I remember reading about this case in college. One kid, 17 year old Brett Chidester, kills himself in a case where it's debatable the drug salvia divinorum was even involved. What I didn't realize is that a bunch of other states* followed Delaware's lead and banned Salvia as well. It's like they saw Delaware and said "Hey, we don't want to be left out! Bans are good! Let's ban the evil, scary drug!"
You know what we really should ban? Knee-jerk reactions by legislatures.
*yes, I know the article I linked to is from April 2010. I don't care.
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I'm guessing salvia is legal here, 'cause there's some growing in a nearby community garden. The one that is attached to a union house. I am not making this up. It's the only plant that is labeled. I found it quite amusing.
Something similar is happening with "spice", which is a synthetic something-or-other that apparently has hallucinogenic properties. I think it was Ft. Worth that rushed to ban it from the one store that was selling it. It'd be funny if it wasn't so damned stupid.
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