The American Pharmacists Association posted an article titled, “DEA withdraws kratom ban, opens public comment period.” The article reads in part as follows;
“In late August, DEA announced its intention to make kratom a Schedule I drug to avoid what it called “an imminent hazard to public safety.” But after a public outcry and enormous pressure from lawmakers, in October the agency took the unprecedented move of withdrawing its plans to ban kratom, according to a notice posted in the Federal Register.
Instead, DEA is opening a public comment period ending December 1, 2016, before making a final determination, along with formal input from FDA, about scheduling kratom.
Kratom, a medicinal plant containing mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine, has been marketed as a safe and legal alternative to controlled substances to alleviate pain.
DEA initially proposed the Schedule I classification because, according to the agency, kratom has a “high potential for abuse, has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States, and has a lack of accepted safety for use under medical supervision.”
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