EDITORIAL: County Commissioners Hear About Health
Following a thorough discussion about why San Juan Basin Public Health had pursued COVID policies in the manner they did — a presentation that took up about half of the hour-ling discussion on May 24, SJBPH Executive Director Liane Jollon wanted to address some non-COVID questions that the Archuleta county commissioners had sent her previously. I got the impression that all of the questions had been provided by Commissioner Warren Brown. The first question concerned an herbal product known as ‘kratom’. A problem in Archuleta County? From the federal Drug Enforcement Administration website: What is it? Leaves from the tropical tree, Kratom, in Southeast Asia. Causes stimulant and sedative effects in different doses . More commonly abused in the Asia Pacific region than the United States. Street Names: Thang, kakuam, thom, ketum, and biak, How is it used? Swallowed as a pill or capsule , toss and wash as a powder , brewed as a tea or extract , chewed raw leaves. How does it ...