SC H4636

Adds kratom to the Schedule I controlled substances list in South Carolina, classifying it alongside the most restricted drugs with no accepted medical use

Defines kratom broadly to include the plant mitragyna speciosa and any salt, sulfate, isomer, analogue, derivative, or synthetic equivalent

Repeals the existing South Carolina Kratom Consumer Protection Act (Article 20, Chapter 53, Title 44), which previously regulated rather than prohibited kratom sales

Legislative findings cite kratom's psychoactive opioid receptor activity, association with addiction, liver injury, seizures, and deaths, and lack of FDA approval

Takes effect six months after the Governor's approval