Feeling high, hallucinating, confusion – those are experiences Elizabeth Trenga doesn’t want to have ever again.

“I didn't even know where I was. For a few minutes, I just completely left this universe,” she says, recalling her “trip” on Salvia.

The herb in the sage family is fast becoming the drug of choice for teenagers.  They chronicle their Salvia smoking or chewing on Internet sharing sites.

The herb is gaining national attention since a Delaware teenager’s suicide after using it.

Legislators in Delaware, Louisana, Tennessee and Oklahoma have banned Salvia Divinorum, classifying it in the same category of narcotics as LSD, cocaine and heroin.

Del. John O’Bannon III, (R-73rd D. Richmond) introduced a similar bill to state lawmakers.

"It's a new enough substance that it's actually not on a lot of people's radar screens," he says.

The General Assembly tabled a proposed bill last session.  Dr. O’Bannon is hoping he can move the legislation out of committee in the upcoming session.  He believes the drug-like herb is dangerous, especially in the hands of teens.

“It's actually a psychedelic drug. It's sort of a new age LSD,” Del. O'Bannon noted.

For now, Salvia is legal in the Commonwealth and is easily gotten by surfing the Web. With a credit card, 13News bought some.  The bag came without any warnings or directions for use.

Salvia is even advertised for sale on the front window of a smoke shop in Chesapeake.

The smoke shop owners did not let us in but allowed sales clerk Rona Hyman to talk to us outside the shop.  Hyman says purple sticky Salvia is popular with teens, but she says people who buy it in leaf form are using it for medicinal purposes.

“Like a Xanax-type effect, kind of makes you feel calm and relaxed,” she explains.

Hyman is against criminalizing Salvia.

"It's not something people would use outside of their home. It’s something they would do privately inside their home and it’s something that lasts for a few minutes. I don't think it's necessary to have it outlawed," she says.

Del. O’Bannon, who is a neurologist, disagrees.

“What I see right now is that the risks far outweigh any potential benefits,” he counters.

After trying Salvia, Trenga believes the plant should be legal but harder to get.

“I think people should know what they're getting themselves into. It shouldn't be something sold across the counter,” she believes.

The Drug Enforcement Agency has listed Salvia Divinorum as a “drug of concern”.  Although Salvia induces a powerful high, studies do not indicate the herb is addictive.