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>MountainTraveler It's considered by most to be an atypical dissociative with psychedelic qualities similar to how cannabis is considered by many to be an atypical psychedelic with dissociative qualities. |
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===Classification=== | ===Classification=== | ||
At the present moment, the scientific literature is currently classing salvinorin A as a [[hallucinogen]] and it has been referred in varying contexts as either a [[dissociative]] | At the present moment, the scientific literature is currently classing salvinorin A as a [[hallucinogen]] and it has been referred in varying contexts as either solely a [[dissociative]] or an atypical dissociative with some [[psychedelic]] qualities.{{citation needed}} | ||
Although salvia shares states of hallucinatory structures and out-of-body experiences commonly reported with typical dissociatives ([[NMDA receptor antagonist]]s), this is arguably not sufficient so that it falls under the same classification. For example, the hallucinatory structures (although similar) are vastly different in their style and complexity. Alongside of this, the out-of-body experiences commonly reported with dissociatives are presumed to be triggered by the way in which NMDA receptor antagonists block signals to the conscious mind from other parts of the brain. This is accompanied by a distinctive feeling of dissociation, disconnection and detachment which is not present on salvia as it works on an entirely different set of receptors, the function of which in the human brain is almost entirely unknown.{{citation needed}} | Although salvia shares states of hallucinatory structures and out-of-body experiences commonly reported with typical dissociatives ([[NMDA receptor antagonist]]s), this is arguably not sufficient so that it falls under the same classification. For example, the hallucinatory structures (although similar) are vastly different in their style and complexity. Alongside of this, the out-of-body experiences commonly reported with dissociatives are presumed to be triggered by the way in which NMDA receptor antagonists block signals to the conscious mind from other parts of the brain. This is accompanied by a distinctive feeling of dissociation, disconnection and detachment which is not present on salvia as it works on an entirely different set of receptors, the function of which in the human brain is almost entirely unknown.{{citation needed}} | ||
The effects of salvia have a | The effects of salvia have a subjectively unique style and pharmacology that is not found within any other category of [[hallucinogen]], this has led many within the [[psychonaut]] community assert that it deserves recognition for falling into an entirely new class of its own. | ||
===Experience reports=== | ===Experience reports=== | ||