Kratom laws by state: bans, age limits and 7-OH rules

Federal law

Kratom comes from the leaves of a Southeast Asian tree. Its main alkaloids are mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine, known as 7-OH. As of November 5, 2026, none of the three is listed in the federal schedules of controlled substances, 21 CFR Part 1308. The DEA proposed scheduling mitragynine and 7-OH in 2016 and withdrew the notice the same year.

Concentrated 7-OH is a different matter:

• July 29, 2025. The FDA recommended a scheduling action for certain 7-OH products, saying it was "not focused on natural kratom leaf products."
• August 26, 2026. The DEA temporarily placed three related compounds, mitragynine pseudoindoxyl, MGM-15 and MGM-16, in Schedule I.
• October 14, 2026. The DEA gave notice that it intends to temporarily place 7-OH and mitragynine pseudoindoxyl in Schedule I when a product holds more than 1 mg of them per gram or per mL, or when its mitragynine is less than 100 times its 7-OH. The DEA says the action does not override stricter state law. As of November 5, 2026 the order itself had not been published.

The FDA says kratom "is not lawfully marketed as a dietary supplement", and its Import Alert 54-15 lets officials detain kratom imports.

States that ban kratom

As of November 5, 2026, these states list kratom or its alkaloids as controlled substances:

State	How
Alabama	Schedule I, Ala. Code 20-2-23 (as the Attorney General's March 2026 order cites it)
Arkansas	Schedule I by Department of Health rule; a 2025 repeal bill died
Connecticut	Kratom and 7-OH added to Schedule I by Department of Consumer Protection regulation, approved in 2026
Indiana	IC 35-31.5-2-321 and 35-48-2-4
Kansas	7-OH (HB 2365) and mitragynine (SB 430) added to Schedule I, signed in 2026
Louisiana	Act 41 of 2025, effective August 1, 2025
Tennessee	Public Chapter 950, effective July 1, 2026
Vermont	Regulated Drug Rule; a 2026 bill to regulate it instead did not pass
Wisconsin	Wis. Stat. 961.14

Kentucky bans kratom sales from July 1, 2027 (KRS 217.2202). Rhode Island went the other way: its Kratom Act replaced a ban with a licensed market on April 1, 2026, with an age of 21 and a cap on 7-OH.

Rules aimed at 7-OH

Some states regulate 7-OH separately from the leaf. In August 2025 the Florida Attorney General's emergency rule 2ER25-2 placed 7-OH above 400 parts per million by dry weight in Schedule I, and said it "does not apply to mitragynine." Ohio's rule 4729:9-1-01.1, effective May 19, 2026, schedules 7-OH and related compounds and leaves out the natural leaf.

Age limits and 7-OH caps

Many states regulate kratom through a consumer protection act: an age limit, labels and a cap on how much 7-OH a product may hold. These are the ones we read in the statute text.

State	Minimum age	7-OH rule
Arizona	18	No more than 2%
Colorado	21	No more than 2%
Florida	21	See the Attorney General's rule above
Georgia	21	No more than 0.5 mg per gram and 1 mg per serving
Illinois	18	No cap in the act
Kentucky	21	No more than 2%, until the 2027 ban
Maryland	21	No more than 2%
Mississippi	21	No more than 1%, and 0.5 mg per container
Nebraska	21	No more than 2%
Nevada	18	No cap in the act
New York	21	No 7-OH rule in the act
Oklahoma	18	No more than 1%
Oregon	21	No cap in the act
Rhode Island	21	No more than 1% of alkaloids, 0.5 mg per gram and 1 mg per serving
South Carolina	21	Fully synthetic 7-OH banned
Texas	18	No more than 2%
Utah	21	Pure leaf only, no more than 0.4%
West Virginia	21	Natural leaf only

State laws on kratom changed often in 2025 and 2026, and other states have bills pending. Check your own state's current law.

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