Heroin And Hope At The White Hotel

Copyright 1994 Guardian Newspapers Limited The Guardian May 16, 1994 SECTION: THE GUARDIAN FEATURES PAGE; Pg. T2 LENGTH: 3547 words HEADLINE: Heroin And Hope At The White Hotel Ibogaine is a mystery. It seems to cure dope addicts like Marcel; it is also blamed for the death of his girlfriend,…

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The Psychedelic Cure

Copyright 1994 The New York Times Company The New York Times April 10, 1994, Sunday, Late Edition – Final SECTION: Section 6; Page 50; Column 1; Magazine Desk LANGUAGE: ENGLISH LOAD-DATE-MDX: May 1, 1994 LENGTH: 2477 words HEADLINE: The Psychedelic Cure BYLINE: By Alexis Jetter THE OLD, WHITE HOTEL SOUTH…

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Addiction and Obsession

Copyright 1992 Newsday, Inc. Newsday November 19, 1992, Thursday, NASSAU AND SUFFOLK EDITION SECTION: PART II; ADDICTION & OBSESSION; Pg. 68 Other Edition: City Pg. 72 LENGTH: 4505 words HEADLINE: Howard Lotsof insists he has the cure for drug addiction. Some authorities are beginning to take him seriously. BYLINE: By…

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Ibogaine in the Treatment of Chemical Dependence Disorders

Ibogaine in the Treatment of Chemical Dependence Disorders: Clinical Perspectives Copyright © 1994, Howard S. Lotsof All Rights Reserved Reproduced by permission of: The Ibogaine Dossier (Original Publication: MAPS – Volume 5, Number 3, Winter 1994-95) Dedicated to the work of J. Bastiaans and N. Adriaans In memory of N.…

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Deborah Mash’s Brain

Copyright © 1995, Paul De Rienzo, Dana Beal and Members of the Project All Rights Reserved CHAPTER 18: Deborah Mash’s Brain In March, 1994, in strictest secrecy, Howard Lotsof re-instituted treatments of addict volunteers in an ultramodern hospital in Panama City, with pre-treatment work-ups at the University of Miami. But…

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Cures Not Wars

Copyright © 1995-1996, Paul De Rienzo, Dana Beal and Members of the Project All Rights Reserved CHAPTER 17: Cures Not Wars In February, 1994, Robert Rygor died. He’d become a beneficiary of the free pot program, and as facilitator of ACT UP Coordinating Committee, which set the agenda for the…

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Molliver’s Travels

Copyright © 1995-1996, Paul De Rienzo, Dana Beal and Members of the Project All Rights Reserved CHAPTER 15: Molliver’s Travels Behind the scenes, as is often the case, the postponement of the Day One Ibogaine story was being dictated by other agendas and other schedules. In April, unbeknownst to Lotsof…

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Carlo Contoreggi

Copyright © 1995-1996, Paul De Rienzo, Dana Beal and Members of the Project All Rights Reserved CHAPTER 10: Carlo Contoreggi Howard Lotsof actually first contacted Charlie Grudzinskasbefore he was appointed head of MDD in January, 1991. Scanning a publication calledThe Scientist in November, 1990, he noticed an interview of a…

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Ibogaine Story: The Staten Island Project

Copyright © 1995-1996, Paul De Rienzo, Dana Beal and Members of the Project All Rights Reserved Reproduced by permission of: Cures Not Wars “I have seen the best minds of my generation, starving, hysterical, naked, dragging themselves through negro streets at dawn, looking for an angry fix…” –Allen Ginsberg, the…

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