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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