Is Salvia divinorum legal?
As of March 2009, Salvia divinorum, and/or its primary active chemical salvinorin A, were specifically scheduled or controlled in several countries. In 2002, Australia was the first country to officially schedule S. divinorum and salvinorin A. Other countries that now control the plant (and sometimes salvinorin A) in some manner are Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Norway, South Korea, Spain, and Sweden. There are over a dozen states in the U.S. that have placed some level of control on S. divinorum, and several more states have pending legislation. For more information about S. divinorum’s legal status, see Erowid’s Salvia Law Vault.
As of February 2006, Salvia divinorum and its primary active chemical salvinorin A are specifically scheduled or controlled in only a few countries. Australia was the first country to officially schedule Salvia divinorum and Salvinorin A, and it is now controlled in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Italy, and South Korea as well. There are also a number of U.S. states which have placed some level of control on Salvia divinorum. For more information about S. divinorum legal status, see Erowid’s Salvia Law Vault (http://www.erowid.org/plants/salvia/salvia_law.shtml.
