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Justice Department Moves 7-OH to Schedule I

By Drooid · Oct 13, 2026, 2:49 AM UTC · How we work

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The Justice Department plans to place 7-OH on Schedule I, exposing sellers to 20-year prison terms.
Oklahoma lawmakers are weighing stricter limits on synthetic kratom after a series of overdoses.
Health experts urged raising Oklahoma’s kratom purchase age to 21.
Officials said 7-OH, MGM-15 and MGM-16 are dozens of times stronger than morphine.
Oklahoma recorded 42 kratom deaths since Jan 2025, and eight of 52 NYC smoke shops sold MGPI or MGM-15.

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The Justice Department plans to place 7-OH on Schedule I, exposing sellers to 20-year prison terms.
Oklahoma lawmakers are weighing stricter limits on synthetic kratom after a series of overdoses.
Health experts urged raising Oklahoma’s kratom purchase age to 21.
Officials said 7-OH, MGM-15 and MGM-16 are dozens of times stronger than morphine.
Oklahoma recorded 42 kratom deaths since Jan 2025, and eight of 52 NYC smoke shops sold MGPI or MGM-15.