Salvia is an illegal herb in the mint family. Its main active ingredient, salvinorin A, attaches to kappa opioid receptors in the brain and causes intense but short-lived hallucinations lasting less than 30 minutes. Common methods of using salvia include chewing the leaves, smoking dried leaves, or vaporizing extracts. While curiosity and its reported spiritual effects motivate some use, salvia's hallucinogenic experience is also extremely frightening and can cause nausea, dizziness, and mood swings. The document provides street names for salvia and references on its effects and risks.

1. SALVIA
BY: JUSTIN ECHEVERRY

2. WHAT IS SALVIA?
• Illegal according to the Federal Law
• A herb in the mint family
• Main active ingredient is salvinorin A
• Changes the chemistry in the brain
• Causes hallucination (visuals of things not in reality)
• Short experience but extremely intense and
frightening

3. PURPOSE OF DRUG
• Curiosity
• Relaxation
• Better mood
• Getting “high”
• The spiritual effects
• Popular among teens

4. HOW IS IT USED?
• Chew fresh S. divinorum leaves
• Drink the extracted juices
• Smoking the dried leaves of S. divinorum rolled in
cigarettes
• Smoked through water pipes (hookahs)
• Vaporized and inhaled

5. BRAIN EFFECTS
• Main ingredient: salvinorin A
• Attaches to parts of nerve cells: kappa opioid receptors
• Devastating brain disease
• Effecting three primary areas of the brain
• - Brain stem: in charge of all function our body needs to survive
• - The limbic system: Control our emotional responses
• - The cerebral cortex: Control our senses and thinking center

6. BODY EFFECTS
• Intense but short lived (lasting less than 30
minutes)
• Hallucinations: See things that are not really
there
• Mood swings
• Dizziness
• Slurred speech
• Nausea

7. STREET NAMES
• Lady Salvia
• Lady Sally
• Purple sticky
• Magic mint
• Diviner’s sage
• Sally-D

8. REFERENCES
• FNP, K. D. (2019, January 16). Salvia: Extent of use, effects, and risks. Retrieved
from https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/309735.php
• Salvia. (2017, March 01). Retrieved from https://teens.drugabuse.gov/drug-
facts/salvia
• Salvia: Risks, Warning Signs & What Parents Should Know. (n.d.). Retrieved from
https://drugfree.org/drug/salvia/