This site is published by the team behind Avalon Magic Plants, a Dutch smartshop that sells salvia leaves and extracts among other products. The product links on these pages go to that shop. When you buy through such a link, we earn from the sale.
We say this first because it matters for how you read everything else. The site exists because most of what is online about salvia is either shop copy or a short official warning, and neither explains the chemistry, the extract labels or the law in enough detail. We wanted one calm reference that also covers the parts that do not help sales: who should not use salvia, how unreliable extract labels are, and where it is illegal.
How the information is put together
- Facts about the plant come from botanical fieldwork and genetic studies. Facts about salvinorin A come from peer-reviewed pharmacology, including placebo-controlled studies in people. Each page links to the studies it uses.
- Legal information comes from the law texts themselves where possible, or from government and public health sources such as the Trimbos Institute, RIVM, FRANK and the DEA. The legal page carries the date on which every row was checked.
- When something is not known, or we could not confirm it in a reliable source, we say so or leave it out.
- We publish no testimonials or invented experiences.
- We make no medical or health claims of any kind.
Every page shows when it was last updated. Laws and products change. If something here is out of date or wrong, Avalon's customer service can pass it on to us.
About the shop
Avalon Magic Plants is a smartshop based in the Netherlands. It ships from the Netherlands and sells only to adults. Selling salvia is legal there; buying, owning or importing it is not legal everywhere. See legal status.