Legally high ? Legal considerations of Salvia divinorum O. Hayden GRIFFIN III, Bryan Lee MILLER, David N. KHEYS Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 2008, 40, (2), 183-190   In the past few years, there has been an apparent increase in the recreational use of Salvia divinorum. Its origins lie in the Mazatecan culture where its ceremonial use had historic ties to the traditional mystic religion and medicine practiced by its people. This psychoactive plant is native to the forest ravines of Oaxaca, Mexico--the area inhabited by the Mazatecs. It is a relative in the mint family, a family of plants that includes several psychoactive species. [...]