Salvia

I heard about this new (well, I guess it’s actually a very old) drug called Salvia. I did some research on the 'Net, and some sites promise a hallocanigenic high, while others claim it has a minimal and brief effect. The drug’s legal pretty much everywhere except Australia, but lawmakers in the States are currently trying to ban its sale.

Anyhow, anyone out there ever try it? What’s it like? What are the health risks, aside from the obvious harm that can come from inhaling any type of smoke.

I’m interested in hearing someone’s factual, first-hand experience…not rhetoric (positive or negative). Thanks:)

But did you use the SEARCH function here?

Erowid has lots of factual, first-hand experiences. Including how some people weren’t able to get the full effect at first, and how they achieved “breakthrough.”

Its effects can be extremely mindblowing, but the peak effects last for only about 5 minutes or so.

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The FDA is certainly attempting to scare people, yet they haven’t issued an outright ban, yet.

Hayduke Lives!!, I did use the search function here for Salvia once, and found that there’s been relatively little discussion about it here so far.

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=164027
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=151947
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=140644
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=136273
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=105806
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=77366
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=54264
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=50900
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=74741
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=47188

It’s been covered and covered and covered. It’s very powerful and not very fun. DMT is better.

Well, some people like it.

A recent article about salvia appeared in USA Today. Apparently the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency is becoming interested in it. An online version of the article is here, http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usatoday/20030623/ts_usatoday/5265277

They sell it in local headshops here, so I think it’s becoming something that people know about/are asking for…

Anyway, I’ve always been to cheap to shell out for the concentrated versions, and the one time I bought some of the raw leaf, I got a whole lot of nothing. And then there was one time where for like one minute everything looked weird and I couldn’t stop laughing. It wasn’t scary or anything, but it wasn’t fun. Basically it’s more expensive and less effective than lots of… well known alternatives ;).

LC