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Salvia survivor calls Miley Cyrus irresponsible
Dec. 15, 2010 - ctvbc.ctv.ca

After the TMZ video of Miley Cyrus allegedly smoking salvia went viral, a Burnaby, B.C. woman is warning that the drug is extremely dangerous after she seriously injured herself while high.

Salvia, which is legal in California, is readily available in Vancouver. Although it's not a controlled substance like cocaine or marijuana, Health Canada has not authorized the sale of salvia, and says that sale of the substance contravenes the Food and Drug Act.

The hallucinogen causes an intense high that lasts a couple minutes when smoked.

Cassie Walde found out about the dangers of salvia the hard way when she unknowingly jumped out of a third storey window after smoking the plant extract. It was her third time trying the drug.

"I'm lucky to be alive," she said. "I had a high. It was really intense -- really confusing -- and I woke up outside on the pavement three stories down screaming."

Walde now has scars where surgeons reconstructed her shattered jawbone and where a breathing tube had to be inserted. She is still missing many of her teeth.

Walde thinks that Cyrus has set a bad example by smoking the drug and is warning others not to mimic the teen idol.

"I think it's irresponsible of her," she said. "With this Miley Cyrus thing they're going to see this and think it's no big deal and go out on a whim and take a hoot and end up like me."

But those who sell the seed insist that Walde's horror story isn't a normal reaction to the drug.

Rebecca Ambrose from the Vancouver Seed Bank defends Cyrus's decision to smoke the drug.

"She is an adult legally," Ambrose said. "She's allowed to make her own choices and it is technically legal so she can experiment. It's O.K."

But Walde strongly disagrees.

"It's quite dangerous and many harmful things can happen because you just completely lose sense of reality," she said.

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psyberpunk said:

srsly?

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I know
She was obviously irresponsible to not have a trip sitter with her to stop her from jumping out the window.
Why do always hear about the couple people doing retarded stuff on psychedelics on national news?
and yet we hear almost nothing of the dood that shot some guy outside in a parking lot after drinking last night or the group of friends that got drunk and started a house on fire or the methhead that was smoking a cig while driving zooted, dropped it on himself and killed a family of four in a crash ... That is something that would be put on the local news...

Dr. Siekadellyk said:

psyberpunk said:

srsly?

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I know
She was obviously irresponsible to not have a trip sitting with her to stop her from jumping out the window.
Why do always hear about the couple people doing retarded stuff on psychedelics on national news?
and yet we hear almost nothing of the dood that shot some guy outside in a parking lot after drinking last night or the group of friends that got drunk and started a house on fire or the methhead that was smoking a cig while driving zooted, dropped it on himself and killed a family of four in a crash ... That is something that would be put on the local news...

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Exactly what I was thinking while reading the article. I don't have any sympathy for people that are just asking to get punished by psychedelics. And especially the one's that start to make it seem that they're OMGZ those DRUGS R DANGEROUS!!!, they make you go insANE!!!! Immediately after they have a bad trip or do something ridiculously stupid while tripping.

Bad trips imho are usually caused by the user's lack of understanding of what they're taking.

Follow the rules and you're practically guaranteed an awesome time

Thebooedocksaint said:

Am I the only person who experienced practical paralysis during their entire trip? I could barely move my fucking hand when I tripped, let alone jump out of a window.

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The_Philosophy said:

The more easier solution is building houses without windows

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Thebooedocksaint said:

In this news story: A stupid bitch that jumped out of a window on salvia.

Am I the only person who experienced practical paralysis during their entire trip? I could barely move my fucking hand when I tripped, let alone jump out of a window.

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auronlives69 said:

the media has the power to magnify little events like that and make it seem like genocide while real world events are overshadowed

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+5

auronlives69 said:

thanks for keeping us posted on the current surge of salvia madness dr. s

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Ah no problem.