Just 20 miles north of Memphis in Atoka, Tennessee, 17-year-old “Carl” pulls out his bong. But the herb he’s smoking is salvia, a hallucinogenic type of sage indigenous to Oaxaca, Mexico. Though it’s ...

There's a new drug teenagers are using and ending up in emergency rooms. It's called salvia. Now, don't panic if you enjoy that plant in your yard every summer with its pretty blue or red flowers.

It's quite possible. "Even though we are speculating, it is not unreasonable to believe [the substance Moore's friends say she was smoking in the 911 call] may have been salvia," Dr. Baron, former ...