Is Mitragynine legal in Brazil?
- Legal status
- Neither mitragynine nor kratom is nominally listed under ANVISA Portaria 344/1998: mitragynine, the principal alkaloid of kratom, is not in the control lists, so as a kratom alkaloid it shares the plant's un-controlled status (flagged for NPS monitoring in 2020 but not prohibited); it remains legal until formally scheduled.
- Consequences if caught
- No controlled-substance penalty attaches to the alkaloid under current lists; kratom is not scheduled (only monitored).
- If prescribed or medical
- No ANVISA-registered kratom or alkaloid medicine exists; there is no controlled prescription tier for it.
- Documentation
- No narcotics import controls apply; kratom and its alkaloids are unscheduled.
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