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Comment period reopened

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Comments close September 10, 2026, 11:59 PM ET

ReopenedHHS extended this docket on August 26 after advocates asked for more time. The threshold has not been set. If you missed the first deadline, you have another chance — and if you already commented, a second comment that adds new detail still counts.

Federal regulators are setting the legal limit for 7-OH. They asked for your input.

The DEA intends to temporarily place 7-OH above a very low threshold — 1 milligram per package — into Schedule I. Before that happens, HHS is asking the public one narrow question: where should the line be, and how should it be measured? Specific, real-world input from adult consumers is exactly what they asked for.

32,000+ Comments filed in this docket during the first round. Regulators read them — in 2016, public comment led the DEA to withdraw a similar kratom scheduling action. Specific comments work.
What exactly is being decided?

Docket HHS-OASH-2026-0232 (91 FR 41049). The proposed threshold: botanical kratom material with more than 0.050% 7-OH by dry weight — or any processed product with more than 0.050% concentration or more than 1.00 mg of 7-OH total. HHS is collecting data on (1) what quantity of 7-OH actually constitutes a hazard and (2) whether the limit should be measured differently — for example, per labeled serving. Comments go on the official public record and are forwarded to the Attorney General.

HHS has said it wants input on the threshold specifically — not on permanent scheduling, and not on kratom's safety in general. Comments that answer the narrow question carry the most weight.

Separately, on August 26, 2026 the DEA placed mitragynine pseudoindoxyl (MGPI), MGM-15 and MGM-16 into Schedule I, and stated that action targets concentrated synthetic products rather than traditional botanical kratom leaf. The 7-OH threshold in this docket is still undecided.

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