Here is the relevant section of the CSA. It's pretty explicit: ANY material containing a listed substance is also banned. This specific wording precedes the section of Schedule I listing mescaline, THC, DMT, and many other naturally occurring psychedelics; similar wordings precede many other subsections of the various schedules, you can see for yourself with the above link.
"(c) Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation, which contains any quantity of the following hallucinogenic substances, or which contains any of their salts, isomers, and salts of isomers whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation:"
As for BBB being too explicit about uses of their products, I was referring to their front page message:
"So you've heard some crazy stuff about Salvia, Amanita Muscaria, Kratom and other cool things? Now what?
Well, you've found us. That's a start. There's a whole new, fantastic world of Ethnobotanicals you've stumbled upon.
What? You don't know what Ethnobotanicals are? The quick answer is that Ethnobotanicals are plants that have some significant relationship to humans. This can be anything from common medicinal Herbals to Salvia divinroum, Amanita muscaria or other Entheogens.
If you came here trying to learn about Salvia, you'll probably be interested in the other Entheogens, of which Salvia is just one of hundreds. Entheogens are plants commonly used in Shamanic practices. They are usually referred to as "hallucinogenic" or "the new drug threatening your kids" by the media. But as scary as they are to the media and the government, they have actually been used for thousands of years by humans all over the world. Entheogens are the basis of just about every religion ever seen in the world including Christianity and may very well be at least partially responsible for much of human evolution as well as civilization.
Unfortunately, that part of human history is little known by the mainstream today. In fact that information and the practicing of our ancestors religions is being suppressed today by those in power. From the illegalization and eradication of plants like Salvia divinorum or Amanita muscaria to to the propaganda and arrests against those that do still try to practice our oldest traditions, this knowledge and way of life is being threatened.
The ethnobotanicals we offer like Salvia divinorum, Amanita muscaria, Kratom, San Pedro Cactus and the traditions and beliefs associated with them should be respected, not feared. It is our mission at Bouncing Bear Botanicals to preserve the most basic way of life and traditions and the plants associated with it through education, keeping the plants and the knowledge of them available to those that seek to find them. "
It certainly doesn't explicitly say "you should buy our products and use them to get high" but it may be enough for them to claim he had prior knowledge of peoples' likely intent to consume. Not sure if it'll be relevant in this case given that they're not charging him under the analog act, but it still probably won't help his case, even though it technically says nothing illegal - we all know the feds enforce these laws selectively against people they decide are 'the bad guys' in the drug war, and this makes it clear he's politically against them, so they launched their bullshit drug war attack on him like so many before him.... Hopefully he has a good lawyer and beats the charges but it will still be a nightmare for him for months or years to come. Argh, I can't even discuss this without getting bitter about the WoD.
