There’s no potential for addiction. There’s little potential for abuse, because you can’t do anything anyway (get out of your chair, up from the couch, etc…). Risks would be fires igniting.

Even without the media circus, I doubt she’d do it again. For most folks, salvia divinorum is something they will try once and never try again. It’s just “too weird”.

I understand that politicians want people to vote for them, but those politicians might also want to pay attention to generational gaps in thinking.

Salvia isn’t something people are going to use habitually because it’s just not that fun. Introspective, yes. Meditative, maybe just a little. But overall, most folks would not think it’s a fun experience. It’s a complete break from reality, and not in a “recreational” way.

Yes, it’s dangerous stuff. There’s people making money off of it selling crappy inferior nonsense. It’s big business. And it’s legal. But it doesn’t “hurt” you like other drugs (including alcohol and cigarettes).

But the bottom line is this — Salvia divinorum isn’t really all that much fun, unless you’re heavily into a certain type of herbal spirituality or past life regression or so on. It’s basically useless as a party drug, and you can’t really do anything while you’re under the influence because standing up becomes impossible very quickly. It’s literally like someone pushing you down into your chair. It’s overwhelmingly immobilizing for at least 2-3 minutes.

No one is going to get hooked on it. It’s just not that fun. The people selling it though, they’re making a mint.