Biologically, kratom acts enough like an opioid that DEA considers it a danger to public security. The firm planned to utilize a regulative system called emergency scheduling to put it in the exact same restrictive classification as marijuana, heroin, and lsd . This classification, Schedule I, is reserved for what the DEA thinks about the most harmful drugs-- those with no redeeming medical value, and a high capacity for abuse.

KRATOM: THE BITING PLANT LIFE THAT SHOULD ASSIST OPIOID JUNKIES-- IF THE DEA DOES NOT BAN IT