by Jesse Hughes, State Republican Press Secretary
posted April 13, 2006
Sen. Tim Burchett (R-Knoxville) moved the Senate to approve Senate Bill 3247 which makes Salvia divinorum A illegal for purposes of human consumption.
Salvia is a plant which is imported from Mexico and which is used in landscaping. Of late, it has been promoted as a natural hallucinogen. The Senate unanimously approved the measure Thursday.
Sen. Burchett stated, “We have enough problems with illegal drugs as it is without people promoting getting high from some glorified weed that’s been brought up from Mexico. The only people I’ve heard from who are opposed to making it illegal are those who are getting stoned on it.”
SB 3247 may be tracked online at http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/ .
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