Maine Salvia Divinorum Laws & Legal Status

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Salvia divinorum remains as a legal plant, substance and drug in most part of the world though there are some countries and places where salvia is under restriction or completely banned. In U.S., only a minor part of it made it illegal, less of them have restrictions and majority of the states does not have any laws or not yet implemented/discussed a pending bill. The U.S. federal law itself does not have any stated laws against salvia divinorum or any of its constituents.

In the United States, salvia divinorum remains legal except for Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, and Wyoming. You are looking for Maine aren’t you? Yes, you are right; salvia divinorum is legal in Maine except for persons under 18, so if you are 17 years old, just wait another year and you are out in the free world!

Possession of salvia divinorum in Maine remains legal for adults but it prohibits ...
... the transfer of the plant, drug or substance to anyone under 18. Anyone under 18 caught having salvia divinorum in any forms or salvinorin-A shall be subjected to a civil violation with a punishment of fine, community service or both. An adult caught distributing salvia divinorum or salvinorin-A to anyone under 18 would be subjected to criminal violation.

It was on November 2006 when Representative Christopher Barstow introduced the bill that would soon regulate salvia divinorum and prohibit minors from acquiring it and punishing adults who would distribute it to minors. The first version of the law would add salvia divinorum to Schedule Z drugs, the possession would fall under class E crime and trafficking of salvia divinorum would fall under class D crime. The final version of the law was passed on September 20, 2007 and it is the known rule where it is prohibited for sale to minors.

For the majority of salvia divinorum users, that kind of law is acceptable. In fact, it should be like that. This plant is intended to be used only by adults under healthy mental condition, is sober, have goal and purpose and sound mind. The reason why sometimes it results into a horrible experience is that users often have malicious intent for using salvia divinorum. They either use it only for fun and partying or prove only to themselves and to others that they have the guts to venture into the unknown. They should never attempt to do that.

One trivia about this law. Do you know that the bill would have placed salvia divinorum under the same category as marijuana or in Schedule 1 of controlled substances just like the other states? The reason behind that failed resolution is that because people publicly opposed it and in the end, the legislation jury agreed that salvia poses little to no harm against human beings. It is therefore clear that we have to fight for our rights and make them realize that salvia is safe if used in the right way.

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