NO MORE FUN OF ANY KIND!
Posted on 05/26/2006 1:11:43 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
A herb that makes you hallucinate is perfectly legal in Texas. The drug is sold without a prescription, and medical experts say it's dangerous.
At the Gas Pipe in Austin, Purple Sticky Salvia is sold for $20, along with a list of safety instructions on how to smoke it.
However, some argue that the list is not enough — the product should be banned by state and federal governments.
Purple Sticky Salvia is an all-natural hallucinogen, made from native plants used in landscaping. In Mexico, it has been used in religious ceremonies for centuries.
"It is something that I think it's very real, and has the potential to do some real damage," said Dr. John Roache, a clinical pharmacologist at the University of Texas Health Science Center.
Roache is skeptical of the herb salvia divinorum, which can also be purchased online. One place it can't be found is on the Drug Enforcement Agency's list of controlled substances, and experts say that's a problem.
"I do consider it very dangerous, and I think it's only a matter of time before it will become illegal," Roache said.
Now teens are using it for their own trips.
"For a few minutes you see stuff, you hallucinate for a little bit," user Steve Fanning said.
D.A.R.E. coordinator Dep. George Little is baffled by the product's accessibility.
"There comes a time when somebody ought to say enough is enough," Little said.
He says if people are smoking it and hallucinating, then it needs to be off the market.
"Just because something's legal, doesn't necessarily make it right," Little said.
So far, a handful of states are considering outlawing this drug. Louisiana and Missouri have already done so, and several other countries have named it a controlled substance.
We have bigger problems. Democrats are hallucinating all the time. That's half the country.
Who in their right mind is going to eat sticky purple saliva?
Beware of the girl called Purple Sticky Saliva.
That's either what I thought, or maybe that's what you get when you smoke it?
Based on what, assclown?
It is something that I think it's very real, and has the potential to do some real damage
Based on what, assclown?
I do consider it very dangerous
Based on what, assclown?
He says if people are smoking it and hallucinating, then it needs to be off the market.
It's a naturally growing plant, you JBT assclown nanny stater.
NO MORE FUN OF ANY KIND!
He must have got banned.
Damn frog-lickers are at it again, I see.
Following that line of reasoning, Dr. John has the 'potential' to be a gigolo...
does that make him one?
Try to meet the girl named Lickit Purple Sylvia.
Or it is only illegal if you get caught? This is senseless drivel from a profession stooge working under a federal program.
They call him Hallee Holy for short.
Probably a good time to warn our FRiends that there are some plants
that will make you or your pets ill/dead if you eat them.
Monkeys love oleander leaves; deadly habit.
This plant is used by shamans in religious ceremonies. It is a strong hallucinogen and even the sites that sell it strongly recommend that anyone smoking it make sure they are not alone. It is especially potent if the vapors are inhaled rather than the smoke.
I would not condone taking it, mostly for spiritual reasons. But I see no reason to rush out and outlaw it. Unless the DEA plans on outlawing any and all botanicals that are used as hallucinogens. And as the ability to obtain plants that previously were unavailable because of geographical limitations increases, that might become a full time pursuit. Many of these plants were previously known only by the Native users and ethnobotanists.
I don't believe you can prove something will cause great personal and/or social harm just because it is an hallucinogen (sp). And I hesitate to give DEA anymore reasons to exercise there "oh so restrained" powers.
Oleander......very deadly.........
Morning Glory Seeds and Trumpet Vine seeds are as well.
Yeah no kidding. Just wait till the kiddies at Myspace.com get a load of this stuff.
and forsythia, w/ the yellow blossoms in spring?
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