Salvinorin A

Type
Psychoactive
Legal status
Psychoactive Substances Act 2016
Legal implications
Personal possession is not controlled; however possession in a custodial institution is illegal and carries a penalty of up to two years in prison and/or a fine.
Production, supply, offer to Supply, possession with intent to supply and importation or exportation will be illegal. These offences carry a penalty of up to seven years in prison and/or a fine.
Information

The psychoactive plant Salvia divinorum, or the ‘diviner’s sage’, is a rare member of the mint family.. Its leaves contain the extremely potent Salvinorin A. Since the late 1990s, the use of the plant as a ‘legal’ herbal hallucinogen has been increasing, partly due to its availability. Smoking the dried and crushed leaves provides short-lived but intense hallucinations.

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