Schedules of Controlled Substance: Temporary Placement of 7-Hydroxymitragynine Above a Specified Threshold in Schedule I

What it does

The Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration is issuing this notice of intent to publish a temporary order to schedule 7-hydroxymitragynine above a specified threshold, including its isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, esters, and ethers, whenever the existence of such isomers, esters, ethers, and salts is possible, in schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. When it is issued, the temporary scheduling order will impose the regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal sanctions applicable to schedule I controlled substances on persons who handle (manufacture, distribute, reverse distribute, import, export, engage in research, conduct instructional activities or chemical analysis with, or possess) or propose to handle 7-hydroxymitragynine above a specified threshold.

The Drug Enforcement Administration's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What it would change

1 part of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

21 CFR 1308

What happens next and when

July 6, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket DEA-2026-1190 on Regulations.gov
• Title 21 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register