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

UPDATE APRIL 20, 2026: TENNESSEE Senate passes kratom ban, heads to governor’s desk.UPDATE APRIL 15, 2026: KANSAS law banned 7-OH. Kratom ban likely to pass as governor unlikely to vetoUPDATE APRIL 14, 2026: KENTUCKY will likely ban all kratom sales but not possession Note: This article lists only the bills that will potentially ban plain …

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FDA Seizes Tens of Thousands of 7-OH Products from Missouri Warehouses

The U.S. Marshals Service operating under an order from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seized approximately 73,000 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) products from three Missouri warehouses. The warehouses are operated by Shaman Botanicals LLC (selling products under the American Shaman brand) and Relax Relief Rejuvenate Trading LLC (selling products under the Relax Relief Rejuvenate brand). American …

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Scientists Test 7-OH Products Marketed as ‘Kratom Extracts’

Scientists from British Columbia Institute of Technology and University of Illinois published a study that examines five 7-hydroxymitragynine (the abbreviation 7-OH has become popularized, but the scientists use 7-HMG in this study) products marketed as “kratom extracts”. A kratom extract is a concentrated form of the kratom plant made by extracting its active alkaloids, of …

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Connecticut Governor Signs Bill to Ban Kratom

A bill signed by Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont on June 25 will schedule kratom as a controlled substance in Connecticut. Regardless of the schedule assigned, kratom will be illegal to freely sell, buy, and possess in the state. Section 4 of the bill instructs the Commissioner of Consumer Protection Bryan T. Cafferelli to schedule a …

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