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

KRATOM: THE UNPLEASANT PLANT LIFE WHICH WILL HELP OPIOID NUTS-- WHEN THE DEA DOES NOT BAN IT