Disturbing effects of legal high posted online.Summary: There are fears for teenagers over a new internet See Web 2.0 and Internet2. craze, which involves people posting videos of themselves after taking a legal high. There are fears for teenagers over a new internet craze, which involves people posting videos of themselves after taking a legal high. Salvia salvia: see sage. salvia Any of about 700 species of herbaceous and woody plants that make up the genus Salvia, in the mint family. Some members (e.g., sage) are important as sources of flavouring. is a pyschoactive herb, which can cause people to hallucinate hal·lu·ci·nate v. hal·lu·ci·nat·ed, hal·lu·ci·nat·ing, hal·lu·ci·nates v.intr. To undergo hallucination. v.tr. To cause to have hallucinations. , and leads to unpredictable behaviours ranging from hysterical laughter to speaking incoherently. Disturbing footage of people experiencing the effects of the mind-altering drug can be found on sites like YouTube and the latest trend appears to have started in America. There are concerns such videos, showing groups of people smoking the substance, which belongs to the mint family, are increasing the popularity and misuse of salvia. Powerful versions of the mind-altering drug are reportedly readily available in the UK and are still legal although it is banned in many countries. The British government is set to ban some legal highs such as GBL GBL Gamma-Butyrolactone GBL government bill of lading (US DoD) GBL Ground-Based Laser GBL Game Boy Light GBL General Bearing Line GBL Generation Breakdown List GBL Ground-Based Laboratory GBL Green Bus Lines, Inc. and BZP BZP Benzylpiperazine BZP Bionicle Zone Power BZP Bright Zinc Plate yet salvia has not been included in the list. Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved. Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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