The kids I treat have described the use of salvia...like doing acid. They are not using it for medicinal purposes they are getting blown... I think banning it is not necessary but being in possession of dried herb and under the age of 18 should be a trip to treatment. I think the problem is that addicted kids...people will justify using things like salvia because it is not illegal. what to do??? I believe that Gov. Sebelius is on the side of recovery efforts in this state and is trying to help. If there is another way to cope with this GROWING problem how about not getting mad at a proposed solution and offering answers.

Salvia should not be illegal.

There was no evidence that the salvia was in this kids system at time of death.Kids now find big pharma is killing them.Salvia is a safe and no one has been hospitalized.Politicians like K.S. do not do enough research and are easily duped without looking at the whole picture.Stop jumping on the bandwaggon.What about the pharmacuticals who lie. People die from their first drink of alcohol a DEPRESSANT and a STIMUNANT due to the sugars which can cause a child to act wild. Salvia is a meditation herb and has calming euphoric effects and some say they have found new inner peace and harmony with themselves(I know pretty evil stuff isn't it).I have found nothing wrong with salvia in my research except for the govenmt reasoning for making it illegal.Salvia Maddness?no.Salvia Insanity?no.Salvia Serenity.True,and is catchy but will not pit the public against it.Anyway the public obviously does not have a say anyway.Why are politicians acting like god.Maybe it is to protect us from what god has given us.If you taboo anything it only gets worse.The ignorance and corruption of our current politicians discusts me more than the drug cartels.Better check on catnip as well i hear cats go crazy.

Here's the deal - depressed people self-medicate. It is not the CAUSE of depression. It is a SYMPTOM. Must each grieving parent turn their child's death into some noble crusade against people's own choices? I sympathize with your loss, but if you're too ignorant to believe that your child had emotional problems which led to substance abuse, not vice versa, I doubt your capacity to raise children in the first place.

While we're at it, we should ban heavy metal music as well, because, let' remember, heavy metal causes kids to commit suicide as well. And just to be safe we should pass a law making it mandatory for all teens to take antidepressants, since we all know antidepressants don't lead to an increased risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior. Just ask the pharmaceutical companies... see if you get a straight answer. Gotta love our government.

interesting how this herb which has pain relieving qualities are overlooked when this law was signed. instead of makeing it illegal put age restrictions on it. Like alcohol. How many kids have died of alcohol poisoning. let make alcohol illeagal also.