Natural hallucinogenic sage may be banned

There must not be alot of this stuff around...i would suspect beaucoup dollars if it made it's way to the lower 48...

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You can order it over the internet. They say they want to prevent harm, but the thing has been around for thousands (or millions) of years, and humans have been using it ever since they learned to make fire.

I think they just can't stand the thought of people having fun on something besides television, religion or shopping.

I haven't grown Salvia divinorum, but have never had any trouble at all propagating any of the other 20 or 30 species I've grown. Thay all germinated from seed quite readily (chia as in chia pet is a type of salvia), and cuttings come quite easily, too. In fact, the entire labiatae family seems to follow suit.

I would think an enterprizing young horticulturalist might make a killing.

I think it is already here. I did an eBay search.


I clicked on a few items and found that the sellers were located in various states -- Georgia, Texas, California -- and Mexico.

I may be wrong but I believe that this variety of sage is widely used by Southwestern Native Americans for religious ceremonies, healing & meditation.

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No, you are correct Sis. It's used for a variety of spiritual/religious purposes as you mentioned. Although my personal recommendation is that anyone considering experimenting with it, really need to research about this particular plant and learn about it's appropriate useages and potential risks.

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Right now America spends $700 billion every year on foreign oil. That's our money going overseas when it could be staying here. We have to stop this.
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I know a bit about plants/herbs. Just a bit, mind ya.

Sage oil and incense are used in many of their cleansing/banishing/purifying rituals...But the Catholic church usually uses white sage, similar to what's used in smudging sticks.

The Catholic Church considers white sage, sweet grass, cedar, and rose to be the 4 sacred herbs for burning/annointing. Other holy herbs are frankincense, myrhh, salt, and rosemary.

Out of all the sage varieties, white sage is the least hullinogenic one and the reason it's used in food preperation as well as being used in herbal medicines.

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Salvia is a popular garden plant. You can buy it in those 6-paks of young plants. So, if I see my wild neighbors in my garden smoking my plants, I'll know what is happening.

If they are saying Sage is hallucinogenic, it grows wild all over the place. The burning of Sage like incense has been a tradition for for many Native American tribes. The use of Red Willow Bark is also used, and it contains the equivalent of aspirin. That is a main ingredient in "peace pipe" smoking.

The ones sold in six packs are Salvia farinacea "Victoria", and are of a different species than the one in question. There are many different native sages, but one of the most common is Salvia clevlandii -- at least if you are in the west. It's VERY aromatic.

Really? How pagan-sounding of them. Then again, so much of what we know as Christianity today was adapted from pagan rituals.