Kratom bans list (state and local)
Fields: jurisdiction, state, type, ordinance or statute, date, official source. Entries confirmed only by news are marked UNVERIFIED.
Tier tags: L1 statute/ordinance, L2 final or temporary rule, L3 official guidance or agency action, L4 pending bill or proposed rule, L5 news or lead (never law).
Local, verified
- [L1] San Diego (city), CA: Local ban (sale) of listed novel psychoactive drugs. Quoted: "§52.3303 Manufacture, Distribution, and Sale Prohibited It is unlawful to manufacture, sell, offer to sell, offer for sale, distribute, or possess for sale any Federal Schedule I Drug, Novel Synthetic Drug, or Novel Psychoactive Drug." Source: San Diego Mun. Code § 52.3303 (added 6-14-2016)
- [L1] San Diego (city), CA: Mitragynine on the city list (7-hydroxymitragynine is item 62). Quoted: "71. Mitragynine" Source: San Diego Mun. Code Ch. 5, Art. 2, Div. 33 (substance list)
- [L3] Denver (city and county), CO: Restriction on sale for human consumption (agency action). Quoted: "Effective immediately, Denver Environmental Health (DEH), Public Health Inspections Division is restricting the sale or serving of kratom for human consumption in Denver." Source: Denver Environmental Health release, Nov. 20, 2017 (agency notice, not an ordinance)
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State bans with official text (batch 5)
- [L4] Kansas: Mitragynine and 7-OH added to Schedule I (enrolled bill). Quoted: "adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act" Source: Kan. S.B. 430 (2026), enrolled text (PENDING verification of signature; effective on statute-book publication per its text)
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