Doctor Says Salvia Not So Bad

http://ben-mckenzie.com/general/doctor-says-salvia-not-so-bad/

I like this guy. Of course, as all my loyal fans know, I am not a big believer in the social use of Salvia, but I never wanted to take that away from anyone, not anyone over the consenting age anyway.

Well, imagine my surprise.....

I use the Google clipping service to, among other things, keep track of Salvia Divinorum references on the web. Well, imagine my surprise when I see my very own blog post in it. I suppose I shouldn't be that surprised, because it is a blog about Salvia and well, this is a Google blog site, but I rarely ever (if ever) show up there, because the search is actually for Salvia Divinorum and most of the time I reference it as Salvia.

The reason it showed up was because of that link I put into my last post. It used the whole term, Salvia Divinorum. I guess this one may show up too....

Misinformation, Disinformation and Lies.

You know, I'm pro-child. Seriously. I like them, they are great little people, for the most part anyway. In fact, I am so pro-child, that I do not believe in taking away their future rights. Like say, this guy (group?) does.

http://watchfuleyefoundation.blogspot.com/2008/11/salvia-divinorum-legal.html#links

This little article is so full of misinformation, disinformation or out right lies (you be the judge). Like this little Gem...

"For those of you who may not be familar(sic) with Salvia - you can smoke it, drink it, chew it, just about any form of digesting it will bring about the immediate hallucinogenic high."

Wow. First of all that's not even physically possible. Even if it were, it's not true, oh readers of my blog, you know the score on this. It's no where near that easy, not even for the extreme soft heads I don't believe and they are so rare that even if it is for them.......eh.

Here's one of my favorite lines though...

"Though I have not discovered anywhere that Salvia is said to be addictive, I believe it won't be too long before there is a very serious problem with this."

That's probably because of those Anti-Addictive properties that Salvia contains. No big surprise there.

Oh, but back to my point. The children. Should children or teens be doing Salvia? No! No! Absolutely not, I have said it before and I will say it again! NO!!!! However. That is no reason to curtail ANOTHER one of my rights, not to mention remove a right from these children when they do get old enough to make the informed decision about whether or not to try Salvia (I say try because most people try it once, don't like it and don't do it again.).

So, how about instead of a ban, I don't know, we restrict it to a certain age? Maybe 18, maybe 21? Whatever. I don't have a problem with that. I doubt most people (over the age mind you) who have a brain and use it occasionally would mind this. I may be asking too much of "The Watchful Eye" though.

Activity...

I've decided to try to post here more often than I have been. That should not be too hard, even with minimal effort, but I am trying for m ore than minimal.

I haven't had (and by had I mean used, I have some) Salvia in a while. Sage Singer and I are going to get together, one of these days, and Skype a Besagement. I look forward to it as I do all Besagements, with joy and trepidation, especially since I won't have a physical sitter. I for the most part don't need one though.

no interesting news to comment on Salvia today, so perhaps tomorrow.

Reefer..er, um...Salvia Madness!

Looking about me and seeing all that's going on around the country (and the world for that matter). I must say that I do believe I have seen all this before. It's Reefer Madness all over again, just with a new plant. This must be stopped. Seriously, what's next? Nutmeg? You can seriously get a good buzz going off of that. Maybe I shouldn't say that too loud, The spice police might raid my kitchen....

Best Article Ever

Ok, so I probably exaggerate, but it's awesome, they actually didn't just toe the governmental line about blah blah blah, all non-alcoholic mind affecting things are evil.

http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=13063

Clipped from article....

"We hold the research being done by all the exemplary psychedelic experimenters at YouTube in as high regard as anyone, but we asked Sak if he could produce any literature produced by actual, you know, scientists with medical degrees and things like that. Sak, saying he didn't have any peer-reviewed literature to share with us, suggested we find some on our own."

A response.

I found today someone had written an article here: http://visionsteen.com/blog/2007/12/salvia-divinorum-appears-in-teen-drug.html

I decided to respond to it. My response follows, as I feel that it will never see the light of day over at that person's blog, but we shall see.

There is more than one "glaring error" here. For one, Brett Chidster had was not under the influence of Salvia when he committed suicide, the link between his suicide and Salvia Divinorum are tenuous at best.
"The use of Salvia Divinorum by teens entering teen drug treatment centers is becoming more common. Salvia Divinorum is a potent hallucinogen." This, if true is not surprising, chances are the teens have depressive issues and are trying to use the Salvia as an antidepressant (http://www.sagewisdom.org/jclinpsych.html) . This is not the way to go with this of course as one should wait until one is fully grounded in this reality before he/she begins exploring others.

Salvia is illegal in several countries.

"Most teenagers smoke Salvia with marijuana making the act illegal." Smoking Salvia with Marijuana (a bad idea) does not make the act of smoking Salvia illegal. Just as smoking Marijuana and drinking Pepsi does not make the act of drinking Pepsi illegal.

In conclusion I do want to state that Salvia should NOT be sold to or consumed by minors. I am just trying to clear up some erroneous information. I am pro-salvia, but only for responsible adults.