State Representative Rick Townsend (R-Brunswick) recently convened the third meeting of the House Blue-Ribbon Study Committee on Youth Exposure to Kratom and Retail-Available Substances on Friday, August 25, 2026, at the Georgia Center in Athens, Ga. Rep. Townsend began the meeting by providing an update on the current state of the study committee’s work surrounding kratom and related substances and thanking the University of Georgia and Dr. Merrill Norton, who is a clinical associate professor emeritus at the UGA College of Pharmacy, for hosting the meeting. Committee members then heard a number of presentations from individuals with diverse perspectives on kratom and youth vaping and also received public testimony about the personal impacts of kratom and youth vaping.
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