[Pearls Before Swine]

They’re shutting down head shops in the Tampa Bay area that sell “K2,” which I believe is salvia or a derivative.

My (information) sources tell me K2 is a synthetic cannabanoid... i.e., pot-like.

[fight_truth_decay]

California: Assembly Member Anthony Adams (R) introduced Assembly Bill 259 to the California State Legislature on February 5, 2007. On March 12, 2007, the bill was amended to include Salvinorin A. On March 27, 2007, it was defeated by committee vote, but a reconsideration was granted.

Assembly Bill 259

The bill was amended on January 7, 2008. Instead of placing Salvia divinorum in Schedule I, the amended version would make the sale or distribution of Salvia divinorum or Salvinorin A, or any substance or material containing Salvia divinorum or Salvinorin A, to any person under 18 years of age a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than 6 months. The amended version passed unanimously in the Assembly on January 29, 2008. It passed in the Senate on July 2, 2008. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) signed the bill into law on July 22, 2008. It went into effect on January 1, 2009.[Cyrus lives in LA] Delaware: Senator Karen E. Peterson (D) introduced Senate Bill 259 to the Delaware State Legislature on March 16, 2006. This legislation makes Salvia divinorum a Schedule I controlled substance in Delaware. The bill passed the General Assembly and was signed into law by Governor Ruth Ann Minner (D) on May 2nd, 2006.

The text of the bill only mentions Salvia divinorum, and not Salvinorin A or any other specific chemical constituents of the plant. The law has been named "Brett's Law" in memory of Brett Chidester, a 17-year-old Salvia user who committed suicide on January 23, 2006, by intentionally poisoning himself with carbon monoxide