My Brain on Salvia (2020)

Salvia is pretty crazy stuff, I tried it in my younger years, made the mistake of taking a hit - not feeling much and then taking a much bigger hit of much stronger stuff.

Needless to say - the pictures on my walls came alive, cars started driving around my room and at some point I was sure that I lived in New York (I live in the UK). The whole experience was absolutely hilarious, felt like it lasted hours - but was over in about 10 minutes.

I chalked it up to something that was fun - but something that I'm in no massive rush to try again. After speaking with friends about it - it would appear that whatever mood you are in gets massively amplified, so for anyone wanting to try, make sure you are in a good place mentally before smoking.

Salvia is a pretty fascinating psychadelic. I wouldn’t call the effects pleasant, but I wouldn’t call it unpleasant either. If the high lasted longer it would be unpleasant as it can be quite strong.

Gravity went 90 degrees for me. I was walking on the walls. Interesting stuff.

I tried it when I was 20. Got it mail-order in the US. Brought it to my work (I worked retail at the time) and a coworker and I went to a crawlspace in the stockroom and smoked it in a bong I had also brought with me. We felt nothing at first, then spontaneously started cracking up hysterically for at least a minute. It was like someone told us the funniest joke we'd ever heard.

The whole thing was over in like 10 minutes.

I found salvia incredibly dysphoric. One friend was passed out on the couch incoherent for over two hours. Would not recommend to anyone.