The petitioner requests that the Board amend 18VAC110-20-322 to include mitragynine and 7-hydroxymytragynine, the active alkaloids found in kratom, in Schedule I. 

The petition for rulemaking will be published in the Virginia Register of Regulations on May 6, 2024. The petition will also be published on the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall at www.townhall.virginia.gov to receive public comment, which will open on May 6, 2024 and will close on June 5, 2024. The Board will consider the petition and all comments in support or opposition at the next meeting after the close of public comment, currently scheduled for June 25, 2024. The petitioner will be notified of the Board’s decision after that meeting.

At its meeting on June 25, 2024, the Board voted to take no action on the petition. The Board did not feel it possessed sufficient evidence at the meeting to determine that kratom has no medicinal value. The Board may, however, research and review this matter at a future meeting.