iSalvia

Bill No.:  HB 457 An Act Concerning: Criminal law Description: Adds Salvia divinorum to the list of Schedule I controlled substances under the Illinois Controlled Substances Act.
source: illinoischannel

I cleared last night out of my eyes.  I read the title a few times.  Nope it’s still there.  I couldn’t really move beyond the title.  We all (secretly) knew it was just a matter of time.  In case you haven’t heard, the parents of the 17 year old (photo below) who killed himself after […]

It’s being called “a dangerous new drug that is sweeping the country.”
One by one, news sources are jumping on the bandwagon and joining in the media campaign against an herb that has been used for centuries by Mexican shamans - known by science as salvia divinorum. And it is a classic example […]

I have been informed that the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) recently initiated an Eight Factor Analysis of Salvia divinorum. The Controlled Substances Act requires that this analysis be performed before a substance can be scheduled as a controlled substance.
  The eight factors considered are:
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While several police forces across Canada — including the Saskatoon Police Service — have raised concerns about a so-far legal hallucinogen, the Regina Police Service has, to date, not experienced a similar issue, said a police spokeswoman.
"I’m not aware that we’ve had any calls involving it where police were involved …," Elizabeth Popowich […]

Yet again nature is to be declared illegitimate as another sacred plant ally, Salvia divinorum, is poised to be lost due to the misguided efforts of lawmakers in the state of Illinois. An amendment to declare Salvia divinorum a schedule 1 controlled substance, has made its way through both the house and senate, and it’s […]

Search YouTube for "salvia" and you’ll quickly realize why this obscure plant is likely to become the next banned drug in America. In thousands of video clips, young people film themselves puffing salvia and either laughing uncontrollably or writhing on the ground in apparent agony. They report out-of-body experiences and otherworldly hallucinations.
That’s not the […]

Salvia divinorum is a bright, leafy green plant from Mexico that when chewed or smoked causes intense hallucinations comparable to LSD or "magic mushrooms."
And it’s legal in California.
The drug is available all over the Bay Area, mostly in smoke shops and herbal stores. It’s also sold over the Internet. For $15 to $50 […]

I’ve been harping on media coverage of the drug salvia recently and criticizing some of the articles that strike me as particularly hyperbolic and alarmist (like this one, which carried a headline literally stating that salvia was "raising alarms"). That’s because there’s another story to tell about salvia, one that is perhaps easy to miss […]