Legislative Update: Texas Squashes Ban Bill As Colorado and Mississippi Target 7-OH Products
In this 2025 legislative roundup, Texas blocks a proposed kratom ban, Colorado updates its regulatory framework, and Mississippi targets synthetic 7-OH products. Lawmakers across these...
Legislative Update: Texas Squashes Ban Bill As Colorado and Mississippi Target 7-OH Products
In this 2025 legislative roundup, Texas blocks a proposed kratom ban, Colorado updates its regulatory framework, and Mississippi targets synthetic 7-OH products. Lawmakers across these...
Kratom Advocates Continue Push for Label Standardization
There are few things as universal to the world of commerce as a product label. It’s important for getting the consumers attention, for conveying information,...
Bipartisan Group of Federal Lawmakers File “Landmark” Kratom Legislation
On the heels of what looked to be a legislative setback for kratom, a group of bipartisan legislators is looking to codify support for the...
Recreational Users Face Lack of Information Due to Regulatory Tug-of-War
Amidst all the back-and-forth surrounding kratom in both legal and medical circles, it’s easy to lose sight of kratom’s role as a recreationally available substance...
Kratom Lawsuit Leans on Lack of Regulation
A lack of regulatory standards and federal guidance on kratom’s legality has created a patchwork of laws, production standards, and consumer options. Now, that gray...
Kratom Advocates Push for Testing, Regulation Instead of Prohibition
Due to a lack of trials and extensive research on the effects of kratom, the debate over what to do in the meantime is picking...
Arkansas Man Sentenced to 10-Years for Kratom Despite Public Outcry, Lack of Federal Action
In the back-and-forth between kratom advocates and a legal system still caught in the throes of the War on Drugs, an Arkansas man has been...
Kratom Skeptics Talking Points Fall Short
Several states have set up standards and a structure for safe consumption of kratom. Congress has called for closer consideration of how the substance can...
Kratom Research Lacking As Consumers, Politicians Seek Info
In the midst of lawsuits and policy debates around the safety of kratom, one stream of information has seemingly dried up in the past three...
The State of Kratom Cafes
In the midst of a state-by-state debate over the fate of kratom, an unlikely venue has become a source for safe consumption: Kratom cafes. More...
New Kratom Research Trials Gaining Momentum
Despite kratom’s popularity and availability, there is little polished research or trials beyond identifying the substance’s potential for a variety of health problems. That may...