So.. this morning I open the fridge.. and to my surprise, there is a container of like cooking herbs or garnishes I don't know what... I then look at the package..and it says SALVIA... What the hell? Is it really a seasoning herb? Or is my mom up to something.. It totally blows my mind the in my fridge right now is potentially sitting a powerful hallucinigen... CRAZY.
The only two species of salvia that contain salvinorin A are Salvia Divinorum (most common) and Salvia Splendens. I highly doubt that the salvia in your fridge is of a psychoactive nature. Salvia is a genus of the sage family and has many species. Many sage's, including some salvia's are used for food spices, so that may explain whats in your fridge. I apologize if im rambling on, i'm pretty stoned right now
Gotta correct you, friend. Salvia splendens is not considered to be psychoactive by most experts. It doesn't contain any substances that have been shown to be psychoactive, and studies on it suggest that any "effects" that have been obtained by smoking it are very likely to be placebo-centred. Although, some people do claim to get effects from it. Anyhow, to the Original Poster: Ask your mom if it's "Salvia divinorum." If she says "yes," then it's psychoactive for sure. If she says "no," or "what the hell," then it's just a variation of Sage, which is a minty garnishing.
^^^yeah i didnt know, I've heard from a few people who purchased a splendens plant, and smoked the leaves, that they experienced a fairly heavy body buzz, but no visuals. So they could have just experienced placebo effects.
splendens is considered potentially psychoactive, with many, but not all, users reporting some effects. there really isn't enough information to go on to know why some people get effects and some don't, but there are enough reports of it being active that i tend to think it probably is in some way, even if some people cannot manage to get it to work on them for whatever reason. but we DO know that there isn't any salvinorin-a in it. at any rate, there are many hundreds of species of salvia, including all sages and all true mints, i believe. Salvia divinorum is relatively rare outside of the "drug scene," and definitely not palatable enough to use as a seasoning.
Alright, cool... It just really blew my mind to just wake up and look in the fridge and BAM their's Salvia sitting there.... Crazy, Crazy stuff
That. Is. Hilarious. "Mom..." "What, honey?" "Do we have any Salvia Divonorum?" "Yes sweety, it's in the fridge, I just stopped by the head shop today to buy your father a bubbler, and saw a special on Sal..." "...thanks Mom."
