The author of this article is still buying into the hegemonic discourse (of the State) by attempting to draw convergences and divergences between two hallucinogens. How is marijuana better than salvia because of its purportedly lower intensity? Conversely, how can anyone argue that salvia is worse than marijuana because of its purportedly higher intensity? These value judgments emanate from the same logic that leads politicians to bundle marijuana and crack into the same category. We should instead be asking: In what way might the classification of salvia further infringe upon the INDIVIDUAL freedoms that all humans are entitled to? Taking up an argument such as the one exhibited here obscures (or mystifies, as Marx might put it) a history of control and oppression led by the State against particular groups of people who see/saw promise and intrigue within the realm of hallucinogens (Richard Alpert, Albert Hofmann, Alexander Schulgin to name a few). As an aside, I find it to be an error of method to write an article on drugs without having experienced their particular effects. Perhaps, if marijuana and salvia are still perceived threats, we should become more critical of the drugs coming out of Merck, Pfizer, and Proctor and Gamble. I guess as long as they are TESTED on Africans and not Westerners we, as a nation, are at ease...