I'm getting old...

[lauren grier]

today I learned what salvia is....... c/o miley cyrus.. the best part is (if that wasn't bad enough).. I read the same line 50 times.. wondering why and how one would smoke saliva. yes. Hello, I'm la.. and I'm an old clueless fart.

[KateD]

I have no clue what you're talking about. Lol, I guess that makes me older and more clueless!

[BrattyMeg]

I learned what it is too..and at first I thought it said saliva

crazy kids

[lovely1m]

I heard it on the radio first, had I not, I would have thought the same thing.

[mummytothree]

Color me clueless too!! Off to google....maybe!!!

[TeriBeary]

I did the same thing

[rach3975]

Now I'm very curious...I guess I'm old and clueless, too.

[nonnie]

Count me in on the old and confused - I have boys - so..... no miley

[Ginger_79]

LOL I first read exactely the same thing than anyone else. So I had to search an online dictinary for salvia. Funny enough, I do know that word in German very well. And La, if it makes you feel better, here every granny will know what salvia drops are (good against a sore throat), but most kids never heard of it. So you are actually very young, belonging to the no-clue-about-herbs wild generation...

But why people would smoke that was beyond me. For me you might smoke peppermint just as well then. But I googled and apparently the "magic salvia" as it's called here is only one very special salvia species. So in that regard, yes we are old.

[emmasmommy]

yup. you're speaking a foreign language to me

[adrianka]

I thought salvia was a completely harmless herb that I use in cooking. OK, now I see that what I use is Salvia officinalis, while the smoking species is called Salvia divinorum. One never stops learning, LOL.

[MissKim]

I heard it on Kid Kraddick on the radio. I don't know why I'm suddenly listening to popular radio after years of not, but there it is. Anyway, they were saying it was a natural herb. Yeah, so is marijuana. The difference is that one is technically legal, and marijuana isn't.

[SmallMoments]

I read your entire post like a hundred times as "saliva." I've never heard of it either.

[joelsgirl]

Better to not know what salvia is than to be up to date on all things miley cirus.

[Lyd]

Originally Posted by joelsgirl

Better to not know what salvia is than to be up to date on all things miley cirus.

THIS!!

[Valgal]

Good grief I'm old too, then. And I thought I knew everything about good ol' Miley.

I will not lie #1: I think Miley Cyrus has a beautiful voice.

I will not lie #2: Her celebrity leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

[lovely1m]

Originally Posted by MissKim

The difference is that one is technically legal, and marijuana isn't.

According to my radio station, its illegal in some states, but not all. Its still legal in CA though they said.

[g8rbeckie]

I never HEARD of that until I saw the news article, LOL. I have Salvia growing in front of my house...I guess it's the same thing?!!

I don't plan on smoking it to find out

[Ginger_79]

Beckie, I doubt that. The salvia you're growing most like is the normal one. For cooking and such. That one doesn't contain hallucinogen substances. That's only one special salvia, which in German is called "magic salvia" or as Adrianka said it's official name is Salvia divinorum.

[Davita]

Lol! I went through the same thing when I heard this. Sign me up for the clueless old fart club la!

[Traci Reed]

Salvia has been popular here for a while as an alternative to pot...you can buy it at most of the local liquor stores and head shops around here. I'm not big on drugs but from what I have heard, it's a really short hallucengenic trip. Thus why she is acting INSANE in that video. It doesn't make sense as a pot alternative to me because they don't do the same thing...but what can you say? Crazy kids!

[nonnie]

oooooo - So is this the same thing as spice and K2? - They are quickly banning these things in Texas and its a major no go for the military - banned - Wow what a role model!!

[KristinCB]

The thing i hate.. is the stupid celebrity gossip sites start posting about it and now kids who have never heard of it will start thinking its the cool thing to do..

[Valgal]

Originally Posted by KristinCB

The thing i hate.. is the stupid celebrity gossip sites start posting about it and now kids who have never heard of it will start thinking its the cool thing to do..

Oh geez, you are SO right.

[MommaTrish]

OK... I'm about to be 24 and I've never heard of it so La you can't be old.

[lauren grier]

Originally Posted by KristinCB

The thing i hate.. is the stupid celebrity gossip sites start posting about it and now kids who have never heard of it will start thinking its the cool thing to do..

yep yep.. my neighbor said the same thing today.. she has two teenager girls and was just like ugh..

[Valgal]

My kids have heard nothing... shh...

[Ther]

Originally Posted by nonnie

Wow what a role model!!

My thoughts exactly.

[Sharon Kay]

...glad the boys don't know who or care who she is...thinking not a good role model...