Salvia divinorum, a perennial herb of mint family is native to Mexico. Salvia has more than 500 species which also includes sage plant. The plant grows well up to 3 feet of height and its large green leaves, square but hollow stems and flowers of white and purple color are its distinctive features. Salvia divinorum is one of several vision-inducing plants used by the Mazatec Indians in spiritualism.

Now a days, young adults and adolescents are reviving and taking interest in ethno-botanical plants that can provoke changed stimulations in perception, hallucinations, or other psychologically-induced changes. Since salvia divinorum or its active ingredients are out of Controlled Substances Act list. That is why some on-line botanical companies and traders have advertised salvia as a legal alternative to other hallucinogens plants like “mescaline”.

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