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Report: Salvia sales up after Miley Cyrus bong-smoking video

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In the wake of a video showing Miley Cyrus smoking a bong, sales of salvia divinorum jumped at some Los Angeles-area head shops, according to TMZ, which spoke to several of the legal outlets over the weekend.

Sources told the website Friday that the just-turned-18-year-old was not smoking pot, but rather the hallucinogenic salvia, which is legal to possess in California, though illegal to sell to minors.

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The inexpensive herb, also known as ‘Magic Mint’ or ‘Sally-D,’ can cause hallucinations ‘innocent and quaint’ or ‘frightening and nauseating,’ according to WebMD.

Anthony Adams, the onetime state assemblyman who tried to get salvia classified as a controlled substance in 2007, told TMZ on Saturday that it was irresponsible of the ‘Hannah Montana’ star to experiment with the herb -- not to mention let a friend document it -- because it can make a person do ‘incredibly crazy things.’

‘Miley is a star,’ Adams said, ‘and young kids are going to emulate her behavior.’

Looks like he was right: Some customers over the weekend were asking for ‘the stuff Miley was smoking,’ TMZ said.

See, she really is a role model.

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So that’s Miley Cyrus bong-smoking salvia -- and what is salvia, exactly?

-- Christie D’Zurilla

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