Daniel Siebert (ethnobotanist)

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Daniel Siebert at the 2004 Mind States Oaxaca conference.

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Daniel J Siebert's Home Page" . Retrieved 2015-04-21.
  2. "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.
  3. 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.
  4. Schaper, David (2006-03-20). "Legal, Herbal Hallucinogenic Draws Teens, Critics". NPR. Retrieved 2007-07-24.
  5. "New Recreational Drug Poses Questions For DEA" (Interview by Anderson Cooper). CNN. 2003-06-24. Retrieved 2007-07-24.
  6. Siebert, Daniel. "Daniel Siebert's letter to Congress". CognitiveLiberty.org. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2006-12-05.