Effects salvia are different for different people. The most commonly reported after-effects include an increased feeling of insight and improved mood, and a sense of calmness and increased sense of connection with nature though much less often it may also cause dysphoria (unpleasant or uncomfortable mood). It may be taken diluted with water just before use, which may slightly reduce the intensity of its effects, but can also serve to lessen or avoid a stinging sensation in the mouth caused by the presence of alcohol. Many people find that untreated dried salvia leaf produces unnoticeable or only light effects.

The duration of salvia effects are much shorter than for some other more well known psychedelics; the effects of smoked salvia typically last for only a few minutes. Psychedelic experiences are necessarily somewhat subjective and variations in reported effects are to be expected. If you've never heard of this psychedelic plant, it's often used by indigenous people in the mezateca mountains.

It has a history of use as a divinatory psychedelic for oral use and has been widely available since the mid 1990s primarily as a smoked herb. During this time medical experts and accident and emergency rooms have not been reporting cases that suggest particular health concerns, and police have not been reporting it as a significant issue with regard to public order offences.

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Salvia divinorum has a long continuing tradition of use as an ethnogeny by indigenous Mazatec shamans, who use it to facilitate visionary states of consciousness during spiritual healing sessions. Salvinorin A is unique in that it is the only naturally occurring substance known to induce a visionary state this way.

Salvia divinorum can be chewed, smoked, or taken as a tincture to produce experiences ranging from uncontrollable laughter to much more intense and profoundly altered states. Salvia divinorum remains legal in most countries and, within the United States, legal in the majority of states. Interest in Salvia divinorum has been escalating in the news media particularly in the United States where an increasing number of newspaper reports have been published and television news stories broadcast.