11-14-2005, 11:29 AM
Quote: Few police, teachers or counselors have even heard of it, but the drug salvia a powerful psychedelic herb from Mexico is legal in the U.S. and easily purchased over the counter in Medford or on eBay.
The federal Drug Enforcement Administration has the plant under review based on its potential abuse, availability and effects on users, said DEA public affairs officer Lauren Alder in Washington, D.C.
Salvia is illegal in Australia, Italy, Denmark, Norway and South Korea. California Rep. Joe Baca in 2002 introduced a bill to ban it in the U.S., but, says erowid.org, it is chemically different from schedule I and II drugs, so it is not covered by the federal law used to ban drugs.
full article: http://www.mailtribune.com/archive/2005/...1local.htm