{"id":2031,"date":"2026-02-19T20:16:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T20:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/?page_id=2031"},"modified":"2026-03-31T01:31:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T01:31:49","slug":"alabama","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/?page_id=2031","title":{"rendered":"Alabama"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/AL\/bill\/SB226\/2016\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/AL\/bill\/SB226\/2016\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#135881\" class=\"has-inline-color\">SB226<\/mark><\/strong><\/a><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"> Alabama officially banned kratom on <strong>May 10, 2016<\/strong>.<\/mark><br>Controlled substances, additional compounds included in Schedule I, Sec. 20-2-23 am&#8217;d.<br><strong>Introduced<\/strong>: 02-11-2016 to the Senate Judiciary Committee<br><strong>Status<\/strong>: Passed on May 4 2016 &#8211; 100% progression<br><strong>Action<\/strong>: 2016-05-04 &#8211; Assigned Act No. 2016-279.<br><br>Alabama officially banned kratom on <strong>May 10, 2016<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the bill passed the Alabama Legislature on May 4, it did not carry the force of law until it was signed by then-Governor Robert Bentley. Because <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/AL\/bill\/SB226\/2016\">SB 226<\/a> included an &#8220;immediate effective date,&#8221; the ban began the moment the signature was applied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Implementation Details<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Classification:<\/strong> The law added the primary alkaloids of the kratom plant\u2014<strong>mitragynine<\/strong> and <strong>7-hydroxymitragynine<\/strong>\u2014to the state\u2019s list of <strong>Schedule I controlled substances<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Immediate Enforcement:<\/strong> Law enforcement agencies across the state began <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alreporter.com\/2016\/05\/12\/bentley-signs-bill-banning-kratom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">seizing products and notifying retailers<\/a> the same day the bill was signed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Legal Status Today:<\/strong> As of 2026, kratom remains strictly illegal in Alabama. Possession is generally charged as a <strong>Class D felony<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Alabama remains one of the strictest states regarding this ban; in early 2026, the State Attorney General <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alabamaag.gov\/alabama-attorney-general-issues-statewide-cease-and-desist-order-targeting-illegal-kratom-products\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">issued a reminder<\/a> that enforcement remains a high priority for the state.<br><br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SB226 Alabama officially banned kratom on May 10, 2016.Controlled substances, additional compounds included in Schedule I, Sec. 20-2-23 am&#8217;d.Introduced: 02-11-2016 to the Senate Judiciary CommitteeStatus: Passed on May 4 2016 &#8211; 100% progressionAction: 2016-05-04 &#8211; Assigned Act No. 2016-279. Alabama officially banned kratom on May 10, 2016. While the bill passed the Alabama Legislature on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2031","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2031"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2710,"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2031\/revisions\/2710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}