Ottawa to ban salvia

The federal government plans to add the hallucinogenic herb salvia divinorum to Canada’s list of banned substances. The change would make it illegal to sell, grow, or possess salvia, which is currently sold in head shops as a "natural health product." The effects of smoking salvia include a brief but intense 5-10 minute high that may include hallucinations. "I’m concerned about it and I don’t know a single parent who wouldn’t be concerned," St. Boniface MP Shelly Glover said at a press conference on Tuesday. "We are very worried about the long-term effects."

Winnipeg Free Press