Pubdate: Thu, 18 May 2006 Source: Courier-Post (Cherry Hill, NJ) Copyright: 2006 Courier-Post Contact: http://www.courierpostonline.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/826 Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/hallucinogens.htm (Hallucinogens) N.J. LAWMAKERS TO DISCUSS EFFORTS TO BAN HALLUCINOGENIC HERB Three New Jersey lawmakers will discuss on Friday their efforts to get banned salvia divinorum - a powerful hallucinogen that kids can buy over the Internet. Reps. Linda Stender, D-Union, Jack Conners, D-Camden, and Herb Conaway, M.D., D-Burlington, will hold a news conference to discuss their herb and its dangers. Also attending the news conference will be Delaware lawmaker Sen. Karen Peterson and the parents of a 17-year-old Delaware youth who committed suicide after using the drug. The N.J. lawmakers have introduced legislation to classify salvia divinorum and its hallucinogenic chemical extract - salvinorum A - as a scheduled I controlled substance, such as marijuana, peyote and LSD. Peterson has sponsored similar legislation in her state. Kathy and Dennis Chidester are the parents of Brett, a 17-year-old Delaware youth who used salvia before committing suicide earlier this year. - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake