What is Salvia and is It Legal?
Press Release Dec. 2010
After former Disney star Miley Cyrus emerged on
a video, on the celebrity gossip website TMZ.com,
allegedly smoking a bong filled with salvia,
a lot of people are curious to know, what is salvia?
And is it legal?
Native to the lush tropics of Mexico, one of
the latest recreational hallucinogens
on the drug scene “Salvia”
has become yet another dangerous fad amongst young
adults across the country. Derived from an addition
of Salvinorum A, to plants, this recreational
drug also known as "diviner's sage"
and "magic mint", has
been used by the shamans of Mexico for centuries
due to its healing and medicinal properties. With
user descriptions reminiscent of “as strong
as imaginable”, and quick side effects that
allow an individual to experience its effects
in a matter of minutes, there is no doubt this
drug has succeeded in lurking its way in a drug
world that for decades has been fighting with
the pervasiveness of illegal substances.
The prevalence of Salvia in
the drug world has raised many concerns due to
its legality. Currently not regulated by U.S federal
drug laws, this hot commodity has dangerously
become an affordable and surprisingly
legal way to currently experience the
hallucinogenic effects of other
banned drugs. It is currently legal to
use Salvia in over 38 states and it is
widely available in forms varying from dried leaves
and extracts to live plants!
Many researchers have denied the public health
risk factors of Salvia and have even reported
that it “does not affect the heart rate”
nor does it cause “blood pressure changes”.
And animal study indicates that the drug is “not
addictive”. But the result of several
Canadian surveys indicated a large number of Salvia
users feared for their safety after experimenting
with this hallucinogenic drug. Some individuals
even found themselves in life threatening situations
after using the drug.
With its long term effects unknown to researchers,
we have yet to determine the detrimental results
of using this recreational drug and it seems that
it is only a matter of time before the use of
this newly admired narcotic, available to be purchased
online by all its susceptible users, will become
more and more prevalent.
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