Comments on: Legislators plan to add Salvia to the drug war

By: Steve H

Steve H — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:06:51 +0000

So, we have no evidence of harm caused by salvia, but we will nonetheless rush to criminalize it, as jail time and huge fines are also harmless.

Some people will jump on ANY bandwagon to get elected.

By: andie

andie — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:10:50 +0000

this is a really cool site with a ton of helpful info on salvia http://www.SalviaSociety.org they did a really good job researching

By: Mo

Mo — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:28:01 +0000

They should ban alcohol if they banned cannibis, and salivia is the next closet thing, so in conclusion legalize cannibis .

By: Allen

Allen — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 05:28:03 +0000

I don’t think anybody is going to get addicted to smoking salvia. However, never drive and use salvia. It’s worth the out of body-get-in-touch-with-yourself feeling. The only reason to ban salvia
is due to teenager recklessness and lack of respect. Drinking ALCOHOL is much worse.

By: DNA

DNA — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:44:33 +0000

Thank you, it must have been a technical error on my side, I’m working with a pre-millennial
computer.

The most acutely important article that most users and misusers of Salvia divinorum would benefit by would be http://www.sagewisdom.org/usersguide.html , the user’s guide to the Seer’s Sage.

Be well,
DNA

By: Concerned

Concerned — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:18:59 +0000

Paul Marquart is a DFLer, not a Republican. Please change.

By: Paul Schmelzer

Paul Schmelzer — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 06:00:18 +0000

DNA,
We haven’t deleted any of your comments, to my knowledge. If we did, it was inadvertent.

By: DNA

DNA — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 01:22:07 +0000

Hmmm…I’m feeling a bit funny, my posts have been deleted from this and City Pages it seems. I simply added http://www.sagewisdom.org as a most useful site to learn about Saliva and safe usage. Making it illegal in Minnesota would be an insult to the people and nature. We shall not go the way of stupidity, fear, and greed!

peace and namaste,
DNA

By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 07:35:54 +0000

Chuck, you have no idea what you are talking about. Salvia has caused zero deaths, and is one of the least toxic substances on the planet (Tylenol is more toxic). The young girl’s issues was due to something else besides salvia since it only lasts about 5 minutes, and doesn’t induce psychosis anymore than Nyquil. The NYC man couldn’t have been under the influence of salvia when he shot himself becuase people who have used enough salvia to achieve effects usually don’t know what planet they are on much less how to use a gun. Which brings me to another point, it was the FREAKIN’ GUN that killed him. Why aren’t we taking away the guns?

The 13 year old boy had not recently smoked salvia, but had done a whole slew of other drugs. And again, why in the heck did a 13 year old have access to a gun? Where are the parents? Oh yeah, it was probably their gun in the first place.

The straight A student made a calm and well thought out decision to end his own life, and was not under the influence of salvia at the time of the act. He made a decision that any existentialist has had to make. He found his own life meaningless. Where were the parents here too? Why didn’t they see signs of depression? It was probably because they were too wrapped up in their own drama to care. Oh, and btw, people usually push themselves to make straight A’s because they are trying to compensate for some crap going on in thier lives. You know who a great number of alcoholics are? They are over-achievers who are otherwise depressed.

As for the person who hit the cop, ever think they might have been drinking and lied about salvia? Salvia only lasts for 5 minutes when smoked, and odds are the person thought they might not get into as much trouble if they admitted to smoking salvia instead of some other drug like ALCOHOL.

Ignorant people who want to criminalize salvia need to do a little research on the plant/drug itself as well as what drugs cause the most deaths in this country (tobacco and alcohol are the main ones and are 100% legal). Salvia has tremendous potential as a nearly perfect anesthetic, treatment for addiction, depression, and schizophrenia. Not to mention that it’s not addictive, and provides a very enlightening experience to those who use it responsibly. I testify to that from personal experience.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 03:39:12 +0000

Salvia has caused numerous deaths and injuries. The latest a young girl who smoked pot laced with salvia. She ended up losing her tongue in a salvia induced psychosis. A man in NYC smokes salvia and shoots himself in the face in front of his wife and friends, a 13 year old boy shoots to death his 11 year old best friend after smoking salvia, a straight A honor student with no other drug use takes his life after smoking salvia, a Houston police officer is killed in a hit and run by a suspect who admits to just smoking salvia a hour before. How many stories like these need to be told before legislators realize this crap needs to be regulated??? The only people upset about legislation are the users and sellers.