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Salvia Restrictions Increasing in the U.S.
USA Today, in its June 21, 2009, on-line edition, highlighted the powerful hallucinogen
Salvia divinorum as a drug of growing popularity in the U.S. The article focused
on growers in Mexico and how recent Salvia restrictions passed by state legislatures
have impacted their production of the Salvia plant (http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-06-21-magic-mint-salvia-in-mexico_N.htm).
A 2008 report by the US Department of Health and Human Services showed that 1.8
million Americans have used Salvia with 756,000 having used it the previous year.
In response to Salvia’s growing popularity as a drug of abuse, Salvia growers in
Mexico have dramatically increased production of the plant leaves. For example,
Aztecas Plants in the Mexican city of Orizaba exported 8 tons of Salvia leaves to
the US and Europe in 2008, up from 500 pounds in 2002.
USA Today’s article indicated that 11 states have rushed to pass laws that restrict
the use of Salvia. Legislation banning Salvia use in Nebraska takes effect in September.
While California and Maine prohibit selling Salvia to minors, Louisiana and Tennessee
limit Salvia purchases to animal consumption as it pertains to scientific research.
According to the Salvia divinorum Research and Information Center, a website about
Salvia, 10 countries have banned Saliva with 6 others passing restrictions on selling
it. The article also stated that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is studying
whether Salvia should be banned nationwide.
In December, 2008, Cerilliant introduced the first certified solution standard of
Salvinorin A (S-012), the main active psychotropic compound in Salvia
divinorum. Cerilliant also offers certified solution standards of other hallucinogens,
such as
Ketamine,
LSD,
Mescaline,
Psilocin, and
Ibogaine. Click on the link below to view our hallucinogen
reference standards:
Cerilliant
Certified Reference Standards of Hallucinogens
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