Virginia, West Virginia open markets to kratom

Bills ensuring market access to kratom recently have been signed into law in Virginia and West Virginia.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed SB 1108 into law on Monday. The bill prohibits the sale of kratom products to minors, requires that the label list all of the ingredients, and stipulates a health warning for the labels.

On March 23, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice signed SB 220, which regulates the sale of both kratom and hemp-derived cannabinoids in that state.

Those states now join states such as Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Utah in having affirmatively approved trade in the botanical.

Virginia, West Virginia bills differ in approach

Mac Haddow, senior fellow on public policy for the American Kratom Association (AKA), said the Virginia and West Virginia regulations are significantly different in that they approached the question from opposite ends of the spectrum.

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