10-04-2016, 03:55 PM
DE@ delays ban on K@trom that was scheduled for September 30. See below
Resistance from federal lawmakers and kratom advocates has delayed the Drug Enforcement Administration's plan to ban two active ingredients in the herbal alternative drug, which would prevent its use in the United States.
The DEA could have banned kratom on Sept. 30, but letters and petitions have temporarily suspended any action on the part of regulators. More than 140,000 opponents signed a White House petition to block the ban, which would have made kratom a Schedule I substance -- the most restrictive drug classification category the DEA uses.
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Resistance from federal lawmakers and kratom advocates has delayed the Drug Enforcement Administration's plan to ban two active ingredients in the herbal alternative drug, which would prevent its use in the United States.
The DEA could have banned kratom on Sept. 30, but letters and petitions have temporarily suspended any action on the part of regulators. More than 140,000 opponents signed a White House petition to block the ban, which would have made kratom a Schedule I substance -- the most restrictive drug classification category the DEA uses.
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