The cultivation, processing, trading and consumption of kratom are legal activities. Kratom is not a plant that is included in the narcotics category, so there are no laws and regulations that are violated against levies or levies on this commodity. Kratom or purik leaves (Mitragyna speciosa) is a tropical plant that is widely grown in Southeast Asia, including Indonesia. In West Kalimantan, kratom is grown mostly in Kapuas Hulu and in other districts on a small scale.
Kratom regulation from the health aspect is still sectoral. The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) has classified it as a group I narcotics group I. The alkaloid compounds mytraginin and 7-hydroxymithraginin in puric leaves are classified by BNN as a new type of narcotic.
However, these recommendations have not been included in the revised Appendix to Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics. Provisions regarding changes in the classification of narcotics are regulated by a ministerial regulation that carries out government affairs in the health sector, namely the Minister of Health. So far, in the classification of narcotics, the Ministry of Health has made international observations and considerations of national interests.
The current provisions concerning the classification of narcotics can be seen in the Minister of Health Regulation Number 5 of 2020 concerning Changes in the Classification of Narcotics. Mytraginin and 7-hydroxymitraginin contained in kratom plants have not been included in the attachment to the Permenkes. In line with that, the Ministry of Agriculture considers kratom to be a plant that has potential in the agricultural sector. This is confirmed by Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture Number 104 of 2020 concerning Commodities Assisted by the Ministry of Agriculture, which includes kratom in it.
Judging from several related ministerial regulations above, this herbal plant lover named kratom feels a fresh breeze because the legality of kratom in Indonesia has found a bright spot. Kratom (mitragynin Speciosa) has certainly become a solution for people who have already felt the benefits of kratom itself, we hope that in early 2021, there have been many research reports that have been carried out by the West Kalimantan government considering the increasing demand for kratom leaves to almost all of them. corners of the world.
