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The 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 as long as it is still legally available our kids are in danger! Such a narrow-minded attitude isnt even funny anymore. Read for example the […]
October 3, 2007 Read MoreUnder the Spell of the Magic Mint
Informatief en prettig leesbaar verhaal in Gentlemans Quarterly van auteur Christopher Ketcham over de drastische imagoverandering die Salvia de afgelopen jaren heeft doorgemaakt: van onbekende plant naar vermeend gevaarlijke drug. In het Mexicaanse Oaxaca confronteert Kecham traditionele Salvia-gebruikers met het populaire misbruik van de plant door jongeren in de westerse wereld. Zijn persoonlijke zoektocht aldaar […]
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 met Daniel Siebert (Salviawisdom.org)
Dit is een link naar een interview met Daniel Siebert. Hij is oprichter van het Salvia onderzoeks-, en informatiecentrum Sagewisdom. Het is een lang en gedetailleerd interview over zijn eerste aanraking met de plant, de typische effecten, huidig wetenschappelijk onderzoek en wetgeving en allerlei andere leuke wetenswaardigheden. Het interview is afgenomen door Lorenzo Hagerty van […]
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 Publish: 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 MoreMedia interesseren zich voor legale drug Salvia
Dit is een transcript van een raportage gemaakt door Call 2 Action verslaggever Aaron Saykin, uitgezonden op 17 november 2006 WTAE Channel 4 Action News, Pennsylvania, US. —- Dat tieners drugs gebruiken is tegenwoordig geen shockerend feit meer, maar een drug heeft nu de medische wereld met stomheid geslagen. De reden? Deze drug is volledig […]
April 29, 2006 Read MoreCould 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 More