The Mazatac Indians have used salvia for centuries with no obvious ill effects, but it remains unclear whether salvia causes long-term effects on the brain or body. However, physical and psychological ...

Some people literally forgot which way was up, or didn't know if they owned their bodies anymore. Others felt their internal organs being pulled in directions across all three planes, and through ...

With nine more states eliminating or loosening their laws against marijuana in 2016, weed is now legal in more states than its hallucinogenic cousin: salvia. There hasn’t been a political coalescence ...

For centuries the Mazatec Indians have chewed Salvia divinorum, a hallucinogenic member of the sage family, to treat diarrhea, headaches, rheumatism—and an ailment known as "swollen belly" (triggered ...

Salvia, also known as salvia divinorum, is a smokable hallucinogen that’s still legal in most parts of the world. People order it via the internet and smoke tiny quantities to experience what many ...

Salvia divinorum is one of the most potent natural psychedelics, yet its effects and mechanisms remain widely misunderstood. How does this plant alter perception so dramatically? What does science say ...

At first, the YouTube videos seemed hilarious -- young people smoking Salvia divinorum, laughing uncontrollably, falling over furniture. But the more Jason Daniel, a fourth-year PhD candidate in ...