"Officially you need a license to cut and sell wild damiana," says Diaz, "but the law is difficult to enforce in the vast empty deserts of Baja California. The plant, although abundant now in some areas, may well go on to the extinction list if the demand for the product increases."
「割取及販賣大迷亞納需要當局核准，但沙漠廣大，執法不易，所以很難管制」，狄亞茲憂心地說：「雖然現在看來野生大迷亞納還很多，但需要量日漸增加，這樣大量盜取下去，難保哪一天不會絕跡！」