Andy Greenstreet, deputy commander of the Alaska Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Enforcement said, "Reports of problems stemming from the plant's use are rare to nonexistent in Alaska. South Central District Judge Tom Schneider imposed a three-year deferred imposition of sentence for the salvia and drug paraphernalia charges and a two-year deferred imposition of sentence for the marijuana charge. The report went on to quote Sharon Levy, medical director of adolescent substance abuse at Children’s Hospital, "There’s no reason for kids to use this product.

The duration and quality of the experience is equivalent to that obtained using traditional Mazatec methods of oral ingestion, but it is far easier to consume and the level of effects achieved is more consistent and reliable. State Law 2009-0538 was signed into law by Governor Bev Perdue on August 28, 2009, and came into effect Dec 1st, 2009.The Senate Judiciary Committee amended this on April 5, 2007, changing the bill wording to include salvinorin A and "any of the active ingredients" of Salvia divinorum. The report went on to say that according to Laura Bechtel of Virginia's Blue Ridge Poison Center Archived 2012-12-12 at archive. Their last actions were recorded as: Referred to Judiciary, March 29, 2007 for Senate Bill 710; [107] Referred to Judiciary, May 29, 2007 House Bill 1379; [108] and, Referred to Judiciary, June 18, 2007 for House Bill 1547. Although it superficially appears to be one of the tender salvias, this plant seems to be completely hardy, dying down safely underground each winter, and has stood minus 10 C (14 F) here. We routinely perform chemical analysis to confirm that the leaves we offer are authentic, unadulterated, kratom.

On May 15, 2006, Senator Stephen Sweeney] (D) proposed Senate Bill 1867 Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine to the state senate. Since publishing that notice, DEA has received numerous comments from members of the public challenging the scheduling action and requesting that the agency consider those comments and accompanying information before taking further action. It grows in western Greece, parts of Turkey and Iraq, and Iran, usually between 2000-6500 feet elevation and is frost hardy but desires a dryish sheltered spot in winter. Attorney General Jon Bruning's office planned to pursue a bill to make Salvia divinorum illegal during Nebraska's 2008 legislative session.Based on the results of the analysis, the DEA may recommend that Salvia divinorum be scheduled as a controlled substance.

He had pleaded guilty to the charge of Class C felony possession of salvia, Class A misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia and Class B misdemeanor possession of marijuana at the Burleigh County Courthouse. Biblical scholars claim that Salvia judaica was the model for the temple lamp stand described in Exodus! In April 2009, it was reported that Rau had been given a deferred sentence in relation to his salvia charge. Mealycup sage (Salvia farinacea) comes in a variety of blue, purple, and lavender cultivars, including the popular 'Victoria Blue' and 'Evolution'. Assistant State's Attorney Cynthia Feland said that people contacting the Burleigh County State's Attorney's Office urging them not to continue with the prosecution would not have any effect on the case.Instead, he was knowingly selling salvia his purchasers would use to become intoxicated" had been sided with by Lancaster County Judge Gale Pokorny.

Many people consider this type of experience more productive and rewarding than that of smoked Salvia divinorum because the effects are gentler and considerably longer lasting. A few days after a local TV news report aired in November 2007, a follow-up story reported that Representative Dennis Avery (D-Evansville) was interested in a possible ban. Daniel Siebert criticised this wording as being "absurdly broad in scope, for it implies that any substance extracted from Salvia divinorum (water, chlorophyll, whatever) would be treated as a Schedule I controlled substance under the proposed law. Products that have been prepared in this manner have particularly good burning characteristics because they do not contain the gummy impurities found in crude extracts (such as '5x' and '10x').

Tim Burchett stated, "We have enough problems with illegal drugs as it is without people promoting getting high from some glorified weed that's been brought up from Mexico.