Biologically, kratom acts enough like an opioid that DEA considers it a risk to public safety. The agency planned to utilize a regulatory system called emergency scheduling to put it in the exact same limiting classification as lsd, marijuana, and heroin . This classification, Schedule I, is booked for exactly what the DEA considers the most unsafe drugs-- those with no redeeming medical worth, and a high potential for abuse.

KRATOM: THE INTENSE TREE WHICH WILL ASSIST OPIOID ADDICTS-- SHOULD THE DEA DOESN'T BAN IT