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DEA notice · publishes 14 October
The DEA is moving to put 7-OH and MP in Schedule I.
A DEA notice of intent goes into the Federal Register on Wednesday, 14 October. It would put 7-OH and mitragynine pseudoindoxyl (MP), alone or combined, in Schedule I in any product with more than 1 mg per gram (1 mg per mL in liquids), or with less than 100 times as much mitragynine as 7-OH and MP. That second test can reach products under 1 mg per gram.
The order can be issued as early as 13 November, and it takes effect the day it is published. It replaces July's 0.05% plan, which the DEA is withdrawing. The line is not a safe harbor: the DEA says it still views kratom itself as a drug of concern. There is no comment period this time. Congress is the check that remains.
Read the DEA notice, or what it does, clause by clause. The contact link opens Civic Duty, run independently by a Haven Access volunteer — not part of this site, and not covered by our privacy policy.
Kratom alkaloid policy · every state
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Haven Access is a grassroots organization founded by kratom alkaloid users, to help regular people find and have a political voice.
Find your reps. Say two sentences. Hang up. That's advocacy.
Why now
Bans move quietly and fast
Most decisions about kratom and its alkaloids get made in state legislatures, in committee, in sessions that last weeks — usually without anyone in the room who actually uses them. And a bill titled "consumer protection" can carry a potency cap, or a definition, that removes the products people rely on.
We are not asking for kratom or its alkaloids to go unregulated. We wrote the regulations we want — 21-and-up, independent lab testing, honest labels, a dependence warning on the package. What we will not accept is a cap, or a ban dressed up as a rule.
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Four things, in order
Nothing here needs a policy degree or a title — just the willingness to say what access to these products means to you, out loud, to someone who votes on it.
Step 2
Make the call
Ninety seconds, with a script. Voicemail counts — offices tally every message.
Step 3
Put it in writing
Two paragraphs, your name, your street. The same thing, on the record.
Step 4
Show up and speak
Committee hearings have a public comment slot. Two minutes is yours by right.
The part nobody says out loud
Being nervous is not a disqualification
You do not need a policy degree, a title, or a perfect sentence. Staffers write down what you say and how many people said it. That number is the whole point.
You do not have to explain yourself either. "I use this, and this bill would take it away" is a complete argument.
And you do not have to do it on your own. Most of us started by watching someone else do it first.