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Kratom Laws in Mississippi

How Mississippi law treats kratom, from the state code and official state agencies.

Short answer: Kratom is legal for adults in Mississippi but regulated. According to the Mississippi State Department of Health, House Bill 1077 took effect July 1, 2025, restricting the sale of kratom products to people under 21 and banning potent synthetic formulations such as 7-hydroxymitragynine. 2025 Miss. H.B. 1077 (eff. July 1, 2025); Mississippi State Department of Health, Health Advisory MSHAN-202507-00604-ADV (July 1, 2025)

KratomKratom is legal for adults in Mississippi but regulated. According to the Mississippi State Department of Health, House Bill 1077 took effect July 1, 2025, restricting the sale of kratom products to people under 21 and banning potent synthetic formulations such as 7-hydroxymitragynine. The legislature's bill record describes the act as barring retailers, manufacturers and wholesalers from selling kratom products to anyone under 21, barring people under 21 from buying or possessing them in public places, and letting cities and counties keep or adopt their own kratom bans or restrictions. Kratom was not listed on Mississippi's Schedule I in the code copy read (current as of January 1, 2025).
Bill record: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/history/HB/HB1077.xml.
Source: 2025 Miss. H.B. 1077 (eff. July 1, 2025); Mississippi State Department of Health, Health Advisory MSHAN-202507-00604-ADV (July 1, 2025)

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Is kratom legal in Mississippi?
Kratom is legal for adults in Mississippi but regulated. According to the Mississippi State Department of Health, House Bill 1077 took effect July 1, 2025, restricting the sale of kratom products to people under 21 and banning potent synthetic formulations such as 7-hydroxymitragynine. The legislature's bill record describes the act as barring retailers, manufacturers and wholesalers from selling kratom products to anyone under 21, barring people under 21 from buying or possessing them in public places, and letting cities and counties keep or adopt their own kratom bans or restrictions. Kratom was not listed on Mississippi's Schedule I in the code copy read (current as of January 1, 2025).

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