Delaware lawmakers are considering a plan to make the hallucinogenic herb salvia divinorum a Schedule I controlled substance, the Wilmington News Journal reported March 23.

Senate Bill 259, introduced by Sen. Karen Peterson (D-Stanton), has been dubbed "Brett's Law" after Brett Chidester, 17, who committed suicide months after starting to smoke salvia. The measure passed the Senate Health and Social Services Committee and went to the full Senate for a vote. "Kids shouldn't be able to buy this online," Peterson said. "It's the equivalent of LSD, so I figured that's where it belongs."

Chidester's mother, Kathy, said of Brett: "He was a great student, an excellent son. I just think he might have had some mild depression and, combine that with salvia, it was a lethal combination."

Missouri and Louisiana are the only other states to have outlawed salvia; the federal Drug Enforcement Administration considers it a "drug of concern."

Researchers say salvia is the world's most powerful natural hallucinogen, although there is no research linking the herb to depression in humans.