Louisiana enacted SB 154 (2025) to schedule kratom alkaloids as Schedule I and create a new kratom offense (R.S. 40:966.1)

Louisiana enacted SB 154 (2025 Regular Session) to amend the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law by adding kratom’s primary alkaloids—7-hydroxymitragynine and mitragynine—to Schedule I (R.S. 40:964, miscellaneous schedule section referenced in the research data). The act also creates a new statutory offense, R.S. 40:966.1, addressing unlawful possession, production, or distribution of kratom, and includes related changes referenced in the enrolled act text. Compliance teams should update controlled-substance and prohibited-ingredient screens, product compliance determinations (especially for kratom-containing products), and Louisiana-specific legal risk assessments for possession/distribution and retail controls.