For a third straight session, state Rep. Charles “Doc” Anderson came up short in his efforts to ban the sale of the extract of a hallucinogenic herb. This session Anderson successfully shepherded a ...

In a recent study published in Cells, researchers assessed the anti-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) efficacy of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge. No pharmaceutical agent has demonstrated significant ...

In 2003, always looking for ways to distract myself from the terrifying emotional burdens of adulthood, I ordered some herbs from a Web site that sold “marijuana alternatives.” One of those herbs was ...

Salvia divinorum is a bright, leafy green plant from Mexico that when chewed or smoked causes intense hallucinations comparable to LSD or "magic mushrooms." And it's legal in California. The drug is ...

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - Eager to escape reality, Florida youngsters in recent weeks have been stocking up on a potent, mind-altering herb before the state bans it. Salvia divinorum, a leaf native to ...

Canada is no longer a safe legal haven for salvia divinorum, the potent hallucinogenic plant sold openly online and in head shops across the country. Yet no one seems aware of the law and Health ...

AUSTIN — For a third straight session, a Texas lawmaker's attempt to ban sales of extracts of the plant Salvia divinorum has died at the Capitol. Rep. Charles “Doc” Anderson, a Waco Republican, says ...

When Miley Cyrus smoked the hallucinogen salvia out of a bong, the 18-year-old pop princess probably didn't anticipate the chain of negative side effects the drug would cause. In the wake of the viral ...