{"id":3029,"date":"2026-04-18T18:55:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T18:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/?page_id=3029"},"modified":"2026-08-31T20:23:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T20:23:06","slug":"mississippi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/?page_id=3029","title":{"rendered":"Mississippi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Plain leaf kratom remains <strong>legal statewide<\/strong> in Mississippi, but the state has one of the largest networks of local municipal and county bans in the country.<sup><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Statewide Status &amp; Legislation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Statewide Legality:<\/strong> Kratom is not classified as a controlled substance under state law.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>State Preemption Grandfathering:<\/strong> State regulatory legislation allows cities and counties that enacted local bans prior to statutory cutoffs to continue enforcing their local prohibitions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Statewide Ban Proposals:<\/strong> Bills like HB 1750 have periodically been introduced to schedule kratom statewide under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Local Municipal &amp; County Bans<\/strong><br>Mississippi has the highest density of localized kratom bans in the nation, with over 30 municipalities and 11+ counties having enacted complete prohibitions on the possession, sale, and distribution of kratom products.<br><br><strong>Banned Counties (14 Total)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Local county ordinances prohibit kratom across all unincorporated areas within these jurisdictions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Alcorn County<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Calhoun County<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Itawamba County<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lafayette County<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lowndes County<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Marion County<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Monroe County<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Noxubee County<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Pearl River County<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Pontotoc County<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Prentiss County<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tippah County<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tishomingo County<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Union County<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Banned Municipalities (Key Cities &amp; Towns)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Independent municipal ordinances ban kratom within city limits. Notable cities include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Belmont<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Blue Mountain<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Booneville<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Caledonia<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Columbus<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Corinth<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Diamondhead City<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fulton<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Guntown<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Meridian<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>New Albany<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Oxford<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Pontotoc City<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ridgeland<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ripley<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Saltillo<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Senatobia<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Starkville<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tupelo<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ordinance Details &amp; Enforcement<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>Grandfathered Local Authority:<\/strong> State law contains preemption grandfathering clauses that preserve existing city and county bans enacted prior to statewide statutory cutoffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Scope of Restrictions:<\/strong> Local municipal and county ordinances ban the manufacturing, sale, distribution, purchase, and possession of kratom (<em>Mitragyna speciosa<\/em>) and its primary active alkaloids (mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Penalties:<\/strong> Most local ordinances classify violations as misdemeanors, punishable by criminal fines (typically ranging from $250 to $1,000 per violation) and potential jail time.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/MS\/bill\/HB379\/2026\"><strong>HB379<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/MS\/bill\/HB1639\/2026\"><strong>HB1639<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;02-03-2026&nbsp;<em>Over the counter availability of kratom Died in Committee<\/em><br><a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/MS\/bill\/SB2645\/2026\"><strong>HB2675<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<em>02-03-2026 Bans kratom beverages, died in Committee<\/em><br><a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/MS\/bill\/HB13\/2026\"><strong>HB13<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<em>(j)&nbsp; Any material, compound, mixture or preparation that contains any quantity of kratom (mitragynine and 7-hydroxymytragynine) or its salts, isomers, salts of isomers, sulfate, free acid or derivative thereof.<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Would go into effect 07-01-2026<\/em><br><a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/MS\/bill\/SB2822\/2026\"><strong>SB2822<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/MS\/bill\/HB1712\/2026\"><strong>HB7122<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/MS\/bill\/HB1750\/2026\"><strong>HB1750<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/MS\/bill\/HB863\/2026\"><strong>HB863<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/MS\/drafts\/HB865\/2026\"><strong>HB865<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<em>02-03-2026 Added Kratom To Schedule Iii of The Uniform Controlled Substances Act Died in Committee<\/em><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/MS\/drafts\/HB864\/2026\">HB864<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>02-03-2026&nbsp;<em>Add to schedule I (16) &nbsp;(A) &nbsp;Mitragynine; and (B) &nbsp;7-hydroxymitragynine.&nbsp;<em>Died in Committee<\/em><br><\/em><br><strong>Cities and Counties<\/strong>:<br>Diamondhead City<br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Tupelo&nbsp;<em>Banned&nbsp;the use, sale, and distribution of kratom within city limits.<\/em><br>Guntown banned<br>Lee County banned<br>Oxford Banned<br>Siltillo banned<\/mark><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plain leaf kratom remains legal statewide in Mississippi, but the state has one of the largest networks of local municipal and county bans in the country. Statewide Status &amp; Legislation Local Municipal &amp; County BansMississippi has the highest density of localized kratom bans in the nation, with over 30 municipalities and 11+ counties having enacted [&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-3029","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3029","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=3029"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3349,"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3029\/revisions\/3349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}