Is Salvia Divinorum legal in New York State?

Dear New York: You could have checked this out yourself and perhaps you did not want to know the answer to your question but you could start here: http://www.salviamap.com/newyork.html

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You could check penal law section 220 if or the list of controlled substances.

As I understand, in New York, the prohibition against the SALE of salvia divinorum was passed in January 2012 and carries a maximum fine of $500 per violation. There is a legislative proposal to prohibit POSSESSION, but it has not yet passed.

It is currently illegal to sell it in NY, but I do not believe that it is illegal to possess it in NY yet. But there is a proposal to make possession illegal, so I recommend that you not have possess it because of the flux of it's legal status.