Indiana – Salvia Divinorum is on the Drug Enforcement Administration’s list of drugs and chemicals that are of concern, and laws against it are under review in some states.
The DEA is studying Salvia Divinorum and salvinorin A, the active hallucinogen present in Salvia, to decide whether the drug is considered a risk to public safety, according to its Web site.
Neither the DEA nor Sagewisdom.org cited any long-term harmful effects on the body from salvinorin A.
However, governments around the world, and in the United States, are wary of the new drug, afraid of the harmful side effects that have come with hallucinogens in the past.
In June 2002, Australia became the first country to ban the sale or use of Salvia and salvinorin A. Since then, Denmark, Italy, Spain, Belgium and Brazil have either prohibited or restricted the drug’s use.
The trend is moving through the United States. In 2002, Sen. Joe Baca, D-Calif., introduced a bill to the United States Senate that would control the substance, but it did not pass, and he said he would not reintroduce the bill. So far, Missouri and Louisiana are the only states to prohibit the use of Salvia.
Most recently, the Illinois legislature saw a bill that would control the drug. Sen. John J. Millner introduced Senate Bill 2589 in January, and the bill is pending in the rules committee.
“It’s becoming mainstream,
The DEA is studying Salvia Divinorum and salvinorin A, the active hallucinogen present in Salvia, to decide whether the drug is considered a risk to public safety, according to its Web site.
Neither the DEA nor Sagewisdom.org cited any long-term harmful effects on the body from salvinorin A.
However, governments around the world, and in the United States, are wary of the new drug, afraid of the harmful side effects that have come with hallucinogens in the past.
In June 2002, Australia became the first country to ban the sale or use of Salvia and salvinorin A. Since then, Denmark, Italy, Spain, Belgium and Brazil have either prohibited or restricted the drug’s use.
The trend is moving through the United States. In 2002, Sen. Joe Baca, D-Calif., introduced a bill to the United States Senate that would control the substance, but it did not pass, and he said he would not reintroduce the bill. So far, Missouri and Louisiana are the only states to prohibit the use of Salvia.
Most recently, the Illinois legislature saw a bill that would control the drug. Sen. John J. Millner introduced Senate Bill 2589 in January, and the bill is pending in the rules committee.
“It’s becoming mainstream,
