That salvia high
Remember the kerfluffle in Ocean City this summer over the City Council's decision to ban the sale of the herb salvia divinorum?
Seems kids were getting high, paranoid and a bit out of control by smoking or chewing this variety of sage, and the OC police, quite frankly, already have plenty to do in the summer sun capital.
The Washington Post takes a broader look at the plant today, outlining other legislative actions and quoting a Hopkins doc on its effects. It is legal inn D.C., but illegal in Virginia and parts of Maryland.
Hard for me to work up a lot of heat on this topic. The plant is legal, it is its sale that is under attack. It isn't addictive and its effects only last between 5 and 10 minutes.
It seems like just another attempt to ban "dumb."
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Comments
Salvia is picking up the mantle of absithe, sadly. I would attribute the off behavior of kids more to waaaaaaaaaay too much booze plus salvia, rather then salvia with a zero blood alcohol level. Seems like a "Gee officer, it must have been this plant, not the two dozen empty bottles of Jager in our hotel room that we really hope you don't search."
Very good, Meekrat!!--Susan
Posted by: Meekrat | September 30, 2009 3:00 PM
Salvia is great and a gift from god. Any attempts to ban it are the ultimate in stupidity.
Posted by: David Sanford | September 30, 2009 4:21 PM
I find the journalist who wrote the Washington Post article did a good job writing a fair article without bias. The person who helped ban it in VA, said, "There's some feeling out there that we made a rush to judgment," Busick said. "But this is bad stuff. I had a youngster tell me that . . . you might think you can fly when you're on it and you'll need somebody to hold you back. Kids were having really bad experiences with it, and it was legal. We needed to stop it."
OK, so why not ban sales to minors, as they did in CA and Maine, you idiot!
Anyway, for more in depth information on the amazing healing power of Salvia, read this article: http://www.salviasociety.org/salvia-medicinal-uses.htm
Posted by: Koatia | September 30, 2009 5:11 PM
It only got popular because they talked about it on CNN. Had they not done this we'd be okay. experiment and then forget it because not only will they ban it, you wont really care to do it again probably.
Posted by: Sally Dee | September 30, 2009 8:17 PM
If anyone has the slightest inclination to think Salvia is harmless be sure to google this article below from the American Journal of Psychiatry.
There have been several documented deaths from salvia use. Many more go undetected because of the fast metabolization of salvia. Why would any state or federal governing body continue to allow such an unpredictable and long effecting drug go uncontrolled? UNCONSCIONABLE.
READ:
"Persistent Psychosis Associated With Salvia Divinorum Use
PETER PRZEKOP, D.O., Ph.D., and TIMOTHY LEE, M.D
Loma Linda, Calif."
Posted by: Chuck R. | October 1, 2009 2:34 PM
While banning dumb and we also ban stupid?
I see it now... "Hey guys I have a couple cans of whipped cream, some Salvia and a toad. If we chew the salvia, while licking this toad and doing whip-its we will get super high!!!"
Posted by: Bill | October 2, 2009 4:57 PM