Biologically, kratom acts enough like an opioid that DEA considers it a threat to public safety. The company planned to utilize a regulatory system called emergency scheduling to position it in the same limiting category as lsd, cannabis, and heroin . This category, Schedule I, is scheduled for what the DEA thinks about the most harmful drugs-- those with no redeeming medical value, and a high potential for abuse.

KRATOM: THE BITTER PLANT LIFE WHICH COULD SUPPORT OPIOID NUTS-- In Case THE DEA DOES NOT BAN IT