Miley Cyrus stimulates the economy...salvia sales up 300% since BongGate

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Miley Cyrus & Salvia -- 'I'll Have What She's Having'

12/13/2010 1:00 AM PST by TMZ Staff

http://www.tmz.com/2010/12/13/miley-cyrus-salvia-divinorum-bong-herbal-drug-smoking-video-head-shops-sales-increase-smoke-shops/

Miley Cyrus is now the inadvertent celebrity endorser of salvia -- because ever since that video of her smoking a bong full of it came out ... we're told sales of the herbal drug are sky high.



According to people who deal, legally, in salvia divinorum ... sales have increased since Friday -- in some cases up to 3 times the usual tally.

TMZ spoke with several head shops in the Los Angeles area and we're told -- not only have sales jumped -- but many of the customers specifically asked for "the stuff Miley was smoking." No ... mentioning Miley did not get them a discount.

While Miley's experimentation is generating curiosity in the hallucinogen -- one smoke shop employee tells us, "Salvia is one of those things that you only try once because it is so intense."

Another impact of the Miley video -- as we reported -- is renewed discussion about banning salvia in California. It is already illegal in 15 states.

[tridim]

1. Ugh. That sucks.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

2. She's living out the Britney / Lindsay playbook, page by page

[tridim]

3. She's lives in CA (probably), she should just smoke pot like a normal person.

IMO there's nothing good about Salvia, but I've never tried it so maybe I'm wrong.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

4. Of course, we don't "know" that it "wasn't" pot.

It's a bong, and she's taking a hit, and her publicist said it was salvia because...in some but not all states...salvia is still legal.

We were "told" it was salvia and we took it as truth, at face value.

[FrancisTreptoe]

5. As much as i loath her music

I find it pretty awesome that she tried saliva and lets look at the bright side, it might make her music better. I seriously would have never guessed she would have tried saliva. Always thought she would end up doing coke or oxy's.