Pubdate: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 Source: Tribune, The (CN ON) Copyright: 2007, Osprey Media Group Inc. Contact: http://www.wellandtribune.ca/webapp/sitepages/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2807 Author: Greg Furminger, Tribune Staff Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/hallucinogens.htm (Hallucinogens) 'SALLY D' NEEDS TO DISAPPEAR: COUNCIL Welland Supports Port Colborne Resolution Known by street names Sally D and magic mint - the psychedelic salvia divinorum needs to disappear, Welland politicians say of the legal substance. Salvia divinorum's hallucinogenic effects include feelings of visiting parallel universes and becoming or merging with inanimate objects such as furniture. It's recommended it not be smoked without being accompanied by a so-called trip-sitter. The Tribune did a story on Sally D last year, reporting the effects of the legal substance that then could be bought for $30 a gram at a downtown variety store. It is not illegal to possess or sell. One local user described it as "a hundred times stronger than acid." It is under regulatory control in countries that include Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Italy and Spain and some U.S. states. In lending their support to a City of Port Colborne resolution passed by its councillors last month, Welland's municipal leaders last night added the Rose City to the growing list of municipalities calling on Health Canada to review risks of using salvia divinorum with the intent of regulating it as a controlled substance as are marijuana, cocaine and LSD. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom