Louisiana Department of Health issues emergency rule adding three substances commonly found in kratom

LDH adds three substances to Schedule I controlled substances list

The Louisiana Department of Health announced that three substances found in kratom compounds have been added to the state's Schedule I controlled dangerous substances list.

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Three synthetic opioids derived from Kratom were classified as Schedule I drugs on an emergency basis by the Louisiana Department of Health.

Louisiana Department of Health issues emergency rule adding three substances commonly found in kratom

BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Department of Health issued an emergency rule on Monday adding three substances related to  7-hydroxymitragynine and mitragynine, commonly found in Kratom, according to the FDA, to Schedule I of Louisiana's controlled dangerous substances list. Schedule I substances are determined to have a high potential for abuse, have no currently accepted medical use for treatment in the U.S. and a lack of accepted safety for use …