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Salvia "Controlled" in RoK?

 
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jkelly80



Joined: 13 Jun 2007
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 3:46 pm    Post subject: Salvia "Controlled" in RoK? Reply with quote

Is it worth even asking about?
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Ginormousaurus



Joined: 27 Jul 2006
Location: 700 Ft. Pulpit

PostPosted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 3:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes it is. It didn't used to be though. There was a topic on this a while back in which I posted a link to Erowid.com that shows the legal status of it. I have to go to work now so I don't have time to find it.

Back in 2003 my friend ordered some over the internet with no problems. Apparently it came in a discreet envelope and the customs form had it marked as a herb.
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Ginormousaurus



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 3:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I should also note that it was legal at the time my friend ordered it.
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jkelly80



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 4:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I hope your friend enjoyed himself.
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re:cursive



Joined: 04 Jan 2006

PostPosted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 4:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Taken from Erowid:
"As of January 2005, both Salvia divinorum and Salvinorin A are controlled in S. Korea."
http://www.erowid.org/plants/salvia/salvia_law.shtml

Newspaper article mentioning the change in status:
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200501/200501140026.html
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Ginormousaurus



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 7:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

jkelly80 wrote:
I hope your friend enjoyed himself.


My friend doesn't really enjoy the stuff. He just wanted to try it and since it was legal, he figured he'd order some and give it a shot. It didn't seem to affect him as much as it did his friends. I guess he just has a high tolerance for that stuff. Laughing
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jkelly80



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 7:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sorry to hear it was underwhelming for your friend. I have a friend who's going to a jazz fest next weekend and was looking for some kind of non-soju induced buzz, but alas tis not to be.
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traxxe



Joined: 21 Feb 2007

PostPosted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 8:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Salvia would be the last thing I would take for that sort of event.

It doesn't last very long and sometimes can make you ridiculous and crazy. I had one friend in college take it and wig out. He crawled around muttering gibberish and was breaking crap everywhere. Then all of a suddent after about ten minutes he started speaking English, looked around, and asked what happened to the room.

Another friend in my apartment back home tried it. He started laughing so loud he was gurgling. Then he claimed he felt like he was one giant zipper. He was screaming, ZIPPERS! ZIPPERS! About 15 minutes.

The girlfriend was cool with it. She was sitting between my friend and I. We just had McDonalds. She was staring at the cup for ten minutes. Apparently she became the little 'c' in McD. She thought I was the 'D' and my friend was the 'M'.

That herb is far too screwy not to do in privacy.
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tfunk



Joined: 12 Aug 2006
Location: Dublin, Ireland

PostPosted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I built a post around 3 years ago asking 'if something wasn't on the law books then was it fair game to import' and the general consensus was that immigration would do the ape anyway.

There's loads of stuff out there that immigration wouldn't be wary of.
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Ginormousaurus



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

traxxe wrote:
Salvia would be the last thing I would take for that sort of event.


Definitely.
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