HB14 would repeal the present law and add mitragynine and 7-hydroxy mitragynine (kratom) to the list of Schedule I narcotics unless the herb is contained in a pharmaceutical product.

A kratom ban is one step closer to becoming a reality in Louisiana after the Senate’s Judiciary C Committee approved a bill to criminalize the substance on Tuesday. Senate Bill 154 by state Sen ...

Kratom is a supplement sold as an energy booster, pain reliever and remedy for opioid withdrawal. The House Ways and Means Committee advanced HB 271, which would raise the homestead exemption to ...

The Louisiana Legislature approved a bill in 2019 to make kratom illegal if the DEA regulates it. That hasn't happened yet. But Ascension and Rapides parishes have banned it locally, and a state ...

St. Tammany Parish coroner warns residents of effects of Kratom by: Bella Dardano Posted: Oct 30, 2024 / 09:35 AM CDT Updated: Oct 30, 2024 / 11:20 AM CDT ...

Turner spearheaded a law in Louisiana that passed this summer that will make Kratom illegal in the state if the Drug Enforcement Administration classifies it as a Schedule 1 drug. Schedule 1 drugs are ...

Louisiana's Poison Control Center has received 162 kratom-related calls between 2011 and 2017, and only two so far in 2018, according to center director Mark Ryan. Forty-two percent of those calls ...

The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) issued a February report outlining kratom's dangers. LDH spokeswoman Mindy Faciane told Gambit, “The Louisiana Department of Health supports any efforts ...

There’s even this Facebook group called Louisiana for Kratom. We reached out to the admin of the page for comment but did not hear back.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Zachary is next on the list to ban kratom products in Louisiana. Kratom, an herbal product from a tree in southeast Asia, has become quite prevalent in the United States.

Unfortunately, kratom prohibition may be coming: the FDA is now asking for public comment about whether the U.S. should support an international ban on the drug, which the United Nations, through ...