Ok to start off with all the wrong people found out about my salvia stash and they are 'concerned' my roommates who have known me to be crazy and an ex-pothead think im back on MJ or the next new illegal rave. Truth is i have yet to experience anything remotly hallucenagenic when smoking SD. I originally got it for its anti-depressant effects and its ability to help people cope with there problems (but its just causes a whole new problem for me) who has infomation of the doctor in australia that used SD for its anti-deppresant properties. i rememebr hearing about it somewhere but forgot where. can anyone help me out. and has any credited doctor use it for helping people cope with past traumas?
Ok dude I have a few things to say to you but first here is a link to medical studies...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/quer ... uery_key=1 (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?SUBMIT=y&db=PubMed&term=salvinorin&submit=Search&cmd=&cmd_current=&query_key=1)
I got that from Erowid so it wasn't really that hard to find.
Secondly, you shouldn't care at all what others think of you. This world is
Insanely awesome, intricate and beyond the comprehension of our feble
(To say at best) human minds. People tend to romanticize the human race
viewing it as the "owner" of Earth...frankly we are just animals with large
brains. Religion I personally blame for most of our beter than everything
attitude.
Ok another thing MJ is nothing bad, and I don't want you to think of yourself as less of anything for doing it. Infact it's the closed minded
propaganda film watching 80 year old politicians that haven't even tried
it that tell you it's bad. Infact it's a harmless drug (The word drug implies
respect as in don't use it everyday).
Here is the last thing in my rant; Salvia Divinorum is an incredible drug.
I've used it many times and never regreted afterwards doing it once. It
has incredible introspective properties, and it really has made me happier
as a whole (not sure if that's the anti-depressive effects or what).
Ok well that's it, I in no way meant to attack you personally. These are also just my views on these things, and in no way am I trying to force them onto you. It's up to you to decide what you want to do with this incredible and enigmatic thing that we call consciousness.
-Matt
I am sorry about that Jus407, sounds like you have had some fun with this trade. I am sorry about any trouble due on my part. I agree with Hyakitaki, in that you should not be too concerned what the "others" feel is right. I too started using sally way back when to help with a certain type of headaches I used to get and for depression. I do not care so much about what some MD has to say about it, as I know it worked for me and has worked for many people here too. I have been using sally before most people had even heard of her in America and I still consider her my best ally. Do not let somebody so easily sway you, otherwise you soon will be lost in this world. Take care.
well im not really worried or anything i just wanna prove to em that its not that bad but i just forgot where i went to to find out what i remember reading about. and no it wasnt your fault it was mine (carelessness)
Perhaps this might help: http://www.maps.org/news-letters/v13n1/13118han.html (http://www.maps.org/news-letters/v13n1/13118han.html) It is by a Ph.D
Another excelllent report from Dr. Hanes:
Antidepressant Effects of the Herb Salvia divinorum: a Case Report.
http://sagewisdom.org/jclinpsych.html (http://sagewisdom.org/jclinpsych.html)