The effects of Smoking Salvia Divinorum

So I got home and opened the silver package containing the Salvia Divinorum I had just purchased from the cigar shop. Inside was a tiny brown vile similar to those carried by cocaine users in main stream movies, but this was not filled with white powder; it was filled with chopped green leaves.

I removed the small black cap and took in a long breath as I placed it beneath my nostrils. It smelled like parsley and kind of resembled parsley. Hopefully a very close relation to the parsley plant and not an elaborate move by the shop's owner. It's not like I could turn him into the police or anything for failing to provide me with the proper hallucinogenic leaves, "But officer, this shit is bunk. Smell it."

The shop owner also informed me that the best way to smoke the plant is out of a pipe, using a butane lighter. He said it needs to get very hot and a regular lighter doesn't work as well. After browsing the shop's pipes and lighters, I decided to ignore his advice and settled on a corn cob pipe and regular lighter for a grand total of 5 bucks.

I sprinkled a modest amount into the pipe because they don't give you much for twenty bucks and I wanted to make it last. Holding the lighter above the pipe, I inhaled and held the smoke in for a minute. It didn't taste like any of the other plants I smoked back in college. Maybe this is what parsley tastes like when smoked.

I waited for something to happen, nothing. I could tell I smoked something but the buzz I had expected wasn't there. Maybe I needed to be drunk in order for the plant to have some sort of effect or maybe I shouldn't have been so cheap and purchased the cheapest form of the plant.

Hours later, after about 8 beers and a glass of wine, I tried it again. This time the plant had a crippling effect on me. The high was very intense for about 5 minutes or so then it tapered off with a lingering effect lasting about a half an hour. I immediately jumped on instant messenger and sent this message to a friend -

Me: This stuff really works. Gave me a real intense high after drinking for a bit and I bought the weakest form of it.

Friend: Yeah my cousin bought some and smoked it and he said it fucked him up too but it doesn't last long.

Me: No, it doesn't but it's pretty intense. The government will definitely make the stuff illegal in no time.

Yesterday, after my friend read the blog entry about buying Salvia Divinorum, he called to tell me to be careful with the stuff. He said he was watching kids on Youtube smoking the stuff and they were getting really fucked up. I decided to watch some videos for myself. Here are some of the videos.

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I think I'm going to stick to the beer. I only have to drive a mile to a beer distributor and not 15 miles to some shady cigar shop.

Also: Bad Salvia Trip