Apparently Salvia is in the news again. I’ve been thinking about all the replies I received to my previous post about it, Have you heard about SallyD and I’ve decided that perhaps maybe I am ignorant and need to get high, as so many of the comments suggested. I’d been thinking about planning a serious weekend binge of drug use for one of these upcoming weeks, only to find out as I read the news today, that I’d better hurry up.
According to this Associated Press article, it seems the tide may be turning for Salvia as a legal drug.
“On Web sites touting the mind-blowing powers of Salvia divinorum, come-ons to buy the hallucinogenic herb are accompanied by warnings: “Time is running out!” and “stock up while you still can.”
That’s because salvia is being targeted by lawmakers concerned that the inexpensive and easy-to-obtain plant could become the next marijuana. Eight states have already placed restrictions on salvia, and 16 others, including Florida, are considering a ban or have previously.
“As soon as we make one drug illegal, kids start looking around for other drugs they can buy legally. This is just the next one,” said Florida state Rep. Mary Brandenburg, who has introduced a bill to make possession of salvia a felony punishable by up to five years in prison.
Some say legislators are overreacting to a minor problem, but no one disputes that the plant impairs judgment and the ability to drive.
Native to Mexico and still grown there, Salvia divinorum is generally smoked but can also be chewed or made into a tea and drunk.
Called nicknames like Sally-D, Magic Mint and Diviner’s Sage, salvia is a hallucinogen that gives users an out-of-body sense of traveling through time and space or merging with inanimate objects. Unlike hallucinogens like LSD or PCP, however, salvia’s effects last for a shorter time, generally up to an hour.”
Frac.
I have so many things to catch up on these days, and what with the snow melting here and everything there will be yard cleanup and who knows what repairs are going to surface once the cover of snow is gone? When will I fit in those desperately needed out of body experiences where everyone looks like little lego people? When I beg you… when?
Hmmm. Come to think of it, perhaps I don’t need to do Salvia to see everyone as little lego people, I only have to head over to fuelmyblog and purchase their book.
Ah well, perhaps while you’re waiting for your ordered-via-the-internet shipment of Salvia, you might like to peruse the previous fracas article on Salvia. I’m sure you’ll either find it enlightening and be glad you read it, or you too will choose to post and remind me that I just need to get high. And I will…
Honest… it’s on my list. Right after the yard cleanup, the home repairs, the taking care of my kids, the earning of income for my family, the volunteering and let’s not forget, the fueling of blogger friends over at fuelmyblog.
After all that. I’ll get high for sure.
As some of you already know, there used to be a hug clicker in my sidebar, and users could click to leave hugs for Ambriel, the daughter of Skywindows and Brahnamin. It went wonky for a bit, wasn’t working and I removed it, keeping the code until the site it orginated from wasn’t having difficulties.