Online video of Miley Cyrus smoking the plant in a bong has peaked interest in the legal psychoactive, which is sold locally.

Health Canada is warning people to avoid using the Mexican herb Salvia divinorum until its effects are better understood.

Native to Oaxaca, Mexico, the plant known as Magic Mint or Seer's Sage has been used for centuries by Mazatec Indian shamans for medicinal purposes and to induce visions, but also has gained a foothold in Canada and United States as a recreational drug.

Salvia divinorum is not illegal in Canada, but the herb has been under study by the national health agency since at least 2006 to determine whether it should be regulated under the Controlled Drug and Substance Act.

 

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The once squeaky-clean image of former teen Disney star Miley Cyrus took another hit – so to speak – this weekend, when a video emerged of her purportedly smoking a bong filled with salvia.

While her father Billy Ray Cyrus is said to be saddened by the video, which appears on the celebrity gossip website TMZ.com, plenty of others are asking: what is salvia and is it legal?

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