Biologically, kratom acts enough like an opioid that DEA considers it a hazard to public security. The agency planned to use a regulative mechanism called emergency scheduling to position it in the very same limiting category as cannabis, lsd, and heroin . This category, Schedule I, is booked for exactly what the DEA considers the most harmful drugs-- those with no redeeming medical worth, and a high potential for abuse.

KRATOM: THE BITING PLANT WHICH WILL AID OPIOID ADDICTS-- ON THE OCCASION THAT THE DEA DOESN'T BAN IT