Will salvia be illegal

Answer 1

Salvia is legal in all of the United States except for Louisiana, Missouri, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Delaware, Maine, North Dakota, Illinois, and Kansas.

It is now also illegal in the state of Ohio. Per second reference below.

Answer 2

Only if people like you and me allow it!

Send letters to state representatives

* Modified version of Daniel Siebert's letter: View template or Download it in RTF format * If you sent a letter to a representative in this state post it and it will be added here.

Attend public hearing

This is the most effective way to take action against a ban. If you know about an upcoming date for a hearing please post it and it will be added here. You can search the state web sites to look for public hearing dates.

*Please post any public hearing dates you know of

Suggested key points:

* Salvia is not a problem: No emergency room admittances, no drug counseling or addiction services admittances, no salvia related crime being reported by LEO, no superintendents speaking out against it. No deaths, and poison control rates it as a very low priority. Salvia has been around for a couple decades, or at least as long as the current meth plague--if salvia was going to be a widespread problem, it would have been by now. * Medicinal and/or scientific potential * Salvia is NOT a recreational substance and cannot be grouped with LSD, mushrooms, ecstasy, marijuana, etc. (ex: not addictive, short-acting, non-toxic, unappealing/unpleasant as a recreational substance) * Religious use. History dating back thousands of years of indigenous use and decades of contemporary spiritual use. Without apparent harm or addictive tendencies. * Arguments against rest almost exclusively on hearsay: unsubstantiated internet videos (search on alcohol and compare the number of videos), and the marketing claims of unscrupulous sellers. * Suggest age restriction instead of an outright ban (give examples of this being done in Maine and California)

Public hearing tips:

* Do research in your own state. Go the your state DEA or Office of Substance Abuse website and dig around a bit. Find out how much it costs to arrest, prosecute, and jail per person for drugs crimes and include that figure in your arguments against a ban. The ME financial report associated with a ban indicated minimal fiscal impact, but using their own reported figures, it turns out that it costs near $60,000 for each successful drug crime prosecution.

Discourage irresponsible sale

Visit your local smoke shops or send them letters to encourage them not to sell Salvia divinorum to minors and include safety information about using Salvia divinorum. You can print out a User Guide (or part of it) to give to them.

There are many responsible vendors online as well.

Answer 3

depends on where your living! I know that its legal in Canada for sure because its sold as "incense" and not meant for smoking.

Answer 4

Having salavia is not illegal, although spitting in the streets is and you could get a ticket for at least $25.00.