Salvia divinorum Scotland ~ Salvia divinorum's Legal Status ~ Introduction

<body stylesrc="../../technical/backgroundformywords.htm" background="../../technical/leafwords.jpg" bgcolor="#C0C0C0" text="#003300" link="#0000FF" vlink="#000080" alink="#800080"> <p align="center"><font color="#008000" size="5">Salvia divinorum Scotland - Introduction to Salvia's divinorum's Legal Status</font></p> <blockquote> <hr> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p>Salvia divinorum is still perfectly legal in the UK and <i>most</i> of Europe, but there are exceptions, and situations can change. </p> <p>More information on laws regarding Salvia divinorum can be found at <script language="JavaScript1.1">  </script> <noscript> <a href="http://www.sagewisdom.org/legalstatus.html" title="opens a new window" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" ></noscript> The Salvia divinorum Research and Information Center</a> at <script language="JavaScript1.1">  </script> <noscript> <a href="http://www.erowid.org/plants/salvia/salvia_law.shtml" title="opens a new window" target="_blank"></noscript> Erowid's Salvia Law vault</a>, and at Wikipedia's article on the <script language="JavaScript1.1">  </script> <noscript> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_status_of_Salvia_divinorum" title="opens a new window" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" ></noscript> <b>Legal status of Salvia divinorum</b></a>.</p> <p>Generally <i>Salvia divinorum</i> is legal in most countries in the world and, within the United States, legal in the majority of States. However, a few politicians have called for its prohibition. At the time of writing, most of these proposals have <i>not</i> made it into law, with motions having failed, stalled or otherwise died, for example in the United Kingdom, at national level in the United States, and at more local level within States such as Alaska, Illinois, Oregon and Wyoming.</p> <p>A reason for Salvia's favourable legal status so far is that there's been little real evidence to suggest that its use is problematic. <i>Salvia divinorum</i> is not a newly discovered or synthesised drug. It has been revered for perhaps centuries by the Mazatec people of Oaxaca, Mexico as a sacred plant, capable of facilitating spiritual experiences. It is a plant that has been available in the States and other countries since the 1990's, following the experiment and report of Daniel Siebert and others. The rise of the Internet since the mid-1990s saw the growth of many businesses selling dried Salvia leaves, extracts and other preparations. During the 10-15 years in which it has become more available in modern Western culture police have not been reporting it as a significant issue with regard to public order offences. Medical experts, accident and emergency rooms have not been reporting cases that suggest particular health concerns. <i> Salvia divinorum</i> is not generally understood to be toxic or addictive.</p> <p>Despite this, some have succeeded in pushing though their anti-Salvia laws, such as in Australia (the first country to ban it), and in a few American States. Some of the contentions used by some politicians to justify prohibition are dealt with in the next section.</p> </blockquote> <hr> <table border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td width="24%"><a href="index.htm"><Back to Legal Status Menu</a></td> <td width="19%"> <p align="center"><a href="../index.htm">Salvia Menu</a></p> </td> <td width="19%"> <p align="center"><a href="../../home.htm">Main Menu</a></td> <td width="19%"> <p align="center"><a href="../../menu2.htm">Menu 2</a></td> <td width="19%"> <p align="right"><a href="../../contact/index.htm">Contact</a></td> </tr> </table> </body>