Biologically, kratom acts enough like an opioid that DEA considers it a danger to public safety. The company planned to utilize a regulatory system called emergency situation scheduling to position it in the same restrictive classification as lsd, heroin, and marijuana . This classification, Schedule I, is scheduled for exactly what the DEA considers the most harmful drugs-- those without any redeeming medical worth, and a high capacity for abuse.

KRATOM: THE POIGNANT PLANT WHICH WILL BENEFIT OPIOID NUTS-- SHOULD THE DEA DOESN'T BAN IT