Salvia, a powerful legal high, is worrying the director of the Alcohol and Drugs Service, Mike Gafoor, who is asking his UK counterparts about its dangers.
The herbal mix can be bought in St Helier and on the internet for around £5 and offers its users ‘very intense hallucinations’.
The active ingredient in the drug is salvinorin A, the most potent naturally occurring hallucinogen, rivalling the strength of synthetic hallucinogens such as LSD.
It is banned in Australia, Italy, Denmark, Norway and South Korea.
It can be chewed or smoked and is cheap and easy to find.
