You may simply be among the 15% or so that they say experience little to no effect from the drug. Go ahead and scout around the net for testimonials - many people report extreme hallucinations, loss of bodily awareness, etc. that you would only get from a very potent hallucinogen.

Um, Have you ever tried the extract? 20x and up and you will go to another world, until then, dont criticisize this extremely powerful herb until you have actually had an experiance, i use to be like you, thinking it wasent anything. Well i was wrong i turned into a train. At first i saw train tracks coming from my hands, suddenly i was absorbed into the furniture and everyhting became 2-d, rainbows were flying off lights, and it was the worst hour of my life, the most intense part lasting from 1-5 minutes and grauadly coming down for about an hour, it was the scariest thing i have ever done. And yes i have done other hallucingenic drugs. Dont doubt this stuff cause it is very very real. It was like nothing i have ever done

salvia often has to be used several times before a 'breakthrough' is experienced. it is not like any other drug, its 'trip' isuncomparable to lsd or shrooms, it is much more intense and the fear that can result is down to the fact that a lot of the time people dont remember that they have taken salvia and can not understand what is happening.
dont write it off as inaffective, this is a seriously potent plant and it needs to be treated with respect

Im yet to try salvia but i can tell your argument here is incredibly naive and ignorant, you call yourself a reporter? your a joke.

LOL. "The idea that this is some extremely potent hallucinogenic is laughable to anyone who has ever had half a hit of acid."

Try potent salvia on a real bong, use a torch-lighter, and try 20x extract. This stuff will make your acid seem like childsplay.

Wow. It's pretty rare that a blog entry is still getting comments a year after I posted it. And all so incredibly pro-salvia — I particularly like the one from "Tim," a fellow who hasn't even tried the drug but still dismisses my view as naive and ignorant (despite the fact that I have, in fact, smoked Salvia). And, yes, Tim, I do call myself a reporter. It's how I pay my bills.

Anyway, where the heck are all of you guys coming from? I really am curious. Obviously, this post has been linked elsewhere (Some British site, I'm guessing, with all the .uk comments and the one from "Dublin Ian.")

So, whoever reads this next, help a brother out! Tell me where you read this. I'd be glad to engage in a meaningful conversation over the effects or lack thereof of Salvia. Also, like I said, I'm really curious how you're all getting here.
Regards,
Dan

hahaha i just cant beleive that someone is posting this on a website like they know something but the dont know anything! Salvia is more than a drug, and comparing it to the tobacco market? umm not even close, not even cloe, to marijuana, not even close to acid! do some real research

''Well i was wrong i turned into a train. At first i saw train tracks coming from my hands''

Chris, don't know if you'll read this, but that's so weird. The very same thing happened to me. It was on 10x strength and I wasn't expecting that much, as before I'd only gone into laughter fits. But all of a sudden I just was a train, but I didn't know I was tripping, I just thought it was real and somehow it felt perfectly natural. The tracks though were in a vertical position to each other (one rail above the other) and there other train friends of mine, one of which was below and was female. I was at a corner like a relay point and the tracks went off in two directions that I could see in front of me. My sitter in the room was very far off and gradually I came closer to him, realising the trains I'd been speaking to and was friends with weren't real. I had another hit later and the trains came back, this time normally layed out, but then I felt a pressure to go in line with the tracks so I leaned back. Then the space between the bed seemed to become a desert like canyon where the tracks ran. It was kind of cartoony and there was also a suggestion of a circus or a carnival and townsfolk who I didn't communicate with and seemed like playmobile.

Generally very bizzare stuff. Sorry for the overlong explanation, but I hope that shows just how detailed a trip on this stuff can be.

Seriously do not doubt it.

I will happily give you a sample of 20x salvia to smoke that WILL effect you if you take it in the correct manner.

Salvia Divinorum needs to be burned at a very high temperature to get the correct effect.

Using a flame thrower type of lighter - the windproof ones works very well. Use a bing to cool the smoke and take large lungfulls and exhale slowly.

Let me know if you want a sample and i will post it to you asap (email me)

Cheers,

Mike

i have to disagree with the guy Dan Sweeney who wrote the above article. he claims to have smoked Salvia and it did practically nothing. to sit there and make a statement like"The idea that this is some extremely potent hallucinogenic is laughable to anyone who has ever had half a hit of acid." is an insult to La Pastora herself. you have no knowledge of Salvia so you shouldn't even be reporting on it. I almost wish Salvia was illegal so so many fools wouldn't get their hands on her. had Dan done his homework he would find that the psychoactive component of Salvia is the most potent naturally occuring substance known to MAN! Dan wasted his, everyone because he didn't know how to burn the leaves the right way because he's a shitty reporter who doesn't do any research about what he's reporting on.