Trump's Justice Department drops kratom case against Botanic Tonics

In April 2023, Food and Drug Administration inspectors examined Botanic Tonics' warehouse near Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the Justice Department went to court to seize about 250,000 bottles of the company's Feel Free kratom tonic and other supplements. Prosecutors cited what they called serious safety concerns, including links to addiction and liver toxicity, and accused the company of engaging in illegal interstate trade of an unapproved substance, which the company disputed. In December 2025, a federal judge denied Botanic Tonics' motion to dismiss the case. Less than two weeks later, federal prosecutors moved to drop it, telling the judge that the seized supplements had expired and that the Trump administration had determined it would not be a prudent use of government resources to sustain the action. The company celebrated the dismissal as a sign of the federal government's receptiveness to kratom.