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The war on wild sage (salvia): Banning native plants

The reconstituted House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee will hear its first bills of the session on Wednesday (see their agenda), starting off with a short, diverse list of bills headlined by HB 126 (Doc Anderson), which adds to the Controlled Substances list (Penalty Group 3):Salvia divinorum, unless unharvested and growing in its natural state, meaning all parts of that plant, whether growing or not, the seeds of that plant, an extract from a part of that plant, and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of that plant, its seeds, or extracts, including Salvinorin A.What is salvia divinorum? A breed of wild sage. My wife says salvia is a staple for Texas gardeners - in fact, we've got some growing in the backyard...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on March 02, 2009 (boomark / email).