2012 and Salvia...A new one one me....

While I think that there's a lot more to do with attempts to get brownie points for re-election from the fear crazed masses behind all the Salvia Madness recently than any fears of people seeing into or beyond 2012,, I have to admit it's an interesting article. (Actually the article doesn't talk that much about 2012.

Salvia Divinorum and the 2012 Doomsday cult.

Oops. 1st Salvia bust was too early....

As I'm sure most of you know, Salvia was recently made a illegal in Ohio. Hehe, looks like someone jumped the gun on it though.....

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"The United States is 2% safer against the dangerous scourge known as Salvia Divinorum today. In a courageous move, the state of Ohio has said "Enough!" to the zero deaths caused per year and the zero cases of salvia addiction plaguing this great land. Salvia is now banned in 12 states and many others are considering it, including Minnesota...."

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Salvia Divinorum: A woman's first Experience

This is a pretty good read.

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Salvia Divinorum may have Medical Benefits

"March 2009 - Salvia Divinorum is a very popular for its psychedelic effects. Many people have a misconception that the Salvia Divinorum is in the same class of drugs as marijuana and cocaine. Therefore, they believe that Salvia Divinorum should be made illegal. Nothing could be further from the truth. Salvia Divinorum is entirely different from other plants and drugs. In fact some studies indicate that Salvia Divinorum can be used to free a person from addiction to alcohol and other drugs. In addition, new research is unlocking the untapped medical potential of Salvia Divinorum."

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This is kinda cool, ran into someone who has a brain, check out this Blog: Some Bills that Need Your Attention.

I'm no Libertarian, but I like some of her (I think) ideas.

The book or the oven?

Way back in the day, I'm talking years ago, when I had a plant of my own, I tried a few different drying methods. I never really liked the idea of putting the leaves in a box and shaking every day for days on end. So, I tried 2 others. One is the book. Put the leaves in a nice big phone book and squish them flat. The upside to this is that you end up with beautiful green flat leaves that are dry in about 24 hours. The downside is if you have a lot of leaves, I imagine you could run into problems of needing many phone books. I never had many leaves to deal with.

The other method I tried was putting some leaves in the oven under low temps. I really don't remember the total specifics, but I'm going to guess around 200 degrees or maybe 150 for about an hour. It dries the leaves excellently and seems to make them way more potent. The other good thing is you could dry a lot of leaves in a relatively short amount of time. So, try drying one or 2 till you gage about how much and how long. I highly recommend it...