Salvia divinorum is native to Mexico and is grown there quite legally. It can be smoked, chewed, and even brewed into a refreshing tea. It is reportedly stronger than marijuana and has effects similar to LCD and PCP. The interesting part? Salvia is entirely legal in most U.S. states.
But the legality that the hallucinogen enjoys is being threatened on a grand scale with more and more state legislators seeing its banning as the source of valuable political points. Salvia’s effects last for little over an hour and it is not known to have ever caused any deaths. It does impair judgment and driving ability, though.
People are claiming that the legislative reaction to Salvia is overblown and completely out of proportion with the danger it poses. One of these defendants of Salvia’s legality claims that the “move to criminalize is a misguided response to a very minimal problem”. Still, it’s not all about what is a problem or not, but only that the legislators are doing what the voters want them to do: ‘Right’ and ‘Wrong’ do not necessarily play a part.
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