Kanna sellers writing their own rules, before somebody else does.
The Kanna Coalition is the companies that grow, extract, test and sell kanna (Sceletium tortuosum). We are drafting the Kanna Consumer Protection Act, a standard every member follows and a model bill we can hand to any state that asks.
Kratom went through it first. For years there were no rules, a few bad products made the news, and states started writing bans. The states that landed somewhere workable mostly passed a Kratom Consumer Protection Act: 21 and over, real labels, lab testing, no synthetic alkaloids.
Kanna sales are climbing the same way. Most of the people selling it do it right. Some sell extracts with no COA, no idea what's in them, and no warning about antidepressants. That last part is the one most likely to hurt somebody.
If the industry doesn't set the standard, a legislator who has never seen the plant will.
The coalition is how we get there first. One set of rules, written by people who actually handle kanna, that members follow now and that we can bring to lawmakers later.
- COAs on every batch
- Third party tested by an ISO 17025 lab for alkaloids, heavy metals and microbes. The COA is public and tied to the lot number on the package.
- Labels that match the lab
- Latin name, alkaloid content per serving, lot number, a link to the COA, a real company contact. No disease claims.
- 21 and over
- Age gate on every website, age check at checkout, ID checks in store, no marketing aimed at kids.
- Medication warning
- Every product says not to combine kanna with SSRIs, SNRIs, MAOIs or other serotonergic medications.
- High potency warning
- Concentrated extracts carry an extra warning and a clear "extract" label so nobody mistakes them for plain dried kanna.
- Nothing synthetic
- No synthetic or isolated alkaloids sold as natural kanna, and nothing undeclared in the bag.
| Botanical name | Sceletium tortuosum (family Aizoaceae) |
|---|---|
| Other names | Kanna, kougoed, channa |
| Native range | Western and Northern Cape, South Africa |
| Main alkaloids | Mesembrine, mesembrenone, mesembrenol, mesembranol |
| US federal status | Not a controlled substance |
| Biggest safety issue | Combining it with antidepressants and other serotonergic drugs |
If you sell kanna, you have a stake in how it gets regulated. Founding members vote on the first version of the act.
Apply for a founding seat →