Is salvia divinorum safe?
362203
Yep. Its kinda like pot-lite, so there may be some issues with driving and such. But thats about it. Also, companies don't test for it cuz it's legal. Have fun!
534303
salvia can indce hallucinogenic effects for a short period of time. people smoke it unstop of weed or on its own. it is legal and sold in some head shops outside the Internet. It is kinda spendy but i think that it is mixed with other things to induce the high, ie weed. I think weed should be legal and everything else including alcohol other then beer and wine, and home made booze, (thats okay)salvia should be illegal. Just weed never hurt any one, it is a ntural occuring plant and through times human discovered ways to use it, like tobacco, but you actually get something other then death with it.
109566
Be very careful taking products like this.  Have you talked to your doctor?  Do it the safe way, under a doctor's supervision.
100672
I do not think that "Mary Jane" should be illegal.  It is not nearly as harmful as other drugs.  I find that alcohol can cause more problems than weed.
287545
No not safe at all.....\n\nThrow in a few shots a vodka and a Rufi... it could be a good night.
402214
As a general statement no. I wouldn't call it especially dangerous to health, if used occaisionally in small amounts, but not "good" for you either.\n\nBUT ... \n\nas a health care pro, when I see a patient who is having chemo therapy or who has severe AIDS ... \n\nAND that patient is NOT all skinny and pukey and green and awful looking ... \n\nit is my guess that this patient is using marijuana to fight nausea and stimulate appetite. These patients are generally better nourished than the green ones. In that very limited context, marijuauni is beneficial to the health, IMO.
655364
No it is not safe. There are a few that actually work, but if you read the "terms and conditions", which are printed as tiny as possible so that people wouldnt read them, you would discover that some of the contents of these pills cause blood thinning and often times cancer. Most of them also admit that their claims haven't been tested by the FDA.  "its natural, but are all natural things safe?". I hope this answers your question because i know how you feel.  Learn to love your size. Dont risk your life (and breasts) for anybody's opinion. Love yourself or no one else would. Wishing you all the best.
934087
Doesn't sound safe.  Try Benadryl instead
819785
For questions dealing with drug interactions with natural supplements you should consult with your doctor and pharmacist.  \n\nGenerally Hoodia is very safe - it is a cactus.  \n\nBut being natural a natural product doesn't eliminate any chance of interaction.  Many natural foods have side effects.  For example, you shouldn't eat brussle spouts just before having an operation, because they act as a blood thinner and will keep the wound from healing properly.
60866
This plant apparently has lots of medicinal purposes...See the site below.\n\nCurrently, the FDA considers Calamus root to be carcinogenic.  This assertion is the result of lab studies that involved supplementing the diets of lab animals massive doses of isolated chemicals (beta-asarone) over a prolonged period of time.  The animals developed tumors, and the plant was labeled carcinogenic.  Again, these tests were Lab tests of isolated chemicals in massive doses over an extended period of time. \n\nChewing on Calamus seems to sharpen vision noticeably, but ironically, this effect is more pronounced when you’re just taking things in, and less so when you try to focus on something specific.  When you do try and focus, the clarity diminishes somewhat; to return when again you return from “looking” to “seeing”.  This effect seems to extend, as well, into its more energetic effects.\n\nClearly, given such suggestive descriptions, it would be easy to assume that Sweet Flag is a hallucinogen, which indeed has been done.  This opinion has been widely popularized by Hoffer and Osmund’s The Hallucinogens, which briefly covered its use and said that it produced an experience comparable to LSD.  More suggestions were made because Calamus Root can be used in the synthesis of TMA-2, a synthetic hallucinogenic phenothylamine that is similar in structure to Mescaline.  It has been erroneously reported that the body converts the asarones in Calamus into TMA-2 as they are metabolized, and that Calamus contains hallucinogenic compounds similar to (and more powerful than) Mescaline, and that it produces “strong visual hallucinations”.  Web searches on Calamus will turn up as much information on its purported hallucinogenic activity as they will on its medicinal actions... more, perhaps.  Most often, they depict accounts of (presumably) adolescents consuming very large quantities of the root along with beer, Mountain Dew, corn chips and doobies because they are “pyschonauts” looking for a “plant ally” to teach them all about life; emesis is often the result.  This misguided course of action (which, incidentally, definitely does not impress plant spirits) is rather ironic in that Calamus can indeed serve as a “Plant Ally”, and you can indeed learn a lot of interesting things from chewing on it.  \n\n(All of the above was taken from the website below)
586971
Yes, I tried it back in the 70s (Isn't it funny how this stuff just keeps popping up like it's new?)  You don't get high, but you can get very, very ill.  Don't try it!
417314
Intresting stuff Salvia, we once experimented with with whilst there was a drought back in the old days. We found that getting really hot and a bit dizzy wasn't as fun as we thought it might have been. we did get an interesting visual 'ticking' to the right that just made you more unwillinh to try it again.
531391
It is a plant named Datura sp. of Solanaceae.\nDatura has long been used as a poison and hallucinogen. The dose-response curve for the combination of alkaloids is very steep, so people who consume datura can easily take a potentially fatal overdose.\n\nIt is dangerous so,please don't take it!
740088
'Detox' is a con. Pure quackery.\nYour liver breaks down harmful chemicals, e.g. alcohol, drugs, etc. The harmless chemicals that are made are excreted in urine - this is the basis for the ever-popular 'piss test' for marijuana.\nMost medicinal drugs are toxic which is why you must not exceed the recommended dose. Medicines are gradually broken down by the liver and this is why you must regularly take the next dose to top up the amount in your body.\nAnyone promoting 'detox'' just wants your money. Any traces of things such as caffeine or aspirin will automatically be removed from your body.\nYou might find it interesting to ask anyone who talks about 'detox' and 'toxins' to specify exactly what they mean - you will then realise that they have no idea what they are talking about.
97494
Dangerous, no. Gateway, not exactly. My idea of a gateway drug is the drug that you first got high with. So in some cases it may be weed, in others it's cocaine and harder stuff. And as far as it's being dangerous, no one has ever overdosed on weed. It's only dangerous when you mix it with cocaine and other substances. My suggestion to you, Smoke 'em if you got 'em.
1027124
as quoted from Davis' Drug Guide for Nurses\n"Use cautiously in electrolye abnormalities (hypokalemia, hypercalcemia, and hypomagnesia may predispose to toxicity).\n\nHope that helps!
782441
I've tried it.  It's a cactus from some region in Africa.  It hasn't been found to be dangerous -- but that doesn't mean it's totally safe; they're selling it, so it must not have any immediate dangers.  I've never heard of a horror-story about Hoodia, or had one myself.\n\nI bought a bottle about 2 years ago.  It cost 50$ for 90 pills.  The directions tell you to take 2 capsules before every meal.  I never took that many in a day.  I only took 1 or 2 every once in awhile when I was trying to diet and curb my cravings.  It kind of works, but it's not a miracle by any chance.  It was fun to experiment with it though.  It's very expensive, and if I took it as often as they said I should, I would go through a bottle in no time -- too expensive for me.\n\nThey say it works by turning off something in your brain that tells you to eat.  In my experience it basically did that.  Sometimes it feels like my brain is pressuring me to eat, and when I took 1 or 2 capsules, it's like I was alleviated of that pressure.  It takes a little while to kick in though.  Plus it only lasts for about an hour.\n\nIt was just discovered a few years ago.  They can't grow enough of it, that's why it costs so much.  The pharmaceutical companies are trying to set up huge farming operations to produce it in mass-quantity, but it must take a few years for the plants to grow.  Then the price should go down.\n\nI was under the impression in the next few years they should have it for much cheaper.  The brand I got was Hoodoba Pure, and I got it off Amazon.com .  The full name of what it's called is Hoodia Gordonii (the name of the supplement).\n\nYou can read more about it here:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoodia_gordonii#Medicinal_uses\n\nThe bottom-line for me was that it's too expensive now, and even though it seems to work well, it hasn't been fully tested to see how effective or how safe it is.\n\nAlso, beware of searching stuff about Hoodia Gordonii on the internet.  You might find something, thinking it's real information like a news article, when really it's just an advertisement in disguise -- I found this out first-hand.  Also I heard some companies are saying their product is made of Hoodia, when only a small percentage of it actually is, and so they can sell it for much cheaper.  If it's cheap, it's not real.