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InvestigationKratom & Psychedelics

Connecticut Banned Kratom Leaf. Federal Regulators Just Drew the Line the State Refused To.

Connecticut placed natural kratom leaf in Schedule I on April 2, 2026, after its own regulators wrote that they do not study drug safety and must defer to federal agencies. On October 9, 2026, those federal agencies drew the exact distinction that hundreds of commenters, a Yale epidemiologist and the Rhode Island House Speaker Pro Tempore had asked Connecticut to make.

October 21, 2026