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CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: Councilmember Conaway
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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A Request for State Legislation - To Prohibit the Possession and Use of Salvia Divinorum in Maryland
FOR the purpose of requesting the Honorable Chairs and Members of the Baltimore City Senate and House Delegations to the 2008 session of the Maryland General Assembly to introduce legislation to prohibit the possession and use of any form of Salvia divinorum in Maryland, urging the Honorable Chairs and Members of the Committees to which the bills are assigned to pass the legislation, and entreating the Governor to sign the legislation into law.
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The National Institute on Drug Abuse reports that Salvia divinorum, popularly known as Salvia, is a herb common to southern Mexico and Central and South America in which the main active ingredient, salvinorin A, is a potent activator of kappa opiod receptors in the brain. These receptors differ from those activated by the more commonly known opioids, such as heroin and morphine.
Salvia divinorum has traditionally been ingested by chewing fresh leaves or by drinking their extracted juices. The dried leaves can also be smoked as a joint, consumed in water pipes, or vaporized and inhaled. Although not currently regulated by the Controlled Substances Act, the Drug Enforcement Agency has listed Salvia as a drug of concern and is considering classifying it as a Schedul...
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