Legislation Aims to Reclassify Kratom as Schedule III Drug in Mississippi

Possession of Schedule III drugs in Mississippi without a valid prescription is illegal. If you're caught with these substances without proper authorization, you could face serious legal consequences, including fines and imprisonment.

It's unclear whether physicians would be able to prescribe kratom, since it is not classified as a drug by the federal Food and Drug Administration, or whether a medical kratom program has to be implemented by the state, much like a state medical marijuana program.

Since 2018, multiple attempts to outlaw kratom statewide have failed in Mississippi. Many counties and municipalities, however, have banned kratom locally. For years, law enforcement groups have been lobbying to criminalize Mississippian kratom consumers, convincing local town and county councils that have never heard of kratom that its just as dangerous as illicit fentanyl.

Here is a list of places in Mississippi where kratom is illegal (This is not a complete or updated list as laws are constantly changing).:

Counties:

• Alcorn

• Calhoun

• Itawamba

• Lafayette

• Lowndes

• Monroe

• Noxubee

• Prentiss

• Tippah

• Tishomingo

• Union

Towns:

• Belmont

• Blue Mountain

• Booneville

• Bruce

• Burnsville

• Caledonia

• Calhoun

• Columbus

• Corinth

• Derma

• Fulton

• Guntown

• Luka

• Mantachie

• Marietta

• New Albany

• Okolona

• Oxford

• Pontotoc

• Ripley

• Saltillo

• Senatobia

• Vardaman