Beginning July 1, laws designating kratom as a Schedule I controlled substance will take effect in both Kansas and Tennessee. In March, Kansas legislators added a last-minute kratom ban into a bill having nothing to do with kratom (HB2365 originally entitled “Establishing the south central regional mental health hospital”). The bill passed both the Kansas …
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UPDATE JULY 14, 2026: NORTH CAROLINA amends bill to ban 7OH but only regulate, not ban, kratomUPDATE JUNE 29, 2026: NORTH CAROLINA adds a kratom ban into an unrelated billUPDATE MAY 11, 2026: TENNESSEE governor signs kratom ban, goes into effect July 1, 2026. SOUTH CAROLINA ban momentum might be slowing down. Other states crossed …
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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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