7-OH

FDA Greenlights First Human Trial of Kratom to Treat Opioid Use Disorder

The Food and Drug Administration has approved an Investigational New Drug Application (IND) to study mitragynine, the main psychoactive compound…

June 4, 2026

State Bills to Regulate Kratom Advance, Alongside Ones to Ban It

Nine months after Rhode Island passed a law regulating the sale of kratom, the partial opioid agonist that has divided…

April 10, 2026

The Campaign to Ban 7-OH and “Gas Station Drugs” Shouldn’t Take Long

The more people become interested in banning 7-hydroxymitragynine, better-known as 7-OH, the more we're going to see of the same…

December 10, 2025

Some States Try to Ban 7-OH, Others to Regulate Kratom. Some Try Both.

On October 27, New Jersey Senator Shirley K. Turner (D) introduced a bill that would criminalize 7-hydroxymitragynine as a Schedule…

October 30, 2025

7-OH Did Not Cause the LA Overdose Deaths (Neither Did Kratom)

On September 12, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LACDPH) announced that 7-Hydroxymitragynine had been linked to three…

September 17, 2025