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Salvia divinorum (Latin: sage of the diviners; also called ska maría pastora, seer's sage, yerba de la pastora, magic mint or simply salvia) is a species of plant in the sage genus Salvia, known for its transient psychoactive properties when its leaves, or extracts made from the leaves, are administered by smoking, chewing, or drinking (as a ...
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In late 2002, Rep. Joe Baca (D- California) introduced a bill (Congress bill HR 5607) to schedule salvia as a controlled substance at the national level. Those opposed to Joe Baca's bill include Daniel Siebert, who sent a letter to Congress arguing against the proposed legislation, [1] and the Center for Cognitive Liberty & Ethics (CCLE), who sent key members of the US Congress a report on ...
The sale, possession and consumption of salvia divinorum (and many other plants and chemicals) have been made illegal in May 2009. , Portugal: Illegal: Illegal: Illegal: Illegal: Salvia divinorum was banned in Portugal in April 2013 by addition to the official list of illegal substances and plants. Romania: Illegal: Illegal: Illegal: Illegal
Daniel Siebert at the 2004 Mind States Oaxaca conference. Daniel J. Siebert was an ethnobotanist, pharmacognosist, and author who lived in Southern California. [1]Siebert had studied Salvia divinorum for over twenty years and was the first person to unequivocally identify (by human bioassays in 1993 [2]) Salvinorin A as the primary psychoactive substance of Salvia divinorum.
Salvia potentillifolia (salvinorin B, 2352.0 μg/g) [2] Salvia adenocaulon (salvinorin B, 768.8 μg/g) [2] For comparison, the amount of salvinorin A in S. divinorum ranges from 0.89 to 3.70 mg/g. All fractions reported are based on dry mass. [2] Interestingly, the above reported species are not very closely related to S. divinorum. [2]
Salvia (/ ˈ s æ l v i ə /) [4] is the largest genus of plants in the sage family Lamiaceae, with just under 1,000 species of shrubs, herbaceous perennials, and annuals. [5] [6] [7] Within the Lamiaceae, Salvia is part of the tribe Mentheae within the subfamily Nepetoideae. [5]
S. divinorum grows in a very limited area of Mexico, where it has been cultivated for centuries by the Mazatec Indians for its psychotropic properties. S. buchaninii has been grown in horticulture for many years, with all known plants descending from a single plant grown in a Mexico City garden. [6]