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California vote against Salvia divinorum
Wonderland Treatment Center Leads the Fight Against Salvia LOS ANGELES, Jan. 17, PRNewswire — Howard C. Samuels PsyD, Executive Director and co-founder of Wonderland Treatment Center in Los Angeles, has won a major victory in his crusade against the hallucinogenic plant “Salvia Divinorum.” On a 7-0 vote cast just yesterday, the California Assembly Committee on […]
January 29, 2008 Read MoreThe mystery sage
In the US and UK teenagers smoke a powerful hallucinogen, video their experiences and post the results on YouTube. The substance is legal. Its defenders say it is harmless. To its opponents it is a potentially dangerous substance that must be investigated. “My body felt like it was a palette of paint thrown on a […]
November 1, 2007 Read MoreThe wide, wide world of Salvia
Some things never change; US politics and media keep on saying just say no (instead of the wiser just say know) when it comes to Salvia. Salvia = bad, and thats it, point made. Such an narrow-minded attitude leads to all kinds of judgments that are so shortsighted it isnt even funny anymore. Read for […]
October 3, 2007 Read MoreUnder the Spell of the Magic Mint
Informative piece of lecture in Gentlemans Quarterly from author Christopher Ketcham about the drastic change of image Salvia has undergone over the last years: from an obscure plant into the category of dangerous drugs. In Mexican Oaxaca, Kecham confonts traditional Salvia users with the misuse of the plant by teenagers in the western world. His […]
September 6, 2007 Read MoreWaco legislator trying to outlaw salvia
Waco legistar trying to outlaw salvia By David Doerr, Tribune-Herald staff writer March 12, 2007 Though many parents and other adults may not know it, there is a substance on the market that can cause hallucinations or loss of consciousness and its legal in Texas. Salvia divinorum, used for hundreds of years by the […]
March 12, 2007 Read MoreInterview with Daniel Siebert (Salviawisdom.org)
This is a link to an audio interview with Daniel Siebert, the man who first isolated Salvinorin A from Salvia divinorum. He is currently the curator of The Salvia divinorum Research and Information Center Sagewisdom. This is a nice long interview detailing Siebert’s early history with the plant, typical effects, current research and law, and […]
March 5, 2007 Read MorePolice concerned about hallucinogenic herb
New Paltz – The New Paltz Police Department Monday issued a warning to parents to beware of an herb that has reached the area that young adults are abusing for its hallucinogenic effects. The herb, “Salvia Divinorum,” with street names of Salvia, Diviner’s Sage and Sister Salvia is a perennial herb in the mint family […]
February 6, 2007 Read MoreLegal hallucinogen concerns police
Legal hallucinogen concerns police by David Hutton Published: 21/12/2006 Saskatoon police are concerned about a legal hallucinogen sold in hemp stores and on the Internet, but local users defend the powerful herbal psychedelic as a mind-altering but safe trip. The herb is Salvia divinorum, known more commonly as Salvia, magic mint or the diviner’s sage. […]
January 17, 2007 Read MoreSalvia’s banned, but now the tough part
Most Del. police officers unfamiliar with hallucinogenic plant By MIKE CHALMERS The News Journal 05/06/2006 A bill that outlaws a widely available hallucinogenic herb breezed through the Delaware General Assembly last month and became law this week. That was the easy part. Now, police agencies face the more difficult task of enforcing the ban on […]
May 6, 2006 Read MoreAs a legal drug, Salvia attracts media attention
The following is a transcript of a report by Call 4 Action reporter Aaron Saykin that first aired Nov. 17, 2006, on WTAE Channel 4 Action News, Pennsylvania, US. Teenagers using drugs hardly comes as a shock to anyone, but one drug in particular has medical professionals stunned. The reason? It’s not against the law. […]
April 29, 2006 Read More