7-OH

On July 1, 2026, the DEA announced its intent to place 7-hydroxymitragynine — 7-OH — above a specific concentration threshold into Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. If you’ve seen the concentrated 7-OH gummies, tablets, and shots sold as “kratom” at gas stations and smoke shops, those are the products this action targets. Natural kratom leaf is not covered — and that distinction is written directly into the rule as a measurable lab threshold.

For Kraken customers, nothing changes. Every product in our catalog starts as natural kratom leaf, tests below the scheduled 7-OH threshold, and ships with a per-batch certificate of analysis to prove it. Here’s what the action actually says, what’s covered and what isn’t, and why the federal government just drew the same line we’ve built our catalog around since 2014.