Pubdate: Fri, 25 May 2007 Source: Kamloops This Week (CN BC) Copyright: 2007 Kamloops This Week Contact: http://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1271 Author: Ralph Givens 'NO SERIOUS PROBLEMS' WITH SALVIA USE Editor: Before taking reporter Cassidy Olivier's article about salvia divinorum as a reason to start another front in a long-failed drug crusade, it is worthwhile to notice that no serious problems have been associated with salvia divinorum. There are no deaths, no desperate addictions and no robberies, assaults or murders connected to salvia divinorum. Those seeking to outlaw salvia divinorum can only point to the fact that it "gets people high for five minutes. As though getting high is automatically a criminal matter. Moving salvia divinorum into a prohibited class can only cause problems where no problems exist. Ralph Givens Daly City, Calif. - --- MAP posted-by: Beth Wehrman