Is Kratom Legal to Purchase in USA and New York

Yes. Currently, adults over 18 years old can legal purchase Kratom online or in smoke shops throughout New York State. Some legislation was filed regarding the legality of Kratom at the beginning of 2018 but none of the bills have been made into law. If you live in New York City, you may have read about police raids targeting several NYC smoke shops that sell Kratom and other tobacco products. It's not Kratom the police are intent on confiscating but bath salts and synthetic marijuana known to be laced with chemicals dangerous to a person's health. Kratom advocates aren't sure why NYC police are removing Kratom products from smoke shops but suspect it has something to do with the impending legislation waiting to be voted on by NY lawmakers.


Where Can You Buy Kratom in New York If Smoke Shops are Being Raided?

The best way to buy Kratom in NY is to find a reputable online Kratom vendor and purchase Kratom without needing to leave your home. Online vendors of Kratom deal directly with farmers in SE Asia who grow Kratom for a living. In addition to offering excellent quality Kratom at cheaper prices, online Kratom sellers devote their attention and resources to finding and providing the highest grade Kratom available from Kratom cultivators. Also, when comparing the price of smoke shop Kratom to online Kratom, you will find buying online Kratom by the kilo is much more economical than buying smaller amounts of Kratom at NY smoke shops.

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Another problem with buying Kratom at smoke shops is that smoke shop owners do not purchase Kratom directly from farmers. Instead, they may buy Kratom from other smoke shop owners who do not know the Kratom they have purchased has been cut with other materials and additives. For this reason, regular NY Kratom users recommend buying Kratom online from dedicated vendors to avoid getting stuck with low-grade Kratom.

To buy online Kratom, NY residents need to be at least 18 years old with access to a valid debit or credit card. Upon purchasing Kratom online, you can expect your Kratom to be shipped within one to three days. Vendors always take care to wrap Kratom in proper packaging materials to prevent dried Kratom leaves or powders from being damaged by humidity or other elements that could degrade Kratom.

  IS KRATOM LEGAL IN NEW YORK?

 There is no federal regulation on kratom within the United States. It is currently legal in every state with the exception of Indiana and Wisconsin, Alabama, Arkansas, Rhode Island , Washington D.C. , Vermont, Sarasota County Florida, and San Diego CA. The Indiana legislature passed HB1196 in 2012, within which kratom was not specifically mentioned; but, two of its main alkaloids, mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitraginine, were mentioned. The primary purpose of the bill was to combat synthetic drug use. Kratom being neither synthetic nor a drug made its inclusion in the bill a clear point for contention. Petitioners from Change.org have sought the removal of the kratom alkaloids from the list of banned substances by bringing its faulty classification to the attention of Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels. This approach successfully stopped the potential ban of kratom in Louisiana when a similar bill was proposed which also included alkaloids from the plant. A large group of kratom supporters came out against the ban and educated their legislative representatives through emails and petitions about the kratom plant. The Louisiana legislature then elected to desist their efforts to ban the plant and merely made it a requirement that purchasers of kratom be at least 18 years of age. 

 

 

HISTORY OF KRATOM

Today, Thai officials consider attempts at restricting kratom use, which has been a part of Thai culture without negative consequence for hundreds of years, both unnecessary and faulty. A 2010 proposal from the Thai Office of Narcotics Control Board was released in an effort to both formally and publically decriminalize kratom throughout all of Thailand recognizing it as a traditional part of Thai heritage and culture.  Among one of the most interesting revelations of the ONCB’s report was something that most students of kratom history have long suspected – kratom was banned in Thailand not for health or public safety reasons but for economic reasons. In the decades preceding the 1943 Kratom Act (the government’s first attempt to control the plant), the Thai government was collecting substantial tax revenue from the abundantly lucrative opium trade. The following statement is from the ONCB report:

    “In Thailand, kratom was first scheduled for control in 1943 under the Kratom Act. At the time, the government was levying taxes from users and shops involved in the opium trade. However, the launch of the Greater East Asia War in 1942 and declining revenues from the opium trade pushed the Thai government into action to curb and suppress competition in the opium market by making kratom illegal.”

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