Definitions

(1) "Alcohol Beverage Control Administration Commissioner" means the West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Administration Commissioner or his or her designee. (2) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture or his or her designee. (3) "Contaminated" means made impure and unsafe by biological, chemical, or physical additives. (4) "Department" or "Department of Agriculture" means the West Virginia Department of Agriculture. (5) "Kratom" means a psychoactive preparation that is composed of the crushed or powdered dried leaves of the mitragyna speciosa, a lowered tropical tree which contains the alkaloids mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine. (6) "Kratom product" means the natural leaf of the plant mitragyna speciosa and any simple physical form of the leaf, including whole, crushed, or powdered. "Kratom product" does not include a product that has been synthetically manipulated or chemically concentrated beyond the leaf’s natural alkaloid profile. (7) "Grower" means a person or entity which grows kratom for commercial purposes. (8) "Processor" or "manufacturer" means a person or entity that processes, compounds, or converts plant material from mitragyna speciosa into a kratom product. This also includes further processing, compounding, converting, or repackaging of existing kratom products. (9) "Retailer" or "seller" means a person or entity that distributes, offers for sale, or sells kratom or kratom products to persons for personal consumption.