Subjective Effects of Salvia Divinorum
@article{Dalgarno2007SubjectiveEO, title={Subjective Effects of Salvia Divinorum}, author={Phil Dalgarno}, journal={Journal of Psychoactive Drugs}, year={2007}, volume={39}, pages={143 - 149} }
Abstract Salvia divinorum is a hallucinogenic plant native to Mexico, where the Mazatec Indians use it in divinatory rituals as a facilitator for contacting the spirits of the dead. A number of traditions surrounding the ritualistic use of Salvia are still observed. Generally the leaves are chewed for the visionary effects. Salvia has recently been embraced by Western drug cultures, where the traditional methods of ingestion are generall y eschewed for the more immediately effective technique…
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