Why is salvia divinorum still legal?
Mr Bungle Scatterbrain Modest Mouse Minus the Bear AIR Clap Your Hands, Say YeahThe legal status of Salvia divinorum varies from country to country. It was not until the 1990s that this plant’s properties became widely known through the experiment and report of Daniel Siebert. Press accounts of efforts to ban Salvia often quote law enforcement and government officials who frequently characterize the drug as being similar to LSD or marijuana. Users of Salvia divinorum typically disagree with such comparisons and criticize these types of reports as sloppy or sensationalistic journalism. Unlike marijuana, Salvia has a nondescript appearance (being in the same genus as cooking sage), can be grown in a small space, has no odor and requires no elaborate lighting set-up. Before the late 1980s not many people knew about Salvia. The fact that the plant was not prohibited along with the rise of the Internet since the mid-1990s saw the growth of many businesses selling dried Salvia leaves, extrac
