I heard on NPR the other day about Salvia.
Have you heard about this?
Read up on the herb here.
It is quickly becoming the most popular drug amongst teens and young adults. It is offered as an alternative to marijuana and still legal in half the states and easily accessible online. There are videos posted on YouTube of young people hallucinating in less than a minute.
Read the NPR article here.
The reason I am posting on the issue is that I myself have some salvia in our house. I have salvia apiana (white sage) that I burn as an incense for purification/meditation. It is one of the more popular herbs that Native Americans used to use for flour, cooking, making teas and smudge sticks and incense. The herb that is causing controversy is salvia divinorum.
In defense of salvia (as research shows), it does not cause a high like other drugs (i.e. marijuana, LSD) rather moves the person into a dreamlike state for about 15-20 minutes. That is one of the reasons Native Americans used it for religious cermonies. It makes me wonder if it will soon be illegal in all 50 states (Ohio banned it as of yesterday) and treated the same way as marijuana and other drugs?
Ask me after I've done some more research where I come down on the issue.
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