Daniel Siebert

For the serial killer, see Daniel Lee Siebert.

Daniel J. Siebert is an ethnobotanist, pharmacognosist, and author who lives in Malibu, California.^{[1][unreliable source?]}

Siebert has studied Salvia divinorum for over twenty years and claims to be the first person to unequivocally identify (by consuming it in 1993^[2]) Salvinorin A as the primary psychoactive principal of Salvia divinorum.^[1][3] In 1998, Siebert appeared in the documentary Sacred Weeds shown in the United Kingdom.^[1] He has 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]

In 2010, like the twelve years preceding it, he stated plans on publishing a book about Salvia divinorum called Divine Sage. ^[7]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "Daniel J Siebert's Home Page". http://www.sagewisdom.org/danielsiebert.html. Retrieved 2006-12-05. 
2. ^ "Ska Pastora -- Leaves of the Sherpherdess" (Conference at Breitenbush Hot Springs, by Ian Soutar). MAPS: Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies. 2000-12-07. http://www.maps.org/news-letters/v11n1/11132sou.html. Retrieved 2009-10-09. 
3. ^ Marushia, Robin (June 2003). "Salvia divinorum: The Botany, Ethnobotany, Biochemistry and Future of a Mexican Mint" (– ^{Scholar search}). Ethnobotany. Archived from the original on October 7, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071007165306/http://www.cyjack.com/Cognition/Salvia.pdf. Retrieved 2007-05-04. ^{[dead link]}
4. ^ Schaper, David (2006-03-20). "Legal, Herbal Hallucinogenic Draws Teens, Critics". NPR. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5290545. Retrieved 2007-07-24. 
5. ^ "New Recreational Drug Poses Questions For DEA" (Interview by Anderson Cooper). CNN. 2003-06-24. http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0306/24/se.01.html. Retrieved 2007-07-24. 
6. ^ Siebert, Daniel. "Daniel Siebert's letter to Congress". CognitiveLiberty.org. http://www.cognitiveliberty.org/drug_policy/Daniel_Siebert_salvia_letter.html. Retrieved 2006-12-05. 
7. ^ "Divine Sage: The book of Salvia divinorum". http://www.sagewisdom.org/divine.html. Retrieved 2009-07-23. 

External links

• Salvia divinorum Research and Information Center

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