{"id":364,"date":"2025-11-06T20:53:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T20:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/?page_id=364"},"modified":"2026-01-05T18:55:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T18:55:19","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/?page_id=364","title":{"rendered":"Other News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>December 12, 2025 <strong>Synthetic<\/strong> <strong>Kratom Related Products Now Illegal in Ohio<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ohio Governor Mike Dewine took a step forward today in classifying synthetized mitragyna compounds, such as 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) as a Schedule 1 Controlled Substance. These are some of the main substances synthetized from those compounds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Original <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pharmacy.ohio.gov\/documents\/pubs\/special\/kratom\/consumer%20and%20retailer%20notice%20-%20kratom-related%20products%20now%20illegal%20in%20ohio.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.pharmacy.ohio.gov\/documents\/pubs\/special\/kratom\/consumer%20and%20retailer%20notice%20-%20kratom-related%20products%20now%20illegal%20in%20ohio.pdf\">Consumer and Retail Notice: Kratom Related Products Now Illegal in Ohio.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pharmacy.ohio.gov\/documents\/pubs\/special\/kratom\/consumer%20and%20retailer%20notice%20-%20kratom-related%20products%20now%20illegal%20in%20ohio.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.pharmacy.ohio.gov\/documents\/pubs\/special\/kratom\/consumer%20and%20retailer%20notice%20-%20kratom-related%20products%20now%20illegal%20in%20ohio.pdf\">Updated Consumer and Retailer Notice: Kratom-Related Products Now Illegal in Ohio Date Issued: 12\/12\/2025 Updated: 12\/29\/2025.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Ohio Board of Pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pharmacy.ohio.gov\/documents\/pubs\/special\/kratom\/classification%20of%20mitragynine-related%20compounds%20as%20schedule%20i%20controlled%20substances.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.pharmacy.ohio.gov\/documents\/pubs\/special\/kratom\/classification%20of%20mitragynine-related%20compounds%20as%20schedule%20i%20controlled%20substances.pdf\">Classification of Mitragynine-Related Compounds as Schedule I Controlled Substances<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"695\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dewine-12122025-7OH-695x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1372\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6789593331649406;width:276px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dewine-12122025-7OH-695x1024.jpeg 695w, https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dewine-12122025-7OH-204x300.jpeg 204w, https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dewine-12122025-7OH-768x1131.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dewine-12122025-7OH-1043x1536.jpeg 1043w, https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dewine-12122025-7OH-1390x2048.jpeg 1390w, https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dewine-12122025-7OH-600x884.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dewine-12122025-7OH.jpeg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dispatch.com\/story\/news\/healthcare\/2025\/12\/11\/mike-dewine-ohio-kratom-drug-ban-state-laws\/87718630007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.dispatch.com\/story\/news\/healthcare\/2025\/12\/11\/mike-dewine-ohio-kratom-drug-ban-state-laws\/87718630007\/\">Columbus Dispatch: Dewine calls for emergency rule to ban synthetic kratom in Ohio<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>This is following Florida&#8217;s emergency ban on synthetic kratom products as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>These two states are further evidence of the absolute need to educate our elected officials as to what pure leaf kratom truly is. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 12, 2025 Synthetic Kratom Related Products Now Illegal in Ohio Ohio Governor Mike Dewine took a step forward today in classifying synthetized mitragyna compounds, such as 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) as a Schedule 1 Controlled Substance. These are some of the main substances synthetized from those compounds. 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