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

KRATOM: THE BITTER PLANT LIFE THAT SHOULD AID OPIOID JUNKIES-- SHOULD THE DEA DOES NOT BAN IT