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Newsbrief:
Flyboys
Flying
High
on
Salvia
Warned
to
Come
Down
Now
1/16/04
Salvia divinorum, a Mexican
herb with weird psychedelic properties, is reportedly being gobbled up
by airmen at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma. According to the
Air Force Material Command News Service, uniformed Air Force personnel
have been seen buying the drug, which is not yet on the controlled substances
list, and the number of users at Tinker AFB alone could be "as high as
100 or more."
Even though the plant is
not illegal and can be purchased easily over the Internet -- as well, apparently,
in nearby Oklahoma City -- Tinker's narcs are warning airmen that they
consider it a drug and getting caught with it could get them thrown out
of the military. According to Ven Sovo of Tinker's Joint Drug Enforcement
Team (a division of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Detachment
114), use of salvia falls within the Air Force's definition of drug abuse.
Drug abuse is "the illegal,
wrongful or improper use, possession, sale, transfer or introduction onto
a military installation of any drug," Sovo told the news service.
And the Air Force defines drugs as "any intoxicating substance, other than
alcohol, that is inhaled, injected, consumed or introduced into the body
in any manner for purposes of altering mood or function."
Taking his cue from the DEA,
which has begun including salvia in its "drugs and chemicals of concern"
list and is reviewing whether to ban it, Sovo warned of salvia's hallucinogenic
properties. But the warning Air Force members need to hear is that
salvia can now get you in trouble.
For more information on salvia
and its effects, visit the Salvia Divinorum Research and Information Center
at http://www.sagewisdom.org and
the Vaults of Erowid salvia page at http://www.erowid.org/plants/salvia/salvia.shtml
online.
For more information on the
battle to prevent salvia from being designated a controlled substance,
visit http://www.cognitiveliberty.org/dll/salvia_divinorum_action_center.htm.
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Issue #320, 1/16/04
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