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Could salvia soon be banned in Tennessee?
Plant related to sage can still be used for landscaping purposes By TOM HUMPHREY, [email protected] April 14, 2006 NASHVILLE – The Senate voted Thursday to prohibit consumption of a plant with hallucinogenic properties, though it can still be grown and harvested "strictly for aesthetic, landscaping or decorative purposes." The bill by Sen. Tim Burchett, R-Knoxville, […]
April 14, 2006 Read MoreProposal would outlaw hallucinogenic salvia
Herb, available legally through many Web vendors, would be placed in same category as heroin, LSD. Brett Chidester killed himself because of salvia divinorum, his parents say. By MIKE CHALMERS , The News Journal, 03/23/2006 A hallucinogenic herb that may have contributed to the suicide of a Salesianum School senior in January would become an […]
March 23, 2006 Read MoreSalvia divinorum: Clinical and Research Potential
Karl R. Hanes, Ph.D. ([email protected]), Cognitive-Behavioural Treatment Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Salvia divinorum is a perennial Mexican herb from the labiate (mint) family (Epling & Jativa, 1962) that has a history of use chiefly for the initiation and facilitation of shamanic practice among such peoples as the Mazatec Indians of the Sierra Mazateca region of […]
March 1, 2006 Read More