Pet Owners Beware. Miley Cyrus taking a hit of salvia is her parents' problem, but youngsters thinking that it is cool, and trying this plant makes it more difficult for parents of teenagers. Salvia is legal. It is a plant, and smoking or chewing it gives a powerful hallucinogenic high. This incident may make it more attractive for kids to bring it into the home, even to grow it under the noses of their parents.
Three kinds of Salvia impact pet parents. The first is used in treatment of dogs heart and blood pressure problems. It is named Salvia Miltiorrhize, and is non toxic used properly. The second is Salvia Hispanica also known as a Chia Pet, which is more related to mint, and has no toxic effect.
The third, and most important is Salvia Divinorum which is non toxic to ingest; however, it may also create in pets the same hallucinogenic high that it does for people. To be fair, catnip also produces a type of "high" in cats (and some dogs), but the research and dosage are controlled.
With such a high profile person using this substance, it may become important for Pet Parents to carefully monitor what plants and plant products are being introduced into the home. Comments?
Salvia is the largest genus of plants in the mint family - the same evolutionary family as catnip. Saying one is OK but the other isn't seems inherently flawed, especially when accompanied by no evidence whatsoever. Salvia divinorum is obviously well-tolerated in people, otherwise it would be illegal. It's been around for long enough. Do your research.
ReplyDeleteHere, here!
DeleteMint and salvia are designed, not "evolved."
DeleteMint and salvia are designed, not "evolved."
DeleteMint and salvia are designed, not "evolved."
DeleteSalvia Divinorum has been used as a treatment for addiction and depression in the Sierra Mazteca for as long as S. Milti had been used in china.
ReplyDeleteCatnip isn't standardized, it's effectively a weed that pet suppliers air dry and grind into loose flakes. S. Divinorum is sold mostly as extract enhanced leaves and as tinctures which are of a standardized alkaloid content and suggested dosage.
Also salvia is not a drug of habit or compulsion. Repeated studies show that while most people really enjoy their first trip they leave it at that.
which studies suggest that most people really enjoy their first salvia trip? i’ve never met anyone personally who found it enjoyable. weird, dysphoric - maybe interesting, but not enjoyable
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