Overview
- A deal announced Thursday between the Missouri attorney general and American Shaman ends the state lawsuit and requires the company to suspend all in‑state sales of kratom and 7‑hydroxymitragynine (7‑OH) immediately.
- The company must stop Missouri‑targeted retail advertising, including billboards, and within 30 days put written controls and contract terms in place to block Missouri retail sales.
- If American Shaman breaches the agreement the state can seek court orders to halt sales and may impose an agreed $5 million penalty for failure to remedy violations.
- Attorney General Catherine Hanaway cited federal FDA warnings, DOJ product seizures, and data linking 7‑OH to rising harm as reasons for the action and said retailers using free samples or misleading marketing will face swift enforcement.
- State health and federal data show a sharp rise in kratom harms over the last decade, including a CDC‑reported 1,200% increase in hospitalizations from 2015–2025 and a 2025 spike in poison‑control reports that coincided with wider availability of 7‑OH.