Salvia Divinorum in the News

Salvia Divinorum, a short acting hallucinogen, is an herb that had escaped mainstream attention until recently, when like all interesting things, word has spread fast especially by the Internet and it has become more accessible to any one who would want it.

Authorities have known about Salvia Divinorum for many years and know that it is not something to be concerned about and so have not acted against it. After all, the Mazatec Indians of Northern Mountains in Oaxaca, Mexico have been using it for healing for hundreds if not thousands of years without encountering any problems associated with it. Only in a drug war crazed community where it is possible to score cheap political points has the issue of restricting it been an issue. Or in the case of Australia, lazy and misinformed bureaucrats acted on their ignorant fear instead of scientific principals.

It is obviously not harmful; we could find no records of anyone requiring medical aid or an obituary as a result of consuming it. We were able to find a few reports regarding acts of stupidity by a few people who had admitted using Salvia Divinorum at least once at some stage in their life. However their use was not necessarily within a time frame that would be conclusive to say that their actions were the result of using it.

Like all mind altering substances, Salvia Divinorum is appealing to the youth as well as adults of all ages. And without any real knowledge of this plant, parent groups and other concerned “do-gooder” associations frightened by the “stories” of what it can do are loudly speaking out against it instead of educating their children and selves to be responsible and safe.

Some people who we call experts or who call themselves experts of something but display very little, if any at all, knowledge of Salvia Divinorum are able to invent all sorts of scary, worst case, scenarios of what they “think” might happen if it could be abused.

Just as there is a potential for mankind to one day be able to move groups of stars together and create black holes there may also be a potential for Salvia Divinorum to be abused though we have no proof of this.

Salvia Divinorum does not appeal to everyone, it seems to only appeal to the very few people, about one in ten, who are actually open minded enough to see what the herb may offer. Others may try it but they will only do it once. For people who do not have the necessary mind skills that this herb seems to require, experimentation will, in most cases never be repeated. If your child is using it, more than an experimental first time, you can be very proud to have raised a rare, open minded individual.

We do not wish to inform you that people who actually have knowledge of this herb have discovered that it has its own ability to make sure it is not abused. We’d rather give an impression that these people need escape drugs to allow them to deal with life than inform you that users of the herb have reported that since using it their lives have changed in various positive ways regardless of their former situations, good or bad.

Facts aside, we prefer to scare you with the false impression that users are so addicted or obsessed with it that they angrily defend it against our misinformation. We believe people need to be controlled, you are not capable of making up your own mind about things like this, that’s what governments are for, and so you should be on our side in our ignorant war against it.