John H Boman

Regulating a novel drug: an evaluation of changes in use of Salvia divinorum in the first year of Florida's ban.

International Journal of Drug Policy November 1, 2012 John Stogner, David N Khey, O Hayden Griffin et al. 31 citations

A plant with dissociative and psychoactive properties began to attract the attention of the media and United States policymakers following a well-publicized suicide in 2006 and reports that the plant served as a 'legal high' and substitute for cannabis. As a result, Salvia divinorum and its active ingredient, salvinorin A, were classified as Schedule I substances by the Florida Legislature on...