Is Kratom legal in Kazakhstan?

Legal status

Kratom is a plant and Kazakhstan's Resolution works on substances, so the answer on this row is split. The plant is not named in the Resolution and its two principal alkaloids are. Митрагинин, mitragynine, is item 74 of Таблица I section А, among the narcotic drugs whose medical use is prohibited, at 0-0,01 grams, 0,01-1,0 grams and above 1,0 grams, which is the heroin and cocaine pattern. 7-Гидроксимитрагинин is item 91 of the same section at 0-0,008 grams and 0,008-0,024 grams, with the особо крупный column reading above 0,24 grams, a figure that leaves a gap between the bands and is recorded here as printed. Leaf is therefore not a listed article by name while the alkaloids in it are listed narcotic drugs, and the cultivation table names only the coca bush, khat, the opium poppy and ephedra. The copy read carries the amendment of 24 February 2026 made by Government Resolution No. 111, and the Сводная таблица is wholly in that redaction, so every size quoted here is the 24 February 2026 text, and a later amendment is not ruled out. [Certain] on every entry and figure quoted, all re-derived from the instrument in this pass.

Consequences if caught

Capital exposure: none. Kazakhstan has abolished the death penalty. No capital punishment remains available anywhere in its Criminal Code, because the law of 29 December 2021 numbered 89-VII on abolition replaced the words carrying it in Article 11 with life imprisonment, and Article 46 now names life imprisonment as the heaviest penalty the Code holds. Criminal Code Article 296 governs handling without intent to supply. Part 2 reaches manufacture, processing, acquisition, storage and transport and carries a fine of up to 160 monthly calculation indices, corrective labour, community work or arrest of up to 40 days. Part 3 raises that to up to 200 indices or arrest of up to 50 days once the quantity is крупный. Part 4 is the first custodial rung and runs to three to seven years once the quantity is особо крупный. Part 1 deals separately with non-medical consumption in a public place. Supply is Article 297, at five to eight years with confiscation, rising through six to ten and seven to twelve to fifteen to twenty years for its aggravated parts, and Article 297-1, inserted by the amending law of 2 January 2025 No. 150-VIII, covers manufacture and processing for supply and reaches life imprisonment at its part 4. Which of those bands applies to a seizure of kratom depends on what the material is measured as, because the Resolution sets grams for the listed substances and not for the raw plant, except where the cultivation table sets a number of plants instead. Article 296 also carries a note releasing from liability under that article a person who voluntarily hands the substance over, seeks medical help or actively assists in uncovering a related offence. [Likely] The Criminal Code articles and their year ranges in this cell were read from secondary consolidations rather than from an official publisher in this pass. Two independent consolidations agree on them, and the Code's own article text was not reached: the state portal served only its contents list. The abolition of the death penalty, by contrast, was confirmed against the Code itself and is tagged [Certain] where it appears.

If prescribed or medical

The Resolution answers the prescribing question for the listed substances and not for the plant. Nothing in it creates a medical route for Kratom as plant material, and a foreign prescription would not supply one. Where the listed alkaloid sits in Таблица I of the Список, medical use of that alkaloid is prohibited outright, so no prescribing route exists on that side either.

Documentation

Provenance. The entries, the cultivation table and the grams quoted here were read from the consolidated text of Government Resolution of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 470 of 3 July 2019 approving the Список наркотических средств, психотропных веществ и прекурсоров, подлежащих контролю в Республике Казахстан and the Сводная таблица of small, large and particularly large sizes at https://zakon.uchet.kz/rus/docs/P1900000470 on 2026-09-21. The cultivation table is a separate table at the end of the Сводная таблица and is easy to miss, which is why it was read in full rather than searched. The copy read carries the amendment of 24 February 2026 made by Government Resolution No. 111, and the Сводная таблица is wholly in that redaction, so every size quoted here is the 24 February 2026 text. This cell asserts that the plant itself is not named, so it names the version it read and does not rule out a later one.

Drug laws and enforcement change and vary within a country. This is not legal advice. Always confirm with Kazakhstan’s embassy or official drug authority before traveling; penalties can be severe, including imprisonment.