H.R. 10272 — End Gas Station Heroin Act

This section schedules 7-hydroxymitragynine and mitragynine pseudoindoxyl, including their salts, isomers, esters, ethers, and synthetic analogs, as Schedule I controlled substances. It exempts natural occurrences in kratom or finished kratom products when concentrations do not exceed 1 milligram per gram (solid) or per milliliter (liquid) and 1 part per 100 parts mitragynine by mass, but excludes any synthesized, concentrated, or manufactured forms.

This section treats covered emerging synthetic opioids as Schedule I controlled substances solely for enforcement against knowing or intentional manufacture, importation, exportation, distribution, dispensing, or possession with intent to distribute. It bars criminal or civil enforcement based solely on purchase, receipt, simple possession, or personal use, limits application to commercial distribution, and excludes approved drugs, natural botanical constituents, scientific or forensic uses, and substances exempted by the Attorney General.