Missouri kratom company destroys $10M in products after DEA crackdown

By: Rebecca Rivas

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: August 28, 2026

Words: 1,164

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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Kansas City-based CBD American Shaman says it destroyed $10 million worth of product this week after the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration placed a potent kratom-related opioid manufactured by the company into Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act.

The DEA on Wednesday temporarily scheduled mitragynine pseudoindoxyl, along with two related compounds known as MGM-15 and MGM-16. Schedule I is the federal government’s most restrictive category for controlled substances and includes heroin.

“These …

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