Salvia Divinorum Scotland - Media Stories

<body stylesrc="../technical/backgroundforotherauthors.htm" background="../technical/paperwords.jpg" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#000080" alink="#800080"> <p align="center"><font size="5" color="#008000">Salvia Divinorum Scotland ~ Media Stories</font></p> <hr> <blockquote> <p><font size="4">The Times July 10, 2001</font></p> <p>The Times (UK) had 'neatly' shrunk the NYT article down to... </p> <blockquote> <p>"It causes hallucinations, out-of-body experiences and the sensation of being another person. It is also legal. Salvia divinorum, a herb from Mexico, is America's new hip drug, despite side-effects such as short-term memory loss and unconsciousness. The US Drug Enforcement Agency is collecting information on Salvia divinorum, including police reports, to decide if it should be controlled." </p> </blockquote> <p>this appeared only as a footnote in an article principally about the legalisation of cannabis (e.g. search on: cannabis salvia in <a href="http://www.thetimes.co.uk" target="_blank">www.thetimes.co.uk</a> to find the original article)</p> <p>The Independent (UK) did a similar condensation of the NYT story, as did the 'Sydney Morning Herald' (Australia) and no doubt other national newspapers worldwide.  </p> <p>Note that on the 10th and 11th of July in particular the fall out from this media 'coverage' (i.e. small mentions in two UK papers) was a 10-fold increase in the number of enquiries I received.  Suggesting that if Salvia becomes anything like as 'trendy' over here, you should treat your little plants as veritable goldmines!</p> </blockquote> <hr> <table border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td width="17%"> <p align="left"><a href="./"><Back</a></td> <td width="22%"> <p align="center"><a href="../menu2.htm">Menu 2</a></td> <td width="22%"> <p align="center"><a href="../home.htm">Main Menu</a></td> <td width="22%"> <p align="center"><a href="../salvia/">Salvia Menu</a></td> <td width="17%"> <p align="right"><a href="../contact/" title="contact details and links to information on salvia prices and availability">Contact</a></td> </tr> </table> </body>