Encatuse speaks the truth, technique is everything when smoking salvia. I usually smoke maybe half a bowl (something like 1/4 of a gram) of 5X and I always trip like crazy. That's why I like it, fast turnaround and intense trips. So you're probably missing something in the equation. Maybe you're smoking it wrong or got crap salvia or are just smoking in the wrong place. If you're somewhere that's too noisy or bright or you constantly paranoid about getting caught, Salvia is not going to do shit for you. Bare in mind that the Mazatec healers would smoke this stuff in front of a big fire, at night with a whole ambiance of magic around them. Not behind 7-11.