The use of Salvia as a legal hallucinogenic drug may soon be curtailed across the US. The state Senate in California is currently examining a bill introduced by Assemblyman Anthony Adams that could see sale of Salvia to minors made illegal. Salvia is currently legal across California and most of the United States.
The short-term effects of Salvia have been observed to include hallucinations and disorientation. The long-term effects are currently less well understood and, according to opponents to the bill, the illegalization of the drug could well restrict the ability to perform research. This is more important when once considers the potential medical uses that Salvia could offer.
This obstruction to research is, according to Anthony Adams, greatly outweighed by the dangers posed to users when, for example, they lose control of their body and mind. The long-term effects might not be widely known, but there is enough evidence to suggest that the short-term effects are damaging enough on their own.
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May 14th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
[...] hallucinogenic drug of choice for many teenagers and college students is Salvia. Why Salvia? Because it is, for the most part, entirely legal; it is also freely available over the [...]