Name: Free Film Screening - Salvia Divinorum: A Western Approach
Start: 2025-08-20T19:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-08-20T21:00:00-07:00
Location: Live Worms Gallery

Free Film Screening - Salvia Divinorum: A Western Approach

We are America's first Smartshop. While new to the Bay Area, smartshops have been around for over 20 years in Europe. “Smartshop” is a term used to describe a shop that sells: Nootropics, Herbal Remedies/After Party Care, and Live/Dried Botanical Samples for Research Purposes. These shops began to open in response to a need for education about entheogenic plants and herbal medicine.In addition to providing access to and education about these medicinal plants, we strive to host a variety of special events and serve as a hub for community gatherings, education, healing, art, and other forms of expression and exploration.

Church of Mother Gong

This entheogen's mysteries are thoroughly explored, by Director Erin Wyche, from an American viewpoint.

Live Worms Gallery

<p>In Western society, hallucinogenic shamanic plant medicines often spiral into abuse, legislation, and scientific restrictions. Salvia Divinorum is arguably the world's most powerful naturally occurring psychedelic plant. Scientists have recently discovered new breakthroughs in neurobiology with this plant's unique active molecule Salvinorin-A. In 1994 researcher Daniel Siebert discovered how to isolate Salvinorin-A crystals through chemical extractions. Entrepreneurial psychonauts began legally selling Salvia extracts which soon became popular in the counterculture circles. With the advent of YouTube in 2005, videos of bizarre psychedelic experiences sparked media attention making sales and use go nationwide. State legislatures began enacting laws. Celebrities using Salvia extracts, such as Miley Cyrus, helped drive the media hysteria of Salvia to worldwide news. Are these laws justifiable or infringing on scientific medicine and religious freedom uses? Is this an addictive harmful substance? What were the Mazatec shamans doing with this plant? What is the truth about Salvia Divinorum? After many years of research and production Director Erin Wyche puts the puzzle together with an objective balanced view of this controversial substance.</p>

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