Biologically, kratom acts enough like an opioid that DEA considers it a risk to public security. The agency planned to utilize a regulative mechanism called emergency scheduling to place it in the very same limiting classification as heroin, marijuana, and lsd . This category, Schedule I, is booked for what the DEA thinks about the most hazardous drugs-- those with no redeeming medical value, and a high capacity for abuse.

KRATOM: THE UNPALATABLE PLANT LIFE WHICH MAY SUPPORT OPIOID ADDICTS-- WHEN THE DEA DOESN'T BAN IT