Media has created a firestorm around kratom, even though there is no evidence kratom had anything to do with the September 21 death of two students at the University of Mississippi. Multiple media outlets incorrectly reported that “kratom packages” were found near the bodies of both students. This turned out not to be true. Police …
If you have more examples of media disinformation about kratom, please leave a link and a comment in the comment section below Two students at the University of Mississippi were found dead on September 21, 2026. A media firestorm resulted, and several outlets blamed kratom that was supposedly found near the bodies of the students. …
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On August 24 the DEA announced an order to place mitragynine pseudoindoxyl, MGM-15, and MGM-16 on Schedule I of the federal list of controlled substances for a period of two years. The announcement in part said: The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is issuing this temporary order to schedule three 7-hydroxymitragynine-related substances (mitragynine pseudoindoxyl, MGM-15, and …
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On August 6, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway put out a press release announcing that another kratom company had “agreed” to no longer sell kratom. The Green Dragon, LLC and owners David Jadwin and Matthew Jadwin (together, “Dragon”), have agreed not to own, operate, or have a financial interest in any business entity in the …
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Tonight at 11:59 PM, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will close comments on the notice “Temporary Placement of 7-Hydroxymitragynine Above a Specified Threshold in Schedule I; Request for Information“. The notice asks for specific information and scientific evidence about the threshold of 7-OH that should be allowable in kratom products. However, many …
A recent case involving a 27-year-old Arizona woman who reportedly suffered heart failure after consuming kratom gummies has drawn national attention. The woman reportedly took the gummies for leg pain and only took them for one week. While the incident has been widely reported, many of the most important details remain unknown. One of the …
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When prohibition is enacted, the consequences rarely unfold in the neat, orderly way lawmakers imagine. Just two weeks underway, the July 1 kratom bans in Kansas and Tennessee offer a real‑time case study in how criminalization can destabilize entire communities overnight. In Kansas, the decision to classify kratom and 7‑hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) as Schedule I substances …
Musician Brian Setzer of The Stray Cats and Brian Setzer Orchestra told Guitar Player that his comeback to the music business was hampered by a kratom dependency. “It started innocently enough,” says Setzer… “They advertise it as a safe tonic to give you energy, and it’s not. So that just aggravated the whole thing. I …
Following a White House meeting on drug policy on Monday, May 11, 2026, President Donald Trump told a small group of reporters, “We’re looking very seriously at natural 7‑OH and getting that approved.” In 2025, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert Kennedy gave a press …
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A case series published recently in the Journal of Addiction examined 14 American patients of Community Medical Services, a healthcare company specializing in the medically assisted treatment of Opioid Use Disorder (OUD). The patients were diagnosed with Kratom Use Disorder (KUD) (Sherrick, 2026). The very brief report does not get into specifics about kratom product …
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