I live in a state which has illegalized salvia. But, after reading the controlled substances act for the state, I am convinced that salvia extracts are, technically, legal. "Any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following hallucinogenic substances, their salts, isomers, or salts of isomers, unless specifically excepted, whenever the existence of these salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation: 3, 4- methylenedioxyamphetamine; 5-methoxy-3, 4-methylenedioxy amphetamine; 3, 4, 5-trimethoxyamphetamine; Bufotenine; Diethyltryptamine; Dimethyltryptamine; 4- methyl-2, 5-dimethoxyamphetamine; Ibogaine; Lysergic acid diethylamide; Marijuana; Mescaline; naphthylpyrovalerone; 3,4-methylenedioxypyrovalerone; 3,4-methylenedioxymethylcathinone; 4-methylmethcathinone; Peyote; N-ethyl-3- piperidyl benzilate; N-methyl-3-piperidyl benzilate; Psilocybin; Psilocyn; Tetrahydrocannabinols; Hashish; Phencyclidine, 2 Methylamino-1-phenylpropan-1- one (including but not limited to Methcathinone, Cat, and Ephedrone); synthetic cannabinoid agonists or piperazines; salvia." My reasoning is that an extract contains salvinorin, not salvia. Salvinorin cannot exist as a salt because it is not an alkaloid. It's as simple as that. Now, whether the government really cares is the real question...
I heard sometimes the extracts get seized anyways because the Salvinorin A is usually extracted back onto Salvia Divinorum leaf. A friend of mine in a State with laws only pertaining to the plant said it came through no problem, but an other friend of his got his Salvia extract taken by customs. Don't really have this problem in Canada as it's only "not approved for human consumption".
They might put it back in the leaf and then extract the leaf with the salvinorin on it to make a higher extract? I'm not sure. But in the end isn't the leaf filtered out? So then it's only chemicals from salvia, but no plant material, therefore no salvia. If the above statement is true then the bag should not be seized and was probably seized because it was sent in a bag with an obvious label. If it was sent in an unmarked bag then I can't imagine any way it would get seized. A bag with a label with salvia as a part of it and it gets seen then of course its gonna get seized. but theoretically it shouldn't get seen, there should be no suspicion drawn to it.
In late 2010 I got extracts mailed to me. I remember my friend saying it was illegal here, but I don't know, it worked for me. lol
Very true. You get that unfortunate drug test in there sometimes (they've tested my cacti/kratom incense that they let through), but Salvia should be generally undetectable because I haven't ever had that tested. An other problem you might face is that vendors typically don't want to send their products to a state where illegal. They usually have a huge disclaimer about this, and if your state's on the list, then that sucks. However, many private vendors will still send to you.
