Biologically, kratom acts enough like an opioid that DEA considers it a threat to public security. The agency prepared to utilize a regulatory system called emergency scheduling to put it in the exact same restrictive category as lsd, heroin, and cannabis . This category, Schedule I, is reserved for exactly what the DEA considers the most hazardous drugs-- those without any redeeming medical worth, and a high potential for abuse.

KRATOM: THE DISAGREEABLE PLANT THAT MIGHT HELP OPIOID JUNKIES-- In Case THE DEA DOES NOT BAN IT