Regulating a novel drug: an evaluation of changes in use of Salvia divinorum in the first year of Florida's ban.
The International journal on drug policy November 1, 2012 John Stogner, David N Khey, O Hayden Griffin et al. 31 citations
After a well-publicized suicide in 2006 and reports that Salvia divinorum was used as a 'legal high' and cannabis substitute, Florida classified the plant and its active ingredient, salvinorin A, as Schedule I substances on July 1, 2008. Three self-report studies collected from young adults before and after the policy's implementation, along with interviews of law enforcement personnel, examined the policy's relationship with usage rates. Lifetime prevalence of salvia use was largely unchanged, but rates of past year and past month use in Florida were significantly lower following the scheduling. Perceptions of peer use increased markedly, while law enforcement and laboratories rarely encountered salvia possession cases.