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Florida Man Who Media Claim Had “92,000 Pounds of 7-OH” Pleads Guilty to Gun Charge

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Under an emergency rule, it has been illegal to sell, possess, or distribute any isolated or concentrated 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) in Florida since August 2025. 7‑OH concentrations below 1% in kratom remain legal, which keeps plain‑leaf kratom legal in Florida. In September, multiple law enforcement agencies, including the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Bureau of Alcohol, …

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Tighter Czech Regulations Spark Wave of Negative Kratom News

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In 2025, a new regulatory framework was implemented for kratom in the Czech Republic. The plant is now known as a “psychomodulatory substance”, a classification created for substances classified as neither pharmaceuticals, nor foods, nor dietary supplements. This specific classification is a new approach championed by former Czech Drug Minister Jindrich Voboril, and it could …

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Kratom Under Attack: New 2026 Bills Aim to Criminalize Consumers Across the U.S.

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UPDATE APRIL 10, 2026: KANSAS bans kratom.UPDATE APRIL 9, 2026: TENNESSEE House passes ban bill.UPDATED APRIL 8, 2026: KENTUCKY like Kansas, sneaks in last minute ban, now on Governor’s desk. Note: This article lists only the bills that will potentially ban plain leaf kratom. Other bills not covered here, such as kratom consumer protection acts …

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Comment Period Open Until Jan 28 on Proposed Ohio Kratom Ban

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On Tuesday, January 6, the Ohio Board of Pharmacy (BOP) announced it was taking steps to ban all kratom in the state of Ohio. In August, the BOP proposed an emergency ban placing both mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) on the list of Schedule I controlled substances. The ban was halted after a call from Department …

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Unique New York Law Prohibits “All Natural” on Kratom Product Packaging

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New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed Assembly Bill 5852 into law on December 19, 2025. This is the first law that specifically prevents a kratom vendor from using the term “all natural” on the label. The new law states, “No kratom product shall be advertised as nor shall the packaging of such kratom product suggest, …

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What Trump’s Executive Order and Schedule III Means for Cannabis

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On December 18, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the federal government to reschedule cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). This does not legalize cannabis for recreational use, but places it in the same category as anabolic steroids, Tylenol with codeine, buprenorphine, and ketamine. States …

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Connecticut Moves Forward with Kratom Ban Despite Majority Public Opposition

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On June 2, 2025, a last-minute amendment to ban kratom was slipped into a Connecticut hemp regulation bill that had originally been introduced on February 2. By June 4, the bill was sitting on Governor Ned Lamont’s desk. Lamont signed the bill into law three weeks later. The next step was to determine which schedule …

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Did Ohio Just Ban Kratom? Hard to Tell From New Emergency Rule

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On Thursday, December 11, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine issued a statement that he had updated a previous request to the Ohio Board of Pharmacy (BOP), issued in August, to ban all kratom immediately under an emergency rule. The new request seemed to suggest that the BOP ban only “synthetic kratom” under the emergency rule and …

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Ukraine’s Wartime Crackdown on Kratom Continues With New Kyiv Arrests

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Two men allegedly selling kratom as a supplement through the mail were arrested by police in Kyiv, Ukraine and charged with illegal sale of a controlled substance. The narcotics unit of the Kyiv police discovered the kratom after tracing it back to the residence where two men sold it by mail through a Telegram account. …

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