Biologically, kratom acts enough like an opioid that DEA considers it a hazard to public safety. The company prepared to utilize a regulative system called emergency situation scheduling to put it in the same restrictive category as heroin, LSD, and cannabis . This category, Schedule I, is scheduled for what the DEA considers the most dangerous drugs-- those with no redeeming medical worth, and a high potential for abuse.

KRATOM: THE PROVOKING PLANT LIFE WHICH MIGHT ASSIST OPIOID NUTS-- Assuming That THE DEA DOESN'T BAN IT