Posted by Caleb462 on August 25, 2003, at 0:30:46
In reply to Salvia divinorum, posted by GreatDaneBoy on August 25, 2003, at 0:17:19
> Has anyone heard of this? I came across an article on the net touting its anti-anxiety and antidepressant properties.
>Salvia Divinorum is a plant, that produces extremely intense dissassociative/psychedellic experiences when consumed - particularly when smoked. Its active chemical is a kappa opiod agonist. Kappa agonists are known to induce dysphoria and psychotic-like states. Some people find the experiences with this plant very enlightening and mind-opening, but from what I understand - it can be a very frightening, disturbing experience as well.
If you have mental health issues, it is probably not something you'd want to mess around with.
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