What is Salvia Divinorum
Teenagers and adults from many different cross sections of society are using Salvia Divinorum, the legal hallucinogenic from Mexico that many legislators want to ban.
The main active ingredient in Salvia Divinorum, Salvinorin A, is becoming increasingly studied as a research subject: Some reports tell us that Salvia Divinorum may well eventually lead to new drugs that could be used to treat Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia and other diseases. Scientists do not know enough about the effects – either short term or long term – of the substance to be able to give us any concrete reports about its effects.
The drug, critics tell us, is misleadingly referred to as inducing a high in users; the drug has only hallucinogenic properties which induces an intense, dreamlike experience in its users. Salvia Divinorum is a herb related very closely to the sage family and its cousins the flowering Salvia plants may well have found their way into your garden.
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May 8th, 2008 09:50
[...] Salvia Divinorum is the new drug on the block: it is a totally legal (at least in most countries and most states in the US) and widely available both over the counter in many tobacco shops and over the Internet. The herb, a close relation of the Salvia plants that you may find flowering in your garden, is billed as the most potent naturally occurring drug. It is, scientists and users state, as potent as LSD. [...]
May 8th, 2008 11:11
[...] (where it gains the most positive and negative attention from the media and from legislators). But Salvia Divinorum’s main active ingredient, Salvinorin A, is more than just a hip hoppy trippy thing. It could do some serious good, [...]
May 14th, 2008 23:09
[...] Anthony Adams has introduced legislation to restrict the sale of Salvia to those under the age of 18; the drug, he says, can be very dangerous and possibly even [...]
May 14th, 2008 23:24
[...] Salvia Divinorum is a legal (mostly) naturally occurring hallucinogenic native to Mexico. The drug induces out of body experiences, and a trance-like experience. The legal status of the drug is being challenged by Assemblyman Anthony Adams in a bill currently working its way through the state Senate which will make sale of Salvia to anyone under 18 illegal and will carry a jail sentence of 6 months and a $1,000 fine. [...]
May 15th, 2008 08:54
[...] Salvia Divinorum is a legal hallucinogenic that you may be hearing quite a lot about in coming months. Why? Because the time has come where politicians and pressure groups are starting to get on their high horses. Some states have already banned the drug and others, such as California, are starting the long process of passing legislation through the state system. [...]
May 15th, 2008 09:09
[...] told his audience how he sees Salvia affecting his ‘clients’. He strongly advocates the banning of Salvia and feels that the way the state government is playing its illegalization safe is ‘a [...]
June 9th, 2008 23:21
[...] is with this origin in mind that we consider lowly Salvia Divinorum. Salvia has been recognized for its hallucinogenic properties for many hundreds of years, with American [...]