Loretta Nall: salvia in alabama. senator roger bedford

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Sunday, June 29, 2008

Salvia Letter in Cullman Times

My letter opposing the banning of Salvia appeared in today's Cullman Times

LETTER: Why ban salvia?

In response to 'Magic Mint' (The Cullman Times, June 23, 2008) I disagree that salvia needs to be banned and made a felony offense. If, as the headline implies, legislators know little about it then it doesn't even rise to the level of acknowledgement. Ms. Soule's attempt to make it illegal and apply the same penalties currently imposed on non-violent marijuana consumers is absolutely absurd. What — we don't have enough people in Alabama jails and prisons for use of natural plants?

This seems like a coordinated campaign nationally. My guess it is coming from the DEA. It is outrageous, since salvia is a non-problem — but maybe if they prohibit it they can change that, seeing as how prohibition of other plants and their derivatives has worked so well in the past and all.

Once Ms. Soule, in collusion with our legislative clowns, make it illegal, we will see a huge jump in its use by kids. We'll see prison imposed for possession of a geranium plant, teens and college kids saddled with felony criminal records (according to Sen. Bedford they are the main consumers), lives ruined, forced treatment, drug court and all kinds of crazy stuff that we don't see now when it is legal and not widely known all because of the raging, moralistic crusade to outlaw anything that might give someone else pleasure. What will they outlaw next, spinning around in circles until you get dizzy? That also alters ones state of consciousness.

Drug prohibition doesn't work, has never worked and will never work. If it did then our prisons would not be stuffed full of non-violent drug offenders and our high schools and college campuses wouldn't be the easiest places to get drugs. This madness has to stop. If the legislature insists on going after problem plants then might I suggest kudzu, privet and poison ivy? That would be a real no brainer.

Loretta Nail

Drug policy reform advocate and was the 2006 Libertarian candidate for Governor of Alabama.

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Thursday, March 06, 2008

An Update on the Salvia Bill SB15

In yesterday's Senate Judiciary CMTE meeting SB15 was slated to come up for a vote. I put the word out to my crew to call all members of the Senate Judiciary committee and tell them to vote NO on the bill to outlaw salvia and apply the same penalties as are currently imposed on cannabis consumers. We have plenty of folk in jail...thank you!

I do not know what happened to the bill. It was not reported on in the Montgomery Advertiser's "Summary of Action" and all it says on ALISON is that the bill is pending action in the house of origin.

Whether that means all the phone calls made the clowns in our senate stop and actually consider what they were about to do or whether it means they just didn't get around to that particular bill yesterday I haven't a clue.

I would have already called today but had to go to Birmingham and when I got back I put my dog outside in his fence where he promptly escaped and began tearing up and down the road terrorizing the neighbors. I finally caught him after an hour in a neighbor's yard terrorizing their sweet baby girl German Shepherd. She looks to be about 10 weeks old and she followed me home so I have her in the house until her owners return from work because she will get smashed in the road otherwise. Man she is PRECIOUS and will make a great girlfriend for Saul when she is old enough. I'll be telling the owners when I return her that if they ever want to get rid of her to PLEASE let me know.

Here is a very bad photo of her at my feet like the loyal, sweet thing her breed is known for being.