'NO SERIOUS PROBLEMS' WITH SALVIA USE

Editor:

Before taking reporter Cassidy Olivier's article about salvia
divinorum as a reason to start another front in a long-failed drug
crusade, it is worthwhile to notice that no serious problems have
been associated with salvia divinorum.

There are no deaths, no desperate addictions and no robberies,
assaults or murders connected to salvia divinorum.

Those seeking to outlaw salvia divinorum can only point to the fact
that it "gets people high for five minutes.

As though getting high is automatically a criminal matter.

Moving salvia divinorum into a prohibited class can only cause
problems where no problems exist.

Ralph Givens

Daly City, Calif.