Daniel J. Siebert was an ethnobotanist, pharmacognosist, and author who lived in Southern California.[1]
Siebert had studied Salvia divinorum for over twenty years and was the first person to unequivocally identify (by human bioassays in 1993[2]) Salvinorin A as the primary psychoactive substance of Salvia divinorum.[1][3] In 1998, Siebert appeared in the documentary Sacred Weeds shown in the United Kingdom.[1] He had discussed Salvia divinorum on National Public Radio,[4] Fox News, CNN,[5] Telemundo and his comments have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and The New York Times.[1]
In 2002, Siebert wrote a letter to the United States Congress in which he objected to bill H.R. 5607 introduced by Rep. Joe Baca (D-California) which sought to place Salvia divinorum in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Daniel J Siebert's Home Page". Retrieved 2015-04-21.
- ^ "Ska Pastora -- Leaves of the Sherpherdess" (Conference at Breitenbush Hot Springs, by Ian Soutar). MAPS: Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies. 2000-12-07. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
- ^ Marushia, Robin (June 2003). "Salvia divinorum: The Botany, Ethnobotany, Biochemistry and Future of a Mexican Mint" (PDF). Ethnobotany. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 7, 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-04.
- ^ Schaper, David (2006-03-20). "Legal, Herbal Hallucinogenic Draws Teens, Critics". NPR. Retrieved 2007-07-24.
- ^ "New Recreational Drug Poses Questions For DEA" (Interview by Anderson Cooper). CNN. 2003-06-24. Retrieved 2007-07-24.
- ^ Siebert, Daniel. "Daniel Siebert's letter to Congress". CognitiveLiberty.org. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2006-12-05.
External links
edit- Salvia divinorum Research and Information Center (archived; the "sagewisdom.org" website is no longer active)
- Daniel Siebert's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)