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You use kanna. Help keep it legal.

Lawmakers hear from regulators and from people who want bans. They almost never hear from the adults who actually use kanna. Here is what one person can do, starting with the things that take five minutes.

For consumersUpdated Nov 12, 2026No sign-up needed

01Find your legislators

Kanna rules will be written state by state, so your state senator and state representative matter most. They get very little mail on this, which means a handful of letters gets noticed.

Write down their names, office email and office phone. You need them for the next two steps.

02Send the letter

Copy this, put in your details, and email it to your state senator and state representative. Use your own words where you can. One short true sentence about why you use kanna responsibly does more than any template.

Subject: Please regulate kanna, don't ban it Dear [Senator / Representative] [Last name], My name is [your name] and I live in [city], in your district. I am an adult who uses kanna (Sceletium tortuosum), a plant from South Africa that is legal under federal law. I am writing because I want kanna to be regulated sensibly before problems start. I support rules that: 1. Limit sales to adults 21 and over. 2. Require independent lab testing and a public certificate of analysis for every batch. 3. Require honest labels that show how strong a product is, as a percentage and in milligrams. 4. Require a warning not to combine kanna with antidepressants and other serotonin medications. 5. Ban synthetic alkaloids sold as kanna. These rules are in the draft Kanna Consumer Protection Act written by the Kanna Coalition, a group of kanna companies: https://kannacoalition.org/kanna-consumer-protection-act/ A ban would not make kanna go away. It would push adults like me toward untested products with no labels and no warnings. Sensible rules protect consumers and keep bad products off shelves. If a bill on kanna comes up, I ask that you support regulation along these lines. I would be glad to answer any questions. Thank you, [Your name] [Your address, so they can confirm you are a constituent]

Keep it polite and short. Staff sort mail into "for" and "against" piles, and a letter that names your town and one clear ask is the kind that gets counted.

03Make the call

A call takes two minutes and you will almost always talk to a staff member, not the legislator. That's normal. They log every call.

"Hi, my name is [name] and I'm a constituent from [city]. I'm calling about kanna, a legal plant product. I'd like [Senator / Representative] [Last name] to support regulation, not a ban: 21 and over, lab testing and honest labels. Can you pass that along? Thank you."

If they ask for details, point them to the draft act at kannacoalition.org. If they ask something you don't know, say so. Don't guess.

04Watch for bills

As of November 2026 we know of no US state with a kanna consumer protection law, and we have not found a pending bill written just for kanna. That can change in a single session, and kanna can also get pulled into broader bills on kratom or "psychoactive plants."

  • Search your state legislature's website for kanna, Sceletium, mesembrine and Mesembryanthemum.
  • LegiScan lets you search bills in all 50 states for free and set alerts.
  • Louisiana already has a plant law that may cover kanna. Read what it says.

Found something? Tell us. We'll check it and post what we learn.

05Show up at a hearing

When a bill gets a committee hearing, the public can usually testify in person, by video or in writing. Written testimony is the easy one: it is the letter above with the bill number at the top.

  1. Find the committee and hearing date on the bill's page on your legislature's website.
  2. Look for "submit testimony" or "public comment." Many states take it through an online form up to a day before.
  3. Say who you are, where you live, whether you support or oppose the bill, and why, in under a page.
  4. If you speak, you get about two minutes. Read your first paragraph and your ask. That's enough.

Your city or county can act too. Local boards have banned or restricted kratom town by town, and public comment at those meetings is open to any resident.

06Shop by the standard

Every purchase is a vote. Companies add lab tests and warnings when customers ask for them.

Ask for the COA
A real one names the lab, the lot number on your package and the date. No COA, no sale.
Read the potency line
"Kanna extract 50 mg" tells you nothing. Look for the percentage too, like "5% total alkaloids, 50 mg." How to read a kanna label.
Look for the warning
A good product tells you not to mix kanna with SSRIs and other antidepressants. Why that matters.
Expect an age check
A seller that ships extract to anyone without asking is the kind that gets a whole category banned.
Ask your shop to join
Send your favorite brand, smoke shop or kava bar the founding member page. Hearing it from a customer works.

07Report a bad product

Bad products are what bans get built on. If something made you sick, was mislabeled or was sold to a minor, report it.

  • Emergency or bad reaction right now: call 911, or Poison Control at 1-800-222-1222.
  • A product that made you ill: file a report with the FDA Safety Reporting Portal.
  • False labels or sales to minors: contact your state attorney general's consumer protection office.
  • A coalition member breaking the act: email [email protected] with the product name, lot number and a photo of the label.

08Tell us what you see

We are a small group and we can't watch 50 statehouses and thousands of town boards alone. If you see a bill, a local ordinance, a news story or a product that worries you, email [email protected] with your state in the subject line.

Want updates when something moves in your state? Send the same address a note that says "add me" and your state. We'll only write when there is something to do.