In an Oval Office press conference in his usual flair yesterday, President Donald Trump vowed to “approve” natural 7-OH: “We’re looking very seriously at natural 7-OH and getting that approved,...
After Americans consumed roughly 2 billion servings of 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) since 2023, the FDA’s adverse event database logged about 100 reports. That works out to one event per 20 million...
On April 22, 2026, CCC convened a congressional briefing on kratom and 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) regulation, co-hosted with the Reason Foundation and the Cato Institute. The event drew a strong cross-section...
WASHINGTON, DC – A diverse coalition of consumer advocacy groups, free market organizations, family and faith groups, drug policy reformers, and public policy advocates implore Congress to oppose HR 8000,...
While the instinct to regulate is an appropriate one, the tool of prohibition is a costly one. The lesson of the 2016 fight to keep kratom off the DEA’s scheduling...
The legacy kratom manufacturing industry is reaching for the same tactics that almost banned their products and had their consumers criminalized a decade ago. There’s a unique twist in the...
When authorities moved to schedule kratom, they triggered a public health scare, not a safety fix. When the federal government attempted to use its regulatory authority to schedule the popular...
When authorities moved to schedule kratom, they triggered a public health scare, not a safety fix. When the federal government attempted to use its regulatory authority to schedule the popular...
Ohio Board of Pharmacy Common Sense Initiative Public Comment Proposed Rule 4729:9-1-01.1: Mitragynine-Related Compounds January 28, 2026 As a consumer advocacy group that fights for lifestyle freedom, innovative technologies, and...
Los Angeles County officials are set to pull kratom and its synthetic extract, sometimes called 7-OH, from shelves immediately. Inspectors will be sent to retailers next week to begin red-tagging...
The state of Ohio is in a mini-panic about the kratom plant and its derivative alkaloids, mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH). We should be cautious before we launch the next war on drugs,...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Consumer Choice Center launched a new policy primer offering smart approaches and a regulatory framework for 7-OH and kratom derivatives, a series of compounds and...
