Biologically, kratom acts enough like an opioid that DEA considers it a danger to public safety. The company prepared to use a regulatory system called emergency scheduling to put it in the exact same limiting classification as heroin, LSD, and marijuana . This category, Schedule I, is booked for what the DEA thinks about the most harmful drugs-- those with no redeeming medical value, and a high potential for abuse.

KRATOM: THE DISAGREEABLE TREE THAT MAY AID OPIOID JUNKIES-- WHEN THE DEA DOES NOT BAN IT