Intense hallucinations. A floating sensation. Slurred speech. The LSD-like effects can come from smoking an herb known as Sally D or Diviner?s Sage ? and it?s perfectly legal in Maryland. But soon not ...

In the span of less than a decade, salvia divinorum, a fragrant herb smoked for its hallucinogenic qualities, has run the gamut from a harmless, legal high, to a party drug, to a controlled substance.

Ryan Santanna, a 21-year-old from Roosevelt Island, jumped off a 15th floor balcony to his death after smoking salvia, a legal herb, with his ex-girlfriend, she told the New York Daily News. According ...

At first, the YouTube videos seemed hilarious -- young people smoking Salvia divinorum, laughing uncontrollably, falling over furniture. But the more Jason Daniel, a fourth-year PhD candidate in ...