Is 7-Hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) legal in Philippines?
- Legal status
- Neither 7-hydroxymitragynine nor kratom is a controlled dangerous drug in the Philippines: the Dangerous Drugs Board (April 2023) confirmed that Mitragyna speciosa and its alkaloids mitragynine and 7-OH are not among the dangerous drugs, so 7-OH shares the plant's unregulated status.
- Consequences if caught
- No RA 9165 penalty attaches to the alkaloid; kratom is not scheduled as a dangerous drug.
- If prescribed or medical
- No controlled kratom or alkaloid medicine exists; there is no dangerous-drug prescription tier for it.
- Documentation
- No dangerous-drug import controls apply; kratom and its alkaloids are unregulated.
Court records
The Supreme Court E-Library publishes decisions back to 1901, but its robots policy does not permit automated access, so we have not verified a court record for this jurisdiction.
Source checked Supreme Court E-Library · 2026-08-27
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