Federal 7-OH Scheduling: What It Means for Your Orders
Compliance and Transparency Update
What We Have Done, and Where the Federal Action Now Stands
An update to our July 8 statement. Part of the federal action has taken effect and we have acted on it. The part that affects 7-OH itself has not, and the public record on it has been reopened until September 10.
The comment period has been reopened until September 10, 2026
It had closed on July 31. The government is asking the public where the 7-OH threshold should be set, and it has said the thing it most needs is real usage data from the people who actually use these products. If you want a say in how this is regulated, this is the window.
The short version
Three synthetic compounds related to 7-OH are now federally controlled. We removed every affected product before the order took effect and none have been sold since. 7-OH itself has not been scheduled, the proposal covering it is still open, and the comment period on it runs through September 10, 2026.
Why we are updating this post rather than leaving it up
In July we told you that if and when a temporary scheduling order took effect, we would discontinue the covered products and communicate at each step. Part of that order took effect on August 26. This post is us doing the second half of what we said we would do.
Making your voice heard before September 10
We have put this near the top rather than at the bottom, because it is the only part of this page where anything is still open to influence. Our compliance decisions are made. The threshold has not been set.
Start with the 7-HOPE Alliance. They are running the national advocacy campaign on this and their federal action hub is the most complete set of instructions in one place: submitting a comment, calling HHS directly, reaching your members of Congress, and what to actually say in each case. It is free, it is not ours, and it is better than anything we would write.
Visit the 7-HOPE Alliance federal action hub
To comment directly, the docket is regulations.gov, HHS-OASH-2026-0232, and it closes September 10, 2026. Two practical notes worth having before you write one:
- The agencies are asking specifically about where the threshold should be set, so a comment that speaks to that carries the most weight. A comment that includes real numbers on how much you use and how often is the single most useful thing in the record, and it is the part almost everyone leaves out.
- If you already commented during the original window and covered that ground, please do not file again. Duplicates are identified and discounted, and they weaken the record rather than adding to it.
To reach people directly, the HHS main line is 1-877-696-6775, and you can find your U.S. Representative and both Senators through Common Cause. Legislation on 7-OH is pending in both chambers, so contacting a congressional office about it is not a hypothetical ask.
We are not offering store credit, a discount, or any other incentive for commenting, and we are not asking you to take a particular position. An incentive did run here during the first comment window, and we have decided against repeating it. A public record is only worth something if what goes into it is what people actually think, and paying for participation undermines the exact thing we are asking you to take part in.
What actually happened, in order
We are laying this out as a record rather than a summary, because the dates are the part that matters and because a good deal of what has been published about this action has been wrong about them.
July 1, 2026. The DEA announced its intent to temporarily place concentrated 7-hydroxymitragynine and three related synthetic compounds into Schedule I. The notices published in the Federal Register on July 6.
July 8, 2026. We published our position: full compliance, no fixed cutoff date we could not control, and a recommendation that customers participate in the public comment process whatever their view.
August 5, 2026. The earliest date any order could legally have taken effect. It passed with nothing filed. It has now been more than three weeks and the order covering 7-OH has still not been issued.
August 26, 2026. A temporary scheduling order placed mitragynine pseudoindoxyl (MP), MGM-15 and MGM-16 into Schedule I. It took effect the day it published, with no grace period and no sell-through window, and it runs for two years. Products containing these compounds are no longer available from us and will not be returning.
August 26, 2026, the same day. The government reopened the public comment period on where the 7-OH threshold should be set, through September 10, 2026. This is the part that is still open and still undecided.
What we did about it
Affected listings came down ahead of the effective date rather than on it. We reviewed the catalog product by product rather than by category, because the compounds involved appear under trade names that do not always match what a category label would suggest. We are not aware of any covered product having been sold or shipped after the order took effect, and where an order containing an affected item was already in progress, the affected line was refunded and not shipped.
We are also not restocking. This is a two-year order at minimum, and there are bills pending in both chambers of Congress that would make the same restrictions permanent by statute. We are planning around these products being gone, not around waiting them out.
Where 7-OH itself stands
Separately from the above, and this is the distinction that most coverage of this issue has blurred: concentrated and synthetic 7-OH has not been scheduled. The proposal to place it in Schedule I above a threshold is still pending. No order has been issued, and the earliest date one could have taken effect passed more than three weeks ago with no filing of any kind.
The proposed threshold, as written, would cover material containing more than 0.050 percent 7-OH by dry weight, or, for synthetic and processed material, more than 0.050 percent by concentration or more than one milligram of 7-OH per article. That last figure is low enough to reach the large majority of concentrated products on the market, which is precisely why the threshold number is what the reopened comment period is asking the public about.
We will not speculate about when an order might issue. Several widely reported predictions have already come and gone, and we would rather tell you what the record says than guess ahead of it.
Our position, stated plainly
We support clear, science based regulation over prohibition. A threshold set too low removes products that many adults use responsibly and pushes demand toward an unregulated market where nothing is tested and nobody is accountable. We think a defensible threshold serves public health better than a number that functions as a ban.
That is our view and we have an obvious commercial interest in it, so we are stating it openly rather than dressing it up as neutral analysis. We are not asking you to adopt it. We are asking you to make your own view known through the official channel, whatever that view turns out to be.
Questions we have been getting
Is 7-OH illegal now?
No. MP, MGM-15 and MGM-16 are federally controlled as of August 26. Concentrated and synthetic 7-OH is not. The proposal covering it remains pending with no order issued.
I saw a news story saying the DEA already banned 7-OH. Which is right?
The record is right. News outlets, trade associations and elected officials have all described this order as finished on days when it had not been filed. Everything in this post is checked against the Federal Register and regulations.gov directly rather than against coverage of them.
Does this affect natural leaf kratom or mitragynine?
Not federally. Mitragynine and natural leaf kratom below the threshold are outside this action. State and local law is a separate matter and in several places is considerably broader, including places that restrict all kratom regardless of type. Where you live governs, not the federal answer.
Will products I ordered previously be affected?
Completed orders are complete. If you have a question about a specific past order, our customer service team can look it up.
Will these products come back if the rule changes?
We are not planning on it. A temporary order runs two years, and legislation pending in both chambers would make the same restrictions permanent. We would rather tell you that than leave the impression we are holding stock and waiting.
What is the most useful thing I can do?
Submit one specific, personal comment before September 10 that includes real numbers on your own use, and contact your representative and senators. The section above walks through both.
Thank you for your continued trust. We would rather be the ones to tell you when something changes, including when it changes in a direction we did not want.
The Compliance Team
This update is provided for general information and does not constitute legal advice. It reflects the federal record as verified on August 28, 2026 and will change as the process continues. State and local law is separate from the federal action described here and may be more restrictive where you live.
