, regulators, or courts act separately. The AG’s office had sued the company in March, focusing in particular on concentrated 7-OH products it characterized as hazardous. If you ship to or live in Tennessee, plan accordingly before the July 1 effective date — easily the most consequential state-level kratom news of the month.