Miley Cyrus, star of the television show ‘Hannah Montana’ turned eighteen just last month, and has been caught on video smoking out of a bong, laughing uncontrollably and talking incoherently just a few days after her birthday.
But according to reports, it was not marijuana which had the young actress/singer so messed up, but a legal hallucinogenic drug called ‘Salvia’. It is often compared to the effects which a user gets from LSD, but is not illegal in California, where Cyrus was partying with her friends. LSD, however, is man made, whereas Salvia, like marijuana, grows naturally.Both of these drugs contain salvinorin A.
Salvia is known to cause uncontrollable laughter, make you feel like you are moving, give hallucinations, and cause you to have flashbacks of past memories. Where LSD gives these effects for up to 12 hours, Salvia usually lasts a much shorter period of time.
It is unclear why the drug has not been made illegal, since the effects of it are much more advanced than marijuana, which is not legal. Salvia is banned only in a few states, including Delaware, Louisiana, Missouri, and Ohio.
