08/27/2026
Attention Clinicians!
As of yesterday, MGM-15 is illegal everywhere in the U.S. The DEA reclassified it, along with MGM-16 and mitragynine pseudoindoxyl, as a Schedule I drug, the same legal category as he**in.
Here's the confusing part: 7-OH itself wasn't included in today's order. It's still working through its own federal review, and the public comment period on it just got pushed to September 10.
The label on the package rarely tells you the truth. Isolated 7-OH can run up to 500 times stronger than the kratom leaf it's named after. MGM-15 is a lab-made opioid built from 7-OH's structure and doesn't occur in the plant at all.
Our own admissions numbers back up what the headlines are just catching up to:
Only two 7-OH-related inquiries came in last year.
This year, 27.
Callers describe daily use climbing from 100mg to as much as 1,500mg, with some spending $150 to $200 a day. Many had no history with substances at all, or were years into recovery before running into this at a gas station.
“From what clients have described, this is one of the worst detoxes they have ever been through," says Laura Browning, our Director of Nursing.
What are your thoughts? How will this impact your clients and the behavioral and mental health worlds?
Learn more about these substances here https://wellbrookrecovery.com/blog/kratom-vs-7-oh-vs-mgm-15/