Ibogaine List Archives – 2005-08

From: “Jasen Chamoun” <jasenhappy@optusnet.com.au>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] methadone detassling with ibogaine?
Date: August 31, 2005 at 8:43:32 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hello Tyler,

When I say a provider, I mean a person that has administered Ibo’ before. Someone with some understanding
of what you will be going through, a caring person that knows what to do or say at the right times, or what not
to do or say.

I have been opiate free since I took Iboga in November of 2004. I have tried many things for many years and this
is working for me. nothing else has,…..for me.

I wish you luck.

love, Jasen
—– Original Message —–
From: Tyler P.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 12:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] methadone detassling with ibogaine?

hey jasen-and everyone- i live in canada, and i take 90mg/day.i have read, i think in ‘the ibogaine story’, of people coming off 80mgs, with success, so… what do you mean by “provider”? i will check out the sites recommended, and i have surfed around a bit in the past, only i don’t have a computer at home, though i can use my cell phone to email, which is why i thought maybe i could get some direction through this group… anyhow, thanks, and i’ll keep you all posted on my progress. wish me luck!!! much love, tyler p.
From: “Sjonnygee .” <sjonnygee@msn.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 31, 2005 at 5:05:02 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Thanks Howard & Vector for the info and links.  
                                                               Sjonny.
From: HSLotsof@aol.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 00:17:14 EDT

In a message dated 8/30/05 10:02:48 AM, sjonnygee@msn.com writes:

I may be completely mistaken here but I had an idea that Noribogaine levels can build up insidiously to toxic levels if repeated doses are taken within short time periods – I read (or misread) something to that effect. That’s what I meant by residual build up (if that makes sense), I’m sure you can provide an answer and some clarity to this.
Regarding dose regimens, the only experience I have is a one time treatment(1.2grms). What I really wanted to know was roughly what sort of dosage would be used for a booster and how often could you take one. That’s what inspired my concern about toxicity.

Sjonny,

Good questions but, I can’t give you the answers.  The only person with any data on ibogaine and noribogaine levels is Deborah Mash and I’d have to see all of her data to feel comfortable with it.  Mash is the only person to have done toxicity studies on noribogaine in the form of what are called LD50 studies where you look at the percentage of animals that die from given doses of any drug.  These studies that were in mice are also unpublished.

What we do know from reports that have come to this list is that most persons taking low dose ibogaine usually stop after about two weeks because they begin to feel run down or, just want to stop.

Patrick Kroupa and Hattie Wells published, “Ibogaine in the 21st Century: Boosters, Tune-ups and Maintenance” that is available from http://ibogaine.mindvox.com/index.html?Articles/HT-08.htm~mainFrame

Just scroll down till you see it or search google for the article.

Doses are determined by individual responses and what you are trying to achieve.  It is always good to be concerned about toxicity.  Ibogaine is considered experimental and there is a lot yet to be learned.  That could be said for everything.  If I had hard data I would share it but I don’t.

Best regards.

Howard
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From: “Sjonnygee .” <sjonnygee@msn.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Well said Kirk !
Date: August 31, 2005 at 4:50:17 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Well said Kirk , you made a succinct case against those whingeing dullards who complain about the list content – couldn’t have put it better myself. 
                                                 Sjonny.

From:  “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
To:  <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Subject:  [Ibogaine] Well said Martee :o)
Date:  Wed, 31 Aug 2005 14:44:30 +1200
>
>Good comparisons Martee…
>I’d also like to add……when one meets new people and spends time in their
>company, whether it be in person or online, one normally has conversations
>with them, gets to know them, laughs with them, cries with them, has
>arguments with them, gets mad at them, loves them.
>As has been said before, there isn’t enough information solely about
>Ibogaine to keep a list interesting….the personalities here keep the list
>interesting. That also comes with lots of emails and unless you have no life
>(like me at the moment) sure they’re going to build up.
>Anywayyyyyyyyyy
>Lets put this one to bed again.
>And CONGRATS MARTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
>Maybe there’s hope for me yet aye?
>Lol
>Kirk xx
>—–Original Message—–
>From: m.finman [mailto:mafinman@optonline.net]
>Sent: Wednesday, 31 August 2005 2:23 p.m.
>To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
>Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] This list has become lame
>
>
>      When you get on a highway there are always arrogant, selfish, foolish
>drivers yet you still will use that road and none the less reach your
>destination.
>      When you visit a bookstore or library there is an amazing amount of
>what one perceives to be lame, nonsensical and a giant waste of their time,
>however you can still find things there that for you will provide you with
>the knowledge and insight you went for.
>      People genereally don’t respond to stuff that is shoved at them in
>anger and denegration….even junkies.  One  who perpetrates this behavior
>might possibly examine their own shortcomings in these instances.
>      If someone is looking for an inteligent informative thread  they might
>consider starting one themselves and see what comes of it.
>       I’ve also never sprained a finger or thought it was a waste of time
>using a delete button.  Knowing what I don’t care for brings me closer to
>what I do.
>                                   Been lurking lately but still send much
>love,
>
>Martee
>   I passed my one year mark and life is good!
>—– Original Message —–
>From: “Tyler P.” <thegoodkingnado@yahoo.ca>
>To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 5:17 PM
>Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] This list has become lame
>
>
> > yes,YES!!!i agree!i have been subscribed to this list
> > for,i dunno,a good few months anyhow,and have,for the
> > most part,been deleting the bulk of the email without
> > gaining much if anything at all from them.i was not
> > about to mention this in my 1st contribution to the
> > list,but since the topic has been
> > raised,well…anyhow,theres not much can be done,i
> > imagine.most sites and groups worth checking out or
> > joining end up overrun with nonsense from people with
> > faulty egos,it would seem,and that IS lame.toodle-doo..
> >
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From: “Sjonnygee .” <sjonnygee@msn.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 31, 2005 at 4:36:48 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

‘Townshend’ – Pete Townshend  – I’m a huge Who fan and a pedant !

                                         Sjonny.

From: BiscuitBoy714@aol.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:00:22 EDT

Nick, you may be right. All I know is I saw him perform the song and it moved me very much. Music has been such a big part of my life that I have all these lines running in my head and I try and get some meaning from them.  ” Long Live Rock”  (The Who)  Pete Townsed  ( I think that’s how you spell his last name.)     Love and lyrics my friend   Randy
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From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] This list has become lame
Date: August 31, 2005 at 4:31:28 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Heh, you’ll keep mate!!!  Just watcher back!!!!
;o)

—–Original Message—–
From: Nick Sandberg [mailto:nick227@tiscali.co.uk]
Sent: Thursday, 1 September 2005 1:31 a.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] This list has become lame

WARNING! the brain of Capt Kirk is FULL. It is severely overloaded and has
to just jetison out more and more nonsense in a desperate attempt to
stabilize itself. This is a permanent failure from an automated qmail
program. I’ve given up (all hope)

—–Original Message—–
From: Capt Kirk [mailto:captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk]
Sent: 31 August 2005 03:35
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] This list has become lame

Careful there Tyler, you are verging on surplus babble there!
;o)
Kirk

—–Original Message—–
From: Tyler P. [mailto:thegoodkingnado@yahoo.ca]
Sent: Wednesday, 31 August 2005 2:10 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] This list has become lame

oh,im not leaving!i dont agree with the nasty things
said by some.its just,there are SO MANY emails,hard to
read em all,and when many of em seem like surplus
babble,i just got a bit disenchanted.and i spoke up to
agree when i probably shouldve just hit
delete.again,im emailing when i should be
deleting!geeze!i sent 1 email seeking guidance,and now
im involving myself in a silly,and LAME discussion!
this is all a waste of our time!ha!no more for
me!ignore the b.s. and learn-teach when possible.cheers!

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From: sara119@xs4all.nl
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 31, 2005 at 12:43:59 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Ed give me a break,

I’m in the middle of a treatment and it is going very well,I only got two
hours of sleep and in general only five hours a night, I don’t want to
spend my energy writing on the internet and have no results.
people come to my house to share idea’s and exploration of many other
natural gifts  beside Iboga and Ibogaine.
I have a week of exploration together with a client, I also take iboga
with my clients lots of time. my life is more fun then ever before and I
work solo,as a mother and as a provider, but together with others on art
projects,
which are not yet finnished.
I have enough to do that 24 hours are not enough.

Thanks.

Thanks sara,

thats exactly what I wanted, for you to talk to me directly not like some
inconsequential sitting around the edges of the cyber plains, and thats
exactly why I entered into ‘discussion’ the way I did, by trying to divert
attention in a different way and I was’nt going to call up anyone backside
to have to do that, never have and never will. It turns out I do have a
lot
to say and a lot of experince under my belt so I’m not going to shy away
in
the undergrowth, I’ve done that all my child hood and to no avail. So no
more and no longer will I put my hand up in class and wait to be got round
to.

I’m very aware of the faults of the western world, but honestly I think
there human faults, or blind spots if you will and we’ve all got them, so
please bare with me if I don’t assasinate a nation just yet. I’ll listen
to
some hard and fast music instead. I’m not a big man for bombs, brought up
in
Northern Ireland you see your fair share of them, and no I was’nt in the
romantic centre of it , I was out in the suburbs.

Why do I rant on about this therapy thing?…Well because I’ve done the
drug
thing, I’ve done the no drug thing and I’ve done the contemplation thing
to
death and as luck would have it a very nice very professional ‘sensitive’
told me about ‘getting accreditation’ and off I went and found good psycho
spiritual therapy and it worked wonders – it resolved great tracts of pain
and also gave me tools I could work with. After having been involved in
alternatrive therapy for years prior it added on top a whole new area of
work. And believe me I’m not a sucker for bullshit. So likewise I
encorporate it into my work and with ibogaine it works very well, because
despite the cloudiness around adiction , the elements of human suffering
or
wounding are the same. So i’ve found my practice has gained as a result.
Thats it.

I also have a personal anecdote for you but I’m going to save that for
later.

Ed.

From: sara119@xs4all.nl
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 14:04:22 +0200 (CEST)
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From: shelley krupa <skrupa20022002@yahoo.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Re: [Ibogaine}going tribal
Date: August 31, 2005 at 12:24:56 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hi All, I watched “going tribal” after coming home from the psych unit last nite -(we unfortunately watched the news ad naseum all shift, so I needed to balance out), I was pleasantly surprised how touching the program was, and he did mention ibogaine treatment for addiction in a positive note too!glad you guys are here ,love shell

edward conn <wardconn@hotmail.com> wrote:
Thanks sara,

thats exactly what I wanted, for you to talk to me directly not like some
inconsequential sitting around the edges of the cyber plains, and thats
exactly why I entered into ‘discussion’ the way I did, by trying to divert
attention in a different way and I was’nt going to call up anyone backside
to have to do that, never have and never will. It turns out I do have a lot
to say and a lot of experince under my belt so I’m not going to shy away in
the undergrowth, I’ve done that all my child hood and to no avail. So no
more and no longer will I put my hand up in class and wait to be got round
to.

I’m very aware of the faults of the western world, but honestly I think
there human faults, or blind spots if you will and we’ve all got them, so
please bare with me if I don’t assasinate a nation just yet. I’ll listen to
some hard and fast music instead. I’m not a big man for bombs, brought up in
Northern Ireland you see your fair share of them, and no I was’nt in the
romantic centre of it , I was out in the suburbs.

Why do I rant on about this therapy thing?…Well because I’ve done the drug
thing, I’ve done the no drug thing and I’ve done the contemplation thing to
death and as luck would have it a very nice very professional ‘sensitive’
told me about ‘getting accreditation’ and off I went and found good psycho
spiritual therapy and it worked wonders – it resolved great tracts of pain
and also gave me tools I could work with. After having been involved in
alternatrive therapy for years prior it added on top a whole new area of
work. And believe me I’m not a sucker for bullshit. So likewise I
encorporate it into my work and with ibogaine it works very well, because
despite the cloudiness around adiction , the elements of human suffering or
wounding are the same. So i’ve found my practice has gained as a result.
Thats it.

I also have a personal anecdote for you but I’m going to save that for
later.

Ed.

>From: sara119@xs4all.nl
>Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
>To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
>Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters
>Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 14:04:22 +0200 (CEST)
>
>
>thanks ED !
>
> people can to go to a conventional therapist in the city where they live,
>if they wish to do so.
>
>is that good enough,? I practice voodoo I have no shame of doing so. but I
>have no fixed tricks. I’m not a western person and have no intention to
>loose
>my believes to a westernized idealism a systematic believes.
>
>
>
>
> Its interesting how what I shared about my own personal experience has
> > been
> > conveniently ignored and in fact what you say I do i.e name calling etc.
> > is
> > exactly what you are doing here but in a snidey play ground sort of way.
>I
> > call a spade a spade and if it was’nt for the industrial revolution we
> > would
> > be living in a barn yard feudal society were witches would be burned and
> > women and men at that dying from plague by the age of 35.
> >
> > My explanation was, which againe gets ignored (conveniently) was to
>cause
> > thought, thats a product of the industrial revolution’s mind set, the
> > ability to cognate. Think independently, children start to do it at
>about
> > the age of six. Ibogaine when it works well has the ability to stimulate
> > ares of the brain and as a result stimulate things like cognition, as a
> > result people learn and ‘see’ them selves and their surroundings in a
> > different way, and can learn to communicate that.
> >
> > A booster may well and I have used it as such months down the line and
>to
> > good effect, but it is also not neccessarily the spirits that are doing
> > it,
> > are they also creating the famines then, and so man is help less, no
>free
> > will only caught up in a voodoo world..mmph.
> >
> > Let me share with you something from Dr Don Beck a proponent of Spiral
> > Dynamics and pioneer in moving social theory in places such as South
> > Africa.
> > He is talking about the ‘green movement’ and its negative sides, its
> > desire
> > to look at the world through fragmented and non integrated ways, a
>subject
> > which Ken Wilber the transpersonal theorist is currently writing about.
> > And
> > in some way goes to explain the difficulties that the ‘green’ s have in
> > dealing witht the world as it is..
> >
> > “you see, the whole idea of the ‘mean green meme’ is a rhetorical
> > strategy.
> > Ken and I asked: how do we uncap green? How do we keep it moving?
>Because
> > so
> > much of it has become a stagnant pond, in our view. So we said let’s
> > invent
> > the mean geen meme. Let’s shaame it a bit, lets hold up the mirror and
> > show
> > it what it s doing, with the hope that it w
>
>
>
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From: “edward conn” <wardconn@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 31, 2005 at 11:42:06 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Thanks sara,

thats exactly what I wanted, for you to talk to me directly not like some inconsequential sitting around the edges of the cyber plains, and thats exactly why I entered into ‘discussion’ the way I did, by trying to divert attention in a different way and I was’nt going to call up anyone backside to have to do that, never have and never will. It turns out I do have a lot to say and a lot of experince under my belt so I’m not going to shy away in the undergrowth, I’ve done that all my child hood and to no avail. So no more and no longer will I put my hand up in class and wait to be got round to.

I’m very aware of the faults of the western world, but honestly I think there human faults, or blind spots if you will and we’ve all got them, so please bare with me if I don’t assasinate a nation just yet. I’ll listen to some hard and fast music instead. I’m not a big man for bombs, brought up in Northern Ireland you see your fair share of them, and no I was’nt in the romantic centre of it , I was out in the suburbs.

Why do I rant on about this therapy thing?…Well because I’ve done the drug thing, I’ve done the no drug thing and I’ve done the contemplation thing to death and as luck would have it a very nice very professional ‘sensitive’ told me about ‘getting accreditation’ and off I went and found good psycho spiritual therapy and it worked wonders – it resolved great tracts of pain and also gave me tools I could work with. After having been involved in alternatrive therapy for years prior it added on top a whole new area of work. And believe me I’m not a sucker for bullshit. So likewise I encorporate it into my work and with ibogaine it works very well, because despite the cloudiness around adiction , the elements of human suffering or wounding are the same. So i’ve found my practice has gained as a result. Thats it.

I also have a personal anecdote for you but I’m going to save that for later.

Ed.

From: sara119@xs4all.nl
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 14:04:22 +0200 (CEST)

thanks ED !

people can to go to a conventional therapist in the city where they live,
if they wish to do so.

is that good enough,? I practice voodoo I have no shame of doing so. but I
have no fixed tricks. I’m not a western person and have no intention to
loose
my believes to a westernized idealism a systematic believes.

Its interesting how what I shared about my own personal experience has
> been
> conveniently ignored and in fact what you say I do i.e name calling etc.
> is
> exactly what you are doing here but in a snidey play ground sort of way. I
> call a spade a spade and if it was’nt for the industrial revolution we
> would
> be living in a barn yard feudal society were witches would be burned and
> women and men at that dying from plague by the age of 35.
>
> My explanation was, which againe gets ignored (conveniently) was to cause
> thought, thats a product of the industrial revolution’s mind set, the
> ability to cognate. Think independently, children start to do it at about
> the age of six. Ibogaine when it works well has the ability to stimulate
> ares of the brain and as a result stimulate things like cognition, as a
> result people learn and ‘see’ them selves and their surroundings in a
> different way, and can learn to communicate that.
>
> A booster may well and I have used it as such months down the line and to
> good effect, but it is also not neccessarily the spirits that are doing
> it,
> are they also creating the famines then, and so man is help less, no free
> will only caught up in a voodoo world..mmph.
>
> Let me share with you something from Dr Don Beck a proponent of Spiral
> Dynamics and pioneer in moving social theory in places such as South
> Africa.
> He is talking about the ‘green movement’ and its negative sides, its
> desire
> to look at the world through fragmented and non integrated ways, a subject
> which Ken Wilber the transpersonal theorist is currently writing about.
> And
> in some way goes to explain the difficulties that the ‘green’ s have in
> dealing witht the world as it is..
>
> “you see, the whole idea of the ‘mean green meme’ is a rhetorical
> strategy.
> Ken and I asked: how do we uncap green? How do we keep it moving? Because
> so
> much of it has become a stagnant pond, in our view. So we said let’s
> invent
> the mean geen meme. Let’s shaame it a bit, lets hold up the mirror and
> show
> it what it s doing, with the hope that it w

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From: “Tyler P.” <thegoodkingnado@yahoo.ca>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] This list has become lame
Date: August 31, 2005 at 11:37:36 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

oh ya!i said faulty egos,read:liers and assholes,not
just anyone with an ego!thatd be hard to escape!ciao

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From: “Tyler P.” <thegoodkingnado@yahoo.ca>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] This list has become lame
Date: August 31, 2005 at 11:34:07 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

randy!thanks for the info,and ive been trying to
apologize for making comments i shouldnt have.i do not
agree with FRANCES,it turns out.i had read a few posts
that i couldnt relate to, i guess,or someting!

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From: “Tyler P.” <thegoodkingnado@yahoo.ca>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] This list has become lame
Date: August 31, 2005 at 11:23:21 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

i know.im shutting up now!like i said,i jumped in on a
discussion i shouldnt have!

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From: “Tyler P.” <thegoodkingnado@yahoo.ca>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] This list has become lame
Date: August 31, 2005 at 11:20:23 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

i know.im shutting up now!

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From: BiscuitBoy714@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 31, 2005 at 10:00:22 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Nick, you may be right. All I know is I saw him perform the song and it moved me very much. Music has been such a big part of my life that I have all these lines running in my head and I try and get some meaning from them.  ” Long Live Rock”  (The Who)  Pete Townsed  ( I think that’s how you spell his last name.)     Love and lyrics my friend   Randy

From: “Nick Sandberg” <nick227@tiscali.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] This list has become lame
Date: August 31, 2005 at 9:30:43 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

WARNING! the brain of Capt Kirk is FULL. It is severely overloaded and has
to just jetison out more and more nonsense in a desperate attempt to
stabilize itself. This is a permanent failure from an automated qmail
program. I’ve given up (all hope)

—–Original Message—–
From: Capt Kirk [mailto:captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk]
Sent: 31 August 2005 03:35
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] This list has become lame

Careful there Tyler, you are verging on surplus babble there!
;o)
Kirk

—–Original Message—–
From: Tyler P. [mailto:thegoodkingnado@yahoo.ca]
Sent: Wednesday, 31 August 2005 2:10 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] This list has become lame

oh,im not leaving!i dont agree with the nasty things
said by some.its just,there are SO MANY emails,hard to
read em all,and when many of em seem like surplus
babble,i just got a bit disenchanted.and i spoke up to
agree when i probably shouldve just hit
delete.again,im emailing when i should be
deleting!geeze!i sent 1 email seeking guidance,and now
im involving myself in a silly,and LAME discussion!
this is all a waste of our time!ha!no more for
me!ignore the b.s. and learn-teach when possible.cheers!

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] methamphetamines on c-span
Date: August 31, 2005 at 9:27:49 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>, <drugwar@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Washington Journal is about to have a segment on methamphetamine on, beginning any minute. It’s 9:23 AM now, so I imagine it’ll start by 9:30. I don’t know who the guest is, but it is probably some prohibitionist or cop or ONDCP or DEA type- but I’m not sure. It could, but I doubt it, be some methhead extolling the virtues of his/her meth use, but again, I somehow doubt we’re going to get that viewpoint on C-Span.
Unless someone calls and gets through on the phone- and we all know how many methheads along with most other hard drug addicts have phones, not to mention tv and cable to go along with it, right?
;-))

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

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Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

From: “Nick Sandberg” <nick227@tiscali.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 31, 2005 at 9:18:45 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

—–Original Message—–
From: edward conn [mailto:wardconn@hotmail.com]
Sent: 31 August 2005 10:44
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters

Its interesting how what I shared about my own personal
experience has been
conveniently ignored and in fact what you say I do i.e name
calling etc. is
exactly what you are doing here but in a snidey play ground sort
of way. I
call a spade a spade and if it was’nt for the industrial
revolution we would
be living in a barn yard feudal society were witches would be burned and
women and men at that dying from plague by the age of 35.

My explanation was, which againe gets ignored (conveniently) was to cause
thought, thats a product of the industrial revolution’s mind set, the
ability to cognate. Think independently, children start to do it at about
the age of six. Ibogaine when it works well has the ability to stimulate
ares of the brain and as a result stimulate things like cognition, as a
result people learn and ‘see’ them selves and their surroundings in a
different way, and can learn to communicate that.

A booster may well and I have used it as such months down the line and to
good effect, but it is also not neccessarily the spirits that are
doing it,
are they also creating the famines then, and so man is help less, no free
will only caught up in a voodoo world..mmph.

Let me share with you something from Dr Don Beck a proponent of Spiral
Dynamics and pioneer in moving social theory in places such as
South Africa.
He is talking about the ‘green movement’ and its negative sides,
its desire
to look at the world through fragmented and non integrated ways,
a subject
which Ken Wilber the transpersonal theorist is currently writing
about. And
in some way goes to explain the difficulties that the ‘green’ s have in
dealing witht the world as it is..

“you see, the whole idea of the ‘mean green meme’ is a rhetorical
strategy.
Ken and I asked: how do we uncap green? How do we keep it moving?
Because so
much of it has become a stagnant pond, in our view. So we said
let’s invent
the mean geen meme. Let’s shaame it a bit, lets hold up the
mirror and show
it what it s doing, with the hope that it will seperate the mean
green meme
form legitimate healthy green. Lets expose enough people to the duplicity
and artificiality and self-serving nature of their own belief
systems around
political correctness to finally get the wword out there that there’s
something beyond that. Its a drastic measure, a rhetorical strategy to
create a symbol that will hopefully give people an understanding
that what
they are doing is actually destroying the thing they want to accomplish.”

Taken from ” What is Enlightenment” Magazine.

And this is the danger of substances and techniques which move
consciousness, there is the need for integration and progression.
It is why
traditionally in Western Africa that it is all done within a strict and
evolved on going social group. Were preparation may in some cases
go on for
weeks or months and is engaged with through a system of genuine
elders not
self apportioned ones. Like wise with all traditional practices of
‘enlightenment’ or persoanl growth/individuation. None rely on chemical
means alone, that is a western distortion puit forward by people
who maybe
run before they can walk, which can be exactly the effects of something
which boosts mental and somatic experientials so drammatically.
The negative
attribute that can come out of that is a non developing sense of self as
independent from a catalyst. Life should be the catalyst and in atruly
wholistic model is. Why are practically all Buddhist techniques human
techniques? Because we are so ingrained in human behavior, when
you rely on
something which is not human to create change you are looking at
a rapidly
untenable position, common sense should show us that.

In the words of C.G. Jung  “Every form of addiction is bad, no matter
whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism.”

I personally feel passing the message on to people seeking change
that the
world is somehow some imbalanced reprensible place in which we
all suffer is
not acceptable. You may cease someones addiction via chemical
means but what
equipment are you giving them to deal with the world on a
realistic level,
is that ethical? Freedom comes from mental liberation and allows
people, us
all to progress in to adulthood. Is that not what the traditional
model is
about, not this wishy washy magical thinking approach?

Ed

Hi all,

to add to a few threads at once –

– Ed, yes, imo, green politics is hopelessly dualistic. Gaia theory, for
example, neglects to appreciate that humans are simple thermodynamic
machines, same as everything else. The planet is NOT under threat. It is
possible that human life is, but che sera. The planet is only a product of
human consciousness anyway. People who subscribe to an “us and them” mindset
do so out of fear. This is true. Finding someone else to blame is just a
fear of taking full personal responsibility yourself. Quite a reasonable
fear in many ways. AND….All attempts to understand existence ultimately
collapse in paradox, something the con-men who write “what is enlightenment”
magazine probably neglect to point out.

– Caroline, I’m a brit! Well, anglo-iranian actually. I have a website
called ibogaine.co.uk. It doesn’t get updated much, I’m afraid, and people
only really look at it for the page where it tells you where you can get
ibogaine!

– Vector, why not just BE the messiah you know you wanna be? And stop going
on about it. You’ll get a lot of women that way! They can’t resist a good
messiah.

– Randy, it was “what’s so FUNNY about peace, love, and understanding.”
Least I’m reasonably sure.

Nick

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From: sara119@xs4all.nl
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 31, 2005 at 8:04:22 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

thanks ED !

people can to go to a conventional therapist in the city where they live,
if they wish to do so.

is that good enough,? I practice voodoo I have no shame of doing so. but I
have no fixed tricks. I’m not a western person and have no intention to
loose
my believes to a westernized idealism a systematic believes.

Its interesting how what I shared about my own personal experience has
been
conveniently ignored and in fact what you say I do i.e name calling etc.
is
exactly what you are doing here but in a snidey play ground sort of way. I
call a spade a spade and if it was’nt for the industrial revolution we
would
be living in a barn yard feudal society were witches would be burned and
women and men at that dying from plague by the age of 35.

My explanation was, which againe gets ignored (conveniently) was to cause
thought, thats a product of the industrial revolution’s mind set, the
ability to cognate. Think independently, children start to do it at about
the age of six. Ibogaine when it works well has the ability to stimulate
ares of the brain and as a result stimulate things like cognition, as a
result people learn and ‘see’ them selves and their surroundings in a
different way, and can learn to communicate that.

A booster may well and I have used it as such months down the line and to
good effect, but it is also not neccessarily the spirits that are doing
it,
are they also creating the famines then, and so man is help less, no free
will only caught up in a voodoo world..mmph.

Let me share with you something from Dr Don Beck a proponent of Spiral
Dynamics and pioneer in moving social theory in places such as South
Africa.
He is talking about the ‘green movement’ and its negative sides, its
desire
to look at the world through fragmented and non integrated ways, a subject
which Ken Wilber the transpersonal theorist is currently writing about.
And
in some way goes to explain the difficulties that the ‘green’ s have in
dealing witht the world as it is..

“you see, the whole idea of the ‘mean green meme’ is a rhetorical
strategy.
Ken and I asked: how do we uncap green? How do we keep it moving? Because
so
much of it has become a stagnant pond, in our view. So we said let’s
invent
the mean geen meme. Let’s shaame it a bit, lets hold up the mirror and
show
it what it s doing, with the hope that it w

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From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] New to this list – please can u all get back to me. Thank you!
Date: August 31, 2005 at 7:40:49 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hi Caroline,
Welcome to the list. Firstly I recommend you read the starting page of Ibogaine list…so you understand just exactly what it is you’ve fallen into.
Then
A. We’re all members. Of what we’re usually not sure.
B. We try really hard to ban all Brits but they usually get thru anywayyyyyyy (looks at SonnyG and Nick nyuk nyuk) and as much as I give em heaps they still insist on staying. Sigh.
C. I’ve used Ibogaine but it was the weak version so all I can advise is be careful where you get your supplies.
Again, welcome, if you are mad enough you may even have some fun
Luff from New Zealand
Land of the lost
Kirk :o) (that’s Capt “womyn rule” Kirk)
From: Poise Consulting Ltd [mailto:caroline@poiseconsulting.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, 31 August 2005 10:30 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] New to this list – please can u all get back to me. Thank you!
Importance: High

Hi guys…

I only found your site a few days ago. I wonder if u can give me an idea of a) how many of you are members, b) are there many other Brits? And how many of u have used  Ibogaine and finally, those of u who have used Ibogaine -how successful was the experience?

Thanks in advance

Kind regards

Caroline

From: HSLotsof@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 31, 2005 at 7:14:17 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

In a message dated 8/31/05 1:34:05 AM, vector620022002@yahoo.com writes:

The article is at:

http://ibogaine.mindvox.com/Articles/MAPS-Ibogaine2.htm

.:vector:

Thanks vector.

From: BiscuitBoy714@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] New to this list – please can u all get back to me. Thank you!
Date: August 31, 2005 at 7:13:20 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Caroline, I don’t know if I am a member or not, LOL, but I came around about 2 years ago when I was still very addicted, lurked for a while and then started posting. I would call my Ibogaine experience a very positive experience for me. I took mine last year Sept. the 28th. I’m still not strung out, and I still like to have fun. My treatment was rough because of the methadone I was taking, but well worth the work. As for Brits, there are quite a few that come and go. There are people posting from all over the world. Welcome to the list. Ignore the stuff you don’t like and look for your answers. There are some good people who post here that I am sure will help you out.  Love and Light             Randy

From: BiscuitBoy714@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters Ed
Date: August 31, 2005 at 6:55:23 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Ed, you seem to have a firm grasp on the English language and can turn a phrase quite well. I must state to you that no provider that I know of will treat somebody that has no plan for aftercare. We all know that Ibogaine is not the only answer to stopping our addictions. Ibogaine interrupts the addiction but the real work must be done by the individual that has decided to take the Ibogaine treatment. I personally go to 12 step meetings sometimes, I talk with a counsler, I work to spread the word about Ibogaine to those who know nothing about it, and when all else fails I put about 50 22 rounds into a stuffed Barney figure. Ya know the Barney will take a lot of rounds before giving up the ghost. The thing is that we have no cut and dried aftercare program in place for people because we have to do it in secret. Do you know how many Docs and counslers I have talked to that at first said, “Ibo who or what?” We all have to do something after Ibogaine. At this point it is up to the individual to follow through on their own aftercare. Now after it gets legalized (yea right) I have a few idea’s about a treatment program and have talked to some Docs and a bona fide shrink who think that Ibogaine is the logical way to treat an addict. Let’s change the law so we can do some study and find out what really does help the most after Ibogaine. Peace      Randy

From: “Poise Consulting Ltd” <caroline@poiseconsulting.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] New to this list – please can u all get back to me. Thank you!
Date: August 31, 2005 at 6:29:57 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hi guys…

I only found your site a few days ago. I wonder if u can give me an idea of a) how many of you are members, b) are there many other Brits? And how many of u have used  Ibogaine and finally, those of u who have used Ibogaine -how successful was the experience?

Thanks in advance

Kind regards

Caroline

From: BiscuitBoy714@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] This list has become lame
Date: August 31, 2005 at 6:12:03 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

In a message dated 8/30/05 5:20:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time, thegoodkingnado@yahoo.ca writes:

imagine.most sites and groups worth checking out or
joining end up overrun with nonsense from people with
faulty egos,it would seem,and that IS lame.toodle-doo

Dude, I’m an egomaniac with an inferiority complex. LOL  I recommend you going to the next conference or Harm Reduction thing that always includes Ibogaine people on the panel. Take a good look around the room at the leaders in the movements, not just the Ibogane movement, and then tell me that having an EGO is a problem. Ego’s manifest themselves in good and bad ways. Some people are really trying to help and are actively doing things to make a difference. Some people just sit at their computers and bitch about what they are doing nothing to change. I know what I’m doing to help, and I feel good about it. This list saved my ass numerous times. Back when I was addicted to methadone ( and everything I could shoot to get past the done) I bitched and cried a lot, but I also laughed real hard when the funny posts came up. I needed everyone of those post. SOOOOOOO in the meantime did you here the one about the junky…………….. never mind, I guess you don’t like to laugh. Seriously tho, if you are looking for clinical effects and the results of the testing on Ibogaine and it’s derivitives, Patrick has a link on the homepage to more than most minds could comprehend. Also check out Howard’s dosier on treatment. It’s on the Dora Weiner Foundation web page I think. Come to think of it I think I should be re-reading some of that info. Thanx for making me think of it.   Randy

From: “edward conn” <wardconn@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 31, 2005 at 5:43:44 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Its interesting how what I shared about my own personal experience has been conveniently ignored and in fact what you say I do i.e name calling etc. is exactly what you are doing here but in a snidey play ground sort of way. I call a spade a spade and if it was’nt for the industrial revolution we would be living in a barn yard feudal society were witches would be burned and women and men at that dying from plague by the age of 35.

My explanation was, which againe gets ignored (conveniently) was to cause thought, thats a product of the industrial revolution’s mind set, the ability to cognate. Think independently, children start to do it at about the age of six. Ibogaine when it works well has the ability to stimulate ares of the brain and as a result stimulate things like cognition, as a result people learn and ‘see’ them selves and their surroundings in a different way, and can learn to communicate that.

A booster may well and I have used it as such months down the line and to good effect, but it is also not neccessarily the spirits that are doing it, are they also creating the famines then, and so man is help less, no free will only caught up in a voodoo world..mmph.

Let me share with you something from Dr Don Beck a proponent of Spiral Dynamics and pioneer in moving social theory in places such as South Africa. He is talking about the ‘green movement’ and its negative sides, its desire to look at the world through fragmented and non integrated ways, a subject which Ken Wilber the transpersonal theorist is currently writing about. And in some way goes to explain the difficulties that the ‘green’ s have in dealing witht the world as it is..

“you see, the whole idea of the ‘mean green meme’ is a rhetorical strategy. Ken and I asked: how do we uncap green? How do we keep it moving? Because so much of it has become a stagnant pond, in our view. So we said let’s invent the mean geen meme. Let’s shaame it a bit, lets hold up the mirror and show it what it s doing, with the hope that it will seperate the mean green meme form legitimate healthy green. Lets expose enough people to the duplicity and artificiality and self-serving nature of their own belief systems around political correctness to finally get the wword out there that there’s something beyond that. Its a drastic measure, a rhetorical strategy to create a symbol that will hopefully give people an understanding that what they are doing is actually destroying the thing they want to accomplish.”

Taken from ” What is Enlightenment” Magazine.

And this is the danger of substances and techniques which move consciousness, there is the need for integration and progression. It is why traditionally in Western Africa that it is all done within a strict and evolved on going social group. Were preparation may in some cases go on for weeks or months and is engaged with through a system of genuine elders not self apportioned ones. Like wise with all traditional practices of ‘enlightenment’ or persoanl growth/individuation. None rely on chemical means alone, that is a western distortion puit forward by people who maybe run before they can walk, which can be exactly the effects of something which boosts mental and somatic experientials so drammatically. The negative attribute that can come out of that is a non developing sense of self as independent from a catalyst. Life should be the catalyst and in atruly wholistic model is. Why are practically all Buddhist techniques human techniques? Because we are so ingrained in human behavior, when you rely on something which is not human to create change you are looking at a rapidly untenable position, common sense should show us that.

In the words of C.G. Jung  “Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism.”

I personally feel passing the message on to people seeking change that the world is somehow some imbalanced reprensible place in which we all suffer is not acceptable. You may cease someones addiction via chemical means but what equipment are you giving them to deal with the world on a realistic level, is that ethical? Freedom comes from mental liberation and allows people, us all to progress in to adulthood. Is that not what the traditional model is about, not this wishy washy magical thinking approach?

Ed

From: sara119@xs4all.nl
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:48:46 +0200 (CEST)

> Hi Randy ,

thanks for sharing this wonderful news.
I’m glad to know that you feel that way.

being a control freak,playing mind games of shame, guilt,
sticking lables on people is just as well addictive.it is the brainwashing
social
mechanism, started when the industrial time started.
thinking from an anarchist point of view.

take care,

S.

I can say from my experience in just taking a booster after about 10
> months
> from my big treatment that the booster did help me. I am in no way saying
> that
> it will help everyone, but it helped me. I feel re-energized, I feel the
> love
> again so to speak. Ibogaine changed my life In a great big good way. Even
> before the booster. I aint perfect, but I aint addicted anymore. How can
> anyone
> argue with that? Although I’m sure someone will piss on what I am saying,
> I
> don’t care, I have a real good piss……. I mean rain coat. The one thing
> that I
> have noticed is that no one gets the same thing from the experience. I
> think
> you get what you need from the drug. Some people are just oblivious to the
> teachings of our ancesters. Pay attention or you don’t get a good grade.
> Randy
>

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From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Glad 2 hear u Randy.
Date: August 31, 2005 at 5:12:21 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Yay, so glad to hear you’re ok, it’s a bit hard looking at a map and trying to figure out where everyone is (geez, took me ages to find the weirdly named and sounding place that TINKERSMELLS lives in LOL)
And yehhh wow what an amazing gesture that would be, a blues jam to raise money.  Brilliant idea. Might put it to the Muso’s club here as well.  Kiwis have always been pretty good at raising money for overseas stuff cos really, we don’t get the extremes like other parts of the world.  We have just gotten thru the most amazingly calm and warm winter with the first of spring upon us tomorrow and daffodils and blossoms blooming early, but that also makes me wonder if it’s gonna be a late one….stay tuned!!
I think we’re out of that weather cycle, we shouldn’t see any effects, but then again, a butterfly wing etc… (mind you if that were true, what the heck are the windmills for power going to do to the planet??????? Hmmm)
Great to see your voice back too Randy!
Where the heck is tink??? Come on girl, learn to type with your feet!!!!  Or mouth!! Wahtever just get your voice back here! We need some more babble around here!!
Luff n lite
Kirk :o)
From: BiscuitBoy714@aol.com [mailto:BiscuitBoy714@aol.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, 31 August 2005 8:40 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] RANDY!! hurricane katrina… u ok?

Kirky, I’m from the southern US but am living up north now. We are just now getting the rain from Katrina. It has pretty much petered out and is bringing winds around 25 miles an hour and lots of rain. No worries here. Thanx for your concern. I’ve been watching the weather and news channels since it all began and feel so bad for the people in New Orleans, Biloxi, Gulfport and so on.I’d like to put together a jam for the people so effected by this storm and send the Red Cross the money we make. What better way to show respect for New Orleans than to play some free flowin’ blues and boogie and make someone smile. That’s what the music is all about down there. It looks like Guam and the Phillipines are going to get hit with a cyclone. I hope you don’t see any effects from those storms. Much love as always my friend.            Randy

From: sara119@xs4all.nl
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 31, 2005 at 4:48:46 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hi Randy ,

thanks for sharing this wonderful news.
I’m glad to know that you feel that way.

being a control freak,playing mind games of shame, guilt,
sticking lables on people is just as well addictive.it is the brainwashing
social
mechanism, started when the industrial time started.
thinking from an anarchist point of view.

take care,

S.

I can say from my experience in just taking a booster after about 10
months
from my big treatment that the booster did help me. I am in no way saying
that
it will help everyone, but it helped me. I feel re-energized, I feel the
love
again so to speak. Ibogaine changed my life In a great big good way. Even
before the booster. I aint perfect, but I aint addicted anymore. How can
anyone
argue with that? Although I’m sure someone will piss on what I am saying,
I
don’t care, I have a real good piss……. I mean rain coat. The one thing
that I
have noticed is that no one gets the same thing from the experience. I
think
you get what you need from the drug. Some people are just oblivious to the
teachings of our ancesters. Pay attention or you don’t get a good grade.
Randy

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From: BiscuitBoy714@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] RANDY!! hurricane katrina… u ok?
Date: August 31, 2005 at 4:40:07 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Kirky, I’m from the southern US but am living up north now. We are just now getting the rain from Katrina. It has pretty much petered out and is bringing winds around 25 miles an hour and lots of rain. No worries here. Thanx for your concern. I’ve been watching the weather and news channels since it all began and feel so bad for the people in New Orleans, Biloxi, Gulfport and so on.I’d like to put together a jam for the people so effected by this storm and send the Red Cross the money we make. What better way to show respect for New Orleans than to play some free flowin’ blues and boogie and make someone smile. That’s what the music is all about down there. It looks like Guam and the Phillipines are going to get hit with a cyclone. I hope you don’t see any effects from those storms. Much love as always my friend.            Randy

From: BiscuitBoy714@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 31, 2005 at 4:23:25 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I can say from my experience in just taking a booster after about 10 months from my big treatment that the booster did help me. I am in no way saying that it will help everyone, but it helped me. I feel re-energized, I feel the love again so to speak. Ibogaine changed my life In a great big good way. Even before the booster. I aint perfect, but I aint addicted anymore. How can anyone argue with that? Although I’m sure someone will piss on what I am saying, I don’t care, I have a real good piss……. I mean rain coat. The one thing that I have noticed is that no one gets the same thing from the experience. I think you get what you need from the drug. Some people are just oblivious to the teachings of our ancesters. Pay attention or you don’t get a good grade.          Randy

From: BiscuitBoy714@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Martee
Date: August 31, 2005 at 3:58:50 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hey my friend, how are you. I am so glad to see you writing to the list again. We need your input here. Well, I need your input here. You have helped me thru some tuff times and I am so glad that you and your sis are doing well and living happy. THAT is what Ibogaine is all about. ” What’s so hard about peace love and understanding?” (Elivis Costello)    Randy

From: BiscuitBoy714@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine]
Date: August 31, 2005 at 3:42:53 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

In a message dated 8/30/05 8:23:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Francis writes:

## I absolutely agree with you …. I think that the loosers who are
>using  this list to show their pseudo writing talent and theirs art
>in justifing theit own failure with Ibogaine should dedicate more
>time to their own recovery and to learn how to get a REAL  life

I do believe that by posting here anyone has a real life. Just one that you don’t agree with. I see you come and go occasionally, and every time you come back you have venom to spew. Feel the love or go fuck yourself. Your choice. Read what Patrick has to say about the list on the homepage. This list has been here for us lowlifes a lot longer than you have been around. Everyone is welcome. Eventually the assholes get chased off. If it is clinical information you are looking for Patrick has a great list of articles if you are smart enough to find it and have enough of a brain to comprehend what is written. You and I have been thru this before. And by the way would you at least TRY and spell rite? It is anoying to reed thi bulshit you putt oit and figyer what thi hel it is yuu are triing to say.    Love and stricnine      Randy

From: Vector Vector <vector620022002@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 31, 2005 at 1:33:27 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

While I can’t answer the question and don’t know anything about Dr.
Mash’s secret data horde or Dr. Kroupa’s results from playing mad
scientist 😉 I do know that URL puts you in the middle of the series
Patrick wrote for Heroin Times 😉

The article is at:

http://ibogaine.mindvox.com/Articles/MAPS-Ibogaine2.htm

.:vector:.

— HSLotsof@aol.com wrote:

In a message dated 8/30/05 10:02:48 AM, sjonnygee@msn.com writes:

I may be completely mistaken here but I had an idea that
Noribogaine levels
can build up insidiously to toxic levels if repeated doses are
taken within
short time periods – I read (or misread) something to that effect.
That’s what
I meant by residual build up (if that makes sense), I’m sure you
can provide
an answer and some clarity to this.
Regarding dose regimens, the only experience I have is a one time
treatment(1.2grms). What I really wanted to know was roughly what
sort of dosage would
be used for a booster and how often could you take one. That’s what
inspired
my concern about toxicity.

Sjonny,

Good questions but, I can’t give you the answers.   The only person
with any
data on ibogaine and noribogaine levels is Deborah Mash and I’d have
to see
all of her data to feel comfortable with it.   Mash is the only
person to have
done toxicity studies on noribogaine in the form of what are called
LD50
studies where you look at the percentage of animals that die from
given doses of any
drug.   These studies that were in mice are also unpublished.

What we do know from reports that have come to this list is that most
persons
taking low dose ibogaine usually stop after about two weeks because
they
begin to feel run down or, just want to stop.

Patrick Kroupa and Hattie Wells published, “Ibogaine in the 21st
Century:
Boosters, Tune-ups and Maintenance” that is available from
http://ibogaine.mindvox.com/index.html?Articles/HT-08.htm~mainFrame

Just scroll down till you see it or search google for the article.

Doses are determined by individual responses and what you are trying
to
achieve.   It is always good to be concerned about toxicity.
Ibogaine is
considered experimental and there is a lot yet to be learned.   That
could be said for
everything.   If I had hard data I would share it but I don’t.

Best regards.

Howard

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From: HSLotsof@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 31, 2005 at 12:17:14 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

In a message dated 8/30/05 10:02:48 AM, sjonnygee@msn.com writes:

I may be completely mistaken here but I had an idea that Noribogaine levels can build up insidiously to toxic levels if repeated doses are taken within short time periods – I read (or misread) something to that effect. That’s what I meant by residual build up (if that makes sense), I’m sure you can provide an answer and some clarity to this.
Regarding dose regimens, the only experience I have is a one time treatment(1.2grms). What I really wanted to know was roughly what sort of dosage would be used for a booster and how often could you take one. That’s what inspired my concern about toxicity.

Sjonny,

Good questions but, I can’t give you the answers.  The only person with any data on ibogaine and noribogaine levels is Deborah Mash and I’d have to see all of her data to feel comfortable with it.  Mash is the only person to have done toxicity studies on noribogaine in the form of what are called LD50 studies where you look at the percentage of animals that die from given doses of any drug.  These studies that were in mice are also unpublished.

What we do know from reports that have come to this list is that most persons taking low dose ibogaine usually stop after about two weeks because they begin to feel run down or, just want to stop.

Patrick Kroupa and Hattie Wells published, “Ibogaine in the 21st Century: Boosters, Tune-ups and Maintenance” that is available from http://ibogaine.mindvox.com/index.html?Articles/HT-08.htm~mainFrame

Just scroll down till you see it or search google for the article.

Doses are determined by individual responses and what you are trying to achieve.  It is always good to be concerned about toxicity.  Ibogaine is considered experimental and there is a lot yet to be learned.  That could be said for everything.  If I had hard data I would share it but I don’t.

Best regards.

Howard

From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] This list has become lame
Date: August 30, 2005 at 11:35:49 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Franics wrote, just before extending us god’s blessing >I think that the
loosers who are using  this list to show their pseudo writing talent and theirs art in justifing theit own failure with Ibogaine should dedicate more time to their own recovery and to learn how to get a REAL life <

Who ARE you discussing here Francis, because I haven’t yet seen anyone on this list “justfying their own failure with ibogaine,” or at least not lately. Could you please be more specific? Thanks. I’d be interested in knowing who here has taken ibogaine, feel it was a failure, yet stayed to continue posting even though they felt taking ibogaine was a failure of an idea.
Again, thanks Francis, and have a great evening.

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: “jerry harville” <jharville@sbcglobal.net>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 5:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] This list has become lame

All,

I must disagree with your post. I find something
everyday that is exciting, insightful and
entertaining.I have seen many list’s die out because
of a lack of posts by the likes of the three you
denigrate. Best regards, Jerry

— Ibogi Boogie Boogie <GardenRestaurant@comcast.net>
wrote:

You wrote :

“The list is dominated by 3+  main annoying people
(who I immediately delete when I see any post from
them) that only clutter up the rare important
comments or responses.”
AND …
Its no longer worth it.  If anyone (I value H.Lotsof
and Schmooly’s etc… posts) has a sight that deals
in details of Ibogaine/similar treatment, I’d
appreciate an email to my personal email, not to
Mindvox, as I am quitting this list.

## I absolutely agree with you …. I think that the
loosers who are using  this list to show their
pseudo writing talent and theirs art in justifing
theit own failure with Ibogaine should dedicate more
time to their own recovery and to learn how to get a
REAL  life

.If they could shut up for a while, maybee they
could hear some good , simple, practical advices but
unfortunately they are too busy listening to the
echo of theirs own bullshit coming through the
small net of theirs pitfull followers.

When I am reading their E-Mail I always have the
feeling that they are the same type of people who
will go under their blanket to enjoy the odors of
theirs own farts. This is just my opinion and I hope
I didn’t hurt anyone feelings specialy the one’s
who recognized themselves in my description.

God Bless
Francis
—– Original Message —–   From: Fire3456@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 12:02 PM
Subject: [Ibogaine] This list has become lame

I’ve followed this list looking for some insight,
and new details.

99% of the responses and comments have been a
waste of space.  Now all I do is log on and delete,
without reading 99% of the threads.

The list is dominated by 3+  main annoying people
(who I immediately delete when I see any post from
them) that only clutter up the rare important
comments or responses.

Its no longer worth it.  If anyone (I value
H.Lotsof and Schmooly’s etc… posts) has a sight
that deals in details of Ibogaine/similar treatment,
I’d appreciate an email to my personal email, not to
Mindvox, as I am quitting this list.

The post about using Ibogaine as a recreational
drug and combining it with other drugs shows the
total ignorance of the people who responded
positivally.  The same retards have a balls to whine
that we can’t get ibogaine here because its illegal.
It’s illegal because of people like YOU who will
always abuse anything they can get their hands on.

The common post’ers who act like Ibogaine is a
“cutzie club” to be in, need a wake up call.

I’ve said my peace and have deleted my last waste
of space post on Mindvox.

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] This list has become lame
Date: August 30, 2005 at 11:32:21 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

.i was not
about to mention this in my 1st contribution to the
list,but since the topic has been
raised,well…<

I dunno, for a first post you’re making useful, timeworthy postings chock full of helpful info and links to further explor…oh, wait, that musta been someone else.
No, seriously, instead of complaining about how other people’s posts are “a drag,” or “lame” why not actually contribute a thread YOU or YOU oh so cheerful Francis would like to dicuss here.
I mean it. What’s with all the complaining about list content when you aren’t making ANY worthwhile or otherwise posts to the list EXCEPT to bitch and moan about other people’s posts? Why do you bother? Why not simply unsubscribe if you’re that bothered by a “few” people who post more than others do here?
Out of curiosity?

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: “Tyler P.” <thegoodkingnado@yahoo.ca>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 5:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] This list has become lame

yes,YES!!!i agree!i have been subscribed to this list
for,i dunno,a good few months anyhow,and have,for the
most part,been deleting the bulk of the email without
gaining much if anything at all from them.i was not
about to mention this in my 1st contribution to the
list,but since the topic has been
raised,well…anyhow,theres not much can be done,i
imagine.most sites and groups worth checking out or
joining end up overrun with nonsense from people with
faulty egos,it would seem,and that IS lame.toodle-doo..

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From: “m.finman” <mafinman@optonline.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Well said Martee :o)
Date: August 30, 2005 at 10:59:33 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Kirk,
I believe there exists just truckloads of hope for you.
Martee
—– Original Message —– From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 10:44 PM
Subject: [Ibogaine] Well said Martee :o)

Good comparisons Martee…
I’d also like to add……when one meets new people and spends time in their
company, whether it be in person or online, one normally has conversations
with them, gets to know them, laughs with them, cries with them, has
arguments with them, gets mad at them, loves them.
As has been said before, there isn’t enough information solely about
Ibogaine to keep a list interesting….the personalities here keep the list
interesting. That also comes with lots of emails and unless you have no life
(like me at the moment) sure they’re going to build up.
Anywayyyyyyyyyy
Lets put this one to bed again.
And CONGRATS MARTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
Maybe there’s hope for me yet aye?
Lol
Kirk xx
—–Original Message—–
From: m.finman [mailto:mafinman@optonline.net]
Sent: Wednesday, 31 August 2005 2:23 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] This list has become lame

When you get on a highway there are always arrogant, selfish, foolish
drivers yet you still will use that road and none the less reach your
destination.
When you visit a bookstore or library there is an amazing amount of
what one perceives to be lame, nonsensical and a giant waste of their time,
however you can still find things there that for you will provide you with
the knowledge and insight you went for.
People genereally don’t respond to stuff that is shoved at them in
anger and denegration….even junkies.  One  who perpetrates this behavior
might possibly examine their own shortcomings in these instances.
If someone is looking for an inteligent informative thread  they might
consider starting one themselves and see what comes of it.
I’ve also never sprained a finger or thought it was a waste of time
using a delete button.  Knowing what I don’t care for brings me closer to
what I do.
Been lurking lately but still send much
love,

Martee
I passed my one year mark and life is good!
—– Original Message —– From: “Tyler P.” <thegoodkingnado@yahoo.ca>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 5:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] This list has become lame

yes,YES!!!i agree!i have been subscribed to this list
for,i dunno,a good few months anyhow,and have,for the
most part,been deleting the bulk of the email without
gaining much if anything at all from them.i was not
about to mention this in my 1st contribution to the
list,but since the topic has been
raised,well…anyhow,theres not much can be done,i
imagine.most sites and groups worth checking out or
joining end up overrun with nonsense from people with
faulty egos,it would seem,and that IS lame.toodle-doo..

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From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: [Ibogaine] RANDY!! hurricane katrina… u ok?
Date: August 30, 2005 at 10:45:37 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Just watching the aftermath of Katrina, wow, what a huge disaster… my
thoughts are with all those hurt by the hurricane, and who have lost loved
ones.  I hope nobody on this list was there or lost anyone.

Randy, don’t you live down there somewhere??? Please write let us know you
are ok.

Love n light

Kirk xoxo

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From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Well said Martee :o)
Date: August 30, 2005 at 10:44:30 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Good comparisons Martee…
I’d also like to add……when one meets new people and spends time in their
company, whether it be in person or online, one normally has conversations
with them, gets to know them, laughs with them, cries with them, has
arguments with them, gets mad at them, loves them.
As has been said before, there isn’t enough information solely about
Ibogaine to keep a list interesting….the personalities here keep the list
interesting. That also comes with lots of emails and unless you have no life
(like me at the moment) sure they’re going to build up.
Anywayyyyyyyyyy
Lets put this one to bed again.
And CONGRATS MARTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
Maybe there’s hope for me yet aye?
Lol
Kirk xx
—–Original Message—–
From: m.finman [mailto:mafinman@optonline.net]
Sent: Wednesday, 31 August 2005 2:23 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] This list has become lame

When you get on a highway there are always arrogant, selfish, foolish
drivers yet you still will use that road and none the less reach your
destination.
When you visit a bookstore or library there is an amazing amount of
what one perceives to be lame, nonsensical and a giant waste of their time,
however you can still find things there that for you will provide you with
the knowledge and insight you went for.
People genereally don’t respond to stuff that is shoved at them in
anger and denegration….even junkies.  One  who perpetrates this behavior
might possibly examine their own shortcomings in these instances.
If someone is looking for an inteligent informative thread  they might
consider starting one themselves and see what comes of it.
I’ve also never sprained a finger or thought it was a waste of time
using a delete button.  Knowing what I don’t care for brings me closer to
what I do.
Been lurking lately but still send much
love,

Martee
I passed my one year mark and life is good!
—– Original Message —–
From: “Tyler P.” <thegoodkingnado@yahoo.ca>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 5:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] This list has become lame

yes,YES!!!i agree!i have been subscribed to this list
for,i dunno,a good few months anyhow,and have,for the
most part,been deleting the bulk of the email without
gaining much if anything at all from them.i was not
about to mention this in my 1st contribution to the
list,but since the topic has been
raised,well…anyhow,theres not much can be done,i
imagine.most sites and groups worth checking out or
joining end up overrun with nonsense from people with
faulty egos,it would seem,and that IS lame.toodle-doo..

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From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] This list has become lame
Date: August 30, 2005 at 10:34:39 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Careful there Tyler, you are verging on surplus babble there!
;o)
Kirk

—–Original Message—–
From: Tyler P. [mailto:thegoodkingnado@yahoo.ca]
Sent: Wednesday, 31 August 2005 2:10 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] This list has become lame

oh,im not leaving!i dont agree with the nasty things
said by some.its just,there are SO MANY emails,hard to
read em all,and when many of em seem like surplus
babble,i just got a bit disenchanted.and i spoke up to
agree when i probably shouldve just hit
delete.again,im emailing when i should be
deleting!geeze!i sent 1 email seeking guidance,and now
im involving myself in a silly,and LAME discussion!
this is all a waste of our time!ha!no more for
me!ignore the b.s. and learn-teach when possible.cheers!

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From: “m.finman” <mafinman@optonline.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] This list has become lame
Date: August 30, 2005 at 10:22:56 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

When you get on a highway there are always arrogant, selfish, foolish drivers yet you still will use that road and none the less reach your destination.
When you visit a bookstore or library there is an amazing amount of what one perceives to be lame, nonsensical and a giant waste of their time, however you can still find things there that for you will provide you with the knowledge and insight you went for.
People genereally don’t respond to stuff that is shoved at them in anger and denegration….even junkies.  One  who perpetrates this behavior might possibly examine their own shortcomings in these instances.
If someone is looking for an inteligent informative thread  they might consider starting one themselves and see what comes of it.
I’ve also never sprained a finger or thought it was a waste of time using a delete button.  Knowing what I don’t care for brings me closer to what I do.
Been lurking lately but still send much love,
Martee
I passed my one year mark and life is good!
—– Original Message —– From: “Tyler P.” <thegoodkingnado@yahoo.ca>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 5:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] This list has become lame

yes,YES!!!i agree!i have been subscribed to this list
for,i dunno,a good few months anyhow,and have,for the
most part,been deleting the bulk of the email without
gaining much if anything at all from them.i was not
about to mention this in my 1st contribution to the
list,but since the topic has been
raised,well…anyhow,theres not much can be done,i
imagine.most sites and groups worth checking out or
joining end up overrun with nonsense from people with
faulty egos,it would seem,and that IS lame.toodle-doo..

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From: “Tyler P.” <thegoodkingnado@yahoo.ca>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine]
Date: August 30, 2005 at 10:17:19 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

now i think THIS is the one i shouldve waited to agree
with!i jumped in on something i wasnt even informed
about!silly me!vector,you said it!stop with the
anger,ignore what you dont want to read!simple!

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From: “Tyler P.” <thegoodkingnado@yahoo.ca>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] This list has become lame
Date: August 30, 2005 at 10:10:02 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

oh,im not leaving!i dont agree with the nasty things
said by some.its just,there are SO MANY emails,hard to
read em all,and when many of em seem like surplus
babble,i just got a bit disenchanted.and i spoke up to
agree when i probably shouldve just hit
delete.again,im emailing when i should be
deleting!geeze!i sent 1 email seeking guidance,and now
im involving myself in a silly,and LAME discussion!
this is all a waste of our time!ha!no more for
me!ignore the b.s. and learn-teach when possible.cheers!

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From: Vector Vector <vector620022002@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine]
Date: August 30, 2005 at 8:22:08 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

To ask a simple question, why is it that people who like to talk about
god and love, or in your case specifically quote out of the bible,
always seem to fill up their messages with the ugliest and angriest
thoughts that do nothing except disrespect people?

You reposted some message from 3 months ago to restart shit, there
isn’t any other possible reason to put it out there.

Not to point any fingers, but to add it up and do some math.

Many of the messianic personalities who spew bile here and disrespect
everyone, are the same ones using this very list to find new customers,
clients, patients, however you want to call them. Treating them with
ibogaine, which is a schedule 1 substance in the country you live in,
so you’re using this list to commit felonies, make money, help people
in theory and on top of all of that you’re still angry and bitter,
while talking about love and healing.

What am I missing, why doesn’t this make any sense?

Maybe the top 5 of the angriest messianic personalities who feel they
aren’t getting enough attention or airtime, should get together and
petition Mindvox to build them a shrine. Would that help?

I often don’t have the time to read this list either, when I see 500
new messages, yes I admit that I pick the 3 or 4 names I’m interested
in and skip the rest, but why does it make you so angry that people
with drug problems are talking here? Is attacking and belittling them
supposed to cause some great healing to happen?

I really don’t get it. If you’re so angry about everything, then just
leave, it’s not like anyone is going to miss these gems you write.

.:vector:.

— Ibogi Boogie Boogie <GardenRestaurant@comcast.net> wrote:

You wrote :

“The list is dominated by 3+  main annoying people (who I immediately
delete when I see any post from them) that only clutter up the rare
important comments or responses.”
AND …
Its no longer worth it.  If anyone (I value H.Lotsof and Schmooly’s
etc… posts) has a sight that deals in details of Ibogaine/similar
treatment, I’d appreciate an email to my personal email, not to
Mindvox, as I am quitting this list.

## I absolutely agree with you …. I think that the loosers who are
using  this list to show their pseudo writing talent and theirs art
in justifing theit own failure with Ibogaine should dedicate more
time to their own recovery and to learn how to get a REAL  life

.If they could shut up for a while, maybee they could hear some good
, simple, practical advices but unfortunately they are too busy
listening to the echo of theirs own bullshit coming through the
small net of theirs pitfull followers.

When I am reading their E-Mail I always have the feeling that they
are the same type of people who will go under their blanket to enjoy
the odors of theirs own farts. This is just my opinion and I hope I
didn’t hurt anyone feelings specialy the one’s  who recognized
themselves in my description.

God Bless
Francis

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From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] This list has become lame
Date: August 30, 2005 at 7:17:01 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Don’t let the door hit you in the arse on the way out.

—–Original Message—–
From: Tyler P. [mailto:thegoodkingnado@yahoo.ca]
Sent: Wednesday, 31 August 2005 9:18 a.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] This list has become lame

yes,YES!!!i agree!i have been subscribed to this list
for,i dunno,a good few months anyhow,and have,for the
most part,been deleting the bulk of the email without
gaining much if anything at all from them.i was not
about to mention this in my 1st contribution to the
list,but since the topic has been
raised,well…anyhow,theres not much can be done,i
imagine.most sites and groups worth checking out or
joining end up overrun with nonsense from people with
faulty egos,it would seem,and that IS lame.toodle-doo..

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] fund-raising for those in need of freedom root
Date: August 30, 2005 at 6:16:32 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Now playing:  Led Zeppelin, “When the levee breaks.”  That kind of concern is a big part of why Jeff shook the hooks off himself.<

Egad, yeah, and it’s getting worse for those in NO right now, not better.
And of course, as has been pointed out by many elsewhere today, those most affected by the hurricane were the black folk of NO- just like with the war on drugs, it’s often the poor and minority who find themselves brushed with a great big target, or brushed aside with a big “who cares?”

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: Eye of the Bhogi
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 11:46 PM
Subject: [Ibogaine] fund-raising for those in need of freedom root

You have a point, Ed, about the economics of this treatment.  Although at least in the U.S., the underground movement of addict self-determinationists isn’t really about making money.  Atall.

If this were about the Benjamins, the pharmy companies would have been all over it a while ago.  This is about liberation.  Unsprungness.  Not shackled, hand-cuffed, whatever.  Freedom.

How did Dana put it recently:  it makes you think and it makes you horny, and that’s revolutionary besides all the sacred dimensions and shaman stuff.

But you keep treating it like just another drug, Ed.  It is a magical potency of profound medical importance. An amazing grace…

Thanks for posting Howard’s new foreword, Lee, and HoLo, thanks for sharing so much.

I wonder if the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation would fund the Ibogaine Project. Or is that corporate whoredom?

Or have Patrick and Posse burned that bridge looooong ago??  Fuck, whaddooeye kNOw about that hacker-pride stuff anyhoo?  Nada colada.

It was both a freakout and an honor to hang by that playground, Preston, ‘tho I didn’t get to mingle nearly enough with the friendly faces, and after a while we got thirsty for some beers & split.   Alcohol and tobacco – it’s so legal it’s practically conformist.

Now playing:  Led Zeppelin, “When the levee breaks.”  That kind of concern is a big part of why Jeff shook the hooks off himself.

love, rachel

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From: jerry harville <jharville@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] This list has become lame
Date: August 30, 2005 at 5:54:17 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

All,

I must disagree with your post. I find something
everyday that is exciting, insightful and
entertaining.I have seen many list’s die out because
of a lack of posts by the likes of the three you
denigrate. Best regards, Jerry

— Ibogi Boogie Boogie <GardenRestaurant@comcast.net>
wrote:

You wrote :

“The list is dominated by 3+  main annoying people
(who I immediately delete when I see any post from
them) that only clutter up the rare important
comments or responses.”
AND …
Its no longer worth it.  If anyone (I value H.Lotsof
and Schmooly’s etc… posts) has a sight that deals
in details of Ibogaine/similar treatment, I’d
appreciate an email to my personal email, not to
Mindvox, as I am quitting this list.

## I absolutely agree with you …. I think that the
loosers who are using  this list to show their
pseudo writing talent and theirs art in justifing
theit own failure with Ibogaine should dedicate more
time to their own recovery and to learn how to get a
REAL  life

.If they could shut up for a while, maybee they
could hear some good , simple, practical advices but
unfortunately they are too busy listening to the
echo of theirs own bullshit coming through the
small net of theirs pitfull followers.

When I am reading their E-Mail I always have the
feeling that they are the same type of people who
will go under their blanket to enjoy the odors of
theirs own farts. This is just my opinion and I hope
I didn’t hurt anyone feelings specialy the one’s
who recognized themselves in my description.

God Bless
Francis
—– Original Message —–
From: Fire3456@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 12:02 PM
Subject: [Ibogaine] This list has become lame

I’ve followed this list looking for some insight,
and new details.

99% of the responses and comments have been a
waste of space.  Now all I do is log on and delete,
without reading 99% of the threads.

The list is dominated by 3+  main annoying people
(who I immediately delete when I see any post from
them) that only clutter up the rare important
comments or responses.

Its no longer worth it.  If anyone (I value
H.Lotsof and Schmooly’s etc… posts) has a sight
that deals in details of Ibogaine/similar treatment,
I’d appreciate an email to my personal email, not to
Mindvox, as I am quitting this list.

The post about using Ibogaine as a recreational
drug and combining it with other drugs shows the
total ignorance of the people who responded
positivally.  The same retards have a balls to whine
that we can’t get ibogaine here because its illegal.
It’s illegal because of people like YOU who will
always abuse anything they can get their hands on.

The common post’ers who act like Ibogaine is a
“cutzie club” to be in, need a wake up call.

I’ve said my peace and have deleted my last waste
of space post on Mindvox.

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 30, 2005 at 5:54:18 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Not sure if I agree with the “fear” and “trust” ideas ennunciated below Nick, but I did agree with your last note, in reply to Ed Conn,  about the boosters issue.

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: “Nick Sandberg” <nick227@tiscali.co.uk>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 3:16 PM
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters

—–Original Message—–
From: Preston Peet [mailto:ptpeet@nyc.rr.com]
Sent: 29 August 2005 05:40
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters

Someone with the incredibly unlikely name of Ed Conn wrote in part
>The question is this when does one
learn or atleast tentatively learn to live with ones own feelings and
actually find out who they are by allowing theirbrain/mind/body/soul to
communicate to them with out the need for artifice – which came first the
chicken or the egg – the human or the drug – so humans cant live w/out
drugs??<

To which I must reply in brief.
As someone who has had mixed results with ALL treatment modalities,
including ibogaine, I’ve personally found I LIKE being able to
take ibogaine
every few months, realign my brain and body, and not do my
recovery how you
feel I must to be without “artifice.” What exactly do you mean by
that, and
how do you tell someone living in chornic pain, or was introduced
to opiates
by a doctor at some point through severe surguries and the like that they
are NOT normal or living naturally by wanting to continue to use opiates
that work to stiffle that overwhelming pain? Who the heck are you
or anyone
to tell me or anyone else what’s the best route for us to take in
terms of
our pain, our addiction, or our use patterns? Who are you? What
else do you
bring to this table other than complaints and huff?
Thanks for your time, and I look forward to a reply, but doubt
I’m going to
get one.

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

Hey Preston,

Without actually wishing to commence another of our long-winded arguments, I
would simply like to point out that there may well be a relationship between
the point at which you allow… “anyone to tell me or anyone else what’s the
best route for us to take in terms of our pain, our addiction, or our use
patterns”…. and healing to take place. To heal you do have to trust. A lot
of people come to ibogaine through a desire to “self-heal”, to be able to
manage their own recovery process, to stay in control of it. This is what
actually attracts them to the drug. I think the best outcome for most of
these guys is that they see clearly in the ibogaine session the fear
position beneath this need to stay in control. They realize that trust is
their actual issue. Then they can move beyond the fear and allow others in.

Nick

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From: “Tyler P.” <thegoodkingnado@yahoo.ca>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] This list has become lame
Date: August 30, 2005 at 5:17:36 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

yes,YES!!!i agree!i have been subscribed to this list
for,i dunno,a good few months anyhow,and have,for the
most part,been deleting the bulk of the email without
gaining much if anything at all from them.i was not
about to mention this in my 1st contribution to the
list,but since the topic has been
raised,well…anyhow,theres not much can be done,i
imagine.most sites and groups worth checking out or
joining end up overrun with nonsense from people with
faulty egos,it would seem,and that IS lame.toodle-doo..

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From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: [Ibogaine] List complainers becoming real lame.
Date: August 30, 2005 at 4:43:02 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

When I am reading their E-Mail I always have the feeling that they are the same type of people who will go under their blanket to enjoy the odors of theirs own farts. This is just my opinion and I hope I didn’t hurt anyone feelings specialy the one’s  who recognized themselves in my description.

God Bless
Francis
Hey, do some research, there are several different beneficial molecules in the fart odour which help reduce the risk of cancer.
[Capt Kirk] (ok so that’s bullshit but when someone goes into a stream of abuse then has the gaul to say they hope they didn’t hurt anyone’s feelings (and no I did not recognise myself lol) then that’s just utter bullshit!!!! Again, I redirect you, Francis of Gaul, to the First page of the Ibogaine website.  Have a good read!!
Dog bless
Kirk ;oP

From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] This list has become lame
Date: August 30, 2005 at 4:20:00 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Geez, where have you been?  We’ve already had this discussion.

From: Ibogi Boogie Boogie [mailto:GardenRestaurant@comcast.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, 31 August 2005 7:36 a.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] This list has become lame

You wrote :

“The list is dominated by 3+  main annoying people (who I immediately delete when I see any post from them) that only clutter up the rare important comments or responses.”
AND …
Its no longer worth it.  If anyone (I value H.Lotsof and Schmooly’s etc… posts) has a sight that deals in details of Ibogaine/similar treatment, I’d appreciate an email to my personal email, not to Mindvox, as I am quitting this list.

## I absolutely agree with you …. I think that the loosers who are using  this list to show their pseudo writing talent and theirs art in justifing theit own failure with Ibogaine should dedicate more time to their own recovery and to learn how to get a REAL  life

.If they could shut up for a while, maybee they could hear some good , simple, practical advices but unfortunately they are too busy listening to the echo of theirs own bullshit coming through the  small net of theirs pitfull followers.

When I am reading their E-Mail I always have the feeling that they are the same type of people who will go under their blanket to enjoy the odors of theirs own farts. This is just my opinion and I hope I didn’t hurt anyone feelings specialy the one’s  who recognized themselves in my description.

God Bless
Francis
—– Original Message —–
From: Fire3456@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 12:02 PM
Subject: [Ibogaine] This list has become lame

I’ve followed this list looking for some insight, and new details. 

99% of the responses and comments have been a waste of space.  Now all I do is log on and delete, without reading 99% of the threads.

The list is dominated by 3+  main annoying people (who I immediately delete when I see any post from them) that only clutter up the rare important comments or responses.

Its no longer worth it.  If anyone (I value H.Lotsof and Schmooly’s etc… posts) has a sight that deals in details of Ibogaine/similar treatment, I’d appreciate an email to my personal email, not to Mindvox, as I am quitting this list.

The post about using Ibogaine as a recreational drug and combining it with other drugs shows the total ignorance of the people who responded positivally.  The same retards have a balls to whine that we can’t get ibogaine here because its illegal.  It’s illegal because of people like YOU who will always abuse anything they can get their hands on.

The common post’ers who act like Ibogaine is a “cutzie club” to be in, need a wake up call.

I’ve said my peace and have deleted my last waste of space post on Mindvox.

From: “Ibogi Boogie Boogie” <GardenRestaurant@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] This list has become lame
Date: August 30, 2005 at 3:36:11 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

You wrote :

“The list is dominated by 3+  main annoying people (who I immediately delete when I see any post from them) that only clutter up the rare important comments or responses.”
AND …
Its no longer worth it.  If anyone (I value H.Lotsof and Schmooly’s etc… posts) has a sight that deals in details of Ibogaine/similar treatment, I’d appreciate an email to my personal email, not to Mindvox, as I am quitting this list.

## I absolutely agree with you …. I think that the loosers who are using  this list to show their pseudo writing talent and theirs art in justifing theit own failure with Ibogaine should dedicate more time to their own recovery and to learn how to get a REAL  life

.If they could shut up for a while, maybee they could hear some good , simple, practical advices but unfortunately they are too busy listening to the echo of theirs own bullshit coming through the  small net of theirs pitfull followers.

When I am reading their E-Mail I always have the feeling that they are the same type of people who will go under their blanket to enjoy the odors of theirs own farts. This is just my opinion and I hope I didn’t hurt anyone feelings specialy the one’s  who recognized themselves in my description.

God Bless
Francis
—– Original Message —–
From: Fire3456@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 12:02 PM
Subject: [Ibogaine] This list has become lame

I’ve followed this list looking for some insight, and new details.

99% of the responses and comments have been a waste of space.  Now all I do is log on and delete, without reading 99% of the threads.

The list is dominated by 3+  main annoying people (who I immediately delete when I see any post from them) that only clutter up the rare important comments or responses.

Its no longer worth it.  If anyone (I value H.Lotsof and Schmooly’s etc… posts) has a sight that deals in details of Ibogaine/similar treatment, I’d appreciate an email to my personal email, not to Mindvox, as I am quitting this list.

The post about using Ibogaine as a recreational drug and combining it with other drugs shows the total ignorance of the people who responded positivally.  The same retards have a balls to whine that we can’t get ibogaine here because its illegal.  It’s illegal because of people like YOU who will always abuse anything they can get their hands on.

The common post’ers who act like Ibogaine is a “cutzie club” to be in, need a wake up call.

I’ve said my peace and have deleted my last waste of space post on Mindvox.

From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] to all of koko’s critics …he’s evolved again cain’t help himself; for the shuttle debacle
Date: August 30, 2005 at 2:58:18 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

my bad, i don’t know computers and if i had any idea i’d wreck someone’s valuable peoperty , i’d have never sent it. it was kool  space shots and  i just wanted to share.  my sincerest apologies to all affected. ron
—– Original Message —– From: “Vivienne Elanta” <vivienneelanta@yahoo.com.au>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 12:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] to all of koko’s critics …he’s evolved again cain’t help himself; for the shuttle debacle

All is forgiven ron, if it makes you feel any better go right ahead and keep
venting.

I was a bit annoyed when all of that landed in my mail, please do realise that
not all of us are in the states where you take everything for granted and can
talk about poverty being someone who drives a ford taurus. Not saying i’m
destitute, i’m not, but cable is not available everywhere and in parts where it
is it can be frightfully expensive.

Blessed be
Vivienne Elanta
— Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:

you have evolved well after ibo, but you are right, i should remain
silent while others accuse me of intentionally jamming their
expensive machines knowing that for most of us (or at least me) it
represents about 1/3 of my gross income.  i cop to my misdeeds but
don’t like wearing things wrongly attributed to me because i did not
have Stephen Hawkins’ grasp of the universe.  do you set the bar that
high for yourself? maybe so, then my bad, point is , i know most of
us suffer financially thru our predicament and i would never
intentionally screw someone over thru this forum, or any
other……..  5 yr. old?  just gettin’ down where we can all
communicate on same level.  don’t like me?  neither did the heat or
snitches or screws…sorry i haven’t made it to where you are, i.e.
standing silently by drinking what’s left of my cold coffee on a
sunday morning takin’ it in the arse for trying to share something i
thought others may like.  do i know all the nuances of pc’s?  no, and
don’t tell me to leave it alone til i do…kind of like saying stay
high until you understand straight first. won’t work w/ me.  sorry
for the inconvenience.  anyone else ever send you a long email?  naw,
probably not….I’m the first i suppose.  sorry for the inconvenience
but i have learned some valuable lessons, thanks to you
guys …computers are unpredictable to me and easy to screw up.  ever
have one go out for no fucking reason?  probably not, but i have.
ibonauts are still travellers on very long journeys, they piss and
moan and groan when unexpectedly inconvenienced, like when the car
doesn’t start and yer on yer way to work.  just about the time they
are patting themselves on each others backs about how far they’ve
come.  maybe i’ll make it one day, maybe not, but you ain’t gonna
keepme from it cuz it’s  a bad hair day.  ONE LAST TIME, I”M SORRY
FOLKS..NOW SOME DOC WILL CHIME IN,  THAT’S YOUR PROBLEM RON, ALWAYS
GOING OFF AND ‘POLOGIZING WHEN THE SHITE HITS THE FAN…..POOR
BASTARD.  GIRL, I’D BUY YOU THAT DAMN PC IF I COULD AFFORD IT B/C IT
MAKES ME FEEL GOOD  TO GET PEOPLE UNEXPECTED GIFTS.  IT WOULD BE
ANONYMOUS SO’Z YOU WOULD’N’T TRASH IT B/4 YOU OPENED IT.  ON WITH THE
SHOW, PLEEZE, KOKO
—– Original Message —– From: “Vivienne Elanta”
<vivienneelanta@yahoo.com.au>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 10:50 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] to all of koko’s critics …he’s evolved
again cain’t help himself; for the shuttle debacle

>
> Ron would you please stop acting like a whiny 5 year old and stop
> sending all
> this crap to the list. I use a modem to read my mail, find it
> freezes up for 10
> minutes because it’s downloading 4 copies of something I can’t even
> open once
> it’s sent because some arsehole keeps sending this claptrap.
>
> The whole list, the whole world is not about your problems.
> Carrying on and on
> about poor me got tiresome 6 months after you started, now I just
> skip over
> most of your messages. Inflicting this junk on everyone signed onto
> the
> ibogaine list is carrying it a little too far. AFAIK this is the
> ibogaine list,
> not the poor, poor Ron list. Shut up already, get off your arse and do
> something about your problems.
>
> If someone feels I should get cable access or a faster computer,
> please do let
> me know and I’m more then happy to send you my address for your
> donation.
>
> Blessed be
> Vivienne Elanta
>
> — Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:
>
>
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From: sara119@xs4all.nl
Subject: RE: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 30, 2005 at 1:01:55 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

for man I work with 18mg per mg/kg  the booster will make it 22 mg/kg
in the end of the treatment.

I have followed this string with interest.  All I can add is that I have
no experience with ongoing doses.  Only with treatment.

I treated a girl with 14mg/kg and she started w/d (not too serious) 2 days
later.  I gave her a valium shot which helped.  Next day she complained of
lower back pain again.  I gave  her an IBO HCl capsule (about 200mg) and
all symptoms of w/d disappeared about 20 min later.  No symptoms
associated with IBO was experienced from this dose, and she is still w/d
and craving free, although it is early days.  And happy, I might add.

I treated another girl also with 14mg/kg.  She started minor w/d the next
night, but with major anxiety.  I also gave her a valium shot, but when I
attended other business the next day, she slipped her mother’s care and
scored and used H.  I Thought bugger this and treated her (at her request
and with her eager participation) that night with another 10mg/kg.  Her
trip was there, but not nearly as hectic as the first experience.  All w/d
and anxiety disappeared and she is OK now without any medication.  (She
also got rid of a few nasty friends and habits in the meantime).

I speak with them both every day or so and they are both happy and
positive.

I have not treated men who complained of major withdrawals so far.  Can it
be that I must give the ladies the same dose as the men (15/kg?).  Or were
these isolated cases.

Cheers all

—– Original Message ——
From: Sjonnygee .
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 14:54
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com;
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters

Hi Howard,
I may be completely mistaken here but I had an idea that Noribogaine
levels can build up insidiously to toxic levels if repeated doses are
taken within short time periods – I read (or misread) something to that
effect. That’s what I meant by residual build up (if that makes sense),
I’m sure you can provide an answer and some clarity to this.
Regarding dose regimens, the only experience I have is a one time
treatment(1.2grms). What I really wanted to know was roughly what sort of
dosage would be used for a booster and how often could you take one.
That’s what insp

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From: “CHARLES” <kabel@mweb.co.za>
Subject: RE: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 30, 2005 at 12:40:22 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I have followed this string with interest.  All I can add is that I have no experience with ongoing doses.  Only with treatment.

I treated a girl with 14mg/kg and she started w/d (not too serious) 2 days later.  I gave her a valium shot which helped.  Next day she complained of lower back pain again.  I gave  her an IBO HCl capsule (about 200mg) and all symptoms of w/d disappeared about 20 min later.  No symptoms associated with IBO was experienced from this dose, and she is still w/d and craving free, although it is early days.  And happy, I might add.

I treated another girl also with 14mg/kg.  She started minor w/d the next night, but with major anxiety.  I also gave her a valium shot, but when I attended other business the next day, she slipped her mother’s care and scored and used H.  I Thought bugger this and treated her (at her request and with her eager participation) that night with another 10mg/kg.  Her trip was there, but not nearly as hectic as the first experience.  All w/d and anxiety disappeared and she is OK now without any medication.  (She also got rid of a few nasty friends and habits in the meantime).

I speak with them both every day or so and they are both happy and positive.

I have not treated men who complained of major withdrawals so far.  Can it be that I must give the ladies the same dose as the men (15/kg?).  Or were these isolated cases.

Cheers all

—– Original Message ——
 From: Sjonnygee .
 Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 14:54
 To: ibogaine@mindvox.com; 
 Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Hi Howard,
I may be completely mistaken here but I had an idea that Noribogaine levels can build up insidiously to toxic levels if repeated doses are taken within short time periods – I read (or misread) something to that effect. That’s what I meant by residual build up (if that makes sense), I’m sure you can provide an answer and some clarity to this.
Regarding dose regimens, the only experience I have is a one time treatment(1.2grms). What I really wanted to know was roughly what sort of dosage would be used for a booster and how often could you take one. That’s what inspired my concern about toxicity.
Sjonny.

From: HSLotsof@aol.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 20:33:21 EDT

In a message dated 8/28/05 5:37:31 AM, sjonnygee@msn.com writes:

(I’m thinking about residual build up here……………… Thanks, sjonny.

Hi Sjonny,

What do you mean by residual buildup and can you provide actual dose regimens that are relevant if they are from your experience?

Thanks

Howard
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From: “Tyler P.” <thegoodkingnado@yahoo.ca>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] methadone detassling with ibogaine?
Date: August 30, 2005 at 10:51:08 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

hey jasen-and everyone- i live in canada, and i take 90mg/day.i have read, i think in ‘the ibogaine story’, of people coming off 80mgs, with success, so… what do you mean by “provider”? i will check out the sites recommended, and i have surfed around a bit in the past, only i don’t have a computer at home, though i can use my cell phone to email, which is why i thought maybe i could get some direction through this group… anyhow, thanks, and i’ll keep you all posted on my progress. wish me luck!!! much love, tyler p.
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From: “Sjonnygee .” <sjonnygee@msn.com>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] methadone detassling with ibogaine?
Date: August 30, 2005 at 10:19:17 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hey Tyler, check out www.ibogaine.org if you haven’t already !  – Sjonny.

From:  “Tyler P.” <thegoodkingnado@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject:  [Ibogaine] methadone detassling with ibogaine?
Date:  Tue, 30 Aug 2005 04:15:34 -0400 (EDT)
>hello!ive not emailed the group before,but ive been
>perusing awhile.so,im about ready to drop the
>methadone,after almost 5 years,but im a little wary,as
>ive weened down to 0mg before,last summer,only to
>relapse,until my doc got me back with the
>methadone.what i am hoping for is some direction from
>someone or someones on dosage and method.i have great
>support gang for actual days of treatment,but would
>love some first hand stories of
>experiences.love,respect,and thanks!tyler p.
>
>
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From: “Sjonnygee .” <sjonnygee@msn.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 30, 2005 at 9:54:17 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hi Howard,
I may be completely mistaken here but I had an idea that Noribogaine levels can build up insidiously to toxic levels if repeated doses are taken within short time periods – I read (or misread) something to that effect. That’s what I meant by residual build up (if that makes sense), I’m sure you can provide an answer and some clarity to this.
Regarding dose regimens, the only experience I have is a one time treatment(1.2grms). What I really wanted to know was roughly what sort of dosage would be used for a booster and how often could you take one. That’s what inspired my concern about toxicity.
Sjonny.

From: HSLotsof@aol.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 20:33:21 EDT

In a message dated 8/28/05 5:37:31 AM, sjonnygee@msn.com writes:

(I’m thinking about residual build up here……………… Thanks, sjonny.

Hi Sjonny,

What do you mean by residual buildup and can you provide actual dose regimens that are relevant if they are from your experience?

Thanks

Howard
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From: “Jasen Chamoun” <jasenhappy@optusnet.com.au>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] methadone detassling with ibogaine?
Date: August 30, 2005 at 4:57:46 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hey Tyler,

Nice to hear from you,my name is Jasen.

What country and state are you from and
how much methadone are you on?

Are you considering doing the drop with Ibo’
without a provider?

If you go to some of the Ibogaine Iboga sites
you will have access to personal experiences
and a lot of other information.

I came of 60mg with Iboga in November of 2004.

love, Jasen.
—– Original Message —– From: “Tyler P.” <thegoodkingnado@yahoo.ca>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 6:15 PM
Subject: [Ibogaine] methadone detassling with ibogaine?

hello!ive not emailed the group before,but ive been
perusing awhile.so,im about ready to drop the
methadone,after almost 5 years,but im a little wary,as
ive weened down to 0mg before,last summer,only to
relapse,until my doc got me back with the
methadone.what i am hoping for is some direction from
someone or someones on dosage and method.i have great
support gang for actual days of treatment,but would
love some first hand stories of
experiences.love,respect,and thanks!tyler p.

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From: “Tyler P.” <thegoodkingnado@yahoo.ca>
Subject: [Ibogaine] methadone detassling with ibogaine?
Date: August 30, 2005 at 4:15:34 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

hello!ive not emailed the group before,but ive been
perusing awhile.so,im about ready to drop the
methadone,after almost 5 years,but im a little wary,as
ive weened down to 0mg before,last summer,only to
relapse,until my doc got me back with the
methadone.what i am hoping for is some direction from
someone or someones on dosage and method.i have great
support gang for actual days of treatment,but would
love some first hand stories of
experiences.love,respect,and thanks!tyler p.

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From: Eye of the Bhogi <freedomroot@gmail.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] fund-raising for those in need of freedom root
Date: August 29, 2005 at 11:46:39 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

You have a point, Ed, about the economics of this treatment.  Although at least in the U.S., the underground movement of addict self-determinationists isn’t really about making money.  Atall.

If this were about the Benjamins, the pharmy companies would have been all over it a while ago.  This is about liberation.  Unsprungness.  Not shackled, hand-cuffed, whatever.  Freedom.

How did Dana put it recently:  it makes you think and it makes you horny, and that’s revolutionary besides all the sacred dimensions and shaman stuff.

But you keep treating it like just another drug, Ed.  It is a magical potency of profound medical importance. An amazing grace…

Thanks for posting Howard’s new foreword, Lee, and HoLo, thanks for sharing so much.

I wonder if the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation would fund the Ibogaine Project. Or is that corporate whoredom?

Or have Patrick and Posse burned that bridge looooong ago??  Fuck, whaddooeye kNOw about that hacker-pride stuff anyhoo?  Nada colada.

It was both a freakout and an honor to hang by that playground, Preston, ‘tho I didn’t get to mingle nearly enough with the friendly faces, and after a while we got thirsty for some beers & split.   Alcohol and tobacco – it’s so legal it’s practically conformist.

Now playing:  Led Zeppelin, “When the levee breaks.”  That kind of concern is a big part of why Jeff shook the hooks off himself.

love, rachel

From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 29, 2005 at 8:17:12 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Ahhhhh, I get now where you’re coming from… (ie N.A. beliefs)
You say you believe people have choices but here you are criticising those
who have made a choice that HAS ultimately worked for them.
Congrats to your partner for getting clean. How old was she when she was
ready to get clean?
As for if you don’t try you never get anywhere…. well…. you say you’ve
walked in the shoes?  How many times did it take your partner before she got
clean, no I really hate that word… I’m not dirty…. how many times before
your partner stopped taking drugs? What about yourself?  I’m reading here
that you’ve been the support person for your partner rather than an
addict…(yes Nick it is a special members only club lol)
Just curious to understand a bit more of your point of view…
Kirk

—–Original Message—–
From: edward conn [mailto:wardconn@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, 30 August 2005 11:04 a.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters

Let me put it something like this. If you don’t try you never get anywere
and if you don’t believe you can’t even start.

Look i am not naieve about what it takes for therapy/support and what is
required I know it only too well I’ve experienced it first hand and at such
a level of engagement at times it was hard to bare. My partner had an
addiction to heroin since the age of twelve years old and when everyone else

around did’nt believe and as much as laughed at her aswell as the position
it showed me the delusion and relaiance that people attribute to drugs –
ibogaine or not when they do not have beliefd for a start and the will to
never fail. So with that in mind my partner  – htrough harm reduction
through methadone  through hell fire and brimstone and from having ideas of
bull shit around using questioned and being supported and loved as someone
wantiong to move on is now drug free, bot heroin and crack and now working
to help others. So my position is this, I have nothing against anyone, but
what I have seen, experienced and know to be the case even before any of
this happened is this – that the human system is stronger than any drug, it
just needs to believe and to work through what comes up as it does for any
human being anywere, drug user or not. As far as I see there are too many
people who see to short down the path, if you’ve got your eye on the horizon

at least you’ve got some perspective, if you don’t what are you really
offering people??

And as for the poor, well save me please.

And I’m no pioneer in this, its what the NA believe any form of drug is an
escape Period! They don’t put up with any of that bull, sorry, either do I.
But i do believe people have choices and at the end of the day its about
being honest with yourself, you don’t need to pay £40 an hour for that, and
NA is free as well as a nice cup of tea to boot and maybe some chocolate
biscuits if its a rich community.

Ed.

From: sara119@xs4all.nl
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 20:15:13 +0200 (CEST)

Nick,

you put it so nicely, thanks.

Sara

Hey Ed,

Nice to hear from you. To me, what you say is good in theory and a good
position to take in Encounter therapy, but maybe not such a reality for
a
lot of people in practice. Yes, theoretically, all anyone has to
actually
do
is to turn head-on and look at what they’re afraid of…and they’re
free.
It’s true, I certainly believe it. But the physical reality is that a
lot
of
people need a lot of stepping stones on the way to getting to the place
where they actually DESIRE to really look at themselves.

Personally, I think the booster concept, as put out by Patrick in his
paper,
is great. I think it’s exciting. I don’t know where it could lead but I
don’t think it can just be labelled as a maintenance or supplementation
program, because ibogaine is simply too unknown to do that.

I agree that a drug can never show you who you are, but maybe it can
take
you to a place where you do actually desire to pick up the mirror.

Is there anyone out there? Good question!

Nick

—–Original Message—–
From: edward conn [mailto:wardconn@hotmail.com]
Sent: 29 August 2005 02:17
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters

You know this whole thing about ‘boosters’ – it sounds like a load of
old
junky talk and boils down to this – not being able to live with
uncomfortable feelings, wanting to avoid ones own real feels and
supplement
them for an artificially created one and were the ‘ibogaine
scene’ becomes a
supplementation policy rather than a detoxification programme.
Its bollox  –
the excuse perpetrated is that because it or any other ‘entheogenic’
substance does’nt have a physical dependency risk its ok. But whos
making
the claims – the people who are doing it. The question is this
when does one
learn or atleast tentatively learn to live with ones own feelings and
actually find out who they are by allowing their brain/mind/body/soul
to
communicate to them with out the need for artifice – which came first
the
chicken or the egg – the human or the drug – so humans cant live w/out
drugs??  Theres a lot of people out there perpetrating things
w/out having
compared them to long term alternatives i.e w/out. The addict is
a part of
your self which at some point in one life one will or will not choose
to
take head on, the addict has needs for sure but maybe to be
listened too not
to be fed so that it shuts up….sound like a parent to you anyone????
So
who takes care of that voice and who smothers it or shuts it out???
What
does wisdom say to do…is that not after all what the vector of
ibogaine is
trying to initialise in consciousness – awareness??? But it
does’nt effect
free will, we were blessed with that after all and so the rebels keep
the
pretence up for pretence sake. So where are the providers suggesting
that
rather than some artifice of a mixed up psychiatric model???  Is there
ANYBODY out there???? Or is it just voices……….

Ed.

From: “Sjonnygee .” <sjonnygee@msn.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 00:55:05 +0100

Thanks Matt bro – yeah you’re right , I’ll look into it
more…………..
sjonny.

From: “matthew zielinski” <mattzielinski@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 15:35:20 -0400

Hey there

I guess it depends what u are lookin for…….if u want visions
etc better
take a biger dose…..if u just want to bring back that ibo
feeling a small
dose will do fine

Dont have much expeirence with it so im sure other people will
give u more
comprehensive coments but if u are getting cravings im sure even a
small
dose will bring u back  in to that clear  lovey dovey state of mind

all the best

matt

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From: “matthew zielinski” <mattzielinski@hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 29, 2005 at 8:09:10 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

The second time i wanted to do ibogaine all my non using friends were scratching their heads saying”what the fuk for, U ve seen the universe, u got confirmation of reincarnation, u got some insight into ur addiction so whats the point”
that got me thinking a bit.  could it be that junky syndrome of more and more
I started to feel guilty about using it the second time.
but in the end i and my entity know whats best for me.  My intution is my best guide and if it tells me i need more since nothing worked befre then fuk yah i do it 100 times more if tht means i will stay clean.
I made a mistake not to do it the third time and fourth and relasped.  did i relapsed because i didnt do ibo.? maybe
mabye not
thats not the point
the point is i felt stronger more confident and had lots less cravings when having that ibo glow the two magical times so i say IF U IN GOOD HEALTH BOOST ALL U CAN!!!
Im clean again thank god and will have a session this friday and hope to prolong it with as many boosters as i can in the folowing months.
i really dont want to go through the hellish wd’s ever again!!1
peace and love to u all…..one love!
matt

 

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 29, 2005 at 7:04:52 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Do you think
all the strung out folks in New Orleans are feeling okay right about
now?  Are those methadone clinics that make folks come in every day
for pisstests and what not  open in the middle of Katrina??  I don’t
think so.  It’s time for a cure. – rachel<

Hadn’t even thought of them.
This post was so well put Rachel, thanks for taking the time to write AND post it.
Hope you guys had a good time at Howl.

Peace and love,
Preston

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—– Original Message —– From: “Eye of the Bhogi” <freedomroot@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters

I can relate a *little* bit to the idea expressed by Ed Conn — the
concern that someone in the throes of their ibogaine rebirth may think
they need more not because they actually do, but because they are used
to their daily dosing regimens and think they will get sick without
more.  If a little is good, more must be better — c’mon, that’s not a
totally alien representation of the basic, underlying issue of
“craving,” is it?  It was certainly among my worries when I was in the
position of supporting Jeff in his initial detox.

But from what everyone in the local nyc movement has told me about
their firsthand experiences of eating the Root (or rather, its
purified salt) you may want more… but not right now, not yet, one of
these days you’ll go through that again… maybe.  It is a harrowing
process.  It is not fun.  It is not recreational.

For an anecdotal example:  one week after his flood to come off 60 mg
of methadone (no heroin for about 7 yrs previous) and a 20+ yr history
of coca-dope-fiending, my husband insisted to us all that he needed a
booster… and then it took him another week to get up the courage to
ingest it.  He is a veteran tripper… something of a psychedelic
adventurer… But having a vision of the veins being ripped out of his
arms is not a place anyone willingly goes again.  That’s the intensity
of experience.  And that intensity is what mitigates against abuse of
this substance.

The freedom root is a medicine, a gift from the ancestors, and an
extraordinarily powerful substance.   That power is unique, and with
all due respect Mr. Conn, twisting it back into false comparisons with
the ordinary history of “the pursuit of intoxication”  (cf. Andrew I.
Malcolm) is just plain shortsightedness.

As for Cindy’s example of “bad advice” from an underground source,
well, its easy to project frustration onto those who give counsel
instead of dealing with the underlying problem.  This person’s brain
chemistry is all outta whack from various life experiences,
intoxicants, and anesthetic attempts at blunting the pain.  It’s a
complex problem to try and come in from the ouside to assist in
healing.  So look at it from the perspective of providing without a
clinically secure situation.  It is inherently risky to work with
addicts in an uncontrolled environment where anything could be
stashed.   And at least several of the deaths attributed to ibogaine
seem to come not from the root’s side effects, but from accidental
overdoses by recovering patients who do not recognize that their
tolerance has been “reset.”  Given those facts, erring on the side of
“just throw out your old bottles” (or whatever) makes a lot of sense.
I know several folks who relapsed because it was very easy to do.
They didn’t have to go score, they simply had to talk/beg/cajole their
family members into opening up a lockbox.

Anyway, this is all bullshit.  How many people have OD’ed in the last
hour that I’ve been writing this?  More than have ever died from
ibogaine.  How many people are suffering from dope sickness and hoping
they can stick it out “this time”?  Too many to count.  How many
families in the throes of addiction are inflicting pain and damage and
continuing the cycle of abuse that leads toward self-medication right
now, because of the stress of their illness?  Enough to make the
“family values” rhetoriticians choke on their own bilious hypocrisy
(and these are some pretty puffed up stuffed shirts).  Do you think
all the strung out folks in New Orleans are feeling okay right about
now?  Are those methadone clinics that make folks come in every day
for pisstests and what not  open in the middle of Katrina??  I don’t
think so.  It’s time for a cure. – rachel

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From: “edward conn” <wardconn@hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 29, 2005 at 7:04:05 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Let me put it something like this. If you don’t try you never get anywere and if you don’t believe you can’t even start.

Look i am not naieve about what it takes for therapy/support and what is required I know it only too well I’ve experienced it first hand and at such a level of engagement at times it was hard to bare. My partner had an addiction to heroin since the age of twelve years old and when everyone else around did’nt believe and as much as laughed at her aswell as the position it showed me the delusion and relaiance that people attribute to drugs – ibogaine or not when they do not have beliefd for a start and the will to never fail. So with that in mind my partner  – htrough harm reduction through methadone  through hell fire and brimstone and from having ideas of bull shit around using questioned and being supported and loved as someone wantiong to move on is now drug free, bot heroin and crack and now working to help others. So my position is this, I have nothing against anyone, but what I have seen, experienced and know to be the case even before any of this happened is this – that the human system is stronger than any drug, it just needs to believe and to work through what comes up as it does for any human being anywere, drug user or not. As far as I see there are too many people who see to short down the path, if you’ve got your eye on the horizon at least you’ve got some perspective, if you don’t what are you really offering people??

And as for the poor, well save me please.

And I’m no pioneer in this, its what the NA believe any form of drug is an escape Period! They don’t put up with any of that bull, sorry, either do I. But i do believe people have choices and at the end of the day its about being honest with yourself, you don’t need to pay 」40 an hour for that, and NA is free as well as a nice cup of tea to boot and maybe some chocolate biscuits if its a rich community.

Ed.

From: sara119@xs4all.nl
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 20:15:13 +0200 (CEST)

Nick,

you put it so nicely, thanks.

Sara

Hey Ed,
>
> Nice to hear from you. To me, what you say is good in theory and a good
> position to take in Encounter therapy, but maybe not such a reality for a
> lot of people in practice. Yes, theoretically, all anyone has to actually
> do
> is to turn head-on and look at what they’re afraid of…and they’re free.
> It’s true, I certainly believe it. But the physical reality is that a lot
> of
> people need a lot of stepping stones on the way to getting to the place
> where they actually DESIRE to really look at themselves.
>
> Personally, I think the booster concept, as put out by Patrick in his
> paper,
> is great. I think it’s exciting. I don’t know where it could lead but I
> don’t think it can just be labelled as a maintenance or supplementation
> program, because ibogaine is simply too unknown to do that.
>
> I agree that a drug can never show you who you are, but maybe it can take
> you to a place where you do actually desire to pick up the mirror.
>
> Is there anyone out there? Good question!
>
> Nick
>
>
>
>
>
>> —–Original Message—–
>> From: edward conn [mailto:wardconn@hotmail.com]
>> Sent: 29 August 2005 02:17
>> To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
>> Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
>>
>>
>> You know this whole thing about ‘boosters’ – it sounds like a load of
>> old
>> junky talk and boils down to this – not being able to live with
>> uncomfortable feelings, wanting to avoid ones own real feels and
>> supplement
>> them for an artificially created one and were the ‘ibogaine
>> scene’ becomes a
>> supplementation policy rather than a detoxification programme.
>> Its bollox  –
>> the excuse perpetrated is that because it or any other ‘entheogenic’
>> substance does’nt have a physical dependency risk its ok. But whos
>> making
>> the claims – the people who are doing it. The question is this
>> when does one
>> learn or atleast tentatively learn to live with ones own feelings and
>> actually find out who they are by allowing their brain/mind/body/soul to
>> communicate to them with out the need for artifice – which came first
>> the
>> chicken or the egg – the human or the drug – so humans cant live w/out
>> drugs??  Theres a lot of people out there perpetrating things
>> w/out having
>> compared them to long term alternatives i.e w/out. The addict is
>> a part of
>> your self which at some point in one life one will or will not choose to
>> take head on, the addict has needs for sure but maybe to be
>> listened too not
>> to be fed so that it shuts up….sound like a parent to you anyone????
>> So
>> who takes care of that voice and who smothers it or shuts it out??? What
>> does wisdom say to do…is that not after all what the vector of
>> ibogaine is
>> trying to initialise in consciousness – awareness??? But it
>> does’nt effect
>> free will, we were blessed with that after all and so the rebels keep
>> the
>> pretence up for pretence sake. So where are the providers suggesting
>> that
>> rather than some artifice of a mixed up psychiatric model???  Is there
>> ANYBODY out there???? Or is it just voices……….
>>
>> Ed.
>>
>>
>> >From: “Sjonnygee .” <sjonnygee@msn.com>
>> >Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
>> >To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
>> >Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
>> >Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 00:55:05 +0100
>> >
>> >
>> >Thanks Matt bro – yeah you’re right , I’ll look into it
>> more…………..
>> >sjonny.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >From: “matthew zielinski” <mattzielinski@hotmail.com>
>> >Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
>> >To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
>> >Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
>> >Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 15:35:20 -0400
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >Hey there
>> >
>> >I guess it depends what u are lookin for…….if u want visions
>> etc better
>> >take a biger dose…..if u just want to bring back that ibo
>> feeling a small
>> >dose will do fine
>> >
>> >Dont have much expeirence with it so im sure other people will
>> give u more
>> >comprehensive coments but if u are getting cravings im sure even a
>> small
>> >dose will bring u back  in to that clear  lovey dovey state of mind
>> >
>> >all the best
>> >
>> >matt
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 29, 2005 at 5:28:45 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Oy vey.
😉
Only semi-literate, darn it, and in just about one language only too-
although I do a fair job vocalizing in French too- but I’m sure not literate

in it- and barely in English for that matter.
Nuther big 😉

Peace and love,
Preston

[Capt Kirk] Oh, so I shouldn’t bother reading any of your stuff then oy oy
vey?  Cos it’ll just be illitritt stuff yeh?  Hey I barely remember sum
stuff from French in high school!!!  Like, telling someone that doesn’t know
French to go up to a French girl guy and say “vouslez vous acouchez avec moi
c’est sois? (ok forget the spelling I did say sum!!)
Gee, such fond memories of scool.  I lernt so much.

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From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 29, 2005 at 5:22:20 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I’m confused, why is something being attacked that has and still is helping
so many people?
It’s almost as insane as people attacking this list for people being too
chatty on it!
But then again, I’m easily confused….duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Smooooooooooooches to all
Koiky

—–Original Message—–
From: sara119@xs4all.nl [mailto:sara119@xs4all.nl]
Sent: Tuesday, 30 August 2005 4:55 a.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters

Please do not discuss so rude.cannot blame the poor for being
poor. concentration of richness that causes
problems in our world.
who is going to give the money for the  post Ibo. therapy to those addicts?

well, do ask me to be seriously minded. it helps.

Sara

your right sara, and thats exactly why an alternative perspective is what
if
not just to draw attention needs to be put bluntly. The bottom line is
this
I know very much what it is like to walk in those shoes and understand
very
much the feelings of vlnerability and therefore from that perspective take
a
very strong perspective on talk about boosters and the like as perhaps an
easy option and as I say put forward by whom?  The thing that has always
lacke is interpersoanl support and moving away from long established
patterns of engrained thought programmes to avoid feelings, this is the
essence of addiction and why it is so difficult to combat and why it
requires genuine interpersoanl support and maybe a voice occasionally that
says something different.

I wonder do you know what it is like to walk in those shoes or is that
just
you being judgemental??

Taking ibogaine will always and it always has required on going support,
were that does’nt exist what does someoine do…what they’ve always
done…

This is’nt judgemental and its certainly not precious either, its web chat
to cause thought and perhaps enable the evocation of choice, all being
valid. So please do’nt give me your self righteous stuff thanks.

If you want to be serious about addiction you need to be seriously minded
and not just rely on a chemical alternatives, but hey if that’s all you
can
do who am I to comment.???

Ed

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From: Krista Vaughan <krista.vaughan@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 29, 2005 at 4:19:28 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Ed thanks for the response and I’m glad you don’t disagree with the
principles of harm reduction, or so you are saying in one sentence.
It’s every other sentence of what you actually wrote that seems to
contradict every tenet of harm reduction.

You obviously walked into a emotional minefield with the replies that
went across, maybe because the tone you are taking seems so arrogant
and full of yourself. I won’t go on here because Nick Sandberg’s reply
was quite perfect. It’s all very nice in theory, but doesn’t have too
much to do with most of the people I know back in the real world
struggling with addiction.

Speaking only for myself, I have a very hard time trying to remain
completely ‘sober’ and not self medicate with something. I have
cupboards full of the prescriptions cheryl or cindy ranted about and
have to agree that the people who have done more damage to me then any
underground dealers, are the medically sanctioned ones.

I would very much like to have access to low doses or boosters of
ibogaine,  to augment conventional or unconventional therapy. I don’t
think anyone is suggesting that ibogaine maintenance is the permanent
solution to anything. The best description I can think of is one that
I believe Matt offered about the 12 steps. ‘It’s like a boat to get
across the river. Once you’re across, you might no longer need the
boat’. In that case he was talking about the 12 steps, not ibogaine,
but it’s the same analogy. It’s also no different at all from a dozen
press interviews with Dr. Mash who’s entire noribogaine concept is to
apply it in a patch and end up with sustained release noribogaine. The
only difference being Patrick listed exact numbers, doses and results,
for how to use ibogaine to get all of that right now. It seems to be
working for people.

KV

On 8/29/05, edward conn <wardconn@hotmail.com> wrote:
I believe very strongly in harm reduction I also believe in sensible
alternatives and what is always post scripted with ibogaine treatments is
the requirement for therapeutic support, I feel far more strongly about that
than boosters. How treatments are organised and structured in relation to
support pre and post are cruciial to making them efficacious and enduring.

Ed.

From: Krista Vaughan <krista.vaughan@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 23:52:55 -0400

I’m not sure why anyone taking a booster to prevent themselves from a
full relapse is negative in your mind. I don’t think anyone advocates
doing ibogaine maintenance forever but boosters seem to be helping
people who would otherwise be stuck.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but nothing in your message was
constructive it just sounds very angry and has absolutely nothing to
do with any of the principles of harm reduction.

KV

On 8/28/05, edward conn <wardconn@hotmail.com> wrote:
You know this whole thing about ‘boosters’ – it sounds like a load of
old
junky talk and boils down to this – not being able to live with
uncomfortable feelings, wanting to avoid ones own real feels and
supplement
them for an artificially created one and were the ‘ibogaine scene’
becomes a
supplementation policy rather than a detoxification programme. Its
bollox  –
the excuse perpetrated is that because it or any other ‘entheogenic’
substance does’nt have a physical dependency risk its ok. But whos
making
the claims – the people who are doing it. The question is this when does
one
learn or atleast tentatively learn to live with ones own feelings and
actually find out who they are by allowing their brain/mind/body/soul to
communicate to them with out the need for artifice – which came first
the
chicken or the egg – the human or the drug – so humans cant live w/out
drugs??  Theres a lot of people out there perpetrating things w/out
having
compared them to long term alternatives i.e w/out. The addict is a part
of
your self which at some point in one life one will or will not choose to
take head on, the addict has needs for sure but maybe to be listened too
not
to be fed so that it shuts up….sound like a parent to you anyone????
So
who takes care of that voice and who smothers it or shuts it out??? What
does wisdom say to do…is that not after all what the vector of
ibogaine is
trying to initialise in consciousness – awareness??? But it does’nt
effect
free will, we were blessed with that after all and so the rebels keep
the
pretence up for pretence sake. So where are the providers suggesting
that
rather than some artifice of a mixed up psychiatric model???  Is there
ANYBODY out there???? Or is it just voices……….

Ed.

From: “Sjonnygee .” <sjonnygee@msn.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 00:55:05 +0100

Thanks Matt bro – yeah you’re right, I’ll look into it
more…………..
sjonny.

From: “matthew zielinski” <mattzielinski@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 15:35:20 -0400

Hey there

I guess it depends what u are lookin for…….if u want visions etc
better
take a biger dose…..if u just want to bring back that ibo feeling a
small
dose will do fine

Dont have much expeirence with it so im sure other people will give u
more
comprehensive coments but if u are getting cravings im sure even a
small
dose will bring u back in to that clear lovey dovey state of mind

all the best

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From: “Nick Sandberg” <nick227@tiscali.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 29, 2005 at 3:16:10 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

—–Original Message—–
From: Preston Peet [mailto:ptpeet@nyc.rr.com]
Sent: 29 August 2005 05:40
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters

Someone with the incredibly unlikely name of Ed Conn wrote in part
The question is this when does one
learn or atleast tentatively learn to live with ones own feelings and
actually find out who they are by allowing theirbrain/mind/body/soul to
communicate to them with out the need for artifice – which came first the
chicken or the egg – the human or the drug – so humans cant live w/out
drugs??<

To which I must reply in brief.
As someone who has had mixed results with ALL treatment modalities,
including ibogaine, I’ve personally found I LIKE being able to
take ibogaine
every few months, realign my brain and body, and not do my
recovery how you
feel I must to be without “artifice.” What exactly do you mean by
that, and
how do you tell someone living in chornic pain, or was introduced
to opiates
by a doctor at some point through severe surguries and the like that they
are NOT normal or living naturally by wanting to continue to use opiates
that work to stiffle that overwhelming pain? Who the heck are you
or anyone
to tell me or anyone else what’s the best route for us to take in
terms of
our pain, our addiction, or our use patterns? Who are you? What
else do you
bring to this table other than complaints and huff?
Thanks for your time, and I look forward to a reply, but doubt
I’m going to
get one.

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

Hey Preston,

Without actually wishing to commence another of our long-winded arguments, I
would simply like to point out that there may well be a relationship between
the point at which you allow… “anyone to tell me or anyone else what’s the
best route for us to take in terms of our pain, our addiction, or our use
patterns”…. and healing to take place. To heal you do have to trust. A lot
of people come to ibogaine through a desire to “self-heal”, to be able to
manage their own recovery process, to stay in control of it. This is what
actually attracts them to the drug. I think the best outcome for most of
these guys is that they see clearly in the ibogaine session the fear
position beneath this need to stay in control. They realize that trust is
their actual issue. Then they can move beyond the fear and allow others in.

Nick

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From: shelley krupa <skrupa20022002@yahoo.com>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 29, 2005 at 2:54:11 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hi All, ditto Nick, according to all “recovering experts” & even some iboga ones ,since I have done ibogaine 4 times my odds are questionable, but boosters & numerous sessions ( with relapses in between) have led me to a place where Im willing,have 6 months now ,been there before too,but it took all it took, so glad I had the opportunity & support ,(thank you Eric)With a good therapist & a great start,love shelley

sara119@xs4all.nl wrote:
Nick,

you put it so nicely, thanks.

Sara

Hey Ed,
>
> Nice to hear from you. To me, what you say is good in theory and a good
> position to take in Encounter therapy, but maybe not such a reality for a
> lot of people in practice. Yes, theoretically, all anyone has to actually
> do
> is to turn head-on and look at what they’re afraid of…and they’re free.
> It’s true, I certainly believe it. But the physical reality is that a lot
> of
> people need a lot of stepping stones on the way to getting to the place
> where they actually DESIRE to really look at themselves.
>
> Personally, I think the booster concept, as put out by Patrick in his
> paper,
> is great. I think it’s exciting. I don’t know where it could lead but I
> don’t think it can just be labelled as a maintenance or supplementation
> program, because ibogaine is simply too unknown to do that.
>
> I agree that a drug can never show you who you are, but maybe it can take
> you to a place where you do actually desire to pick up the mirror.
>
> Is there anyone out there? Good question!
>
> Nick
>
>
>
>
>
>> —–Original Message—–
>> From: edward conn [mailto:wardconn@hotmail.com]
>> Sent: 29 August 2005 02:17
>> To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
>> Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
>>
>>
>> You know this whole thing about ‘boosters’ – it sounds like a load of
>> old
>> junky talk and boils down to this – not being able to live with
>> uncomfortable feelings, wanting to avoid ones own real feels and
>> supplement
>> them for an artificially created one and were the ‘ibogaine
>> scene’ becomes a
>> supplementation policy rather than a detoxification programme.
>> Its bollox –
>> the excuse perpetrated is that because it or any other ‘entheogenic’
>> substance does’nt have a physical dependency risk its ok. But whos
>> making
>> the claims – the people who are doing it. The question is this
>> when does one
>> learn or atleast tentatively learn to live with ones own feelings and
>> actually find out who they are by allowing their brain/mind/body/soul to
>> communicate to them with out the need for artifice – which came first
>> the
>> chicken or the egg – the human or the drug – so humans cant live w/out
>> drugs?? Theres a lot of people out there perpetrating things
>> w/out having
>> compared them to long term alternatives i.e w/out. The addict is
>> a part of
>> your self which at some point in one life one will or will not choose to
>> take head on, the addict has needs for sure but maybe to be
>> listened too not
>> to be fed so that it shuts up….sound like a parent to you anyone????
>> So
>> who takes care of that voice and who smothers it or shuts it out??? What
>> does wisdom say to do…is that not after all what the vector of
>> ibogaine is
>> trying to initialise in consciousness – awareness??? But it
>> does’nt effect
>> free will, we were blessed with that after all and so the rebels keep
>> the
>> pretence up for pretence sake. So where are the providers suggesting
>> that
>> rather than some artifice of a mixed up psychiatric model??? Is there
>> ANYBODY out there???? Or is it just voices……….
>>
>> Ed.
>>
>>
>> >From: “Sjonnygee .”
>> >Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
>> >To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
>> >Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
>> >Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 00:55:05 +0100
>> >
>> >
>> >Thanks Matt bro – yeah you’re right , I’ll look into it
>> more…………..
>> >sjonny.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >From: “matthew zielinski”
>> >Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
>> >To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
>> >Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
>> >Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 15:35:20 -0400
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >Hey there
>> >
>> >I guess it depends what u are lookin for…….if u want visions
>> etc better
>> >take a biger dose…..if u just want to bring back that ibo
>> feeling a small
>> >dose will do fine
>> >
>> >Dont have much expeirence with it so im sure other people will
>> give u more
>> >comprehensive coments but if u are getting cravings im sure even a
>> small
>> >dose will bring u back in to that clear lovey dovey state of mind
>> >
>> >all the best
>> >
>> >matt
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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From: sara119@xs4all.nl
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 29, 2005 at 2:15:13 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Nick,

you put it so nicely, thanks.

Sara

Hey Ed,

Nice to hear from you. To me, what you say is good in theory and a good
position to take in Encounter therapy, but maybe not such a reality for a
lot of people in practice. Yes, theoretically, all anyone has to actually
do
is to turn head-on and look at what they’re afraid of…and they’re free.
It’s true, I certainly believe it. But the physical reality is that a lot
of
people need a lot of stepping stones on the way to getting to the place
where they actually DESIRE to really look at themselves.

Personally, I think the booster concept, as put out by Patrick in his
paper,
is great. I think it’s exciting. I don’t know where it could lead but I
don’t think it can just be labelled as a maintenance or supplementation
program, because ibogaine is simply too unknown to do that.

I agree that a drug can never show you who you are, but maybe it can take
you to a place where you do actually desire to pick up the mirror.

Is there anyone out there? Good question!

Nick

—–Original Message—–
From: edward conn [mailto:wardconn@hotmail.com]
Sent: 29 August 2005 02:17
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters

You know this whole thing about ‘boosters’ – it sounds like a load of
old
junky talk and boils down to this – not being able to live with
uncomfortable feelings, wanting to avoid ones own real feels and
supplement
them for an artificially created one and were the ‘ibogaine
scene’ becomes a
supplementation policy rather than a detoxification programme.
Its bollox  –
the excuse perpetrated is that because it or any other ‘entheogenic’
substance does’nt have a physical dependency risk its ok. But whos
making
the claims – the people who are doing it. The question is this
when does one
learn or atleast tentatively learn to live with ones own feelings and
actually find out who they are by allowing their brain/mind/body/soul to
communicate to them with out the need for artifice – which came first
the
chicken or the egg – the human or the drug – so humans cant live w/out
drugs??  Theres a lot of people out there perpetrating things
w/out having
compared them to long term alternatives i.e w/out. The addict is
a part of
your self which at some point in one life one will or will not choose to
take head on, the addict has needs for sure but maybe to be
listened too not
to be fed so that it shuts up….sound like a parent to you anyone????
So
who takes care of that voice and who smothers it or shuts it out??? What
does wisdom say to do…is that not after all what the vector of
ibogaine is
trying to initialise in consciousness – awareness??? But it
does’nt effect
free will, we were blessed with that after all and so the rebels keep
the
pretence up for pretence sake. So where are the providers suggesting
that
rather than some artifice of a mixed up psychiatric model???  Is there
ANYBODY out there???? Or is it just voices……….

Ed.

From: “Sjonnygee .” <sjonnygee@msn.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 00:55:05 +0100

Thanks Matt bro – yeah you’re right , I’ll look into it
more…………..
sjonny.

From: “matthew zielinski” <mattzielinski@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 15:35:20 -0400

Hey there

I guess it depends what u are lookin for…….if u want visions
etc better
take a biger dose…..if u just want to bring back that ibo
feeling a small
dose will do fine

Dont have much expeirence with it so im sure other people will
give u more
comprehensive coments but if u are getting cravings im sure even a
small
dose will bring u back  in to that clear  lovey dovey state of mind

all the best

matt

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From: “Nick Sandberg” <nick227@tiscali.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 29, 2005 at 2:00:14 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hey Ed,

Nice to hear from you. To me, what you say is good in theory and a good
position to take in Encounter therapy, but maybe not such a reality for a
lot of people in practice. Yes, theoretically, all anyone has to actually do
is to turn head-on and look at what they’re afraid of…and they’re free.
It’s true, I certainly believe it. But the physical reality is that a lot of
people need a lot of stepping stones on the way to getting to the place
where they actually DESIRE to really look at themselves.

Personally, I think the booster concept, as put out by Patrick in his paper,
is great. I think it’s exciting. I don’t know where it could lead but I
don’t think it can just be labelled as a maintenance or supplementation
program, because ibogaine is simply too unknown to do that.

I agree that a drug can never show you who you are, but maybe it can take
you to a place where you do actually desire to pick up the mirror.

Is there anyone out there? Good question!

Nick

—–Original Message—–
From: edward conn [mailto:wardconn@hotmail.com]
Sent: 29 August 2005 02:17
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters

You know this whole thing about ‘boosters’ – it sounds like a load of old
junky talk and boils down to this – not being able to live with
uncomfortable feelings, wanting to avoid ones own real feels and
supplement
them for an artificially created one and were the ‘ibogaine
scene’ becomes a
supplementation policy rather than a detoxification programme.
Its bollox  –
the excuse perpetrated is that because it or any other ‘entheogenic’
substance does’nt have a physical dependency risk its ok. But whos making
the claims – the people who are doing it. The question is this
when does one
learn or atleast tentatively learn to live with ones own feelings and
actually find out who they are by allowing their brain/mind/body/soul to
communicate to them with out the need for artifice – which came first the
chicken or the egg – the human or the drug – so humans cant live w/out
drugs??  Theres a lot of people out there perpetrating things
w/out having
compared them to long term alternatives i.e w/out. The addict is
a part of
your self which at some point in one life one will or will not choose to
take head on, the addict has needs for sure but maybe to be
listened too not
to be fed so that it shuts up….sound like a parent to you anyone???? So
who takes care of that voice and who smothers it or shuts it out??? What
does wisdom say to do…is that not after all what the vector of
ibogaine is
trying to initialise in consciousness – awareness??? But it
does’nt effect
free will, we were blessed with that after all and so the rebels keep the
pretence up for pretence sake. So where are the providers suggesting that
rather than some artifice of a mixed up psychiatric model???  Is there
ANYBODY out there???? Or is it just voices……….

Ed.

From: “Sjonnygee .” <sjonnygee@msn.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 00:55:05 +0100

Thanks Matt bro – yeah you’re right , I’ll look into it
more…………..
sjonny.

 

From: “matthew zielinski” <mattzielinski@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 15:35:20 -0400

Hey there

I guess it depends what u are lookin for…….if u want visions
etc better
take a biger dose…..if u just want to bring back that ibo
feeling a small
dose will do fine

Dont have much expeirence with it so im sure other people will
give u more
comprehensive coments but if u are getting cravings im sure even a small
dose will bring u back  in to that clear  lovey dovey state of mind

all the best

matt

 

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From: Lee Albert <myeboga@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Text of Foreword by Howard S. Lotsof
Date: August 29, 2005 at 1:38:31 PM EDT
To: Ibogaine List <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Cc: Eboga Elistas <eboga@elistas.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Dear List,

Howard Lotsof very kindly agreed to write a foreward to the book Amazing Grace, which will appear in the next release. I am very grateful to Howard for his time and effort.

As a matter of note, I have removed the (TM) from the term The Eboga Process.
In the future it will simply be known as: The Eboga Process, and will not be (TM).

Please follow this link to Howard’s foreward:

www.my-eboga.com/forehoward.html

Lee

Amazing Grace: A true story based on the use of eboga / ibogaine over a six year period. Includes section on the Eboga Healing Process: www.my-eboga.com/amazinggrace.html.
My Eboga: A website dedicated to practical guidance and spiritual interpretation of the eboga experience. Includes a mailing list for those already initiated into eboga: www.my-eboga.com.

From: sara119@xs4all.nl
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 29, 2005 at 12:54:33 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Please do not discuss so rude.cannot blame the poor for being
poor. concentration of richness that causes
problems in our world.
who is going to give the money for the  post Ibo. therapy to those addicts?

well, do ask me to be seriously minded. it helps.

Sara

your right sara, and thats exactly why an alternative perspective is what
if
not just to draw attention needs to be put bluntly. The bottom line is
this
I know very much what it is like to walk in those shoes and understand
very
much the feelings of vlnerability and therefore from that perspective take
a
very strong perspective on talk about boosters and the like as perhaps an
easy option and as I say put forward by whom?  The thing that has always
lacke is interpersoanl support and moving away from long established
patterns of engrained thought programmes to avoid feelings, this is the
essence of addiction and why it is so difficult to combat and why it
requires genuine interpersoanl support and maybe a voice occasionally that
says something different.

I wonder do you know what it is like to walk in those shoes or is that
just
you being judgemental??

Taking ibogaine will always and it always has required on going support,
were that does’nt exist what does someoine do…what they’ve always
done…

This is’nt judgemental and its certainly not precious either, its web chat
to cause thought and perhaps enable the evocation of choice, all being
valid. So please do’nt give me your self righteous stuff thanks.

If you want to be serious about addiction you need to be seriously minded
and not just rely on a chemical alternatives, but hey if that’s all you
can
do who am I to comment.???

Ed

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From: Eye of the Bhogi <freedomroot@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 29, 2005 at 12:00:16 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I can relate a *little* bit to the idea expressed by Ed Conn — the
concern that someone in the throes of their ibogaine rebirth may think
they need more not because they actually do, but because they are used
to their daily dosing regimens and think they will get sick without
more.  If a little is good, more must be better — c’mon, that’s not a
totally alien representation of the basic, underlying issue of
“craving,” is it?  It was certainly among my worries when I was in the
position of supporting Jeff in his initial detox.

But from what everyone in the local nyc movement has told me about
their firsthand experiences of eating the Root (or rather, its
purified salt) you may want more… but not right now, not yet, one of
these days you’ll go through that again… maybe.  It is a harrowing
process.  It is not fun.  It is not recreational.

For an anecdotal example:  one week after his flood to come off 60 mg
of methadone (no heroin for about 7 yrs previous) and a 20+ yr history
of coca-dope-fiending, my husband insisted to us all that he needed a
booster… and then it took him another week to get up the courage to
ingest it.  He is a veteran tripper… something of a psychedelic
adventurer… But having a vision of the veins being ripped out of his
arms is not a place anyone willingly goes again.  That’s the intensity
of experience.  And that intensity is what mitigates against abuse of
this substance.

The freedom root is a medicine, a gift from the ancestors, and an
extraordinarily powerful substance.   That power is unique, and with
all due respect Mr. Conn, twisting it back into false comparisons with
the ordinary history of “the pursuit of intoxication”  (cf. Andrew I.
Malcolm) is just plain shortsightedness.

As for Cindy’s example of “bad advice” from an underground source,
well, its easy to project frustration onto those who give counsel
instead of dealing with the underlying problem.  This person’s brain
chemistry is all outta whack from various life experiences,
intoxicants, and anesthetic attempts at blunting the pain.  It’s a
complex problem to try and come in from the ouside to assist in
healing.  So look at it from the perspective of providing without a
clinically secure situation.  It is inherently risky to work with
addicts in an uncontrolled environment where anything could be
stashed.   And at least several of the deaths attributed to ibogaine
seem to come not from the root’s side effects, but from accidental
overdoses by recovering patients who do not recognize that their
tolerance has been “reset.”  Given those facts, erring on the side of
“just throw out your old bottles” (or whatever) makes a lot of sense.
I know several folks who relapsed because it was very easy to do.
They didn’t have to go score, they simply had to talk/beg/cajole their
family members into opening up a lockbox.

Anyway, this is all bullshit.  How many people have OD’ed in the last
hour that I’ve been writing this?  More than have ever died from
ibogaine.  How many people are suffering from dope sickness and hoping
they can stick it out “this time”?  Too many to count.  How many
families in the throes of addiction are inflicting pain and damage and
continuing the cycle of abuse that leads toward self-medication right
now, because of the stress of their illness?  Enough to make the
“family values” rhetoriticians choke on their own bilious hypocrisy
(and these are some pretty puffed up stuffed shirts).  Do you think
all the strung out folks in New Orleans are feeling okay right about
now?  Are those methadone clinics that make folks come in every day
for pisstests and what not  open in the middle of Katrina??  I don’t
think so.  It’s time for a cure. – rachel

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From: “Ann B. Mullikin” <think@francomm.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 29, 2005 at 11:13:01 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Thank you so very much, Howard.  I appreciate it very much.  I MUST get my old retained files in some kind
of order!!!

ann
think@francomm.com

—– Original Message —–
From: HSLotsof@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 10:52 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters

In a message dated 8/28/05 10:49:56 PM, think@francomm.com writes:

—– Original Message —–
From: HSLotsof@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 8:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters

Howard, please help me to remember.  I know that in one post you stated that it is your experience
that individuals who have more than one experience with Ibogaine did “better” in the long run than those
who stopped with just one?  I am a pack rat and keep all relevant posts.  But, I am also lazy and really
don’t feel like I have time to read through each and every one of your posts!!!!  I will if I have to!!!

Regards
ann

Hi Ann,

I have probably said it in a number of papers but, you can find it in my original patent for the treatment of opioid dependence as well, http://www.ibogaine.org/4499096.html

At the time of that work it was not a matter of treating when a subject returned to drug use but, as part of a research paradigm to determine the effects of multiple dose regimens.

Regards as always.

Howard

From: “edward conn” <wardconn@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 29, 2005 at 11:10:43 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I believe very strongly in harm reduction I also believe in sensible alternatives and what is always post scripted with ibogaine treatments is the requirement for therapeutic support, I feel far more strongly about that than boosters. How treatments are organised and structured in relation to support pre and post are cruciial to making them efficacious and enduring.

Ed.

From: Krista Vaughan <krista.vaughan@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 23:52:55 -0400

I’m not sure why anyone taking a booster to prevent themselves from a
full relapse is negative in your mind. I don’t think anyone advocates
doing ibogaine maintenance forever but boosters seem to be helping
people who would otherwise be stuck.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but nothing in your message was
constructive it just sounds very angry and has absolutely nothing to
do with any of the principles of harm reduction.

KV

On 8/28/05, edward conn <wardconn@hotmail.com> wrote:
> You know this whole thing about ‘boosters’ – it sounds like a load of old
> junky talk and boils down to this – not being able to live with
> uncomfortable feelings, wanting to avoid ones own real feels and supplement
> them for an artificially created one and were the ‘ibogaine scene’ becomes a
> supplementation policy rather than a detoxification programme. Its bollox  –
> the excuse perpetrated is that because it or any other ‘entheogenic’
> substance does’nt have a physical dependency risk its ok. But whos making
> the claims – the people who are doing it. The question is this when does one
> learn or atleast tentatively learn to live with ones own feelings and
> actually find out who they are by allowing their brain/mind/body/soul to
> communicate to them with out the need for artifice – which came first the
> chicken or the egg – the human or the drug – so humans cant live w/out
> drugs??  Theres a lot of people out there perpetrating things w/out having
> compared them to long term alternatives i.e w/out. The addict is a part of
> your self which at some point in one life one will or will not choose to
> take head on, the addict has needs for sure but maybe to be listened too not
> to be fed so that it shuts up….sound like a parent to you anyone???? So
> who takes care of that voice and who smothers it or shuts it out??? What
> does wisdom say to do…is that not after all what the vector of ibogaine is
> trying to initialise in consciousness – awareness??? But it does’nt effect
> free will, we were blessed with that after all and so the rebels keep the
> pretence up for pretence sake. So where are the providers suggesting that
> rather than some artifice of a mixed up psychiatric model???  Is there
> ANYBODY out there???? Or is it just voices……….
>
> Ed.
>
>
> >From: “Sjonnygee .” <sjonnygee@msn.com>
> >Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
> >To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
> >Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
> >Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 00:55:05 +0100
> >
> >
> >Thanks Matt bro – yeah you’re right, I’ll look into it more…………..
> >sjonny.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >From: “matthew zielinski” <mattzielinski@hotmail.com>
> >Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
> >To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
> >Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
> >Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 15:35:20 -0400
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Hey there
> >
> >I guess it depends what u are lookin for…….if u want visions etc better
> >take a biger dose…..if u just want to bring back that ibo feeling a small
> >dose will do fine
> >
> >Dont have much expeirence with it so im sure other people will give u more
> >comprehensive coments but if u are getting cravings im sure even a small
> >dose will bring u back in to that clear lovey dovey state of mind
> >
> >all the best
> >
> >matt
> >
> >
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From: “edward conn” <wardconn@hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 29, 2005 at 11:03:10 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

your right sara, and thats exactly why an alternative perspective is what if not just to draw attention needs to be put bluntly. The bottom line is this I know very much what it is like to walk in those shoes and understand very much the feelings of vlnerability and therefore from that perspective take a very strong perspective on talk about boosters and the like as perhaps an easy option and as I say put forward by whom?  The thing that has always lacke is interpersoanl support and moving away from long established patterns of engrained thought programmes to avoid feelings, this is the essence of addiction and why it is so difficult to combat and why it requires genuine interpersoanl support and maybe a voice occasionally that says something different.

I wonder do you know what it is like to walk in those shoes or is that just you being judgemental??

Taking ibogaine will always and it always has required on going support, were that does’nt exist what does someoine do…what they’ve always done…

This is’nt judgemental and its certainly not precious either, its web chat to cause thought and perhaps enable the evocation of choice, all being valid. So please do’nt give me your self righteous stuff thanks.

If you want to be serious about addiction you need to be seriously minded and not just rely on a chemical alternatives, but hey if that’s all you can do who am I to comment.???

Ed
From: sara119@xs4all.nl
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 07:07:49 +0200 (CEST)

if someone wants to be judgmental , that’s fine, but first try to walk a
mille
in that person’s shoes before.

S.

You know this whole thing about ‘boosters’ – it sounds like a load of old
> junky talk and boils down to this – not being able to live with
> uncomfortable feelings, wanting to avoid ones own real feels and
> supplement
> them for an artificially created one and were the ‘ibogaine scene’ becomes
> a
> supplementation policy rather than a detoxification programme. Its bollox
> –
> the excuse perpetrated is that because it or any other ‘entheogenic’
> substance does’nt have a physical dependency risk its ok. But whos making
> the claims – the people who are doing it. The question is this when does
> one
> learn or atleast tentatively learn to live with ones own feelings and
> actually find out who they are by allowing their brain/mind/body/soul to
> communicate to them with out the need for artifice – which came first the
> chicken or the egg – the human or the drug – so humans cant live w/out
> drugs??  Theres a lot of people out there perpetrating things w/out having
> compared them to long term alternatives i.e w/out. The addict is a part of
> your self which at some point in one life one will or will not choose to
> take head on, the addict has needs for sure but maybe to be listened too
> not
> to be fed so that it shuts up….sound like a parent to you anyone???? So
> who takes care of that voice and who smothers it or shuts it out??? What
> does wisdom say to do…is that not after all what the vector of ibogaine
> is
> trying to initialise in consciousness – awareness??? But it does’nt effect
> free will, we were blessed with that after all and so the rebels keep the
> pretence up for pretence sake. So where are the providers suggesting that
> rather than some artifice of a mixed up psychiatric model???  Is there
> ANYBODY out there???? Or is it just voices……….
>
> Ed.
>
>
>>From: “Sjonnygee .” <sjonnygee@msn.com>
>>Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
>>To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
>>Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
>>Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 00:55:05 +0100
>>
>>
>>Thanks Matt bro – yeah you’re right , I’ll look into it
>> more…………..
>>sjonny.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>From: “matthew zielinski” <mattzielinski@hotmail.com>
>>Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
>>To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
>>Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
>>Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 15:35:20 -0400
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Hey there
>>
>>I guess it depends what u are lookin for…….if u want visions etc
>> better
>>take a biger dose…..if u just want to bring back that ibo feeling a
>> small
>>dose will do fine
>>
>>Dont have much expeirence with it so im sure other people will give u
>> more
>>comprehensive coments but if u are getting cravings im sure even a small
>>dose will bring u back  in to that clear  lovey dovey state of mind
>>
>>all the best
>>
>>matt
>>
>>
>>
>>
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From: HSLotsof@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 29, 2005 at 10:52:42 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

In a message dated 8/28/05 10:49:56 PM, think@francomm.com writes:

—– Original Message —–
From: HSLotsof@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 8:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters

Howard, please help me to remember.  I know that in one post you stated that it is your experience
that individuals who have more than one experience with Ibogaine did “better” in the long run than those
who stopped with just one?  I am a pack rat and keep all relevant posts.  But, I am also lazy and really
don’t feel like I have time to read through each and every one of your posts!!!!  I will if I have to!!!

Regards
ann

Hi Ann,

I have probably said it in a number of papers but, you can find it in my original patent for the treatment of opioid dependence as well, http://www.ibogaine.org/4499096.html

At the time of that work it was not a matter of treating when a subject returned to drug use but, as part of a research paradigm to determine the effects of multiple dose regimens.

Regards as always.

Howard

From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 29, 2005 at 7:43:02 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Oy vey.
😉
Only semi-literate, darn it, and in just about one language only too- although I do a fair job vocalizing in French too- but I’m sure not literate in it- and barely in English for that matter.
Nuther big 😉

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 3:44 AM
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters

“her”.
Gee, and call yourself literate??
Heh
Luff luff luff
Koiky

—–Original Message—–
From: Preston Peet [mailto:ptpeet@nyc.rr.com]
Sent: Monday, 29 August 2005 6:26 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters

The good Capt. wrote >ROFLHAO!!!!!!!!! That’d be a first~~~~~~:o)<

what the “H” stand for Capt. K?
;-))

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often
mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations,
Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 2:08 AM
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters

Preston wrote:- To which I must reply in brief…………

[Capt Kirk]

ROFLHAO!!!!!!!!! That’d be a first~~~~~~:o)

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From: abeatty@mail2go.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] meditation and boosters
Date: August 29, 2005 at 4:59:39 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

It is hard to sit still. Takes practice. Even in stillness, we move to get
comfortable.
No-thought is kindof an inacheivable ideal. Initially, as one practices
mind stillness, one becomes more aware of everything, and there can be
almost immediate practical benefits like better organization and
relaxation, as you said.
It’s good for meditation to keep the spine straight.
Right. There are many variations, walking meditation, thru the woods maybe.

One of the main lessons I have learned from this list is how individual our
needs are. Some people need boosters, some don’t, and everything inbetween.
Many people on this list have very serious physical issues that
realistically may require life-long medication and/or therapy. The medical
peops have not developed their pain control area well enough yet.

I was on the list for about a year, about a year ago. My computer suddenly
had a collapse and we went thru an adjustment. Now I’m up on a fast system,
with new addresses (got rid of aol), etc..
Andy

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From: abeatty@mail2go.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] RE: meditation
Date: August 29, 2005 at 4:45:47 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

It is hard to sit still. Takes practice. Even in stillness, we move to get
comfortable.
No-thought is kindof an inacheivable ideal. Initially, as one practices
mind stillness, one becomes more aware of everything, and there can be
almost immediate practical benefits like better organization and
relaxation, as you said.
It’s good for meditation to keep the spine straight.
Right. There are many variations, walking meditation, thru the woods maybe.

One of the main lessons I have learned from this list is how individual our
needs are. Some people need boosters, some don’t, and everything inbetween.
Many people on this list have very serious physical issues that
realistically may require life-long medication and/or therapy. The medical
peops have not developed their pain control area well enough yet.

I was on the list for about a year, about a year ago. My computer suddenly
had a collapse and we went thru an adjustment. Now I’m up on a fast system,
with new addresses (got rid of aol), etc..
Andy

On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 3:37:49 +0000 (GMT), “Matthew Shriver”
<matt@itsupport.net> wrote:
I have actually been checking this out recently at the advice of friends
(and it’s part of the 11th step which I am on).  My experience was that I
couldn’t sit still for more than a few minutes and the whole time was just
repeated realizations that I was lost in thought.  After 3 to 5 minutes of
that I would just get frustrated and give it up.  And after trying that for
3 or 4 days a week for a week and half or so I would just stop doing it with
the major criticism being that I wasn’t seeing any positive results.

So after talking to people about it and their experiences with it I was told
two things which I feel are important.  First that there are different ways
to meditate and that getting hung up on one idea of how it’s supposed to be
done isn’t helpful.  So I have had to let go of my concept of what proper
mediation is a little.  I like to read a lot of Buddhist literature and I
tended to think of meditation as a state of no-thought, something I cannot
achieve.  The second thing that someone who meditates daily told me was that
initially, the greatest benefit will come from the discipline of doing it
daily and not so much from the sitting itself.

One thing that had often turned me off to meditation is the time investment
people would talk about.  Someone would say, “oh if you do it for an hour a
day for a few months you’ll be amazed…” and I would think, “yeah right,
who has an extra hour a day to sit and meditate?”

But my more recent experience has been more positive.  I sit every morning
for 3-5 minutes, however long I feel like.  And I don’t put any expectations
on it about having fewer thoughts or catching them quicker or concentrating
on the breath or anything else.  I just sit and try and be with the spirit
of the universe for a few minutes, nothing more.  And I have to say that now
I am experiencing a positive benefit.  I feel lighter when I am done and
more ready to face the day.  My head will start churning about the shit I
need to do for work before I even get out of bed and sitting in the morning
is a good way of stopping that mental traffic for a few and starting with a
clearer mental space.
Matt

—–Original Message—–
From: abeatty@mail2go.com [mailto:abeatty@mail2go.com]
Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 2:07 AM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] meditation

I don’t mean to sound preachy, but this means so much to me that I want to
share:

Please keep meditating, even off and on.

Start by sitting still, just 5 min. Do this for a month (week..) and your
life
will change. Try for 20 min., an hour. This calms the body. Observe your
thoughts. Let them go. Silence your thoughts. When thoughts arise again,
silence
the thoughts. Sit in the silence. Keep still.

Most of us don’t live in reality, especially us on drugs, etc. We see
reality
through a veil. Most addicts, at least, know about the veil.

Meditation can get us in touch with reality. It can break the attachments
that
hook us into patterns through thoughts.

This can be done alone, at home, for free. It’s nice to have a group, too,
for
support.
You may go to most buddhist meditation groups without telling your story.
It’s
not like AA. It’s not a religion either.

Good luck,
Andy

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From: BiscuitBoy714@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 29, 2005 at 4:42:32 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

In a message dated 8/28/05 11:37:52 PM Eastern Daylight Time, slowone@hush.ai writes:

every a-hole with a opinion can power trip on
>holding the
>cure for addiction over people’s heads. Some of the advice the
>underground has
>given my friends is stupid beyond belief, i won’t name names but
>telling people
>to throw away their meds because they’re clean now

The only time I ever heard someone say to not take their anti depressents is right after the big flood dose of Ibogaine because it effects the same areas in the brain that Ibogaine does. It’s dangerous. 2  weeks after the flood if people still feel the need for anti depressents and anti physcotics they can do so on their on free will. I’ve only heard a provider say to not listen to the doctors when they say that no one can ever get off of Methadone. Just what providers you been hangin’ with? My provider (underground) told me to keep my options open when it comes to anti deppresents and the like. I haven’t felt the need for them since I took my big dose. I bogaine works better for me.      Randy

From: BiscuitBoy714@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 29, 2005 at 4:34:52 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

In a message dated 8/28/05 11:37:52 PM Eastern Daylight Time, slowone@hush.ai writes:

every a-hole with a opinion can power trip on
>holding the
>cure for addiction over people’s heads. Some of the advice the
>underground has
>given my friends is stupid beyond belief, i won’t name names but
>telling people
>to throw away their meds because they’re clean now

From: BiscuitBoy714@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 29, 2005 at 4:26:26 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Ed, I had a guy who is a major provider tell me that I didn’t need a booster for pretty much the same reasons that you just stated. I respect this man very much and I thought about it for another 2 months before I took my booster. But, the fact of the matter is that Ibogaine works like nothing else for me. Believe me bro I tried EVERYTHING else. Rapid detox, intense behavoir mod therapy, 12 steps, cold turkey (at least 15 times), I even thought about becoming a hermit for about a year to get away from the drugs and the cravings. Give me 1000 22 rounds and about 100 30.06 rounds and I could live anywhere. That shit just won’t work for me. Are you trying to say that we shouldn’t use a drug that takes away cravings and helps with depression because in your opinion it is weak? Have you ever been addicted to the point that it was killing you? I’ve been addicted off and on since 1975. Mostly on. I took the big flood back in sept. 28th of last year to get off of methadone and heroin and oxy’s. That life sucked worse than anything I have been thru so far. So fuck it, if I have to take a booster to make me feel better every month I will. I don’t think it will come to that, but I would if I have to. Here’s one for ya. I’m gonna do another whole session as soon as I can work it out. Probably in about 2 months or so. I have some important work to get done in the next few weeks and I want to be as prepared as I can for it. Maybe you would rather me take prozac or something. I tried that too. There are some of us that really have a chemical imbalance and I think you are pretty shallow for putting peope down for doing what they feel helps them. You ever tried it? Ibogaine is the most important drug to surface in a long time. People like you aint helping. The addicts that have taken Ibogaine and gotten some real benifit know what I’m talking about. Yea sure, eventually we shouldn’t need anything. But I personally have been fighting addiction for 30 years. Why in Gods name would I stop doing what works for me because someone like you thinks that it is a cop out. I’m trying to be rational here but you kinda pissed me off with your attitude about something that really works for a lot of people. I don’t know if you ever took any Ibogaine but if you did maybe you should try it again. I don’t think you got the spirituality that most people do. Love and whatever works to keep someone from killing themselves. Thats my opinion. I have personaly seen Ibogaine turn around some pretty hard core addicts. How are you going to put that down? Should these people have suffered thru the cold turkey just so they have to suffer enough to remember it? THAT SHIT DOESN”T WORK dude. We need our mind broke open so that we can figure out why we take the drugs in the first place. I don’t know you and I’m not trying to start a flame war here. I’m just stating my opiniion. Your the one pointing fingers here. Live and let live my brutha. Ibogaine has no equal when it comes to getting rid of withdrawals not to mention that the journey usually has significant impact on the person that experiences it. Not everybody gets it. I think some people are oblivious to the signs that they see when they trip. Too bad. I wish it worked 100 per cent of the time. You sit there and be smug, I think I’ll do what works for me and Rock out every chance I get.         Randy

From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 29, 2005 at 3:46:05 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Actually, the good capt must admit, by Preston Peet standards, that WAS
extremely brief ;o)
Chugs
(chuckles wif hugs)
Koiky

—–Original Message—–
From: Preston Peet [mailto:ptpeet@nyc.rr.com]
Sent: Monday, 29 August 2005 6:26 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters

The good Capt. wrote >ROFLHAO!!!!!!!!! That’d be a first~~~~~~:o)<

what the “H” stand for Capt. K?
;-))

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often
mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
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—– Original Message —–
From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 2:08 AM
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters

Preston wrote:- To which I must reply in brief…………

[Capt Kirk]

ROFLHAO!!!!!!!!! That’d be a first~~~~~~:o)

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From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 29, 2005 at 3:44:43 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

“her”.
Gee, and call yourself literate??
Heh
Luff luff luff
Koiky

—–Original Message—–
From: Preston Peet [mailto:ptpeet@nyc.rr.com]
Sent: Monday, 29 August 2005 6:26 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters

The good Capt. wrote >ROFLHAO!!!!!!!!! That’d be a first~~~~~~:o)<

what the “H” stand for Capt. K?
;-))

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often
mistaken for madness”
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ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
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Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —–
From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 2:08 AM
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters

Preston wrote:- To which I must reply in brief…………

[Capt Kirk]

ROFLHAO!!!!!!!!! That’d be a first~~~~~~:o)

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 29, 2005 at 2:25:35 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

The good Capt. wrote >ROFLHAO!!!!!!!!! That’d be a first~~~~~~:o)<

what the “H” stand for Capt. K?
;-))

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
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Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 2:08 AM
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters

Preston wrote:- To which I must reply in brief…………

[Capt Kirk]

ROFLHAO!!!!!!!!! That’d be a first~~~~~~:o)

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From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 29, 2005 at 2:08:04 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Preston wrote:- To which I must reply in brief…………

[Capt Kirk]

ROFLHAO!!!!!!!!! That’d be a first~~~~~~:o)

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From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Re: ibogaine Digest 20 Aug 2005 20:37:28 -0000 Issue 1339
Date: August 29, 2005 at 2:06:53 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Nah do it yourself

—–Original Message—–
From: James [mailto:jamesv@merkury.com]
Sent: Monday, 29 August 2005 4:37 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] Re: ibogaine Digest 20 Aug 2005 20:37:28 -0000 Issue
1339

Please Take Me Off Of Mailing List !!! Thank You.
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From: sara119@xs4all.nl
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 29, 2005 at 1:07:49 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

if someone wants to be judgmental , that’s fine, but first try to walk a
mille
in that person’s shoes before.

S.

You know this whole thing about ‘boosters’ – it sounds like a load of old
junky talk and boils down to this – not being able to live with
uncomfortable feelings, wanting to avoid ones own real feels and
supplement
them for an artificially created one and were the ‘ibogaine scene’ becomes
a
supplementation policy rather than a detoxification programme. Its bollox

the excuse perpetrated is that because it or any other ‘entheogenic’
substance does’nt have a physical dependency risk its ok. But whos making
the claims – the people who are doing it. The question is this when does
one
learn or atleast tentatively learn to live with ones own feelings and
actually find out who they are by allowing their brain/mind/body/soul to
communicate to them with out the need for artifice – which came first the
chicken or the egg – the human or the drug – so humans cant live w/out
drugs??  Theres a lot of people out there perpetrating things w/out having
compared them to long term alternatives i.e w/out. The addict is a part of
your self which at some point in one life one will or will not choose to
take head on, the addict has needs for sure but maybe to be listened too
not
to be fed so that it shuts up….sound like a parent to you anyone???? So
who takes care of that voice and who smothers it or shuts it out??? What
does wisdom say to do…is that not after all what the vector of ibogaine
is
trying to initialise in consciousness – awareness??? But it does’nt effect
free will, we were blessed with that after all and so the rebels keep the
pretence up for pretence sake. So where are the providers suggesting that
rather than some artifice of a mixed up psychiatric model???  Is there
ANYBODY out there???? Or is it just voices……….

Ed.

From: “Sjonnygee .” <sjonnygee@msn.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 00:55:05 +0100

Thanks Matt bro – yeah you’re right , I’ll look into it
more…………..
sjonny.

From: “matthew zielinski” <mattzielinski@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 15:35:20 -0400

Hey there

I guess it depends what u are lookin for…….if u want visions etc
better
take a biger dose…..if u just want to bring back that ibo feeling a
small
dose will do fine

Dont have much expeirence with it so im sure other people will give u
more
comprehensive coments but if u are getting cravings im sure even a small
dose will bring u back  in to that clear  lovey dovey state of mind

all the best

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 29, 2005 at 12:40:11 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Someone with the incredibly unlikely name of Ed Conn wrote in part
The question is this when does one
learn or atleast tentatively learn to live with ones own feelings and actually find out who they are by allowing theirbrain/mind/body/soul to communicate to them with out the need for artifice – which came first the chicken or the egg – the human or the drug – so humans cant live w/out drugs??<

To which I must reply in brief.
As someone who has had mixed results with ALL treatment modalities, including ibogaine, I’ve personally found I LIKE being able to take ibogaine every few months, realign my brain and body, and not do my recovery how you feel I must to be without “artifice.” What exactly do you mean by that, and how do you tell someone living in chornic pain, or was introduced to opiates by a doctor at some point through severe surguries and the like that they are NOT normal or living naturally by wanting to continue to use opiates that work to stiffle that overwhelming pain? Who the heck are you or anyone to tell me or anyone else what’s the best route for us to take in terms of our pain, our addiction, or our use patterns? Who are you? What else do you bring to this table other than complaints and huff?
Thanks for your time, and I look forward to a reply, but doubt I’m going to get one.

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

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Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: Cheryl
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 11:54 PM
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters

I’m not angry at either one of my cats.

— On Sun 08/28, slowone@hush.ai < slowone@hush.ai > wrote: From: slowone@hush.ai [mailto: slowone@hush.ai] To: ibogaine@mindvox.com Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 20:37:22 -0700 Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters Nice post! Is there anyone you aren’t mad at?

On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 19:05:36 -0700 Cheryl
wrote:

Right on. Being a junkie already means being treated like shit
from
know it all know nothings, but with ibogaine having no regulation
or training,
mostly underground, every a-hole with a opinion can power trip on
holding the
cure for addiction over people’s heads. Some of the advice the
underground has
given my friends is stupid beyond belief, i won’t name names but
telling people
to throw away their meds because they’re clean now and get high
listening to
psychobabble does a lot more harm then good. by meds I don’t mean
opiates
either, anti depressants, anti psychotics, you don’t need any of
it anymore, don’t
listen to the doctors. great advice, where did you get your
medical training again?
oh thats right, you’re a drug dealer with attitude problems, sorry

I forgot that. I
mean this in general not to you ed, I have no idea who you are
other then someone
with their head up their ass.

— On Sun 08/28, edward conn < wardconn@hotmail.com > wrote:
From: edward conn [mailto: wardconn@hotmail.com]
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 01:17:25 +0000
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters

You know this whole thing about ‘boosters’ – it sounds like a load

of old junky talk and boils down to this – not being able to live

with uncomfortable feelings, wanting to avoid ones own real feels

and supplement them for an artificially created one and were the

‘ibogaine scene’ becomes a supplementation policy rather than a
detoxification programme. Its bollox – the excuse perpetrated is

that because it or any other ‘entheogenic’ substance does’nt have
a physical dependency risk its ok. But whos making the claims –
the people who are doing it. The question is this when does one
learn or atleast tentatively learn to live with ones own feelings

and actually find out who they are by allowing their
brain/mind/body/soul to communicate to them with out the need for

artifice – which came first the chicken or the egg – the human or

the drug – so humans cant live w/out drugs?? Theres a lot of
people out there perpetrating things w/ out having compared them
to long
term alternatives i.e w/out. The addict is a part of your self
which at some point in one life one will or will not choose to
take head on, the addict has needs for sure but maybe to be
listened too not to be fed so that it shuts up….sound like a
parent to you anyone???? So who takes care of that voice and who
smothers it or shuts it out??? What does wisdom say to do…is
that not after all what the vector of ibogaine is trying to
initialise in consciousness – awareness??? But it does’nt effect
free will, we were blessed with that after all and so the rebels
keep the pretence up for pretence sake. So where are the
providers suggesting that rather than some artifice of a mixed up

psychiatric model??? Is there ANYBODY out there???? Or is it
just voices……….Ed.> From: “Sjonnygee .” > Reply-To:
ibogaine@mindvox.com> To: ibogaine@mindvox.com> Subject: RE:
[Ibogaine] Boosters> Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 00:55:05 +0100>>>
Thanks Matt bro – yeah you’re right , I’ll
look into it > more………….. sjonny.>>>>> From: “matthew
zielinski” > Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com> To:
ibogaine@mindvox.com> Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters> Date: Sun,

28 Aug 2005 15:35:20 -0400>>>>> Hey there>> I guess it depends
what u are lookin for…….if u want visions > etc better take a

biger dose…..if u just want to bring back that > ibo feeling a
small dose will do fine>> Dont have much expeirence with it so im
sure other people will give > u more comprehensive coments but if

u are getting cravings im sure > even a small dose will bring u
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From: “James” <jamesv@merkury.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Re: ibogaine Digest 20 Aug 2005 20:37:28 -0000 Issue 1339
Date: August 29, 2005 at 12:37:17 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Please Take Me Off Of Mailing List !!! Thank You.
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From: “Cheryl” <cherylca@myway.com>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 28, 2005 at 11:54:39 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I’m not angry at either one of my cats.

— On Sun 08/28, slowone@hush.ai < slowone@hush.ai > wrote: From: slowone@hush.ai [mailto: slowone@hush.ai] To: ibogaine@mindvox.com Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 20:37:22 -0700 Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters Nice post! Is there anyone you aren’t mad at?

On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 19:05:36 -0700 Cheryl
wrote:

> Right on. Being a junkie already means being treated like shit
> from
> know it all know nothings, but with ibogaine having no regulation
> or training,
> mostly underground, every a-hole with a opinion can power trip on
> holding the
> cure for addiction over people’s heads. Some of the advice the
> underground has
> given my friends is stupid beyond belief, i won’t name names but
> telling people
> to throw away their meds because they’re clean now and get high
> listening to
> psychobabble does a lot more harm then good. by meds I don’t mean
> opiates
> either, anti depressants, anti psychotics, you don’t need any of
> it anymore, don’t
> listen to the doctors. great advice, where did you get your
> medical training again?
> oh thats right, you’re a drug dealer with attitude problems, sorry
>

> I forgot that. I
> mean this in general not to you ed, I have no idea who you are
> other then someone
> with their head up their ass.
>
>
> — On Sun 08/28, edward conn < wardconn@hotmail.com > wrote:
> From: edward conn [mailto: wardconn@hotmail.com]
> To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
> Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 01:17:25 +0000
> Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
>
> You know this whole thing about ‘boosters’ – it sounds like a load
>

> of old junky talk and boils down to this – not being able to live
>

> with uncomfortable feelings, wanting to avoid ones own real feels
>

> and supplement them for an artificially created one and were the
>

> ‘ibogaine scene’ becomes a supplementation policy rather than a
> detoxification programme. Its bollox – the excuse perpetrated is
>

> that because it or any other ‘entheogenic’ substance does’nt have
> a physical dependency risk its ok. But whos making the claims –
> the people who are doing it. The question is this when does one
> learn or atleast tentatively learn to live with ones own feelings
>

> and actually find out who they are by allowing their
> brain/mind/body/soul to communicate to them with out the need for
>

> artifice – which came first the chicken or the egg – the human or
>

> the drug – so humans cant live w/out drugs?? Theres a lot of
> people out there perpetrating things w/ out having compared them
> to long
> term alternatives i.e w/out. The addict is a part of your self
> which at some point in one life one will or will not choose to
> take head on, the addict has needs for sure but maybe to be
> listened too not to be fed so that it shuts up….sound like a
> parent to you anyone???? So who takes care of that voice and who
> smothers it or shuts it out??? What does wisdom say to do…is
> that not after all what the vector of ibogaine is trying to
> initialise in consciousness – awareness??? But it does’nt effect
> free will, we were blessed with that after all and so the rebels
> keep the pretence up for pretence sake. So where are the
> providers suggesting that rather than some artifice of a mixed up
>

> psychiatric model??? Is there ANYBODY out there???? Or is it
> just voices……….Ed.> From: “Sjonnygee .” > Reply-To:
> ibogaine@mindvox.com> To: ibogaine@mindvox.com> Subject: RE:
> [Ibogaine] Boosters> Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 00:55:05 +0100>>>
> Thanks Matt bro – yeah you’re right , I’ll
> look into it > more………….. sjonny.>>>>> From: “matthew
> zielinski” > Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com> To:
> ibogaine@mindvox.com> Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters> Date: Sun,
>

> 28 Aug 2005 15:35:20 -0400>>>>> Hey there>> I guess it depends
> what u are lookin for…….if u want visions > etc better take a
>

> biger dose…..if u just want to bring back that > ibo feeling a
> small dose will do fine>> Dont have much expeirence with it so im
> sure other people will give > u more comprehensive coments but if
>

> u are getting cravings im sure > even a small dose will bring u
> back in to that clear lovey dovey > state of mind>> all the
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From: Krista Vaughan <krista.vaughan@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 28, 2005 at 11:52:55 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I’m not sure why anyone taking a booster to prevent themselves from a
full relapse is negative in your mind. I don’t think anyone advocates
doing ibogaine maintenance forever but boosters seem to be helping
people who would otherwise be stuck.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but nothing in your message was
constructive it just sounds very angry and has absolutely nothing to
do with any of the principles of harm reduction.

KV

On 8/28/05, edward conn <wardconn@hotmail.com> wrote:
You know this whole thing about ‘boosters’ – it sounds like a load of old
junky talk and boils down to this – not being able to live with
uncomfortable feelings, wanting to avoid ones own real feels and supplement
them for an artificially created one and were the ‘ibogaine scene’ becomes a
supplementation policy rather than a detoxification programme. Its bollox  –
the excuse perpetrated is that because it or any other ‘entheogenic’
substance does’nt have a physical dependency risk its ok. But whos making
the claims – the people who are doing it. The question is this when does one
learn or atleast tentatively learn to live with ones own feelings and
actually find out who they are by allowing their brain/mind/body/soul to
communicate to them with out the need for artifice – which came first the
chicken or the egg – the human or the drug – so humans cant live w/out
drugs??  Theres a lot of people out there perpetrating things w/out having
compared them to long term alternatives i.e w/out. The addict is a part of
your self which at some point in one life one will or will not choose to
take head on, the addict has needs for sure but maybe to be listened too not
to be fed so that it shuts up….sound like a parent to you anyone???? So
who takes care of that voice and who smothers it or shuts it out??? What
does wisdom say to do…is that not after all what the vector of ibogaine is
trying to initialise in consciousness – awareness??? But it does’nt effect
free will, we were blessed with that after all and so the rebels keep the
pretence up for pretence sake. So where are the providers suggesting that
rather than some artifice of a mixed up psychiatric model???  Is there
ANYBODY out there???? Or is it just voices……….

Ed.

From: “Sjonnygee .” <sjonnygee@msn.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 00:55:05 +0100

Thanks Matt bro – yeah you’re right, I’ll look into it more…………..
sjonny.

From: “matthew zielinski” <mattzielinski@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 15:35:20 -0400

Hey there

I guess it depends what u are lookin for…….if u want visions etc better
take a biger dose…..if u just want to bring back that ibo feeling a small
dose will do fine

Dont have much expeirence with it so im sure other people will give u more
comprehensive coments but if u are getting cravings im sure even a small
dose will bring u back in to that clear lovey dovey state of mind

all the best

matt

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From: <slowone@hush.ai>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 28, 2005 at 11:37:22 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Nice post! Is there anyone you aren’t mad at?

On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 19:05:36 -0700 Cheryl <cherylca@myway.com>
wrote:
Right on. Being a junkie already means being treated like shit
from
know it all know nothings, but with ibogaine having no regulation
or training,
mostly underground, every a-hole with a opinion can power trip on
holding the
cure for addiction over people’s heads. Some of the advice the
underground has
given my friends is stupid beyond belief, i won’t name names but
telling people
to throw away their meds because they’re clean now and get high
listening to
psychobabble does a lot more harm then good. by meds I don’t mean
opiates
either, anti depressants, anti psychotics, you don’t need any of
it anymore, don’t
listen to the doctors. great advice, where did you get your
medical training again?
oh thats right, you’re a drug dealer with attitude problems, sorry

I forgot that. I
mean this in general not to you ed, I have no idea who you are
other then someone
with their head up their ass.

— On Sun 08/28, edward conn < wardconn@hotmail.com > wrote:
From: edward conn [mailto: wardconn@hotmail.com]
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 01:17:25 +0000
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters

You know this whole thing about ‘boosters’ – it sounds like a load

of  old junky talk and boils down to this – not being able to live

with  uncomfortable feelings, wanting to avoid ones own real feels

and  supplement them for an artificially created one and were the

‘ibogaine scene’ becomes a supplementation policy rather than a
detoxification programme. Its bollox  – the excuse perpetrated is

that because it or any other ‘entheogenic’ substance does’nt have
a  physical dependency risk its ok. But whos making the claims –
the  people who are doing it. The question is this when does one
learn or  atleast tentatively learn to live with ones own feelings

and actually  find out who they are by allowing their
brain/mind/body/soul to  communicate to them with out the need for

artifice – which came first  the chicken or the egg – the human or

the drug – so humans cant live  w/out drugs??  Theres a lot of
people out there perpetrating things w/ out having compared them
to long
term alternatives i.e w/out. The  addict is a part of your self
which at some point in one life one  will or will not choose to
take head on, the addict has needs for  sure but maybe to be
listened too not to be fed so that it shuts  up….sound like a
parent to you anyone???? So who takes care of that  voice and who
smothers it or shuts it out??? What does wisdom say to  do…is
that not after all what the vector of ibogaine is trying to
initialise in consciousness – awareness??? But it does’nt effect
free  will, we were blessed with that after all and so the rebels
keep the  pretence up for pretence sake. So where are the
providers suggesting  that rather than some artifice of a mixed up

psychiatric model???  Is  there ANYBODY out there???? Or is it
just voices……….Ed.> From: “Sjonnygee .” > Reply-To:
ibogaine@mindvox.com> To: ibogaine@mindvox.com> Subject: RE:
[Ibogaine] Boosters> Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 00:55:05 +0100>>>
Thanks Matt bro – yeah you’re right , I’ll
look into it  > more………….. sjonny.>>>>> From: “matthew
zielinski” > Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com> To:
ibogaine@mindvox.com> Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters> Date: Sun,

28 Aug 2005 15:35:20 -0400>>>>> Hey there>> I guess it depends
what u are lookin for…….if u want visions  > etc better take a

biger dose…..if u just want to bring back that  > ibo feeling a
small dose will do fine>> Dont have much expeirence with it so im
sure other people will give  > u more comprehensive coments but if

u are getting cravings im sure  > even a small dose will bring u
back  in to that clear  lovey dovey  > state of mind>> all the
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From: <slowone@hush.ai>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 28, 2005 at 11:29:51 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 18:52:40 -0700 Vector Vector
<vector620022002@yahoo.com> wrote:
Using the reasoning you’ve outlined everybody could just stop
doing drugs without ibogaine in the first place.

But can anyone stop taking ibogaine without taking ibogaine?

So where are the providers suggesting that
rather than some artifice of a mixed up psychiatric model???  Is
there ANYBODY out there???? Or is it just voices……….

Woohoo, a new voice!!

Ed.

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From: “Ann B. Mullikin” <think@francomm.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 28, 2005 at 10:49:27 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

—– Original Message —–
From: HSLotsof@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 8:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters

Howard, please help me to remember.  I know that in one post you stated that it is your experience
that individuals who have more than one experience with Ibogaine did “better” in the long run than those
who stopped with just one?  I am a pack rat and keep all relevant posts.  But, I am also lazy and really
don’t feel like I have time to read through each and every one of your posts!!!!  I will if I have to!!!

Regards

ann
think@francomm.com
From: “Cheryl” <cherylca@myway.com>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 28, 2005 at 10:05:36 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Right on. Being a junkie already means being treated like shit from
know it all know nothings, but with ibogaine having no regulation or training,
mostly underground, every a-hole with a opinion can power trip on holding the
cure for addiction over people’s heads. Some of the advice the underground has
given my friends is stupid beyond belief, i won’t name names but telling people
to throw away their meds because they’re clean now and get high listening to
psychobabble does a lot more harm then good. by meds I don’t mean opiates
either, anti depressants, anti psychotics, you don’t need any of it anymore, don’t
listen to the doctors. great advice, where did you get your medical training again?
oh thats right, you’re a drug dealer with attitude problems, sorry I forgot that. I
mean this in general not to you ed, I have no idea who you are other then someone
with their head up their ass.

— On Sun 08/28, edward conn < wardconn@hotmail.com > wrote: From: edward conn [mailto: wardconn@hotmail.com] To: ibogaine@mindvox.com Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 01:17:25 +0000 Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters You know this whole thing about ‘boosters’ – it sounds like a load of
old junky talk and boils down to this – not being able to live with
uncomfortable feelings, wanting to avoid ones own real feels and
supplement them for an artificially created one and were the
‘ibogaine scene’ becomes a supplementation policy rather than a
detoxification programme. Its bollox – the excuse perpetrated is
that because it or any other ‘entheogenic’ substance does’nt have a
physical dependency risk its ok. But whos making the claims – the
people who are doing it. The question is this when does one learn or
atleast tentatively learn to live with ones own feelings and actually
find out who they are by allowing their brain/mind/body/soul to
communicate to them with out the need for artifice – which came first
the chicken or the egg – the human or the drug – so humans cant live
w/out drugs?? Theres a lot of people out there perpetrating things w/
out having compared them to long term alternatives i.e w/out. The
addict is a part of your self which at some point in one life one
will or will not choose to take head on, the addict has needs for
sure but maybe to be listened too not to be fed so that it shuts
up….sound like a parent to you anyone???? So who takes care of that
voice and who smothers it or shuts it out??? What does wisdom say to
do…is that not after all what the vector of ibogaine is trying to
initialise in consciousness – awareness??? But it does’nt effect free
will, we were blessed with that after all and so the rebels keep the
pretence up for pretence sake. So where are the providers suggesting
that rather than some artifice of a mixed up psychiatric model??? Is
there ANYBODY out there???? Or is it just voices……….

Ed.

> From: “Sjonnygee .”
> Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
> To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
> Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
> Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 00:55:05 +0100
>
>
> Thanks Matt bro – yeah you’re right , I’ll look into it
> more………….. sjonny.
>
>
>
>
> From: “matthew zielinski”
> Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
> To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
> Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
> Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 15:35:20 -0400
>
>
>
>
> Hey there
>
> I guess it depends what u are lookin for…….if u want visions
> etc better take a biger dose…..if u just want to bring back that
> ibo feeling a small dose will do fine
>
> Dont have much expeirence with it so im sure other people will give
> u more comprehensive coments but if u are getting cravings im sure
> even a small dose will bring u back in to that clear lovey dovey
> state of mind
>
> all the best
>
> matt
>
>
>
>
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From: “Daniel Trivin” <iam@dtrivin.com>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 28, 2005 at 9:57:31 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Ed,

Many good points and refreshing to read your post.

Daniel

—–Original Message—–
From: edward conn [mailto:wardconn@hotmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 9:17 PM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters

You know this whole thing about ‘boosters’ – it sounds like a load of old
junky talk and boils down to this – not being able to live with
uncomfortable feelings, wanting to avoid ones own real feels and supplement
them for an artificially created one and were the ‘ibogaine scene’ becomes a

supplementation policy rather than a detoxification programme. Its bollox  –

the excuse perpetrated is that because it or any other ‘entheogenic’
substance does’nt have a physical dependency risk its ok. But whos making
the claims – the people who are doing it. The question is this when does one

learn or atleast tentatively learn to live with ones own feelings and
actually find out who they are by allowing their brain/mind/body/soul to
communicate to them with out the need for artifice – which came first the
chicken or the egg – the human or the drug – so humans cant live w/out
drugs??  Theres a lot of people out there perpetrating things w/out having
compared them to long term alternatives i.e w/out. The addict is a part of
your self which at some point in one life one will or will not choose to
take head on, the addict has needs for sure but maybe to be listened too not

to be fed so that it shuts up….sound like a parent to you anyone???? So
who takes care of that voice and who smothers it or shuts it out??? What
does wisdom say to do…is that not after all what the vector of ibogaine is

trying to initialise in consciousness – awareness??? But it does’nt effect
free will, we were blessed with that after all and so the rebels keep the
pretence up for pretence sake. So where are the providers suggesting that
rather than some artifice of a mixed up psychiatric model???  Is there
ANYBODY out there???? Or is it just voices……….

Ed.

From: “Sjonnygee .” <sjonnygee@msn.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 00:55:05 +0100

Thanks Matt bro – yeah you’re right , I’ll look into it
more…………..
sjonny.

 

From: “matthew zielinski” <mattzielinski@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 15:35:20 -0400

Hey there

I guess it depends what u are lookin for…….if u want visions etc
better
take a biger dose…..if u just want to bring back that ibo feeling a small

dose will do fine

Dont have much expeirence with it so im sure other people will give u
more
comprehensive coments but if u are getting cravings im sure even a small
dose will bring u back  in to that clear  lovey dovey state of mind

all the best

matt

 

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From: Vector Vector <vector620022002@yahoo.com>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 28, 2005 at 9:52:40 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Welcome to Mindvox! Messianic lunatics who sound angry but talk about
love and healing and always arrive with the one correct answer for what
everyone should be doing with themselves are always welcome. Let me
guess, you’ve never been a drug addict either right? Please take a
number and get in line, you’re #51 this year 🙂

Using the reasoning you’ve outlined everybody could just stop doing
drugs without ibogaine in the first place. Which is possible I’m sure,
since many more have done it that way then with ibogaine, but it
doesn’t have a lot to do with anyone I’ve heard talk here in the last 5
years.

.:vector:.

— edward conn <wardconn@hotmail.com> wrote:

You know this whole thing about ‘boosters’ – it sounds like a load of
old
junky talk and boils down to this – not being able to live with
uncomfortable feelings, wanting to avoid ones own real feels and
supplement
them for an artificially created one and were the ‘ibogaine scene’
becomes a
supplementation policy rather than a detoxification programme. Its
bollox  –
the excuse perpetrated is that because it or any other ‘entheogenic’
substance does’nt have a physical dependency risk its ok. But whos
making
the claims – the people who are doing it. The question is this when
does one
learn or atleast tentatively learn to live with ones own feelings and

actually find out who they are by allowing their brain/mind/body/soul
to
communicate to them with out the need for artifice – which came first
the
chicken or the egg – the human or the drug – so humans cant live
w/out
drugs??  Theres a lot of people out there perpetrating things w/out
having
compared them to long term alternatives i.e w/out. The addict is a
part of
your self which at some point in one life one will or will not choose
to
take head on, the addict has needs for sure but maybe to be listened
too not
to be fed so that it shuts up….sound like a parent to you
anyone???? So
who takes care of that voice and who smothers it or shuts it out???
What
does wisdom say to do…is that not after all what the vector of
ibogaine is
trying to initialise in consciousness – awareness??? But it does’nt
effect
free will, we were blessed with that after all and so the rebels keep
the
pretence up for pretence sake. So where are the providers suggesting
that
rather than some artifice of a mixed up psychiatric model???  Is
there
ANYBODY out there???? Or is it just voices……….

Ed.

From: “Sjonnygee .” <sjonnygee@msn.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 00:55:05 +0100

Thanks Matt bro – yeah you’re right , I’ll look into it
more…………..
sjonny.

 

From: “matthew zielinski” <mattzielinski@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 15:35:20 -0400

Hey there

I guess it depends what u are lookin for…….if u want visions etc
better
take a biger dose…..if u just want to bring back that ibo feeling
a small
dose will do fine

Dont have much expeirence with it so im sure other people will give
u more
comprehensive coments but if u are getting cravings im sure even a
small
dose will bring u back  in to that clear  lovey dovey state of mind

all the best

matt

 

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From: “edward conn” <wardconn@hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 28, 2005 at 9:17:25 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

You know this whole thing about ‘boosters’ – it sounds like a load of old junky talk and boils down to this – not being able to live with uncomfortable feelings, wanting to avoid ones own real feels and supplement them for an artificially created one and were the ‘ibogaine scene’ becomes a supplementation policy rather than a detoxification programme. Its bollox  – the excuse perpetrated is that because it or any other ‘entheogenic’ substance does’nt have a physical dependency risk its ok. But whos making the claims – the people who are doing it. The question is this when does one learn or atleast tentatively learn to live with ones own feelings and actually find out who they are by allowing their brain/mind/body/soul to communicate to them with out the need for artifice – which came first the chicken or the egg – the human or the drug – so humans cant live w/out drugs??  Theres a lot of people out there perpetrating things w/out having compared them to long term alternatives i.e w/out. The addict is a part of your self which at some point in one life one will or will not choose to take head on, the addict has needs for sure but maybe to be listened too not to be fed so that it shuts up….sound like a parent to you anyone???? So who takes care of that voice and who smothers it or shuts it out??? What does wisdom say to do…is that not after all what the vector of ibogaine is trying to initialise in consciousness – awareness??? But it does’nt effect free will, we were blessed with that after all and so the rebels keep the pretence up for pretence sake. So where are the providers suggesting that rather than some artifice of a mixed up psychiatric model???  Is there ANYBODY out there???? Or is it just voices……….

Ed.

From: “Sjonnygee .” <sjonnygee@msn.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 00:55:05 +0100

Thanks Matt bro – yeah you’re right , I’ll look into it more………….. sjonny.

 

From: “matthew zielinski” <mattzielinski@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 15:35:20 -0400

Hey there

I guess it depends what u are lookin for…….if u want visions etc better take a biger dose…..if u just want to bring back that ibo feeling a small dose will do fine

Dont have much expeirence with it so im sure other people will give u more comprehensive coments but if u are getting cravings im sure even a small dose will bring u back  in to that clear  lovey dovey state of mind

all the best

matt

 

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From: HSLotsof@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 28, 2005 at 8:33:21 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

In a message dated 8/28/05 5:37:31 AM, sjonnygee@msn.com writes:

(I’m thinking about residual build up here……………… Thanks, sjonny.

Hi Sjonny,

What do you mean by residual buildup and can you provide actual dose regimens that are relevant if they are from your experience?

Thanks

Howard

From: Beatrice Blue <beatriceblue@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] bwiti on Going Tribal
Date: August 28, 2005 at 11:58:15 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Also airs Wednesday the 31st, early morning at 1:00 am PST.

On 8/26/05 8:55 AM, “Eye of the Bhogi” <freedomroot@gmail.com> wrote:

This one’s on the Discovery Channel, and is due to air Tuesday, Aug. 30th.

AFRICAN VISION QUEST
Bruce faces one of his toughest tests as he is inducted
into Bwiti, a
rainforest religion practiced by the Babongo people of Gabon.
He’s
right to be worried ‹ on occasion the ritual, which involves consuming
an
overdose of a powerful hallucinogenic, iboga, has proved fatal.
This dramatic
episode follows Bruce’s build-up to the ceremony, as he
goes hunting,
collecting forest honey and spends time getting to know
his new friends,
before they judge the time is right for his
“rebirthing” ritual.
Premieres
Tuesday, Aug. 30, at 10 p.m. ET/PT
love rachel, neotribal critic

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From: “Sjonnygee .” <sjonnygee@msn.com>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 28, 2005 at 7:55:05 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Thanks Matt bro – yeah you’re right , I’ll look into it more………….. sjonny.
From: “matthew zielinski” <mattzielinski@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 15:35:20 -0400

Hey there
I guess it depends what u are lookin for…….if u want visions etc better take a biger dose…..if u just want to bring back that ibo feeling a small dose will do fine
Dont have much expeirence with it so im sure other people will give u more comprehensive coments but if u are getting cravings im sure even a small dose will bring u back  in to that clear  lovey dovey state of mind
all the best
matt

 

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From: “orangesun Barrel” <kaliorangemist710@hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] bwiti on Going Tribal
Date: August 28, 2005 at 7:17:42 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

if you get the discovery network then yes

From: “matthew zielinski” <mattzielinski@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] bwiti on Going Tribal
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 15:28:10 -0400

Anybody know if it airs in Canada?

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From: “orangesun Barrel” <kaliorangemist710@hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] katrina and new orleans…or maybe biloxi
Date: August 28, 2005 at 7:16:47 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

i’ll send my chi their way no doubt

arlo

From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] katrina and new orleans…or maybe biloxi
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 09:59:44 -0400

if you all get the chance, light a candle for the people in the direct
path of Katrina, who is now a category 5 hurricane.  They’re saying
that New Orleans is going to be about 20 ft under water by this time
tomorrow. They’ll need ALL the help they can get.
love tink

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From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] mailer daemon
Date: August 28, 2005 at 6:24:17 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Yes. I am currently on my third email address with mindvox.

—–Original Message—–
From: slowone@hush.ai [mailto:slowone@hush.ai]
Sent: Monday, 29 August 2005 4:26 a.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] mailer daemon

Did you unsubscribe your old addr?

On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 02:17:31 -0700 Capt Kirk
<captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Sighs heavily and goes to look for the physical address of concept

mail so
she can fly up there and KICK SOME FUCKING UNRESPONSIVE ASS!!!

Set it to go to the junk pile and we can just pretend it aint
there lol

Kirk

_____

From: Sjonnygee . [mailto:sjonnygee@msn.com]
Sent: Sunday, 28 August 2005 9:03 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] mailer daemon

This happens to everyone lol , hey Kirk ?  😉

_____

From:  abeatty@mail2go.com
Reply-To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject:  [Ibogaine] mailer daemon
Date:  Sun, 28 Aug 2005 08:58:35 -0000 (GMT)
If I post a message, it posts, but I also receive a returned
message
saying:

This is the DBMAIL-SMTP program.

I’m sorry to inform you that your message, addressed to captkirk,
could not be delivered due to the following error.

*** Mailbox of user captkirk is FULL ***
etc…

This happens each time.
Andy

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From: “matthew zielinski” <mattzielinski@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Message to Randy…
Date: August 28, 2005 at 5:37:04 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Randy
Im happy u had a good journey!!!
Keep it up brother!
Love matt

 

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Message to Randy…
Date: August 28, 2005 at 4:21:42 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

After
thinking about this I figure that right now I’m runnin’ on empty and that in
the future I can have as much fuel in my tank as I want to put into it. It’s
true, I am running on empty. I haven’t been doing much for the movement or
even playing any really creative music. I’ve been jamming on blues, but I
could do that asleep. I think it’s time to get moving again and do…<

Right on Randy. Great description.

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

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—– Original Message —– From: “tink” <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 9:55 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Message to Randy…

hey-welcome back from tripping the ligth fantastic!!
Love you
tink

On 8/28/05, BiscuitBoy714@aol.com <BiscuitBoy714@aol.com> wrote:
Jasen, I took a 3 mg per kg booster so it was in no way like when I did the
big flood to get off of methadone, I took it about 9 pm and was into it
pretty hard at first. I knew when it hit and I was ready for it, so I laid
back and let it happen. Images of  scary looking art work like Dante’s
Inferno started appearing, evil looking lizard type beings looked like they
were taunting me. I saw what I imagined the toad shaped rocks from Salmon
Rushdie’s book Grimus looked like. I can’t say the sequence of when I saw
these things other than the art work showed up first. I did see some cool
stuff like some Dave Hunter inspired things I’d like to get tattoo’ed onto
my skin somewhere if I could only draw like that. I’ve never had a tattoo
but if someone could make it look like that, I would go for it. Too cool. At
one point I saw these dolphin looking creatures with longer snouts that had
big teeth at the end swim by. The one thying that perplexes me the most was
the empty gas gauge that appeared, plain as day, right in front of my face.
It looked like one from an old sports car or something, you know, the round
ones. That freaked me out so I kept trying to conjour up a guage that had at
least something in it and couldn’t. I did see other gas gauges tho, they
just had no needle indicator to show how much fuel was in there. After
thinking about this I figure that right now I’m runnin’ on empty and that in
the future I can have as much fuel in my tank as I want to put into it. It’s
true, I am running on empty. I haven’t been doing much for the movement or
even playing any really creative music. I’ve been jamming on blues, but I
could do that asleep. I think it’s time to get moving again and do
something. Something I am passionate about. Anyway, it left me wanting to go
deeper and didn’t last very long. I was eating and drinking milk 4 hours
later. I do kind of feel rejuvinated somehow. Maybe it’s the power of
suggestion. I prefer to think the Bwiti ancesters are kicking me in the ass
to get me moving. Whatever, I think it helped.  Muck love to ya my brother
Randy

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Fw: [DrugWar] US: Prisoners of Pain
Date: August 28, 2005 at 4:19:21 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

—– Original Message —– From: “Richard Lake” <rlake@mapinc.org>
To: <drugwar@mindvox.com>; <drctalk@drcnet.org>; <harmred@drcnet.org>; <DPFT-L@listserv.tamu.edu>
Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 2:14 PM
Subject: [DrugWar] US: Prisoners of Pain

Pubdate: Thu, 1 Sep 2005
Source: AARP The Magazine (US)
Copyright: 2005 AARP
Issue: September/October
Page: 54
Contact: aarpmagazine@aarp.org
Website: http://www.aarpmagazine.org/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/3683
Note: LTEs printed are short, under 100 words
Author: Barry Yeoman
Cited: Drug Enforcement Administration http://www.dea.gov
Cited: American Academy of Pain Medicine http://www.painmed.org
Cited: American Pain Society http://www.ampainsoc.org
Cited: Compassion & Choices http://www.compassionandchoices.org/
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?232 (Chronic Pain)
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topics/morphine
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/oxycontin.htm (Oxycontin/Oxycodone)
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?136 (Methadone)
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/people/Russell+Portenoy
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PRISONERS OF PAIN

Why Are Millions Of Suffering Americans Deing Denied The Prescription Drug Relief They Need?

Deborah Hamalainen was feeling more and more agitated by the minute. Waiting to see her neurologist, she was silently rehearsing a confrontation that had been building for months. She planned to look the doctor directly in the eyes and demand that he treat the chronic pain that had invaded her life.

In the two decades since doctors diagnosed her with multiple sclerosis, Hamalainen learned to tolerate numb extremities, tingling sensations, even the weakness that causes her left foot to drag. And it wasn’t like her to be confrontational. “I’m much happier in denial,” admits the soft-spoken 52-year-old sculptor.

Some physicians fear that if they deliver humane pain care, they’ll face prosecution by the DEA.

The symptoms she couldn’t ignore, though, were the intense shooting pains that raced across her shoulder blades and down her limbs. By the time she arrived for this doctor’s appointment, they were a 24-hour presence. Hamalainen barely slept anymore. Rolling over was an ordeal. When the Medford, New Jersey, resident awoke, stiff and exhausted, she braced her shoulders so they wouldn’t move as she rose. Sometimes, her husband had to pull her upright from the bed.

Every three months for three years, Hamalainen saw this neurologist. Each time, she mentioned the pain. Each time, the doctor deftly changed the subject. Each time, she left in pain.

But this time would be different.

Hamalainen waited quietly as nurses wandered in and out of the examination room, taking her vital signs. Finally, she lost it. “My pain is real,” she said frantically to one of the nurses. “I need relief. Why does he keep refusing to talk to me about it? What do I have to do?”

The nurse turned to her conspiratorially and lowered her voice. “I should not tell you this,” she said. “But he doesn’t want to treat your pain because the treatment that works is opioids, and he’s afraid to prescribe them.”

With that conversation, Hamalainen joined legions of patients who are the victims of a troubling and all-too-common medical practice: the undertreatment of significant and debilitating pain. An estimated 75 million Americans suffer from chronic pain, according to the American Medical Association, and numerous studies have shown that patients often don’t receive the medication that could provide relief. Undertreatment runs as high as 50 percent among advanced-stage cancer patients and 85 percent among older Americans living in long-term care facilities.

Much of this suffering is preventable. Experts do know how to reduce pain safely. In particular, physicians now know that opioid analgesics, medicines such as morphine and oxycodone, provide relief for a wide spectrum of pain problems, with relatively few side effects when taken as prescribed. “We can’t cure everybody who is in pain, but we can make almost everyone feel better,” says Scott Fishman, chief of the division of pain medicine at the University of California, Davis, and president of the American Academy of Pain Medicine. “Becoming a prisoner of pain is not an inevitability.”

The problem is that the most effective medications cause skittishness among many physicians. Poor medical-school training has left them unaware of the tools at their disposal and even the importance of treating pain. Many harbor the false impression that opioids frequently lead to addiction or unmanageable side effects, even when used correctly for a legitimate medical need. ‘Becoming a prisoner of pain is not an inevitability.’

The problem is that the most effective medications cause skittishness among many physicians. Poor medical-school training has left them unaware of the tools at their disposal and even the importance of treating pain. Many harbor the false impression that opioids frequently lead to addiction or unmanageable side effects, even when used correctly for a legitimate medical need.

Worse, some physicians fear that if they deliver humane pain care, they’ll face prosecution by the federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) or state medical boards. In recent years, a number of respected doctors have been investigated and even prosecuted after prescribing large amounts of opioids. The result, according to experts, is an environment that scares doctors away from practicing good medicine.

“I’ve had prominent physicians call me up and say, ‘I have patients doing well, taking opioids for otherwise treatable pain, but I’m going to stop writing prescriptions because I don’t want the DEA coming into my office and putting handcuffs on me,’ ” says James Campbell, a neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins University. “Five years ago, we were actually doing a better job at handling pain patients. Now we’ve seen a backslide, and patients are definitely the victims. They’re suffering.”

On his first day as a licensed physician, Russell Portenoy had a troubling experience that would influence the course of his career. At the New York City hospital where he was interning, a nurse summoned him to a room where a cancer patient was moaning with abdominal pain. Portenoy knew the woman would benefit from opioids, but he was new at doctoring, so he first phoned the resident in charge to clear his decision.

“I have a patient here. She’s 60 years old, she’s got metastatic ovarian cancer, and she’s in bad pain,” Portenoy told his supervisor.

“What do you want to do?” the resident asked.

“Well, I thought we should give her some pain medicine.”

“What do you want to give her?”

“Morphine.”

There was silence on the other end of the line. It was 1980: even physicians who endorsed opioids for terminally ill patients believed that morphine was too potent and too dangerous. Finally, the resident said, “Look, you’re the doctor. You want to give her morphine, give her morphine.” After further consultation, Portenoy wrote an order for a 3 mg injection, less than one third of what he would likely give her today. He never checked back to see if the medication worked.

The patient was still on Portenoy’s mind the following year when he decided to specialize in pain medicine. “I’d given somebody with severe cancer pain a dose that didn’t have a prayer of providing any benefit,” he says. “My hope is that there was such a profound placebo effect that she didn’t scream the rest of the night.”

Portenoy joined a coterie of pioneers who encouraged their colleagues to become bolder in treating patients’ suffering. They argued that pain is more than a symptom; it’s a disease by itself that can trigger a cascade of other health problems from a weakened immune system to obesity if left untended.

At Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, where he launched his career as a researcher and pain physician, Portenoy initially concentrated on cancer pain. Eventually he discovered that opioid medicines routinely prescribed in advanced-cancer cases also worked for patients without terminal illnesses. They relieved the symptoms without fogging patients’ brains or turning them into addicts. The only major ongoing side effect, constipation, was manageable with other drugs. But when Portenoy shared the news in a 1986 journal article, he received excoriating criticism from his colleagues.

Slowly, time has proven Portenoy correct. In 1996 two leading professional groups declared opioids “an essential part of a pain-management plan.” Five years later, the DEA and 21 health organizations agreed that opioids are often “the most effective way to treat pain and often the only treatment option that provides significant relief.”

Across the United States, hospitals are starting to take the issue seriously, creating programs specializing in pain management. Portenoy’s own department, at New York City’s Beth Israel Medical Center, has 14 physicians, a team of researchers, and training programs for doctors and others. Using opioids and other therapies, these programs have restored normalcy to many lives.

“It’s a miracle,” says 55-year-old Michele Ferreri, a Staten Island, New York, woman who suffers from a painful nerve condition that appeared in the aftermath of shingles. Once unable to get out of bed because of her burning headaches, she started taking extended-release morphine and other medications after seeing Portenoy at Beth Israel. Now she lives an active life, taking her mother shopping, doing laundry, and attending social functions with her husband, a hospital CEO. “I can smile now,” she says. “I can smile and greet people.”

Until recently, there was no legal incentive for doctors to take pain seriously. That’s starting to change. In 2001 a California jury awarded $1.5 million to the family of a lung-cancer patient who lay undermedicated and dying in a hospital near San Francisco. (The award was later reduced in keeping with state law.) Two years later, the California Medical Board reprimanded a physician in a similar case involving a nursing home. These decisions “sound a resounding wake-up call to all health care providers that failure to treat pain attentively will result in accountability,” says Kathryn Tucker, attorney for Compassion & Choices, which litigated the cases.

But the wake-up call hasn’t stirred everyone. Millions of Americans still don’t receive the therapy they need. “The odds of your getting good pain management are, at best, 50-50,” says UC Davis bioethicist Ben Rich.

Studies bear Rich out. One survey of Oregon families, published in 2004, showed that almost half of terminally ill patients were in significant pain or distress during the last week of their lives. In a study of nursing homes in 11 states, Brown University researchers found that two thirds of the residents initially found to be in daily pain were still suffering two to six months later.

But even when treatment is available, patients often reject it because of widely held misconceptions. Popular media play up addiction be it on the TV series ER, where Noah Wyle portrayed a young physician addicted to prescription painkillers, or in tabloid newspapers, which devoted voluminous ink to Rush Limbaugh’s struggle with pain pills in late 2003. Indeed, Limbaugh’s alleged drug of choice, OxyContin (a form of oxycodone), has become popular among rural drug abusers, who chew the pills to destroy their time-release mechanism and get a heroinlike rush.

In reality, for those using opioids as prescribed, the likelihood of addiction is extremely low, according to research. “It’s really an unwarranted fear,” says Christine Miaskowski, former president of the American Pain Society. Many patients do become physiologically dependent, meaning they’d go through withdrawal syndrome if they quit cold turkey but this is a normal condition that can be managed by tapering down the dosage. It’s not the same as addiction, which requires psychological dependence. Experts say patients with a history of drug abuse can safely use opioids too, as long as they are carefully monitored by their physicians to avoid a recurrence of their abusive behaviors.

These reassurances don’t convince everyone. “There is a just-say-no-to-drugs attitude in the United States,” says Diane Meier, a geriatric and palliative-care specialist at New York City’s Mount Sinai Medical Center. “Even my own family will say, ‘I don’t want to be doped up on those drugs.’ ”

Patients aren’t alone in their misinformation. Physicians, trained to suspect there’s an abuser lurking behind every painkiller request and, to be fair, there sometimes is still confuse addiction with physical dependence. The facts don’t dissuade them: although Ferreri has become functional on morphine, her family doctor still “talks to my husband all the time about the amount of medication I’m on, how dangerous it is. He really makes me feel that I’m a drug addict.”

Worse, some physicians simply don’t understand the importance of treating pain at all. Miaskowski, a professor in the physiological nursing department at the University of California, San Francisco, recently completed a study of cancer patients. “We had one patient whose primary care physician told her, ‘Don’t take your pain medicine. Let the pain kill the cancer.’ ” Was this advice offered years before recent advances in pain management? No, she says. “This was 2001.”

There’s another, more ominous reason some doctors don’t treat pain aggressively: they don’t want to end up like Arizona physician Jeri Hassman.

Hassman, a physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist licensed in 1986, opened a solo practice in 1999 to focus on nonsurgical treatments for injured patients. Working with physical therapists and chiropractors, she developed a comprehensive program that includes massage, electrical stimulation, muscle injections, and even posture lessons. She also prescribed painkillers. “Medications are important,” she says. “If you decrease pain, you get better compliance with exercise and other rehabilitation.” Until 2002, she says, “I wasn’t afraid of prescribing strong pain medicines alongside the available therapies.”

Then, in May of that year, federal agents stormed her Tucson office in full view of her patients. They spent eight hours questioning her staff, seizing patient files and appointment logs, and copying the hard drives off her computers. According to a government brief, the DEA had been contacted by pharmacists “concerned about the large amounts of narcotic drugs that were being prescribed for Dr. Hassman’s patients, plus the frequency with which they were returning for refills.” The druggists were also concerned that some medicines had fallen into the hands of nonpatients, the brief said. Hassman was arrested and charged with 320 counts of illegally distributing narcotics and 41 counts of health care fraud.

Just before the case was scheduled for trial, federal prosecutors offered Hassman a plea agreement, allowing her to plead guilty to four counts of failing to report prescription abuse. Unwilling to risk a jury trial, Hassman accepted the offer. She was sentenced to two years’ probation and agreed to surrender her DEA license to prescribe controlled substances.

Hassman was relatively lucky. This April, Virginia pain specialist William Hurwitz was sentenced to 25 years in prison for drug trafficking after prescribing large doses of painkillers such as OxyContin, morphine, and methadone to his patients. One of his patients died after taking a very high dose of morphine. DEA officials likened Hurwitz to a heroin dealer. Others, though, testified that Hurwitz provided them with the only effective relief they had ever received for debilitating pain.

Though the DEA wouldn’t comment for this article, it has previously insisted that it only goes after bad apples. “Our focus is not on pain doctors. Our focus is on people who divert drugs,” agency official Patricia Good said during a 2004 teleconference. But physician groups and patient advocates point to a growing list of respected pain doctors who have been prosecuted by the DEA and by state medical boards. They say that while the DEA has a legitimate interest in preventing the diversion of harmful drugs, the agency’s adversarial zeal has grown in the past four or five years.

For its part, the DEA notes that it arrests fewer than 100 doctors a year on drug-diversion charges, hardly a full-scale attack on the profession. The numbers hardly matter, though, because the arrests, and the publicity surrounding them, have created a chilling effect. “Every time a physician picks up a newspaper or hears an account of some physician who has been accused of inappropriately prescribing controlled substances, it reinforces the proposition bad things can happen to you when you attempt to manage patients’ pain aggressively but appropriately,” says bioethicist Ben Rich. “Doctors don’t say, ‘I’ll be more judicious and that won’t happen to me.’ Their reaction is, ‘I don’t need this.’ ”

It took Deborah Hamalainen another year, plus the encouragement of a friend, to find effective treatment for her pain. Early one morning, the two women took an 80-mile bus trip to New York City, then took a taxi downtown to Beth Israel Medical Center. There, Hamalainen met with pain specialist Russell Portenoy, who found her story credible. Portenoy explained to Hamalainen that he couldn’t cure her multiple sclerosis, but he could control her symptoms. “The goal is to focus on the pain itself, to get you comfortable, and to help you function,” he told her.

After monitoring several medications for side effects, Portenoy and Hamalainen settled on fentanyl, a synthetic opioid delivered through an adhesive patch worn on her lower back. She uses oxycodone as a “rescue” drug when the fentanyl isn’t effective.

As Portenoy predicted, the medicine hasn’t eliminated the source of Hamalainen’s pain. In fact, the multiple sclerosis has progressed. She’s been losing feeling in her hands and feet, dropping objects, and tripping. She relies on a pair of canes to get around. Still, with the pain under control, Hamalainen has been able to return to her art. She recently had a mixed-media exhibition at the gallery where she used to work. In one sculpture, she took old canes, including the ones her father used after he lost a leg to diabetes, and smashed them with an ax, then enclosed them in a clear plastic exhibition box.

When the pain was at its worst, Hamalainen contemplated suicide. Now, with opioids to relieve the symptoms, Hamalainen can envision a productive artistic future. “Being able to be creative again has been thrilling,” she says. “It’s like having a new life.”

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From: “matthew zielinski” <mattzielinski@hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 28, 2005 at 3:35:20 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hey there
I guess it depends what u are lookin for…….if u want visions etc better take a biger dose…..if u just want to bring back that ibo feeling a small dose will do fine
Dont have much expeirence with it so im sure other people will give u more comprehensive coments but if u are getting cravings im sure even a small dose will bring u back  in to that clear  lovey dovey state of mind
all the best
matt

 

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From: “matthew zielinski” <mattzielinski@hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] bwiti on Going Tribal
Date: August 28, 2005 at 3:28:10 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

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From: <slowone@hush.ai>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] mailer daemon
Date: August 28, 2005 at 12:26:05 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Did you unsubscribe your old addr?

On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 02:17:31 -0700 Capt Kirk
<captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Sighs heavily and goes to look for the physical address of concept

mail so
she can fly up there and KICK SOME FUCKING UNRESPONSIVE ASS!!!

Set it to go to the junk pile and we can just pretend it aint
there lol

Kirk

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From: Sjonnygee . [mailto:sjonnygee@msn.com]
Sent: Sunday, 28 August 2005 9:03 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] mailer daemon

This happens to everyone lol , hey Kirk ?  😉

_____

From:  abeatty@mail2go.com
Reply-To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject:  [Ibogaine] mailer daemon
Date:  Sun, 28 Aug 2005 08:58:35 -0000 (GMT)
If I post a message, it posts, but I also receive a returned
message
saying:

This is the DBMAIL-SMTP program.

I’m sorry to inform you that your message, addressed to captkirk,
could not be delivered due to the following error.

*** Mailbox of user captkirk is FULL ***
etc…

This happens each time.
Andy

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From: “Matthew Shriver” <matt@itsupport.net>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] meditation
Date: August 28, 2005 at 11:37:37 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I have actually been checking this out recently at the advice of friends
(and it’s part of the 11th step which I am on).  My experience was that I
couldn’t sit still for more than a few minutes and the whole time was just
repeated realizations that I was lost in thought.  After 3 to 5 minutes of
that I would just get frustrated and give it up.  And after trying that for
3 or 4 days a week for a week and half or so I would just stop doing it with
the major criticism being that I wasn’t seeing any positive results.

So after talking to people about it and their experiences with it I was told
two things which I feel are important.  First that there are different ways
to meditate and that getting hung up on one idea of how it’s supposed to be
done isn’t helpful.  So I have had to let go of my concept of what proper
mediation is a little.  I like to read a lot of Buddhist literature and I
tended to think of meditation as a state of no-thought, something I cannot
achieve.  The second thing that someone who meditates daily told me was that
initially, the greatest benefit will come from the discipline of doing it
daily and not so much from the sitting itself.

One thing that had often turned me off to meditation is the time investment
people would talk about.  Someone would say, “oh if you do it for an hour a
day for a few months you’ll be amazed…” and I would think, “yeah right,
who has an extra hour a day to sit and meditate?”

But my more recent experience has been more positive.  I sit every morning
for 3-5 minutes, however long I feel like.  And I don’t put any expectations
on it about having fewer thoughts or catching them quicker or concentrating
on the breath or anything else.  I just sit and try and be with the spirit
of the universe for a few minutes, nothing more.  And I have to say that now
I am experiencing a positive benefit.  I feel lighter when I am done and
more ready to face the day.  My head will start churning about the shit I
need to do for work before I even get out of bed and sitting in the morning
is a good way of stopping that mental traffic for a few and starting with a
clearer mental space.
Matt

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From: abeatty@mail2go.com [mailto:abeatty@mail2go.com]
Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 2:07 AM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] meditation

I don’t mean to sound preachy, but this means so much to me that I want to
share:

Please keep meditating, even off and on.

Start by sitting still, just 5 min. Do this for a month (week..) and your
life
will change. Try for 20 min., an hour. This calms the body. Observe your
thoughts. Let them go. Silence your thoughts. When thoughts arise again,
silence
the thoughts. Sit in the silence. Keep still.

Most of us don’t live in reality, especially us on drugs, etc. We see
reality
through a veil. Most addicts, at least, know about the veil.

Meditation can get us in touch with reality. It can break the attachments
that
hook us into patterns through thoughts.

This can be done alone, at home, for free. It’s nice to have a group, too,
for
support.
You may go to most buddhist meditation groups without telling your story.
It’s
not like AA. It’s not a religion either.

Good luck,
Andy

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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] katrina and new orleans…or maybe biloxi
Date: August 28, 2005 at 9:59:44 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

if you all get the chance, light a candle for the people in the direct
path of Katrina, who is now a category 5 hurricane.  They’re saying
that New Orleans is going to be about 20 ft under water by this time
tomorrow. They’ll need ALL the help they can get.
love tink

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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Message to Randy…
Date: August 28, 2005 at 9:55:50 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

hey-welcome back from tripping the ligth fantastic!!
Love you
tink

On 8/28/05, BiscuitBoy714@aol.com <BiscuitBoy714@aol.com> wrote:
Jasen, I took a 3 mg per kg booster so it was in no way like when I did the
big flood to get off of methadone, I took it about 9 pm and was into it
pretty hard at first. I knew when it hit and I was ready for it, so I laid
back and let it happen. Images of  scary looking art work like Dante’s
Inferno started appearing, evil looking lizard type beings looked like they
were taunting me. I saw what I imagined the toad shaped rocks from Salmon
Rushdie’s book Grimus looked like. I can’t say the sequence of when I saw
these things other than the art work showed up first. I did see some cool
stuff like some Dave Hunter inspired things I’d like to get tattoo’ed onto
my skin somewhere if I could only draw like that. I’ve never had a tattoo
but if someone could make it look like that, I would go for it. Too cool. At
one point I saw these dolphin looking creatures with longer snouts that had
big teeth at the end swim by. The one thying that perplexes me the most was
the empty gas gauge that appeared, plain as day, right in front of my face.
It looked like one from an old sports car or something, you know, the round
ones. That freaked me out so I kept trying to conjour up a guage that had at
least something in it and couldn’t. I did see other gas gauges tho, they
just had no needle indicator to show how much fuel was in there. After
thinking about this I figure that right now I’m runnin’ on empty and that in
the future I can have as much fuel in my tank as I want to put into it. It’s
true, I am running on empty. I haven’t been doing much for the movement or
even playing any really creative music. I’ve been jamming on blues, but I
could do that asleep. I think it’s time to get moving again and do
something. Something I am passionate about. Anyway, it left me wanting to go
deeper and didn’t last very long. I was eating and drinking milk 4 hours
later. I do kind of feel rejuvinated somehow. Maybe it’s the power of
suggestion. I prefer to think the Bwiti ancesters are kicking me in the ass
to get me moving. Whatever, I think it helped.  Muck love to ya my brother
Randy

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From: BiscuitBoy714@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Message to Randy…
Date: August 28, 2005 at 9:13:10 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Jasen, I took a 3 mg per kg booster so it was in no way like when I did the big flood to get off of methadone, I took it about 9 pm and was into it pretty hard at first. I knew when it hit and I was ready for it, so I laid back and let it happen. Images of  scary looking art work like Dante’s Inferno started appearing, evil looking lizard type beings looked like they were taunting me. I saw what I imagined the toad shaped rocks from Salmon Rushdie’s book Grimus looked like. I can’t say the sequence of when I saw these things other than the art work showed up first. I did see some cool stuff like some Dave Hunter inspired things I’d like to get tattoo’ed onto my skin somewhere if I could only draw like that. I’ve never had a tattoo but if someone could make it look like that, I would go for it. Too cool. At one point I saw these dolphin looking creatures with longer snouts that had big teeth at the end swim by. The one thying that perplexes me the most was the empty gas gauge that appeared, plain as day, right in front of my face. It looked like one from an old sports car or something, you know, the round ones. That freaked me out so I kept trying to conjour up a guage that had at least something in it and couldn’t. I did see other gas gauges tho, they just had no needle indicator to show how much fuel was in there. After thinking about this I figure that right now I’m runnin’ on empty and that in the future I can have as much fuel in my tank as I want to put into it. It’s true, I am running on empty. I haven’t been doing much for the movement or even playing any really creative music. I’ve been jamming on blues, but I could do that asleep. I think it’s time to get moving again and do something. Something I am passionate about. Anyway, it left me wanting to go deeper and didn’t last very long. I was eating and drinking milk 4 hours later. I do kind of feel rejuvinated somehow. Maybe it’s the power of suggestion. I prefer to think the Bwiti ancesters are kicking me in the ass to get me moving. Whatever, I think it helped.  Muck love to ya my brother        Randy

From: “Jasen Chamoun” <jasenhappy@optusnet.com.au>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] mailer daemon
Date: August 28, 2005 at 7:37:48 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hey Capt,

I will keep slaying those daemons as long as they keep comming.
They are very easy to deal with.

I only have to use one finger and there gone.

love from Jasen the Daemon slayer.

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From: “Sjonnygee .” <sjonnygee@msn.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Boosters
Date: August 28, 2005 at 5:36:40 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Make sure u have  a plan if u get an uncontroloble craving—maybe a booster >?   –  Matt
I want to
second the idea that a booster might help.   –  Mark
Can anyone suggest how many mgs. more or less would be in a booster ?  Should it be anything above 300mgs or so ?  Also, how much time should be given between doses -(I’m thinking about residual build up here……………… Thanks, sjonny.

From: BiscuitBoy714@aol.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Psych3del1c ArT
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 08:27:31 EDT

I was wondering what was up with Dave. It’s good to see him at work and ever evolving. I took a booster Thursday night and was thinking of Dave because I saw stuff that looked like  something he would have a hand in. That was the cool part, this time my visions weren’t all nice and soothing. I saw some pretty scary stuff. Maybe I was looking for that, I don’t know. I tried to go into it with no preconceived notions and saw a lot of death looking things and saw a gas tank that was on empty. I’m still thinking about it and haven’t slept much since. I guess you get what you need from it and I’ll figure it out sometime in the future.         Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow     (George Clinton)        Randy
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From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] mailer daemon
Date: August 28, 2005 at 5:21:06 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

This began happening a few months back and it’s only on Ibogaine and only my
mailbox that apparently is constantly full. Have been emailing, telephoning
and have a letter written and was going to send that but then wouldn’t ya
know it my printer runs out of INK (and people wonder why I use drugs? Lmao)
so I have been trying and patrick even tried but there are no human beings
at concept, apparently.  I have even emailed their sales address. Still
nothing.  I’m so mad at concept, I have been refusing to pay to phone them
but if I have to keep explaining this error message then I just gonna have
to pay.
I know, I’m cheap lol
Like I said, trash it.. you won’t see it again
Kirk

—–Original Message—–
From: abeatty@mail2go.com [mailto:abeatty@mail2go.com]
Sent: Sunday, 28 August 2005 8:59 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] mailer daemon

If I post a message, it posts, but I also receive a returned message saying:

This is the DBMAIL-SMTP program.

I’m sorry to inform you that your message, addressed to captkirk,
could not be delivered due to the following error.

*** Mailbox of user captkirk is FULL ***
etc…

This happens each time.
Andy

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From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] mailer daemon
Date: August 28, 2005 at 5:17:31 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Sighs heavily and goes to look for the physical address of concept mail so she can fly up there and KICK SOME FUCKING UNRESPONSIVE ASS!!!
Set it to go to the junk pile and we can just pretend it aint there lol
Kirk
From: Sjonnygee . [mailto:sjonnygee@msn.com] 
Sent: Sunday, 28 August 2005 9:03 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] mailer daemon

This happens to everyone lol , hey Kirk ?  😉

From:  abeatty@mail2go.com
Reply-To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject:  [Ibogaine] mailer daemon
Date:  Sun, 28 Aug 2005 08:58:35 -0000 (GMT)
>If I post a message, it posts, but I also receive a returned message saying:
>
>This is the DBMAIL-SMTP program.
>
>I’m sorry to inform you that your message, addressed to captkirk,
>could not be delivered due to the following error.
>
>*** Mailbox of user captkirk is FULL ***
>etc…
>
>This happens each time.
>Andy
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From: “Sjonnygee .” <sjonnygee@msn.com>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] mailer daemon
Date: August 28, 2005 at 5:02:54 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

This happens to everyone lol , hey Kirk ?  😉

From:  abeatty@mail2go.com
Reply-To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject:  [Ibogaine] mailer daemon
Date:  Sun, 28 Aug 2005 08:58:35 -0000 (GMT)
>If I post a message, it posts, but I also receive a returned message saying:
>
>This is the DBMAIL-SMTP program.
>
>I’m sorry to inform you that your message, addressed to captkirk,
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From: abeatty@mail2go.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] mailer daemon
Date: August 28, 2005 at 4:58:35 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

If I post a message, it posts, but I also receive a returned message saying:

This is the DBMAIL-SMTP program.

I’m sorry to inform you that your message, addressed to captkirk,
could not be delivered due to the following error.

*** Mailbox of user captkirk is FULL ***
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From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] meditation
Date: August 28, 2005 at 4:20:19 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Yeh that’s the hardest part is quieting the mind! But you are right… it’s
practise that makes it work.  Add breathing exercises with it, and you’ll
find a few months down the track, as soon as you start the breathing, your
body seems to remember what you’re going to do, and it relaxes instantly. At
least that’s what my ex tells me! And it makes sense.
We did a lot of guided meditations in the groups (that’s where the Spiritual
Aspirin one came from) and it was always interesting seeing where you went
with simple instructions from the woman running the group. She also did
healing (has some amazing crystals, gave me a  most beautiful piece of
Turquoise, my birthstone), channelling, mediumship etc etc.  Very
interesting experiences over a two year period I must say!!!!!
Anyway, yeh find something you click with, there are loads of methods out
there, but it has to feel good to you.
When I’m done procrastinating I’ll get back into it… I could sit here now
and give excuses for the next ten minutes, but I aint even gonna bother!!
They are just that anyway.. excuses!
Luff luffs
Kirk :o)

—–Original Message—–
From: abeatty@mail2go.com [mailto:abeatty@mail2go.com]
Sent: Sunday, 28 August 2005 8:07 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] meditation

I don’t mean to sound preachy, but this means so much to me that I want to
share:

Please keep meditating, even off and on.

Start by sitting still, just 5 min. Do this for a month (week..) and your
life
will change. Try for 20 min., an hour. This calms the body. Observe your
thoughts. Let them go. Silence your thoughts. When thoughts arise again,
silence
the thoughts. Sit in the silence. Keep still.

Most of us don’t live in reality, especially us on drugs, etc. We see
reality
through a veil. Most addicts, at least, know about the veil.

Meditation can get us in touch with reality. It can break the attachments
that
hook us into patterns through thoughts.

This can be done alone, at home, for free. It’s nice to have a group, too,
for
support.
You may go to most buddhist meditation groups without telling your story.
It’s
not like AA. It’s not a religion either.

Good luck,
Andy

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From: abeatty@mail2go.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] meditation
Date: August 28, 2005 at 4:07:28 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I don’t mean to sound preachy, but this means so much to me that I want to
share:

Please keep meditating, even off and on.

Start by sitting still, just 5 min. Do this for a month (week..) and your life
will change. Try for 20 min., an hour. This calms the body. Observe your
thoughts. Let them go. Silence your thoughts. When thoughts arise again,
silence
the thoughts. Sit in the silence. Keep still.

Most of us don’t live in reality, especially us on drugs, etc. We see reality
through a veil. Most addicts, at least, know about the veil.

Meditation can get us in touch with reality. It can break the attachments that
hook us into patterns through thoughts.

This can be done alone, at home, for free. It’s nice to have a group, too, for
support.
You may go to most buddhist meditation groups without telling your story. It’s
not like AA. It’s not a religion either.

Good luck,
Andy

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From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Re: Krista & staying clean.
Date: August 28, 2005 at 2:30:35 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hi Krista,  I too have never clicked with 12 steps, and I’m still on
methadone but the longest clean time was during a time where I found an
excellent group and did two years worth of courses called inner growth and
spiritual development. What I feel helped in that time was meditation, and
after 2 years I was very calm, positive, happy…. not perfectly so, but
able to deal with most stresses which tend to come our way….and which
always gives me my excuse to run for a drug (saying “and people wonder why I
take drugs?? Grr mumble mutter mutter).
Anyway…..I wonder if you’ve tried any kind of meditation type exercise?
I was clean for 3 months after coming off methadone quickly and was very
positive and happy during detox (whilst still feeling like shite).  Sadly,
the people running the courses decided to take them overseas, and left
nothing here, I was still with co-dependant partner, and little by little I
went back to using.
Bugger!
C’est la vie.
I hope you find a method that helps, although I realize it’s a combination
of changes and efforts that ultimately do the trick..
All the best with it
Kirk xx

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From: “Jasen Chamoun” <jasenhappy@optusnet.com.au>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Message to Randy…
Date: August 27, 2005 at 11:43:19 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Randy,

C’mon mate,..cough it up,..please go into detail
about your second journey.

I love you bro. Regards to miniyou.

love, Jasen.
—– Original Message —–
From: BiscuitBoy714@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 1:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Message from Martee’s Sister

Shirley, tell Martee that Randy sends his love.           Randy

From: “Jasen Chamoun” <jasenhappy@optusnet.com.au>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Message from Martee’s Sister
Date: August 27, 2005 at 11:40:12 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

You go Shelley Baby,…wooooo hoo.  6 months rocks,..

it just keeps getting better. Love to your awesome
sister. I miss her.

with love Jasen.
—– Original Message —–
From: m.finman
To: ibo
Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 1:00 PM
Subject: [Ibogaine] Message from Martee’s Sister

Hi All,
To everyone who lit candles for me on Feb 20th, 2005:
Thanks for the positive energy…. just made 6 months!
Shirley
From: “Matthew Shriver” <matt@itsupport.net>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Message from Martee’s Sister
Date: August 27, 2005 at 11:11:13 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Congratulations.
From: m.finman [mailto:mafinman@optonline.net] 
Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 9:01 PM
To: ibo
Subject: [Ibogaine] Message from Martee’s Sister

Hi All,
To everyone who lit candles for me on Feb 20th, 2005:
Thanks for the positive energy…. just made 6 months!
Shirley
From: BiscuitBoy714@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Message from Martee’s Sister
Date: August 27, 2005 at 11:07:34 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Shirley, tell Martee that Randy sends his love.           Randy

From: “m.finman” <mafinman@optonline.net>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Message from Martee’s Sister
Date: August 27, 2005 at 11:00:37 PM EDT
To: ibo <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hi All,
To everyone who lit candles for me on Feb 20th, 2005:
Thanks for the positive energy…. just made 6 months!
Shirley
From: shelley krupa <skrupa20022002@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Psych3del1c ArT
Date: August 27, 2005 at 10:24:05 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hi KV ,Ive tried lifering & smart -post 12 step days , I did smart for a year or so, they are secular style ,have their place, now I do therapy instead, but not for a “disease”, more so to get past my patterning & story stuff, all are helpful & suit me for where I’m at in my growth -wish you the best -shell

Krista Vaughan <krista.vaughan@gmail.com> wrote:
Wow I love the pictures orbiting around the center. Thank you, this
has made my afternoon 🙂

I’ve a question for you Patrick, if you read this if you don’t read it
for a month that’s ok I understand 😉 but you and Dave Hunter do a
lot of work together, with his art and your words which is beautiful.
What I’d like to ask is about one of the addiction series articles
from Heroin Times, I think it’s from 2002, wait let me find it.

http://ibogaine.mindvox.com/index.html?Articles/HT-12A3.htm~mainFrame

You co-wrote a article with Dave including the 12 steps. All of your
writing in the beginning was very anti-12 step and trashed all of it,
near the last piece you wrote for Heroin Times, you and Dave both
wrote a very open minded and accepting article which didn’t trash
anything. At the same time all of you, by which I mean most of Mindvox
and certainly everone listed in the contributing editors section,
doesn’t work the 12 steps and when Steven Anker posts he writes long
very funny but strongly anti-step material to this day but in the file
he’s listed as being editor of, the Keeping Clean section, it has alot
of 12 step material and quotes from people working the steps, then the
rest of it is Stanton Peele and Peter Cohen who both make a living
trashing the 12 steps or for Peter, trashing the concept that
addiction is even real. The only other article in there is from Lee,
who I like to read and it’s a good article but it doesn’t really have
anything to do with drug addiction or deal with what the main issues
are when you stop doing drugs.

I’m asking all this because I’m curious what all of you do to stay
clean, the steps have never worked for me either but it’s not even
that, it’s what all of you have written about, the people in the rooms
drive me crazy and when I in there I walk out feeling ilke I need to
get high after listening to all the war stories.

Are there any good support groups out there that are not 12 step
based, any of you or anyone else on list had good experiences with
them?

KV

On 8/27/05, Patrick K. Kroupa wrote:
> Dave has once again iterated Gammalyte a few levels beyond where it
> was, and the results are pretty fucking amazing. If you’re into
> psychedelic art, you should check it out. Many truly beautiful and
> utterly cool imageS, bursts of illumination and darkness, and rockin’
> eYe CandY:
>
> http://www.gammalyte.com/
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> Patrick
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From: “orangesun Barrel” <kaliorangemist710@hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] bwiti on Going Tribal
Date: August 27, 2005 at 10:16:39 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

the commercial shows shows Bwiti people the European dude vomiting. Ibo is most likely invovled

From: abeatty@mail2go.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] bwiti on Going Tribal
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 06:06:52 -0000 (GMT)

Just saw a short preview for Going Tribal, TV show, that shows a Bwiti
initiation ceremony on the next episode. No mention of ibogaine yet, but they
said it includes the ingestion of a halucinogen, and the rite will make the
participant a real man.
Andy

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From: Krista Vaughan <krista.vaughan@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Psych3del1c ArT
Date: August 27, 2005 at 5:25:18 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Wow I love the pictures orbiting around the center. Thank you, this
has made my afternoon 🙂

I’ve a question for you Patrick, if you read this if you don’t read it
for a month that’s ok I understand 😉 but you and Dave Hunter do a
lot of work together, with his art and your words which is beautiful.
What I’d like to ask is about one of the addiction series articles
from Heroin Times, I think it’s from 2002, wait let me find it.

http://ibogaine.mindvox.com/index.html?Articles/HT-12A3.htm~mainFrame

You co-wrote a article with Dave including the 12 steps. All of your
writing in the beginning was very anti-12 step and trashed all of it,
near the last piece you wrote for Heroin Times, you and Dave both
wrote a very open minded and accepting article which didn’t trash
anything. At the same time all of you, by which I mean most of Mindvox
and certainly everone listed in the contributing editors section,
doesn’t work the 12 steps and when Steven Anker posts he writes long
very funny but strongly anti-step material to this day but in the file
he’s listed as being editor of, the Keeping Clean section, it has alot
of 12 step material and quotes from people working the steps, then the
rest of it is Stanton Peele and Peter Cohen who both make a living
trashing the 12 steps or for Peter, trashing the concept that
addiction is even real. The only other article in there is from Lee,
who I like to read and it’s a good article but it doesn’t really have
anything to do with drug addiction or deal with what the main issues
are when you stop doing drugs.

I’m asking all this because I’m curious what all of you do to stay
clean, the steps have never worked for me either but it’s not even
that, it’s what all of you have written about, the people in the rooms
drive me crazy and when I in there I walk out feeling ilke I need to
get high after listening to all the war stories.

Are there any good support groups out there that are not 12 step
based, any of you or anyone else on list had good experiences with
them?

KV

On 8/27/05, Patrick K. Kroupa <digital@phantom.com> wrote:
Dave has once again iterated Gammalyte a few levels beyond where it
was, and the results are pretty fucking amazing.  If you’re into
psychedelic art, you should check it out.  Many truly beautiful and
utterly cool imageS, bursts of illumination and darkness, and rockin’
eYe CandY:

http://www.gammalyte.com/

Patrick

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From: Jeff Gallop <jeffgallop@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Psych3del1c ArT
Date: August 27, 2005 at 11:21:58 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

WoW!
That is some killer eye candy!
I never knew that Dave was a poster artist as well..and apparently  Steve Kimock digs him enough to use his stuff a lot!
Jerry Garcia called Steve his favorite guitarist and SK’s work in the first post Jerry Dead Configurations is among my favorite of that era…

Going to Howl Fest today to work the Ibo Table with Rachy.

Freak Freely!
Jeff

On 8/27/05, Patrick K. Kroupa <digital@phantom.com> wrote:
Dave has once again iterated Gammalyte a few levels beyond where it
was, and the results are pretty fucking amazing.  If you’re into
psychedelic art, you should check it out.  Many truly beautiful and
utterly cool imageS, bursts of illumination and darkness, and rockin’
eYe CandY:

http://www.gammalyte.com/

Patrick

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From: BiscuitBoy714@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Psych3del1c ArT
Date: August 27, 2005 at 8:27:31 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I was wondering what was up with Dave. It’s good to see him at work and ever evolving. I took a booster Thursday night and was thinking of Dave because I saw stuff that looked like  something he would have a hand in. That was the cool part, this time my visions weren’t all nice and soothing. I saw some pretty scary stuff. Maybe I was looking for that, I don’t know. I tried to go into it with no preconceived notions and saw a lot of death looking things and saw a gas tank that was on empty. I’m still thinking about it and haven’t slept much since. I guess you get what you need from it and I’ll figure it out sometime in the future.         Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow     (George Clinton)        Randy

From: “Patrick K. Kroupa” <digital@phantom.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Psych3del1c ArT
Date: August 27, 2005 at 2:50:01 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Dave has once again iterated Gammalyte a few levels beyond where it was, and the results are pretty fucking amazing.  If you’re into psychedelic art, you should check it out.  Many truly beautiful and utterly cool imageS, bursts of illumination and darkness, and rockin’ eYe CandY:

http://www.gammalyte.com/

Patrick

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] bwiti on Going Tribal
Date: August 26, 2005 at 7:59:27 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Thanks kindly for this. I’ll be sure to try and remember to watch it this Tuesday.

Peace and love,
Preston

—– Original Message —– From: “Eye of the Bhogi” <freedomroot@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 11:55 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] bwiti on Going Tribal

This one’s on the Discovery Channel, and is due to air Tuesday, Aug. 30th.
AFRICAN VISION QUEST
Bruce faces one of his toughest tests as he is inducted into Bwiti, a
rainforest religion practiced by the Babongo people of Gabon. He’s
right to be worried — on occasion the ritual, which involves consuming
an overdose of a powerful hallucinogenic, iboga, has proved fatal.
This dramatic episode follows Bruce’s build-up to the ceremony, as he
goes hunting, collecting forest honey and spends time getting to know
his new friends, before they judge the time is right for his
“rebirthing” ritual.
Premieres Tuesday, Aug. 30, at 10 p.m. ET/PT
love rachel, neotribal critic

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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Fwd: Venus and Jupiter Converge!
Date: August 26, 2005 at 4:52:00 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

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NASA Science News for August 26, 2005

Venus, Jupiter and the Moon are gathering for a beautiful sunset sky show.

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From: “Nick Sandberg” <nick227@tiscali.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] bwiti on Going Tribal
Date: August 26, 2005 at 3:15:15 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I think it was put out as part of a series called “Tribe” on bbc earlier in
the year. I guess Discovery have repackaged a bit.

Nick

—–Original Message—–
From: Eye of the Bhogi [mailto:freedomroot@gmail.com]
Sent: 26 August 2005 16:56
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] bwiti on Going Tribal

This one’s on the Discovery Channel, and is due to air Tuesday,
Aug. 30th.
AFRICAN VISION QUEST
Bruce faces one of his toughest tests as he is inducted into Bwiti, a
rainforest religion practiced by the Babongo people of Gabon. He’s
right to be worried — on occasion the ritual, which involves consuming
an overdose of a powerful hallucinogenic, iboga, has proved fatal.
This dramatic episode follows Bruce’s build-up to the ceremony, as he
goes hunting, collecting forest honey and spends time getting to know
his new friends, before they judge the time is right for his
“rebirthing” ritual.
Premieres Tuesday, Aug. 30, at 10 p.m. ET/PT
love rachel, neotribal critic

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From: “Sjonnygee .” <sjonnygee@msn.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] bwiti on Going Tribal
Date: August 26, 2005 at 1:35:05 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Preston, I’ve no idea if it’s the BBC programme or not (if it is, I can’t recommend watching it enough!)  but on a different subject………… You told of taking a booster a few days ago; How many mg’s of Hcl. was in the booster and what did you get out of it ?  Cheers Sjonny.
&nb sp;

From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] bwiti on Going Tribal
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 08:31:02 -0400

Is it the same Going Tribal, or a North American knock-off, as we’ve done with other European or BBC television shows over the years?

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
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Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
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Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.
—– Original Message —–
From: Sjonnygee .
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 5:42 AM
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] bwiti on Going Tribal

Going Tribal was a BBC series with ex royal marine Bruce Parry visiting and living among various tribal groups around the world such as the Suri in Venezuela, Shaman in Ethiopia and the main group of interest for this list , the Gabonese Bwiti. Seeing him undergo the full initiation with Iboga is awesome and well worth watching.
                                                              sjonny.

From:  abeatty@mail2go.com
Reply-To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject:  [Ibogaine] bwiti on Going Tribal
Date:  Fri, 26 Aug 2005 07:11:12 -0000 (GMT)
>Just saw a short preview for Going Tribal, TV show, that shows a Bwiti
>initiation ceremony on the next episode. No mention of ibogaine yet, but they
>said it includes the ingestion of a halucinogen, and the rite will make the
>participant a real man.
>Andy
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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] bwiti on Going Tribal
Date: August 26, 2005 at 1:12:43 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

thank you Rachel

On 8/26/05, Eye of the Bhogi <freedomroot@gmail.com> wrote:
This one’s on the Discovery Channel, and is due to air Tuesday, Aug. 30th.
AFRICAN VISION QUEST
Bruce faces one of his toughest tests as he is inducted into Bwiti, a
rainforest religion practiced by the Babongo people of Gabon. He’s
right to be worried — on occasion the ritual, which involves consuming
an overdose of a powerful hallucinogenic, iboga, has proved fatal.
This dramatic episode follows Bruce’s build-up to the ceremony, as he
goes hunting, collecting forest honey and spends time getting to know
his new friends, before they judge the time is right for his
“rebirthing” ritual.
Premieres Tuesday, Aug. 30, at 10 p.m. ET/PT
love rachel, neotribal critic

From: Eye of the Bhogi <freedomroot@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] bwiti on Going Tribal
Date: August 26, 2005 at 11:55:47 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

This one’s on the Discovery Channel, and is due to air Tuesday, Aug. 30th.
AFRICAN VISION QUEST
Bruce faces one of his toughest tests as he is inducted into Bwiti, a
rainforest religion practiced by the Babongo people of Gabon. He’s
right to be worried — on occasion the ritual, which involves consuming
an overdose of a powerful hallucinogenic, iboga, has proved fatal.
This dramatic episode follows Bruce’s build-up to the ceremony, as he
goes hunting, collecting forest honey and spends time getting to know
his new friends, before they judge the time is right for his
“rebirthing” ritual.
Premieres Tuesday, Aug. 30, at 10 p.m. ET/PT
love rachel, neotribal critic

From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] bwiti on Going Tribal
Date: August 26, 2005 at 9:59:27 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Knock off-

On 8/26/05, Preston Peet <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com> wrote:

Is it the same Going Tribal, or a North American knock-off, as we’ve done
with other European or BBC television shows over the years?

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often
mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations,
Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —–
From: Sjonnygee .
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 5:42 AM
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] bwiti on Going Tribal

Going Tribal was a BBC series with ex royal marine Bruce Parry visiting and
living among various tribal groups around the world such as the Suri in
Venezuela, Shaman in Ethiopia and the main group of interest for this list ,
the Gabonese Bwiti. Seeing him undergo the full initiation with Iboga is
awesome and well worth watching.

sjonny.

________________________________

From:  abeatty@mail2go.com
Reply-To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject:  [Ibogaine] bwiti on Going Tribal
Date:  Fri, 26 Aug 2005 07:11:12 -0000 (GMT)
Just saw a short preview for Going Tribal, TV show, that shows a Bwiti
initiation ceremony on the next episode. No mention of ibogaine yet, but
they
said it includes the ingestion of a halucinogen, and the rite will make the
participant a real man.
Andy

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] bwiti on Going Tribal
Date: August 26, 2005 at 8:31:02 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Is it the same Going Tribal, or a North American knock-off, as we’ve done with other European or BBC television shows over the years?

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.
—– Original Message —–
From: Sjonnygee .
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 5:42 AM
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] bwiti on Going Tribal

Going Tribal was a BBC series with ex royal marine Bruce Parry visiting and living among various tribal groups around the world such as the Suri in Venezuela, Shaman in Ethiopia and the main group of interest for this list , the Gabonese Bwiti. Seeing him undergo the full initiation with Iboga is awesome and well worth watching.
                                                              sjonny.

From:  abeatty@mail2go.com
Reply-To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject:  [Ibogaine] bwiti on Going Tribal
Date:  Fri, 26 Aug 2005 07:11:12 -0000 (GMT)
>Just saw a short preview for Going Tribal, TV show, that shows a Bwiti
>initiation ceremony on the next episode. No mention of ibogaine yet, but they
>said it includes the ingestion of a halucinogen, and the rite will make the
>participant a real man.
>Andy
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From: “Sjonnygee .” <sjonnygee@msn.com>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] bwiti on Going Tribal
Date: August 26, 2005 at 5:42:34 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Going Tribal was a BBC series with ex royal marine Bruce Parry visiting and living among various tribal groups around the world such as the Suri in Venezuela, Shaman in Ethiopia and the main group of interest for this list , the Gabonese Bwiti. Seeing him undergo the full initiation with Iboga is awesome and well worth watching.
                                                              sjonny.

From:  abeatty@mail2go.com
Reply-To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject:  [Ibogaine] bwiti on Going Tribal
Date:  Fri, 26 Aug 2005 07:11:12 -0000 (GMT)
>Just saw a short preview for Going Tribal, TV show, that shows a Bwiti
>initiation ceremony on the next episode. No mention of ibogaine yet, but they
>said it includes the ingestion of a halucinogen, and the rite will make the
>participant a real man.
>Andy
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From: abeatty@mail2go.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] bwiti on Going Tribal
Date: August 26, 2005 at 3:11:12 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Just saw a short preview for Going Tribal, TV show, that shows a Bwiti
initiation ceremony on the next episode. No mention of ibogaine yet, but they
said it includes the ingestion of a halucinogen, and the rite will make the
participant a real man.
Andy

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Subject: [Ibogaine] bwiti on Going Tribal
Date: August 26, 2005 at 2:06:52 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Just saw a short preview for Going Tribal, TV show, that shows a Bwiti
initiation ceremony on the next episode. No mention of ibogaine yet, but they
said it includes the ingestion of a halucinogen, and the rite will make the
participant a real man.
Andy

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] (OT) Re: [Ibogaine] Kirk – Bird Strike on C-130
Date: August 25, 2005 at 11:24:02 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

speaking of C-130s and the military, some article or note I was reading the other day had someone pointing out that of all the PSAs that our taxes pay for, the anti-youth sex, anti-ddrunk driving, anti-drug, anti-whatever, they are all geared towards (or so “they” say) protecting our youth, helping parents in their task as protectors and guides for their kids. But those advertising military service as a “finishing school” or however it was expressed, does exactly the opposite of all these other stupid PSAs- it tell parents to throw their kids right into death’s path without ever making it clear that’s the risk that comes with military service, that the military isn’t all just cool jobs in front of computers in airconditioned rooms out of harm’s way.

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
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Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: “tink” <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 11:50 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Kirk – Bird Strike on C-130

strange americans, eh?  NO KIDDING!!!
A nation of excessive people with their heads shoved up their
collective ass, watching Jerry Springer and smoking crack, while
keeping reality at bay through more medication, religion (the opiate
of the masses) and the general belief that if you wave a flag and blow
something up, it’ll fix it everything. Okay, not all of us, but
puh-leeeze!!
I”M COMING, KIRKIE!!!  BE THERE SOONER THAN LATER!!
tink
On 8/25/05, Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:

sheering combs=”s punk
kiwi’s fought like  mean muggers at galipolii for yer military historians
and hear they got good wine

—– Original Message —– From: Capt Kirk
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 4:35 PM
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Kirk – Bird Strike on C-130

watch it Kirk ……………. !   btw, what’s the Kiwi contribution to
civilisation apart from bungee ropes and sheep shearing combs lol ?
sjonny
(GB)

[Capt Kirk] Here ya go, I can’t be bothered researching it… YOU go look LOL

http://www.nzedge.com/heroes/dickie.html

Luff luff

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From: Ms Iboga <ms_iboga@yahoo.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] OT- fodder for laughter
Date: August 25, 2005 at 4:55:07 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I had to repost this….too funny.

Marriage & Choices
>>>
>>>       A man wanted to get married. He was having trouble choosing among
>>> three likely candidates. He gives each woman a present of $5,000 and
>>> watches to see what they do with the money.
>>>
>>>       The first does a total make over. She goes to a fancy beauty salon
>>> gets her hair done, new make up and buys several new outfits and dresses
>>> up very nicely for the man. She tells him that she has done this to be
>>> more attractive for him because she loves him so much. The man was
>>> impressed.
>>>
>>>       The second goes shopping to buy the man gifts. She gets him a new
>>> set of golf clubs, some new gizmos for his computer, and some expensive
>>> clothes. As she presents these gifts, she tells him that she has spent
>>> all the money on him because she loves him so much.
>>>
>>>       Again, the man is impressed.
>>>
>>>       The third invests the money in the stock market. She earns several
>>> times the $5,000. She gives him back his $5000 and reinvests the
>>> remainder in a joint account. She tells him that she wants to save for
>>> their future because she loves him so much. Obviously, the man was
>>> impressed.
>>>
>>>       The man thought for a long time about what each woman had done
>>> with the money he’d given her. Then, he married the one with the biggest
>>> boobs. Men are like that, you know.
>>>
>>>       There is more money being spent on breast implants and Viagra
>>> today than on Alzheimer’s research. This means that by 2040, there
>>> should be a large elderly population with perky boobs, huge erections
>>> and absolutely no recollection of what to do with them.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>       If you don’t send this to five OLD friends right away there will
>>> be five fewer people laughing in the world.
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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Fwd: CMEs en route to Earth could spark auroras
Date: August 25, 2005 at 11:56:37 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com, vox@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: SpaceWeather. com <swlist@spaceweather.com>
Date: Aug 23, 2005 11:45 AM
Subject: CMEs en route to Earth could spark auroras
To: “SpaceWeather. com” <swlist@spaceweather.com>

Space Weather News for August 23, 2005
http://spaceweather.com

Big sunspot 798 exploded twice yesterday, August 22nd, and hurled a
pair of coronal mass ejections apparently toward Earth. Geomagnetic
storms are possible when the clouds arrive. Sky watchers should be
alert for auroras during the nights of August 23rd and 24th.  High
latitudes are favored: e.g., Canada, Alaska and northern-tier US
states from Washington to Maine.

Visit http://SpaceWeather.com for more information and updates and–a
bonus–a rare photograph of a green flash from the Moon.

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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Kirk – Bird Strike on C-130
Date: August 25, 2005 at 11:50:11 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

strange americans, eh?  NO KIDDING!!!
A nation of excessive people with their heads shoved up their
collective ass, watching Jerry Springer and smoking crack, while
keeping reality at bay through more medication, religion (the opiate
of the masses) and the general belief that if you wave a flag and blow
something up, it’ll fix it everything. Okay, not all of us, but
puh-leeeze!!
I”M COMING, KIRKIE!!!  BE THERE SOONER THAN LATER!!
tink
On 8/25/05, Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:

sheering combs=”s punk
kiwi’s fought like  mean muggers at galipolii for yer military historians
and hear they got good wine

—– Original Message —–
From: Capt Kirk
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 4:35 PM
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Kirk – Bird Strike on C-130

watch it Kirk ……………. !   btw, what’s the Kiwi contribution to
civilisation apart from bungee ropes and sheep shearing combs lol ?
sjonny
(GB)

[Capt Kirk] Here ya go, I can’t be bothered researching it… YOU go look LOL

http://www.nzedge.com/heroes/dickie.html

Luff luff

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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] To Ron Please Stop
Date: August 25, 2005 at 11:44:35 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Ron-
You’re sense of humour and a whole other side of you has come shining
through in the last few weeks, and I, for one, find it a very welcome
sight when i open my emails.  As for disrespect, I don’t think it gets
much more disrespectful than a slew of people ganging up on one person
repeatedly.
I also don’t have the space issues with my email and would like to
extend an open invitation to anyone on the list who wants an invite
for gmail(which has a huge amount of space, no spam, and no problems)
to email me, so i can send you one.  That way, NOONE will have the “it
doesn’t fit in my mailbox” problem, hopefully solving some of this
ridiculousness.
In the meanwhile, KEEP POSTING!! you’ve provided some seriously needed
smiles and laughter with some of the things you’ve sent, and I’ll miss
it if it isn’t here to read.
YOU GO, RON!!!
And I want a picture of you n the clown suit as well…
love
tink
On 8/25/05, Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:

it’ll have to be much larger than that. we got 2 many klonz as it tiz ron

—– Original Message —–
From: Capt Kirk
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 7:51 PM
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] To Ron Please Stop

Oh for feks sake it was ONE LARGE EMAIL~!!!!!!!

I’m getting annoyed now….

I think he’s been told enuff don’t you?

Those last photos were tiny….. no bigger than stuff other people have sent
WITHOUT getting so much dung thrown at them for doing it.

Geez.

I’ve been told by more than one person that I post too much (but majority of
them didn’t have the guts to winj to me about it… I guess you know WHO YOU
ARE!! Haaaaa :oP~~~@).. hey I made the top 3, and can only hope I was
sitting in number ONE positi corrrdo,romon there for a while.

And Ron has cheered up…. Do you not remember what he was like in the past???

Bloody hell  just how damn perfect are some of you out there?

Love n hugs n kisses from one who will never be perfect.

And fekking happy about it too.

Yo  Ron still waiting for the 10  megabyte photo of you in the clown suit!!!

Heh

Kirkxxxxxxxxxx

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From: Lorenzo [mailto:lorenzo-aguila@excite.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 24 August 2005 12:24 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] To Ron Please Stop

When more then one person asks you to please show some respect for others
who are not
you, not because of content of what you say, nobody ask you to change your
thoughts or beliefs except maybe cheer up once in while but ask you to stop
sending
huge photo messages. Why do you feel need to become more annoying in way
that is obviously on purpose?

Please have respect for others, asking this to you look like it results on
re-doubled effort
to be more annoying. ‘It was accident I don’t understand computers!’ and
then keep
doing it.

I like email list to have overview of messages and read how I like, I turn
off web graphics in
browser I have email partition set for list that keep filling up with junk.

Please show basic respect for other people and stop. Many have asked, I too
am asking,
please stop filling my mail with junk. Thank you.

Cheers
Lorenzo

— On Tue 08/23, Ron Davis < rwd3@cox.net > wrote: From: Ron Davis [mailto:
rwd3@cox.net] To: ibogaine@mindvox.com Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 17:30:47 -0500
Subject: [Ibogaine] Fw: Bird Strike on C-130 BE CAREFUL ON WHAT YOU TRY TO
OPEN THIS IS LONG AND YOU MAY HATE ME MORE THAN YOU ALREADY DO caution, read
this in detail, it is a test off topic.., it has no
place on this forum other than to see if we all have learned from my
weekend mistake. my flyboy/girl friends send them to me
periodically to remind me of bushes’ war. watch your hard drives,
ex military need not apply, do not compromise your pc for this
tripe.. i intend no harm, this involves a bird, not a human… it is
germain because war affects everyone /everything alive. foreign
policy in the US must change if we are to survive another 50-100 yrs
in a world that is compatible to the stomach and eyes and the rest of
our senses. it is sent for shock value, wake up call and to generate
conversation among those of us who lived in the good old days which
slip all too quickly imho. vietnam was a real hoot, i lie about it
to this day and what i did and they made it all the best kept secret
on the planet. peace today so we can have it tomorrow, koko
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From: Dana Beal <dana@phantom.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Police Chief Sees Drug Toll With Father’s Eyes
Date: August 25, 2005 at 11:36:23 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

On Aug 25, 2005, at 12:52 AM, Preston Peet wrote:

Police Chief Sees Drug Toll With Father’s Eyes

By JAMES DAO and GARY GATELY
Published: August 24, 2005
BALTIMORE, Aug. 17 – Nicole Sesker sleeps in vacant buildings. She sells her body to buy heroin, living from trick to trick and fix to fix while dodging police officers who chase her from the street corners she haunts in plastic heels.
“I’m a survivor,” said Ms. Sesker, a petite 36-year-old, in the rough-edged neighborhood of discount liquor stores and boarded-up row houses that she calls home. “I’m out here surviving.”

Some one should treat her. She seems accessible enough. Anyone on this list live in Baltimore?

Dana/cnw

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Kirk – Bird Strike on C-130
Date: August 25, 2005 at 5:30:02 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

sheering combs=”s punk
kiwi’s fought like  mean muggers at galipolii for yer military historians
and hear they got good wine
—– Original Message —–
From: Capt Kirk
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 4:35 PM
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Kirk – Bird Strike on C-130

watch it Kirk ……………. !   btw, what’s the Kiwi contribution to civilisation apart from bungee ropes and sheep shearing combs lol ?
                                                    sjonny (GB)
[Capt Kirk] Here ya go, I can’t be bothered researching it… YOU go look LOL
http://www.nzedge.com/heroes/dickie.html
Luff luff
Kirk (wishing she had a bungee rope when she fell down a lift shaft (that’s elevator to you strange Americans…) in 1981.)
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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Re: Ron and photos
Date: August 25, 2005 at 5:12:08 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

thankee
—– Original Message —– From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 8:01 PM
Subject: [Ibogaine] Re: Ron and photos

Well Ron, just wanted to say, you are more than welcome to send any
interesting photos to my personal email.
Like I’ve said, I guess I just don’t understand the space/modem issue so I
guess it’s best not to send any attachments, no matter how small.
Just stick with your rants, then if they winj, they can find the door.
Luff lite n lafta to all
Kirk :o)

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fw: Bird Strike on C-130 BE CAREFUL ON WHAT YOU TRY TO OPEN THIS IS LONG AND YOU MAY HATE ME MORE THAN YOU ALREADY DO
Date: August 25, 2005 at 5:09:29 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

no, he chimed in, just curiawz the klown chimed @ 4 am;
—– Original Message —– From: “Boris Leshinsky” <bleshins@bigpond.net.au>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 8:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fw: Bird Strike on C-130 BE CAREFUL ON WHAT YOU TRY TO OPEN THIS IS LONG AND YOU MAY HATE ME MORE THAN YOU ALREADY DO

Anyone seen the Little Britain comedy series?

Marvin the Paranoid Android seems to have evolved into the Little Britain character, Anne, the mental patient. “Eh-Eh-Eh”.
That show is probably not on in the US though.

Tolerance does not work without respect.

But I suppose the show must go on.

Boris

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] To Ron Please Stop
Date: August 25, 2005 at 5:01:41 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

it’ll have to be much larger than that. we got 2 many klonz as it tiz ron
—– Original Message —–
From: Capt Kirk
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 7:51 PM
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] To Ron Please Stop

Oh for feks sake it was ONE LARGE EMAIL~!!!!!!!
I’m getting annoyed now….
I think he’s been told enuff don’t you?
Those last photos were tiny….. no bigger than stuff other people have sent WITHOUT getting so much dung thrown at them for doing it.
Geez.
I’ve been told by more than one person that I post too much (but majority of them didn’t have the guts to winj to me about it… I guess you know WHO YOU ARE!! Haaaaa :oP~~~@).. hey I made the top 3, and can only hope I was sitting in number ONE positi corrrdo,romon there for a while.
And Ron has cheered up…. Do you not remember what he was like in the past???
Bloody hell  just how damn perfect are some of you out there?
Love n hugs n kisses from one who will never be perfect.
And fekking happy about it too.
Yo  Ron still waiting for the 10  megabyte photo of you in the clown suit!!!
Heh
Kirkxxxxxxxxxx

From: Lorenzo [mailto:lorenzo-aguila@excite.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, 24 August 2005 12:24 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] To Ron Please Stop

When more then one person asks you to please show some respect for others who are not 
you, not because of content of what you say, nobody ask you to change your 
thoughts or beliefs except maybe cheer up once in while but ask you to stop sending
huge photo messages. Why do you feel need to become more annoying in way that is obviously on purpose?


Please have respect for others, asking this to you look like it results on re-doubled effort 
to be more annoying. ‘It was accident I don’t understand computers!’ and then keep 
doing it. 

I like email list to have overview of messages and read how I like, I turn off web graphics in
browser I have email partition set for list that keep filling up with junk.


Please show basic respect for other people and stop. Many have asked, I too am asking,
please stop filling my mail with junk. Thank you.


Cheers
Lorenzo


— On Tue 08/23, Ron Davis < rwd3@cox.net > wrote: From: Ron Davis [mailto: rwd3@cox.net] To: ibogaine@mindvox.com Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 17:30:47 -0500 Subject: [Ibogaine] Fw: Bird Strike on C-130 BE CAREFUL ON WHAT YOU TRY TO OPEN THIS IS LONG AND YOU MAY HATE ME MORE THAN YOU ALREADY DO caution, read this in detail, it is a test off topic.., it has no 
place on this forum other than to see if we all have learned from my 
weekend mistake. my flyboy/girl friends send them to me 
periodically to remind me of bushes’ war. watch your hard drives, 
ex military need not apply, do not compromise your pc for this 
tripe.. i intend no harm, this involves a bird, not a human… it is 
germain because war affects everyone /everything alive. foreign 
policy in the US must change if we are to survive another 50-100 yrs 
in a world that is compatible to the stomach and eyes and the rest of 
our senses. it is sent for shock value, wake up call and to generate 
conversation among those of us who lived in the good old days which 
slip all too quickly imho. vietnam was a real hoot, i lie about it 
to this day and what i did and they made it all the best kept secret 
on the planet. peace today so we can have it tomorrow, koko

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From: HSLotsof@aol.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] medical marijuana production vs DEA
Date: August 25, 2005 at 2:27:52 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

A document register has been created at http://www.maps.org/mmj/legal/craker-dea/index.html and transcripts will be posted there as they become available. Transcripts for Aug. 22 and 23 are now available.

This is the document register for the MAPS/Craker/DEA legal action seeking approval of the proposed University of Massachusetts at Amherst pilot medical marijuana production facility.

From: “booker w” <swbooker@hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Check THIS out…
Date: August 25, 2005 at 2:11:00 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hey Tink-
Thanks a lot for this reference.  I often think I fit this bill to a tee…  I wish someone in the states WOULD do a clinical study and let folks use their opiate of choice with a mind to finding a dose that helps one stay feeling good.  I would be curious if most folks would really end up nodding out all day. I guess that’s what the methadone program is supposed to do, altho that drug sounds like hell to me.  I find poppy tea works like an antidepressant for me and even taking a shorter-acting opiate like vicodin always makes me feel like “something’s missing.”  There was a very interesting book called Poppies, that I came across years ago and he talked about how so many vietnam vets who were smoking opium just came home and left it alone.  It all makes me wonder about brain chemistry…
That all said, when I relapsed for the umpteenth time I decided that I would just flat accept it as long as I don’t escalate the dose.  Well, I’ve been very successful at maintaining the dose over the last 2 years, but I have still dreamt repeatedly that I need to reach for being clean.  It baffles me because I have absolutely NO desire to stop.  It’s hard enough to quit when you really do wish to lay it down.  I have to say, tho, that this is the first time in my life that I am not struggling to control the dose, and I credit that to ibogaine somehow.
I also would like to question both Matt and Preston (and anyone else who’s interested) – If you had unlimited supply, do you feel that you WOULD find a dose that would keep you comfortable, or does it always turn into more, more, more? Who was that english psychiatrist that did a lot of work with schizophrenics?  He thought that if you gave people asylum to go crazy they would eventually find their way out.  I wonder if addicts checked into a place and just did as much dope as they damn well pleased, if we’d finally want off and then it would work for real.  That seems like the most enlightened approach to me.  At least worth an experiment.  If science was really objective, this study would’ve been done by now.
I also feel that this is the first time in my life that I feel I can obtain what I need without having to do anything “icky” and that in itself seems to affect my ability to control the dose myself as well.  Not having to look to anyone else is a huge blessing to me and I seem to get high on very little.  Of course my life is going very, very well right now.  Hard to say what I will do when the wheel turns…
Thanks and best to all,  Sandy
From:  tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Reply-To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject:  [Ibogaine] Check THIS out…
Date:  Wed, 24 Aug 2005 17:55:19 -0400
>http://www.opioids.com/index.html
>love tink
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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Police Chief Sees Drug Toll With Father’s Eyes
Date: August 25, 2005 at 12:52:28 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>, <drugwar@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Police Chief Sees Drug Toll With Father’s Eyes

By JAMES DAO and GARY GATELY
Published: August 24, 2005
BALTIMORE, Aug. 17 – Nicole Sesker sleeps in vacant buildings. She sells her body to buy heroin, living from trick to trick and fix to fix while dodging police officers who chase her from the street corners she haunts in plastic heels.
“I’m a survivor,” said Ms. Sesker, a petite 36-year-old, in the rough-edged neighborhood of discount liquor stores and boarded-up row houses that she calls home. “I’m out here surviving.”
In Baltimore, where the drug trade has brought one of the highest murder rates in the country, her story might not seem remarkable except for one detail: the stepfather who raised her from age 3 is the city’s newest police commissioner, Leonard D. Hamm.
For nearly two decades Mr. Hamm has struggled with his stepdaughter’s addiction, having discovered by reading her diary that the one-time star athlete snorted cocaine at age 17. He helped her find work, housing and rehabilitation only to see her lapse. Now he has reached a painful conclusion: she will find the strength to change only after she sinks lower.
“When she gets sick and tired of being sick and tired, I’ll be there for her,” Mr. Hamm said. “She’s not there yet.”
In his first interview about his stepdaughter, Mr. Hamm, 56, said he decided to speak to dramatize the depth of the drug problem in Baltimore and to underscore the need for new strategies.
As the new commissioner of one of the nation’s largest police departments, Mr. Hamm is in the position of shaping his city’s drug enforcement policies and his approach is clearly being colored by his painful experiences with his stepdaughter.
snip-
Free NYTimes registration required to access the entire article, but it’s easy and painless to register there, or was so for me anyway.

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

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From: Dana Beal <dana@phantom.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Rapid Detox deemed unsafe by medical establishment
Date: August 24, 2005 at 7:52:45 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

It’s a DuPont drug. Trexan. If UROD is banned, it’ll still be in buprenex. Or Rivea for alcoholics.

They keep trying to force this stuff on addicts, even though people hate it.

The narc faction likes it because it’s “punishment therapy.” Because it does what ibogaine doesn’t– actually takes away yr freedom to use. As long as you’re compliant, or have an implant.

BTW, did I mention that it makes you go bald and impotent?

Whereas nor-ibogaine makes you horny, and gives you the “ibogaine glow?”

So as long as the Christian right is running the country, ibogaine will continue to be illegal, and they’ll keep trying to force this crap down our throats.

Did anyone see the article in this morning’s NY TIMES about the daughter of the new police commish in Baltimore who’s turning tricks at 36 and wants to quit dope–but can’t? The funny thing is that Peter Beilenson (mentioned in the story) KNOWS about ibogaine. I briefed him myself when he was Baltimore’s Health Commish. But he never told anyone about it because he’s with the Nadelman camp– doesn’t want to distract or confuse the public with extraneous facts whilst they’re busy getting trials of heroin maintenance vs. methadone going in places like Vancouver and Switzerland.

Some one should try to get Patrick to pressure Ethan to allow more ibogaine content at the Drug Policy Alliance Conference in November. We were so good in New Orleans!

Dana/cnw

On Aug 24, 2005, at 9:50 AM, Ms Iboga wrote:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050824/ap_on_he_me/detox_study

Wow, what took these bozos so long?  We lowly junkies had this figured about several years ago….

J.

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From: Dana Beal <dana@phantom.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Andrea’s letter to the TIMES
Date: August 24, 2005 at 7:10:49 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

From: andria3a@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: Re: US NY: For Addicts, Killer Dope Must Be Good Dope

Hey,

Just to let y’all know that I sent the following letter to the NYTimes..

Love and solidarity,

Andria E-Mordaunt
www.usersvoice.org.uk

*****************************************************

Dear Madam/Sir,

I would like to thank the New York Times for writing about the death of those young men and women who have lost their lives due to ‘cut’ poisoned illegal drugs. Though these events have been ocurring for decades – if you buy drugs in the globally prohibitive drug market, it possible that you will lose your life because you do not know a) how strong the drug is OR what it’s cut with – I think it is true to say that the acknowledgement of these deaths IS fairly new, and I for one, am very grateful for these reports..I am an ex-Injector/addict and AIDS widow from London/UK, who began losing friends in the late ’70s. In those days, deaths to poisoned drugs were rarely reported: the attitude was and has often been; you made your bed, now you gotta lie in it.  In other words, if you choose criminality, you must face the punishing consequences.

It is comparatively recent that we are starting – across different parts of the world – to consider that in fact these people often live a longer and better quality life IF they are prescribed the drugs of their addiction legally, including heroin, rather than being forced to waste their money paying for ‘dope’ that can easily kill (or maim them.) Of course, it is great if people can/do come off drugs altogether but long and recorded histories of our lives show clearly, a) that it is not the outcome for MOST, and b) this is not so easy.

I have spent decades working on improving blood borne disease prevention services and drug treatment and it is articles like Alan Feuer’s that give us hope that we are in fact making some kind of a difference.

At least these lost lives are now not fogotten. They mostly were..

Thanks again.

Sincerely

Andria Efthimiou-Mordaunt MSc
011 44 916 5097
011 44 7841 433 187
C/O Leighton Grove
London, NW5 2RA

Richard Lake <rlake@mapinc.org> wrote:

Newshawk: Richard Lake
Pubdate: Thu, 18 Aug 2005
Source: New York Times (NY)
Copyright: 2005 The New York Times Company
Contact: letters@nytimes.com
Website: http://www.nytimes.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/298
Author: Alan Feuer
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/coke.htm (Cocaine)
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/heroin.htm (Heroin)

FOR ADDICTS, KILLER DOPE MUST BE GOOD DOPE

The addict, maybe more than anybody else, understands the hard nature
of certain truths. A habit is a habit, after all, and sometimes only
dope can scratch the itch.

“Your desperate seeker that’s sick and needs a fix don’t care,” said
a man called Bane, who says he has been on and off heroin for almost
20 years. “They want the high, and in an act of desperation, they’ll
disregard things.” Even, he said, if they see someone overdosing.

Bane is 34 and, like many addicts on the street, goes by a name of
his own choosing. He was sitting yesterday in Tompkins Square Park
with friends and strangers alike – men like Skywalker, Dante and
L.E.S. Jewels – talking of the recent round of overdoses in the
neighborhood and passing back and forth a newspaper with the
headline, “Bad Smack.”

The police and health officials are trying to determine whether a
lethal batch of opiates or cocaine caused the deaths of at least six
people who apparently overdosed on heroin or a combination of heroin
and cocaine in Lower Manhattan in the last week. They include a
homeless man who was discovered in a storage center in SoHo and
another man found dead on the floor of a portable toilet near Pier 54
on the West Side.

But there were also two young college girls who died – Mellie Nicole
Carballo and Maria Pesantez, both 18 – and it is they and they alone,
the addicts say, who have brought the attention of the wider world.

The addicts, after all, have been through this before. In 1991, they
say, it was the Tango and Cash brand, a synthetic drug called
fentanyl, which, being sold as heroin, killed 17. Three years later,
it was China Cat, a blend of heroin so pure it killed a baker’s dozen
in less than a week.

The recent rash of deaths has inspired caution in the park, but also
bravado. The thinking is that killer dope is strong dope, something
to test yourself against; if the stuff is deadly, it must be good.

“I died four times in one day, and I’m still here,” said L.E.S.
Jewels, a skinny 35-year-old from nowhere in particular. Under his
left eye there are four blue tattooed dots. They stood, he said, for
the four times he overdosed last week.

“People figure if they can handle it, it means the dope is good. It
means they have more tolerance for the stuff.”

Jewels may soon be heading out of town – maybe out to Eugene, Ore.,
he said, to stay with friends. He mostly gets around by freight
train. His meals are often from soup kitchens and are almost always free.

It is his belief that a tainted batch of heroin came to town sometime
last week. It may have been cut or sprayed with something poisonous,
he said, or exposed to some sort of toxin in a warehouse or a truck.

The brand, or stamp, that knocked him out four times was from a blue
bag, he said, though another in a clear bag also knocked him out.

If you are wondering, by the way, what it feels like to overdose four
times in a 10-hour period, Jewel is not much help. He doesn’t
remember a thing about how it felt.

“You just don’t know it’s coming,” he said of an overdose. “It hits
you and the next thing you know, you’re surrounded by E.M.T.’s.”

The rumors are moving through the park: don’t buy from so-and-so; the
blue bags are bad; the clear bags are bad. Some say the brown powder
is the deadly stuff. Some say the gray.

“There’s a lot of concern with people asking what stamps people are
dying from and where they’re copping,” said a sinewy man named
Travis, who is 30. “I was told that one of the bad stamps was XXX –
like the Vin Diesel movie.”

The uncertainty has led to addict speculation – anything to minimize the risks.

“There’s ways to be smart about taking chances,” said a dreadlocked
girl named Shannon, 24. First of all, she said, don’t buy from
strangers. And take a half-dose at first, not a whole. “You can
always do more, but you can’t do less.”

Skywalker, in his dingy woolen cap, suggested having someone else try
the batch first. It was noted that the kings of old once did that
sort of thing. He smiled to himself and laughed.

Eddie’s way has been to just stay drunk the last few days – after
all, no heroin, no worry. Eddie is young but will not say how young.
He’s been around, though. He had “a 10-year San Francisco habit,” he said.

Then the man from the outreach center came by. His name was Van Asher
and he had a pretty dog.

He started telling people not to drink on heroin, since alcohol and
dope were both depressants that slowed the heart. “If you’re drinking
and doing opiates,” he said, “do the opiates first because, with
them, there’s no quality control.”

It has upset Mr. Asher that “all the sudden, everybody’s talking
about killer dope, when I know several people who’ve died at roughly
the same time who apparently were not newsworthy because of their
compromised life situations.”

He mentioned a man named Face, who, he said, was brain dead from an
overdose last week. Then he mentioned Christopher Korkowski, 24, a
hairdresser found dead last Wednesday in his apartment on Avenue B.

Mr. Korkowski was never mentioned by the papers, Mr. Asher said,
until “two attractive college students” died. “Then he became a footnote.”

Of course, it all makes sense to Raumy, a 20-year-old man who is
something of the resident philosopher. Raumy takes no drugs, he said
– in fact, he said, he does not even drink. His job, according to
him, is to act as the designated baby sitter for all of his addict friends.

“A junkie’s looked down upon as a waste of skin and a Social Security
number,” Raumy said, waxing philosophical again.

“The funny thing is, there’s no such thing as a bad batch. It’s all
bad. Eventually, you’re still going to die.”

From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Return of the DB error message
Date: August 24, 2005 at 6:41:55 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Spoke way too soon.  There was just a delay in getting the messages. I am currently printing out the message with a letter and posting it to these people.  Hoping it’s the right place!
Wish me luck, or somefink……
Kirk
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From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Kirk – Bird Strike on C-130
Date: August 24, 2005 at 6:30:42 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Yeh I knew you knew wot a lift shaft woz, I was juss ejacating them dumb Yankees. Hehheh (hides behind chair awaiting the backlash)
Soooooo yer a winjin’ pom aye?  We got a few of them in my ole village, Seacliff, they’re trying to take over I think.  One couple are dj’s and have some real awesome parties, with all the fancy gears and projector with screen etc.  Wasted people and he’s a Behavioural Therapist!!! Lmao!!!!  Cool guy, he’s from Liverpool. So therefore we only understand a quarter of what he says (innit..) heh.
“No sex please, we’re British!”
“We are not amused”
Kirk :o)
From: Sjonnygee . [mailto:sjonnygee@msn.com] 
Sent: Thursday, 25 August 2005 10:01 a.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Kirk – Bird Strike on C-130

I’m British and lift shaft is within my vocabulary as a Brit  – We the British made them go down as well as up though , people got tired of being stuck on the 16th floor , Ha !
sjonny
From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Kirk – Bird Strike on C-130
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 09:35:13 +1200
watch it Kirk ……………. !   btw, what’s the Kiwi contribution to civilisation apart from bungee ropes and sheep shearing combs lol ?
                                                    sjonny (GB)
[Capt Kirk] Here ya go, I can’t be bothered researching it… YOU go look LOL
http://www.nzedge.com/heroes/dickie.html
Luff luff
Kirk (wishing she had a bungee rope when she fell down a lift shaft (that’s elevator to you strange Americans…) in 1981.)
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From: “Sjonnygee .” <sjonnygee@msn.com>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Kirk – Bird Strike on C-130
Date: August 24, 2005 at 6:01:08 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I’m British and lift shaft is within my vocabulary as a Brit  – We the British made them go down as well as up though , people got tired of being stuck on the 16th floor , Ha !
sjonny
From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Kirk – Bird Strike on C-130
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 09:35:13 +1200

watch it Kirk ……………. !   btw, what’s the Kiwi contribution to civilisation apart from bungee ropes and sheep shearing combs lol ?
                                                    sjonny (GB)
[Capt Kirk] Here ya go, I can’t be bothered researching it… YOU go look LOL
http://www.nzedge.com/heroes/dickie.html
Luff luff
Kirk (wishing she had a bungee rope when she fell down a lift shaft (that’s elevator to you strange Americans…) in 1981.)
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From: “orangesun Barrel” <kaliorangemist710@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine
Date: August 24, 2005 at 5:56:56 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

s.jonny,
its great to hear that your coming to peace with yourself and healing. Let go of your expectations and embrace the moments a new beginning.

Peace yall
orangesun

From: “Sjonnygee .” <sjonnygee@msn.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 16:36:44 +0100

Many, many thanks to Howard also – you made all this possible. I thought about that as I was taking off after the first dose.

I was using 60mg methadone daily interspersed with around 1, 1+1/2gm. heroin (smoked) twice weekly (more or less, though I cut back the amount of heroin used to about a 1/2 gm. in the two weeks  leading up to the treatment date). I was also drinking quite heavily, not every day but more oft

en than not and this was as big a problem as the opiates if not far worse in terms of my health and state of mind. Right now I have no desire to drink at all.

I took a final 40mg of methadone 24 hrs. before taking Ibogaine.

Sjonny.

From: HSLotsof@aol.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 08:09:39 EDT

In a message dated 8/18/05 7:41:14 AM, sjonnygee@msn.com writes:

On Saturday 13th August 11.30.am I took the first of four 300 mg. caps. Ibogaine HCL and took the remaining three in two hour intervals to make up 1200mg .

Skipping through a few wild days later, I’m still rushing and soaring through waves of shivering euphoria and I’m clean for the first time in ten years. Ibogaine is no picnic and sure enough nobody would take it for kicks but I feel privileged to have had the chance to do this……… !

Many, many thanks to Ed,

Sjonny.

Thumbs Up!  Keep us informed.  The more information the better.  Can you give us some background on what you were using preibogaine>

Thanks

Howard

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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Check THIS out…
Date: August 24, 2005 at 5:55:19 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

http://www.opioids.com/index.html
love tink

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From: “orangesun Barrel” <kaliorangemist710@hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] O.D’s in the East Village related to Afghani de-regulation
Date: August 24, 2005 at 5:52:59 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

From: “orangesun Barrel” <kaliorangemist710@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] O.D’s in the East Village related to Afghani de-regulation
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 20:49:24 -0400

Anybody know whats up with the with all the overdose deaths in the E. Village? I read an article in the Times that the smack is getting alot stronger. I think that since the U.S began occupations and the post 9-11 operations the quantity and quality of the herion has sky rocketed. Even in Syracuse (where i live)  my friends tell me that the shit is better now that it has been in the other Reagan drug conspiracy. I don’t know I i can really say its better (myself) becuase people are used to the same ol low quality shit  in Syr that im afraid what is happening in the city is gonna spread out. Its a lose lose situation if you ask me. Like they say :”You can always do more, but never less” Thats whats up yall, be aware and “GO_IBO” if ya  can

Arlo Zims

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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] To Ron Please Stop
Date: August 24, 2005 at 5:51:42 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

YOU ROCK THE FUCK OUT, RON!!!
Love ya
tink

On 8/24/05, Sjonnygee . <sjonnygee@msn.com> wrote:

Ron , I’m not sure if you understood my comments (rant)  – some people were
attacking you and I thought they were out of order , the way they were going
about it seemed to be overkill.

I don’t thnk you were damaging anyone and they should get over this petty
frigging nonsense    ‘ carry on Ron’  –  Good Luck Ron !!!!!!!!
……………. !

sjonny

________________________________
From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] To Ron Please Stop
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 13:51:26 -0500

i TAKE IT BACK, WOULD NEVER FUCK OVER A DUDE’S PRIMARY
BIZ SOURCE OR RECREATION SOURCE  MILLION APOLOGIES, DON’T HAVE BREAD TO BUY
YOU NEW H-DRIVE, SOFT WARE— Original Message —–

From: Sjonnygee .
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 9:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] To Ron Please Stop

Jesus  , people can be so fucking petty – what’s your real problem ?  I dont
have cable yet I can deal with a multi Meg file by deleting it if it’s
something I don’t need. This is one mistake by someone , get over yourself
………….. fuck !!!!!!!!

sjonny.

________________________________

From:  Vector Vector <vector620022002@yahoo.com>
Reply-To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject:  Re: [Ibogaine] To Ron Please Stop
Date:  Tue, 23 Aug 2005 17:59:36 -0700 (PDT)
You don’t seem to be getting it. It doesn’t matter if someone opens it
or not, if they have limited quotas for disk space then your messages
with the huge pictures just broke their email and made all their other
email bounce out.

If they have a slow connection, they still have to sit and wait for
your huge message to download then decide they don’t want to read it.
Unlike most of their spam, you are sending it to the ibogaine list
which people tell their spam filters to let through.

Nomatter your intention, you are breaking people’s email it looks like
on purpose at this point because people keep asking you to stop doing
that.

.:vector:.

— Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:

i give it to you my friend. thank you for communicating with me in my
native language. if you opened my last email, shame on you as i
qualified it in NO UNCERTAIN TERMS.  THE READER KNEW WHAT HE OR SHE
WAS GETTING IN TO.  I LEARNED ANOTHER VALUABLE LESSON, THERE IS A GAP
IN TRANSLATION THAT I AM TOO UNSOPHISTICATED TO GRASP.  I’M NOT AS
FREAKING SMART AS I WANT TO BE NOR AS CONSIDERATE AS I THINK I AM.
THANK YOU FOR TEACHING ME THIS. ONE IBO SESSION DOES NOT A WHOLE
PERSON MAKE.
—– Original Message —–

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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fw: [NEWSROOM-L] US UT: Rave bust, con’t
Date: August 24, 2005 at 5:49:05 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

it’s the end of the world

On 8/24/05, Preston Peet <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com> wrote:

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often
mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations,
Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —–
From: “Janet Dollacker” <jantu@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
To: <NEWSROOM-L@LISTS.NETSPACE.ORG>
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 5:40 AM
Subject: Re: [NEWSROOM-L] US UT: Rave bust, con’t

Hi Jack, The Salt Lake Tribune is a surprisingly good little paper.  It
has been an independent family owned paper since its inception.
Periodically it infuriates Mormons and the Deseret News,the  church owned
evening paper, trys to buy them out against their will. I think the last
such war was a year or two ago. I don’t know who won but it sounds like
the same people still have editorial control. In terms of objectivity it
beats the San Francisco Chronicle almost always,
which might come as a shock to them!

Another interesting thing happened in SLC, Utah, probably the most
Republican state in the Union. When Bush fled Cindy Sheehans group for
Salt Lake City expecting pure adulation, the mayor of SLC, Mayor Anderson
urged the populace to take to the streets in protest and in support of
Cindy and the mothers of our dead and wounded troops.  They took out a
permit for 1000 people within sight and hearing distance of Bush and over
2000 came. He promptly fled Utah for Idaho and was followed there as well.

One sad note is that Amy Goodman, probably the best media reporter in
America, from Democracy Now!  ( www.democracynow.com ) mailed a wonderful,
unassailable tape from Cindy to Channel 4 Utah to coincide with the twigs
visit, and they refused to air it saying it would not be courteous to the
president.  I saw the tape and there was nothing discourteous,
disrespectful or objectionable in any way whatsoever to anyone.  But it
was a poignant plea for peace from a wounded mother…and I guess it was
just too effective.  ( They certainly didn’t mind offending President
Clinton 24/7 did they?)  If you would like to complain at them for
refusing to air genuine news because they prefered to pander to the
current administration, here is the address for KTVX Utah:
Comments@abc4.tv.  News media need to be reminded that their job in a
democracy is not to be a propaganda arm for the government and that it is
a betrayal of trust to the American people not to report the news without
their
own
spinning wheel.  Maybe since they refused to air a legitimate piece of
news from an alternative source they would invite Amy Goodman to speak
about her experience in Camp Casey.  If you agree with me, please email
them now while you’re thinking about it, letters en masse have a powerful
effect.

Best wishes, Janet

“Jack R. Lebowitz” <jack@NETSPACE.ORG> wrote:
Update on the story on Pete Guither’s excellent “Drug War Rant” blog
(top story) at http://blogs.salon.com/0002762/ … today’s press is a
tad more balanced, probably because of the outcry in the blogosphere
and working the reporter involved:

“Utah media starts reporting on Rave attack

After only reporting the press release put out by the Sheriff
yesterday (and getting some heat for it), Utah papers are starting
to explore the other side:

In the Salt Lake Tribune:

Partygoers at a rave in Spanish Fork Canyon that was busted by
police Saturday night say officers used brutal and excessive force
to clear the crowd.

As many as 90 police officers from several agencies, including SWAT
members and major crimes investigators, stormed the DJ-driven dance
party around 11:30 p.m. dressed in full SWAT gear and holding
automatic weapons.

A helicopter announced the police presence as it crested a nearby
hill and began shining a spotlight on the outdoor dance area, said
19-year-old Scott Benton of Logan.

“The cops just came in wearing full Army [camouflage]. It was
basically brute force,” Benton said. “I had a gun put in my face and
was told to get out of there.”

Standing in a crowd of people near the main stage, Alisha Matagi
says she was just in the wrong place at the wrong time when she was
thrown to the ground, punched, kicked and handcuffed by police.” .

J

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From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Kirk – Bird Strike on C-130
Date: August 24, 2005 at 5:35:13 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

watch it Kirk ……………. !   btw, what’s the Kiwi contribution to civilisation apart from bungee ropes and sheep shearing combs lol ?
                                                    sjonny (GB)
[Capt Kirk] Here ya go, I can’t be bothered researching it… YOU go look LOL
http://www.nzedge.com/heroes/dickie.html
Luff luff
Kirk (wishing she had a bungee rope when she fell down a lift shaft (that’s elevator to you strange Americans…) in 1981.)
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From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Kirk – Bird Strike on C-130
Date: August 24, 2005 at 4:40:11 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Splitting the Atom. Oh my we are so so very proud of the results of that one!!!!
Kirk :o)
From: Sjonnygee . [mailto:sjonnygee@msn.com] 
Sent: Thursday, 25 August 2005 4:09 a.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] Kirk – Bird Strike on C-130

Very funny show~ have always loved Brit humour.. welllll guess
they had to be good at something (heehee)
Luff
Kirk
watch it Kirk ……………. !   btw, what’s the Kiwi contribution to civilisation apart from bungee ropes and sheep shearing combs lol ?
                                                    sjonny (GB)

From:  “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
To:  <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Subject:  RE: [Ibogaine] Fw: Bird Strike on C-130 BE CAREFUL ON WHAT YOU TRY TO OPEN THIS IS LONG AND YOU MAY HATE ME MORE THAN YOU ALREADY DO
Date:  Wed, 24 Aug 2005 14:45:37 +1200
>LOVE IT!!  Very funny show~ have always loved Brit humour.. welllll guess
>they had to be good at something (heehee)
>Luff
>Kirk
>
>—–Original Message—–
>From: Boris Leshinsky [mailto:bleshins@bigpond.net.au]
>Sent: Wednesday, 24 August 2005 1:02 p.m.
>To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
>Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fw: Bird Strike on C-130 BE CAREFUL ON WHAT YOU TRY
>TO OPEN THIS IS LONG AND YOU MAY HATE ME MORE THAN YOU ALREADY DO
>
>
>
>Anyone seen the Little Britain comedy series?
>
>Marvin the Paranoid Android seems to have evolved into the Little Britain
>character, Anne, the mental patient. “Eh-Eh-Eh”.
>That show is probably not on in the US though.
>
>Tolerance does not work without respect.
>
>But I suppose the show must go on.
>
>Boris
>
>
>
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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] ibogaine and dope sick
Date: August 24, 2005 at 3:35:52 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

PRESTON,
U R 1 OF A KIND AND I DON’T THINK YOU NEED A PASS TO GET DOPE SICK AND SUFFER. wanna i should take out a long term term life: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 12:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] ibogaine and dope sick

likewise tink.
Thanks.
😉

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: “tink” <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 1:12 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] ibogaine and dope sick

I love you, Preston!!
tink

On 8/23/05, Preston Peet <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
Yeah, like Ozzzy and his kids.
Everytime I hear about one of them checking in to Betty Ford, I think, “gee,
must be nice way to go.”
But whether anything could ever Reeeeeeaaaly make me sane or feel it, well,
that’s seriously debatable.

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often
mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations,
Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —–
From: Sjonnygee .
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 9:57 PM
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] ibogaine and dope sick

> I think if I were rich, I’d just fucking check myself in somewhere for > a
> few weeks or a month
LOL ………….I honestly think about (fantasize) having huge amounts of
cash and getting clean and happy in a comfortable, caring (cash inspired)
enviroment sometimes – We have to dream – it helps keep me sane ………. !
sjonny.

From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] ibogaine and dope sick
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 21:04:14 -0400

ok, I did a slightly larger “booster” last night at 6PM, had ancient
american indians starting at me, lots of little kids running away from me (I
think related to abadonment issues, but am unsure still), and now I’m still
a bit dope sick and miserable. I am so grateful to the person who helped me
out- he rocks and I consider him a real friend, but I am really ill. Still.
The ibogaine is wearing off completely leaving me feeling a bit frazzled and
as already mentioned still a bit ill.
At least I’m sitting up for a few minutes- but as V says, take it a
minute at a time.
I think if I were rich, I’d just fucking check myself in somewhere for a
few weeks or a month. This is ridiculous. Just to detox from everything,
nicotine, opiates, everything, just for a while to see what happens. So V
says, “just do it here darn it,” but it’s really tough in NYC.
Anyway, wow am I sick feeling, goosebumps and chills, shivers and
sweats. Aren’t opiates wonderful? When I have enough yeah, when not no.
BTW, our friend Marcus is ok, I ran into him on 2nd St. a few nights
ago. He’s streetbound but ok- if that’s ever the word to use for someone
street bound.
Also, to I guess Ron, who has apparently loaded up every else’s computer
with attachments again (sorry, I have 300 and something unopened email to go
through and am not up to it yet), my computer apparently doesn’t have the
same problems others’ do- so perhaps I should apologize for suggesting you
continue posting them, to you and to everyone.
I love you all, in that cyber sorta way.

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often
mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations,
Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] To Ron Please Stop LAST NIGHT’S DATE SCREAMED TIL NEIGHBORS AWOKE AT 4 AM
Date: August 24, 2005 at 3:24:56 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

WELL GEE, I GUESS I HATE YOU AS WELL, BUT I’M IN FLA AND WE WEAR SHIRTS WITH ANIMAL PRINTZ. IF YOU KNEW THAT YOU C/N HATE ME OR COULD YOU?   WOULDN’T KNOW A GRAPHICS CARD IF IT BIT ME ON ME REAR. YOUR KOOL W/ ME P, REGARDLESS OD HOW HU oooooooo fast it plays Doom 3 at full res.”<

I hate you too. The company sent me the PC version first to review when it first hit stands, as well as the first add-on, and I couldn’t get either one to play at ALL.

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 10:55 PM
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] To Ron Please Stop

,”my graphics card is sooooooooooo fast it plays Doom 3 at full res.”

[Capt Kirk] I HATE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (puter lags everytime there’s a battle
grrrr argghhh muttermutter lol)

On the sunny side of online problems, for the first time I can
remember, I’ve posted and not received Capt. Kirk’s error messages 🙂
Way to go Capt’n, did you finally find Scotty to fix the enterpise? 😉

.:vector:.
[Capt Kirk] Well aren’t you a lucky bastard because even using Yahoo email
account I still am getting the dreaded email! I found a website for Concept
and forward it everytime I get it to every email I found on that website
(accounts, sales, help, etc etc) but still no human bein to be found. Gonna
send in some Klingons very shortly.
But am very glad if it has stopped bouncing to the list.
Wait til I find a phone number, somebody at concept is gonna get a ear
slapping.
Luff heaps
Kirk

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From: “Sjonnygee .” <sjonnygee@msn.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] To Ron Please Stop
Date: August 24, 2005 at 3:15:27 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Ron , I’m not sure if you understood my comments (rant)  – some people were attacking you and I thought they were out of order , the way they were going about it seemed to be overkill.
I don’t thnk you were damaging anyone and they should get over this petty frigging nonsense    ‘ carry on Ron’  –  Good Luck Ron !!!!!!!!     ……………. !
sjonny

From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] To Ron Please Stop
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 13:51:26 -0500

i TAKE IT BACK, WOULD NEVER FUCK OVER A DUDE’S PRIMARY
BIZ SOURCE OR RECREATION SOURCE  MILLION APOLOGIES, DON’T HAVE BREAD TO BUY YOU NEW H-DRIVE, SOFT WARE— Original Message —–
From: Sjonnygee .
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 9:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] To Ron Please Stop

Jesus  , people can be so fucking petty – what’s your real problem ?  I dont have cable yet I can deal with a multi Meg file by deleting it if it’s something I don’t need. This is one mistake by someone , get over yourself ………….. fuck !!!!!!!!
sjonny.

From:  Vector Vector <vector620022002@yahoo.com>
Reply-To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject:  Re: [Ibogaine] To Ron Please Stop
Date:  Tue, 23 Aug 2005 17:59:36 -0700 (PDT)
>You don’t seem to be getting it. It doesn’t matter if someone opens it
>or not, if they have limited quotas for disk space then your messages
>with the huge pictures just broke their email and made all their other
>email bounce out.
>
>If they have a slow connection, they still have to sit and wait for
>your huge message to download then decide they don’t want to read it.
>Unlike most of their spam, you are sending it to the ibogaine list
>which people tell their spam filters to let through.
>
>Nomatter your intention, you are breaking people’s email it looks like
>on purpose at this point because people keep asking you to stop doing
>that.
>
>.:vector:.
>
>— Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:
>
> > i give it to you my friend. thank you for communicating with me in my
> > native language. if you opened my last email, shame on you as i
> > qualified it in NO UNCERTAIN TERMS.  THE READER KNEW WHAT HE OR SHE
> > WAS GETTING IN TO.  I LEARNED ANOTHER VALUABLE LESSON, THERE IS A GAP
> > IN TRANSLATION THAT I AM TOO UNSOPHISTICATED TO GRASP.  I’M NOT AS
> > FREAKING SMART AS I WANT TO BE NOR AS CONSIDERATE AS I THINK I AM.
> > THANK YOU FOR TEACHING ME THIS. ONE IBO SESSION DOES NOT A WHOLE
> > PERSON MAKE.
> >   —– Original Message —–
>
>
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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] To Ron Please Stop
Date: August 24, 2005 at 2:51:26 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

i TAKE IT BACK, WOULD NEVER FUCK OVER A DUDE’S PRIMARY
BIZ SOURCE OR RECREATION SOURCE  MILLION APOLOGIES, DON’T HAVE BREAD TO BUY YOU NEW H-DRIVE, SOFT WARE— Original Message —–
From: Sjonnygee .
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 9:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] To Ron Please Stop

Jesus  , people can be so fucking petty – what’s your real problem ?  I dont have cable yet I can deal with a multi Meg file by deleting it if it’s something I don’t need. This is one mistake by someone , get over yourself ………….. fuck !!!!!!!!
sjonny.

From:  Vector Vector <vector620022002@yahoo.com>
Reply-To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject:  Re: [Ibogaine] To Ron Please Stop
Date:  Tue, 23 Aug 2005 17:59:36 -0700 (PDT)
>You don’t seem to be getting it. It doesn’t matter if someone opens it
>or not, if they have limited quotas for disk space then your messages
>with the huge pictures just broke their email and made all their other
>email bounce out.
>
>If they have a slow connection, they still have to sit and wait for
>your huge message to download then decide they don’t want to read it.
>Unlike most of their spam, you are sending it to the ibogaine list
>which people tell their spam filters to let through.
>
>Nomatter your intention, you are breaking people’s email it looks like
>on purpose at this point because people keep asking you to stop doing
>that.
>
>.:vector:.
>
>— Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:
>
> > i give it to you my friend. thank you for communicating with me in my
> > native language. if you opened my last email, shame on you as i
> > qualified it in NO UNCERTAIN TERMS.  THE READER KNEW WHAT HE OR SHE
> > WAS GETTING IN TO.  I LEARNED ANOTHER VALUABLE LESSON, THERE IS A GAP
> > IN TRANSLATION THAT I AM TOO UNSOPHISTICATED TO GRASP.  I’M NOT AS
> > FREAKING SMART AS I WANT TO BE NOR AS CONSIDERATE AS I THINK I AM.
> > THANK YOU FOR TEACHING ME THIS. ONE IBO SESSION DOES NOT A WHOLE
> > PERSON MAKE.
> >   —– Original Message —–
>
>
>__________________________________________________
>Do You Yahoo!?
>Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
>http://mail.yahoo.com
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From: Eye of the Bhogi <freedomroot@gmail.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] link to pill-poppers’ animated rant
Date: August 24, 2005 at 2:49:51 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

As the friend who sent this toon to me commented, “Makes me feel good
about how few drugs I take.”  http://www.grab.com/fun/toons/f/50481/
love from ny, rachel

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] another ibo session )
Date: August 24, 2005 at 2:10:27 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

hey bro, you are wanted, needed and loved from out here.  i’d say a good spiritual stroll for my lazy, make me well me ok set,  Poor planning?  You bet. i’m better at scamming docs and doing stores but those skills fail a nonplayer if not used regularly. atrophy, jezuz, what next? so much for that.  can’t juggle it all, gotta let go of it some of   some
—– Original Message —– From: “tink” <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 12:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] another
love you
tink

On 8/23/05, shelley krupa <skrupa20022002@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi Matt, Ive done it all at once, over three hours & a very slow taper, if
youre wanting to experience the real flood & be safe ,you can still do your
dose divided into 3 capsules ,youll still have the flood, but what exactly
are your safety concerns?best luck -shell

Matthew Shriver <matt@itsupport.net> wrote:
Matt
I haven’t done the capsule thing with ibogaine but I have with other drugs
that taste like ass, and I know people who have taken ibo in capsules. It
takes a little longer to come on, something like 30 minutes to an hour
longer, because your body can’t begin to absorb it until the capsule itself
dissolves.

As for taking it in stages, the effect will be slower to peak, obviously,
that way, but that could be a good thing or a bad thing. The last time I
took ibo I did it in an enema to avoid nausea and it came on really freaking
quick. At the time it scared the hell out of me but in retrospect it was
probably a good thing, just based on the fact that I resigned myself to it
and it turned into a great experience. I sort of suspect that if it had
come on slower, I would have acclimated to it better and might have had more
ego resistance to the whole thing and therefore not have gotten the powerful
effect I did. Of course that’s just a theory, we can never really know.

I guess it depends on what you’re after, I’m more or less of the opinion
that you should take it all (whatever your full dose will be) and see what
happens. I have also always wondered how people can take more ibogaine
hours after they are under the influence. It seems to me like it would be
hard to stomach, even in a capsule. I could never do more than sip water
for a couple days after taking it.

But the slow, over time, dosing schedule would be less stressful I’m sure,
and produce a smoother transition into ibo-space.

Good luck and let us know how it goes.
Matt

—–Original Message—–
From: matthew zielinski [mailto:mattzielinski@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 6:57 AM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] another ibo session

Hello people

I can finally afford ibogaine and will be having another ibo seesion next
fridday

but i dont want to put it down with water and drink it so im putting it into

5 capsules 200mg each.

Will the trip be more intense if i take the whole dose at once? Preferably i

would like to take 2 every hour or so because of my health issues but if
that means the trip is going to suffer then fuk it!

Anybody have experience with capsules?…..how long is the wait>?….is it
the same as taken in a drink form>?

I just went cold turkey from an oxy habbit and still feel shaky but doing ok

however i know without ibo i just go back to using. In fact yestarday a
buddy called me saying he just has a new batch. So im already jonsing like
a mothefuker!!

Too much temptations!!

Pls send positive vibes for a SAFE journey(no need to send messages tothe
list, a positive thought send my way inside ur room is more than enough)

Love
Matt

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] another ibo session from koko the begigniiiign
Date: August 24, 2005 at 2:06:07 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

you’re on the spiritual plane , wanted needed and loved…all systems go..BLAST OFF , STAY CLOSE PILGRIMN               —– Original Message —– From: “tink” <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 12:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] another ibo session

BE CAREFUL!! Email me-
love you
tink

On 8/23/05, shelley krupa <skrupa20022002@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi Matt, Ive done it all at once, over three hours & a very slow taper, if
youre wanting to experience the real flood & be safe ,you can still do your
dose divided into 3 capsules ,youll still have the flood, but what exactly
are your safety concerns?best luck -shell

Matthew Shriver <matt@itsupport.net> wrote:
Matt
I haven’t done the capsule thing with ibogaine but I have with other drugs
that taste like ass, and I know people who have taken ibo in capsules. It
takes a little longer to come on, something like 30 minutes to an hour
longer, because your body can’t begin to absorb it until the capsule itself
dissolves.

As for taking it in stages, the effect will be slower to peak, obviously,
that way, but that could be a good thing or a bad thing. The last time I
took ibo I did it in an enema to avoid nausea and it came on really freaking
quick. At the time it scared the hell out of me but in retrospect it was
probably a good thing, just based on the fact that I resigned myself to it
and it turned into a great experience. I sort of suspect that if it had
come on slower, I would have acclimated to it better and might have had more
ego resistance to the whole thing and therefore not have gotten the powerful
effect I did. Of course that’s just a theory, we can never really know.

I guess it depends on what you’re after, I’m more or less of the opinion
that you should take it all (whatever your full dose will be) and see what
happens. I have also always wondered how people can take more ibogaine
hours after they are under the influence. It seems to me like it would be
hard to stomach, even in a capsule. I could never do more than sip water
for a couple days after taking it.

But the slow, over time, dosing schedule would be less stressful I’m sure,
and produce a smoother transition into ibo-space.

Good luck and let us know how it goes.
Matt

—–Original Message—–
From: matthew zielinski [mailto:mattzielinski@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 6:57 AM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] another ibo session

Hello people

I can finally afford ibogaine and will be having another ibo seesion next
fridday

but i dont want to put it down with water and drink it so im putting it into

5 capsules 200mg each.

Will the trip be more intense if i take the whole dose at once? Preferably i

would like to take 2 every hour or so because of my health issues but if
that means the trip is going to suffer then fuk it!

Anybody have experience with capsules?…..how long is the wait>?….is it
the same as taken in a drink form>?

I just went cold turkey from an oxy habbit and still feel shaky but doing ok

however i know without ibo i just go back to using. In fact yestarday a
buddy called me saying he just has a new batch. So im already jonsing like
a mothefuker!!

Too much temptations!!

Pls send positive vibes for a SAFE journey(no need to send messages tothe
list, a positive thought send my way inside ur room is more than enough)

Love
Matt

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: [Ibogaine] matt, from ron
Date: August 24, 2005 at 1:42:39 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I told you guys i d/n know shit from shinola…. i think all of this  will right itself from the passage of time and once we’re done sniping and all that other jazz we can feed it to smarter dudes    (my gf  wants no part of this crap. can’t say i blame her) who can synthesize it and put it all in its proper spot in the data base.  koko, learning as i go, making some of it up(whoops)… p.s. back in the day, circa 65-6, slightly fudging on the research data sos i could  on those very rare occasions foray our our down time into wsr

From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Fw: JAMA article 23 August 1965. Dole/Nyswander. Sydney pain conference.
Date: August 24, 2005 at 1:15:01 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>, <drugwar@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: Andrew Byrne
To: ‘Andrew Byrne’
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 11:35 PM
Subject: JAMA article 23 August 1965. Dole/Nyswander. Sydney pain conference.

Dear Colleagues,

Apologies for repetition, but I think it is fair to shout loud and long about this pivotal study describing the first 24 patients on formal methadone treatment (with 22 ‘retentions’).  The paper concentrates on reducing or eliminating illicit drug use and getting people back to work, studies and their families.  There is no focus on ‘detoxification’ or being ‘drug free’ . but an average methadone dose of 100mg daily (range 15-180mg), a warning about too rapid inductions and practical measures against constipation, the only common side effect of treatment.

I spoke to Dr Vincent P. Dole this morning on the telephone and he sends his best greetings and wishes to us in Sydney where we are hosting a large international meeting on pain management with over 5000 delegates attending. Dr Dole is recovering from a stroke but is remarkably acute, speaking eloquently about the difficulties dependency patients face in managing painful disorders.

In a talk last evening by Dr Doug Gourlay of Toronto, we were presented with a ‘universal’ and practical approach to the pain and dependency patient utilising the modalities of both specialties to diagnose and manage their pain and addiction problems (summary to follow).  We were honoured to be joined by two early members of Dole’s Rockefeller team, Dr Joyce Lowinson and Dr Herman Joseph who are both ‘legendary’ for their publications, texts, talks and experience in the addiction field.

We owe a great deal to all these pioneers (copy of 1965 paper on request). But as Dole once said in a keynote address, they were “but base-stations in the assault on the mountain’s summit” which others must face in the future. With modern heroin trials, needle services, buprenorphine and ‘NA’, how right he was, all those years ago!

Best wishes to all in this challenging but rewarding field.

Andrew Byrne ..

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Dependency Medicine,
75 Redfern Street, Redfern,
New South Wales, 2016, Australia
Email – ajbyrneATozemail.com.au
Tel (61 – 2) 9319 5524  Fax 9318 0631
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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] ibogaine and dope sick
Date: August 24, 2005 at 1:05:27 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

thanks Matthew

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
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—– Original Message —–
From: matthew zielinski
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 8:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] ibogaine and dope sick

Preston stay strong man!
The fact you are continuing doing boosters says alot about u!
Listen bro it seems u have a harder battle to conquer since u are addicted to opiates because of pain and hedonistic needs but u seem like a tough cookie man…….u ll get through this shit
the depresion …….well………i know the best the cure for it and in all honestly i shouldnt be one giving sugestions on how to conquer it but bro from what u write ur girl seems like a soul mate so maybe build on that…..be delighted that u have somebody that loves u whnever u sick depresed puking ur guts out etc etc
im sending u my reserved good vibes!!!!!!
love u bro
matt

 

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] ibogaine and dope sick
Date: August 24, 2005 at 1:03:42 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

likewise tink.
Thanks.
😉

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
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Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: “tink” <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 1:12 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] ibogaine and dope sick

I love you, Preston!!
tink

On 8/23/05, Preston Peet <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
Yeah, like Ozzzy and his kids.
Everytime I hear about one of them checking in to Betty Ford, I think, “gee,
must be nice way to go.”
But whether anything could ever Reeeeeeaaaly make me sane or feel it, well,
that’s seriously debatable.

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often
mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
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Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —–
From: Sjonnygee .
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 9:57 PM
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] ibogaine and dope sick

> I think if I were rich, I’d just fucking check myself in somewhere for a
> few weeks or a month
LOL ………….I honestly think about (fantasize) having huge amounts of
cash and getting clean and happy in a comfortable, caring (cash inspired)
enviroment sometimes – We have to dream – it helps keep me sane ………. !
sjonny.

From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] ibogaine and dope sick
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 21:04:14 -0400

ok, I did a slightly larger “booster” last night at 6PM, had ancient
american indians starting at me, lots of little kids running away from me (I
think related to abadonment issues, but am unsure still), and now I’m still
a bit dope sick and miserable. I am so grateful to the person who helped me
out- he rocks and I consider him a real friend, but I am really ill. Still.
The ibogaine is wearing off completely leaving me feeling a bit frazzled and
as already mentioned still a bit ill.
At least I’m sitting up for a few minutes- but as V says, take it a
minute at a time.
I think if I were rich, I’d just fucking check myself in somewhere for a
few weeks or a month. This is ridiculous. Just to detox from everything,
nicotine, opiates, everything, just for a while to see what happens. So V
says, “just do it here darn it,” but it’s really tough in NYC.
Anyway, wow am I sick feeling, goosebumps and chills, shivers and
sweats. Aren’t opiates wonderful? When I have enough yeah, when not no.
BTW, our friend Marcus is ok, I ran into him on 2nd St. a few nights
ago. He’s streetbound but ok- if that’s ever the word to use for someone
street bound.
Also, to I guess Ron, who has apparently loaded up every else’s computer
with attachments again (sorry, I have 300 and something unopened email to go
through and am not up to it yet), my computer apparently doesn’t have the
same problems others’ do- so perhaps I should apologize for suggesting you
continue posting them, to you and to everyone.
I love you all, in that cyber sorta way.

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often
mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
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Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations,
Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
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Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Fw: [NEWSROOM-L] US UT: Rave bust, con’t
Date: August 24, 2005 at 12:49:45 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>, <drugwar@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: “Janet Dollacker” <jantu@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
To: <NEWSROOM-L@LISTS.NETSPACE.ORG>
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 5:40 AM
Subject: Re: [NEWSROOM-L] US UT: Rave bust, con’t

Hi Jack, The Salt Lake Tribune is a surprisingly good little paper.  It has been an independent family owned paper since its inception. Periodically it infuriates Mormons and the Deseret News,the  church owned evening paper, trys to buy them out against their will. I think the last such war was a year or two ago. I don’t know who won but it sounds like the same people still have editorial control. In terms of objectivity it beats the San Francisco Chronicle almost always,
which might come as a shock to them!

Another interesting thing happened in SLC, Utah, probably the most Republican state in the Union. When Bush fled Cindy Sheehans group for Salt Lake City expecting pure adulation, the mayor of SLC, Mayor Anderson urged the populace to take to the streets in protest and in support of Cindy and the mothers of our dead and wounded troops.  They took out a permit for 1000 people within sight and hearing distance of Bush and over 2000 came. He promptly fled Utah for Idaho and was followed there as well.

One sad note is that Amy Goodman, probably the best media reporter in America, from Democracy Now!  ( www.democracynow.com ) mailed a wonderful, unassailable tape from Cindy to Channel 4 Utah to coincide with the twigs visit, and they refused to air it saying it would not be courteous to the president.  I saw the tape and there was nothing discourteous, disrespectful or objectionable in any way whatsoever to anyone.  But it was a poignant plea for peace from a wounded mother…and I guess it was just too effective.  ( They certainly didn’t mind offending President Clinton 24/7 did they?)  If you would like to complain at them for refusing to air genuine news because they prefered to pander to the current administration, here is the address for KTVX Utah: Comments@abc4.tv.  News media need to be reminded that their job in a democracy is not to be a propaganda arm for the government and that it is a betrayal of trust to the American people not to report the news without their
own
spinning wheel.  Maybe since they refused to air a legitimate piece of news from an alternative source they would invite Amy Goodman to speak about her experience in Camp Casey.  If you agree with me, please email them now while you’re thinking about it, letters en masse have a powerful effect.

Best wishes, Janet

“Jack R. Lebowitz” <jack@NETSPACE.ORG> wrote:
Update on the story on Pete Guither’s excellent “Drug War Rant” blog
(top story) at http://blogs.salon.com/0002762/ … today’s press is a
tad more balanced, probably because of the outcry in the blogosphere
and working the reporter involved:

“Utah media starts reporting on Rave attack

After only reporting the press release put out by the Sheriff
yesterday (and getting some heat for it), Utah papers are starting
to explore the other side:

In the Salt Lake Tribune:

Partygoers at a rave in Spanish Fork Canyon that was busted by
police Saturday night say officers used brutal and excessive force
to clear the crowd.

As many as 90 police officers from several agencies, including SWAT
members and major crimes investigators, stormed the DJ-driven dance
party around 11:30 p.m. dressed in full SWAT gear and holding
automatic weapons.

A helicopter announced the police presence as it crested a nearby
hill and began shining a spotlight on the outdoor dance area, said
19-year-old Scott Benton of Logan.

“The cops just came in wearing full Army [camouflage]. It was
basically brute force,” Benton said. “I had a gun put in my face and
was told to get out of there.”

Standing in a crowd of people near the main stage, Alisha Matagi
says she was just in the wrong place at the wrong time when she was
thrown to the ground, punched, kicked and handcuffed by police.” .

J

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From: “Sjonnygee .” <sjonnygee@msn.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Kirk – Bird Strike on C-130
Date: August 24, 2005 at 12:09:02 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Very funny show~ have always loved Brit humour.. welllll guess
they had to be good at something (heehee)
Luff
Kirk
watch it Kirk ……………. !   btw, what’s the Kiwi contribution to civilisation apart from bungee ropes and sheep shearing combs lol ?
                                                    sjonny (GB)

From:  “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
To:  <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Subject:  RE: [Ibogaine] Fw: Bird Strike on C-130 BE CAREFUL ON WHAT YOU TRY TO OPEN THIS IS LONG AND YOU MAY HATE ME MORE THAN YOU ALREADY DO
Date:  Wed, 24 Aug 2005 14:45:37 +1200
>LOVE IT!!  Very funny show~ have always loved Brit humour.. welllll guess
>they had to be good at something (heehee)
>Luff
>Kirk
>
>—–Original Message—–
>From: Boris Leshinsky [mailto:bleshins@bigpond.net.au]
>Sent: Wednesday, 24 August 2005 1:02 p.m.
>To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
>Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fw: Bird Strike on C-130 BE CAREFUL ON WHAT YOU TRY
>TO OPEN THIS IS LONG AND YOU MAY HATE ME MORE THAN YOU ALREADY DO
>
>
>
>Anyone seen the Little Britain comedy series?
>
>Marvin the Paranoid Android seems to have evolved into the Little Britain
>character, Anne, the mental patient. “Eh-Eh-Eh”.
>That show is probably not on in the US though.
>
>Tolerance does not work without respect.
>
>But I suppose the show must go on.
>
>Boris
>
>
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From: Ms Iboga <ms_iboga@yahoo.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Rapid Detox deemed unsafe by medical establishment
Date: August 24, 2005 at 9:50:46 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050824/ap_on_he_me/detox_study

Wow, what took these bozos so long?  We lowly junkies had this figured about several years ago….

J.

Start your day with Yahoo! – make it your home page

From: “matthew zielinski” <mattzielinski@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] ibogaine and dope sick
Date: August 24, 2005 at 8:24:36 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Preston stay strong man!
The fact you are continuing doing boosters says alot about u!
Listen bro it seems u have a harder battle to conquer since u are addicted to opiates because of pain and hedonistic needs but u seem like a tough cookie man…….u ll get through this shit
the depresion …….well………i know the best the cure for it and in all honestly i shouldnt be one giving sugestions on how to conquer it but bro from what u write ur girl seems like a soul mate so maybe build on that…..be delighted that u have somebody that loves u whnever u sick depresed puking ur guts out etc etc
im sending u my reserved good vibes!!!!!!
love u bro
matt

 

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From: abeatty@mail2go.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] subuxone?
Date: August 24, 2005 at 6:33:13 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Someone close to me might have switched from heroin to suboxone and I am
wondering what the withdrawal is like. I know it has been discussed before. I
didn’t pay close attention as it wasn’t being used, and I didn’t like the sound
of it – another meth or bupe. Also, he is getting it off the street, if that’s
what happening, and I think a major advantage of this kind of a drug comes with
its legality, allowing it to be administered in a program that supervises
withdrawal.

Thank you for your help and all of you for being here and sharing so much. I
have learned more about the individuality and pain of addiction issues on this
site than anywhere else, as I have tried to research treatments.

All these comments about jamming computers is a little puzzling as I haven’t
found the pictures (or whatever is jamming). Sorta wish I had. But don’t send
them to me, never mind. Maybe they were sent before I rejoined the list.

My suggestion for past emotional pain (to whom it may concern)…what’s done is
done. For these fauxpas, one apology might be enough, or keep it to one word,
“Sorry” (period) if you are being pressed by an obnoxious person, who may have a
right to be annoyed.

Andy

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From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] testing out the image shack!
Date: August 24, 2005 at 5:29:02 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

YEHHHHH BABYYYYYYYYYYYYY
LOL
KIRK XXXX

—–Original Message—–
From: Jasen Chamoun [mailto:jasenhappy@optusnet.com.au]
Sent: Wednesday, 24 August 2005 9:02 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] testing out the image shack!

Hey Capt,

I see you like pussies too………
—– Original Message —–
From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 2:13 PM
Subject: [Ibogaine] testing out the image shack!

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From: “Jasen Chamoun” <jasenhappy@optusnet.com.au>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] testing out the image shack!
Date: August 24, 2005 at 5:02:07 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hey Capt,

I see you like pussies too………
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To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 2:13 PM
Subject: [Ibogaine] testing out the image shack!

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] To Ron Please Stop
Date: August 24, 2005 at 3:54:18 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

,”my graphics card is sooooooooooo fast it plays Doom 3 at full res.”<

I hate you too. The company sent me the PC version first to review when it first hit stands, as well as the first add-on, and I couldn’t get either one to play at ALL.

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
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Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
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Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 10:55 PM
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] To Ron Please Stop

,”my graphics card is sooooooooooo fast it plays Doom 3 at full res.”

[Capt Kirk] I HATE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (puter lags everytime there’s a battle
grrrr argghhh muttermutter lol)

On the sunny side of online problems, for the first time I can
remember, I’ve posted and not received Capt. Kirk’s error messages 🙂
Way to go Capt’n, did you finally find Scotty to fix the enterpise? 😉

.:vector:.
[Capt Kirk] Well aren’t you a lucky bastard because even using Yahoo email
account I still am getting the dreaded email! I found a website for Concept
and forward it everytime I get it to every email I found on that website
(accounts, sales, help, etc etc) but still no human bein to be found. Gonna
send in some Klingons very shortly.
But am very glad if it has stopped bouncing to the list.
Wait til I find a phone number, somebody at concept is gonna get a ear
slapping.
Luff heaps
Kirk

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] To Ron Please Stop
Date: August 24, 2005 at 3:53:14 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

don’t have a problem with multi-meg attachments. I’m in college, I
have a Pentium 4 and DSL, his attachments take me 2 secodns to
download. <

Actually, same here on all counts except the “I’m in college” one.
So do what you want Ron, I can’t stop you. But it is a pretty freakin’ silly thing to get ones panties in knots over.
‘;-)))

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: “Vector Vector” <vector620022002@yahoo.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 10:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] To Ron Please Stop

I don’t have a problem with multi-meg attachments. I’m in college, I
have a Pentium 4 and DSL, his attachments take me 2 secodns to
download. I have a porn and videogame optimized workstation 🙂 I
download DVD’s I steal on P2P sites, my hard disks are soooooooooooo
big my TiVo can record for months, my graphics card is sooooooooooo
fast it plays Doom 3 at full-res. I don’t care, I live in “the states”
I am I guess middle class, which makes me extremely rich by world
standards and file sizes or mail quotas do not effect me at all.

I’m ranting 🙂

I didn’t dis anybody, I wrote a message explaining that not everybody
is you and peeps getting upset are upset because you’re breaking their
email and wasting their time and money. Sending some photos is no big
deal once in a while. Ron sent a huge attachment, peeps asked him to
stop, he responded by sending more and more shit. He sent 3 jpegs which
could be compressed down to 100K, they’re small photos but he made them
2mb big, they’re 20 times as big as they need to be because he doesn’t
understand how to compress them or file sizes.

If the problem is ignornace, then hopefully everybody is more
knowledgable now. If the problem is being an asshole on purpose and
trying to crash people’s email, it’s not my list, but you do that on
any list and the admins will ask you to stop or throw you off. This
isn’t ideology, philosophy, the content of your messages, a drug list,
a ibogaine list, it’s continuing to disrupt people’s email even after
you’ve obviously upset alot of them who were upset enough to post about
it and usually don’t have anything to say on the list. Some of them
were even polite and tried to explain their problem with it 😉

On the sunny side of online problems, for the first time I can
remember, I’ve posted and not received Capt. Kirk’s error messages 🙂
Way to go Capt’n, did you finally find Scotty to fix the enterpise? 😉

.:vector:.

— “Sjonnygee .” <sjonnygee@msn.com> wrote:

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Jesus  , people can be so fucking petty – what’s your real problem ?  I
dont have cable yet I can deal with a multi Meg file by deleting it if
it’s something I don’t need. This is one mistake by someone , get over
yourself ………….. fuck !!!!!!!!

sjonny.

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From:  Vector Vector <vector620022002@yahoo.com>
Reply-To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject:  Re: [Ibogaine] To Ron Please Stop
Date:  Tue, 23 Aug 2005 17:59:36 -0700 (PDT)
You don’t seem to be getting it. It doesn’t matter if someone opens it
or not, if they have limited quotas for disk space then your messages
with the huge pictures just broke their email and made all their other
email bounce out.

If they have a slow connection, they still have to sit and wait for
your huge message to download then decide they don’t want to read it.
Unlike most of their spam, you are sending it to the ibogaine list
which people tell their spam filters to let through.

Nomatter your intention, you are breaking people’s email it looks like
on purpose at this point because people keep asking you to stop doing
that.

.:vector:.

— Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:

> i give it to you my friend. thank you for communicating with me in
my
> native language. if you opened my last email, shame on you as i
> qualified it in NO UNCERTAIN TERMS.  THE READER KNEW WHAT HE OR SHE
> WAS GETTING IN TO.  I LEARNED ANOTHER VALUABLE LESSON, THERE IS A
GAP
> IN TRANSLATION THAT I AM TOO UNSOPHISTICATED TO GRASP.  I’M NOT AS
> FREAKING SMART AS I WANT TO BE NOR AS CONSIDERATE AS I THINK I AM.
> THANK YOU FOR TEACHING ME THIS. ONE IBO SESSION DOES NOT A WHOLE
> PERSON MAKE.
>   —– Original Message —–

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From: Boris Leshinsky <bleshins@bigpond.net.au>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] ot-sort of
Date: August 24, 2005 at 2:03:35 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

http://www.mattfurey.com/carpal_tunnel_pain041405.html

This Matt Furey guy has a ” How to Eliminate Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Pain Within 30 Days” program, that is apparently made up of exercises from Chinese martial arts. Its about $100. Furey himself is a world champion wrestler. I generally have respect for what he has to say and have used exercises from his books when I was doing karate, with good results, but have not done the carpal tunnel ones.

I’d generally recommend his daily newsletter too, if you don’t mind getting an extra email a day. Although it often they contain a hard sell on some of his products, there is also lots of good common sense advise on various health and fitness issues, as well as “inspirational” type stuff, that I like to read to give myself a kick up the butt and get motivated to do whatever it is I am slack about doing, as far as reaching my personal goals is concerned. Examples of recent topics he has been talking about are aspartame and green tea.

Home

cheers
Boris

—- tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com> wrote:
i just found out that i have carpal tunnel and tendonitis in my right
wrist.  Any one know anything about this?
Oww…
Thanks,
love
tink

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From: <slowone@hush.ai>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] testing out the image shack!
Date: August 24, 2005 at 1:27:31 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Grrrowl!

On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 21:13:25 -0700 Capt Kirk
<captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] ibogaine and dope sick
Date: August 24, 2005 at 1:12:50 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

you too, Sjohnny!

On 8/23/05, Sjonnygee . <sjonnygee@msn.com> wrote:

You are sane in your personal interpretation of life ;=]

________________________________

From:  “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Reply-To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
To:  <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Subject:  Re: [Ibogaine] ibogaine and dope sick
Date:  Tue, 23 Aug 2005 22:18:01 -0400

Yeah, like Ozzzy and his kids.
Everytime I hear about one of them checking in to Betty Ford, I
think, “gee, must be nice way to go.”
But whether anything could ever Reeeeeeaaaly make me sane or feel
it, well, that’s seriously debatable.

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is
often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient
Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out
Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: Sjonnygee .
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 9:57 PM
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] ibogaine and dope sick

I think if I were rich, I’d just fucking check myself in somewhere
for a few weeks or a month
LOL ………….I honestly think about (fantasize) having huge
amounts of cash and getting clean and happy in a comfortable, caring
(cash inspired) enviroment sometimes – We have to dream – it helps
keep me sane ………. !

sjonny.

From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] ibogaine and dope sick
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 21:04:14 -0400

ok, I did a slightly larger “booster” last night at 6PM, had ancient
american indians starting at me, lots of little kids running away
from me (I think related to abadonment issues, but am unsure still),
and now I’m still a bit dope sick and miserable. I am so grateful to
the person who helped me out- he rocks and I consider him a real
friend, but I am really ill. Still. The ibogaine is wearing off
completely leaving me feeling a bit frazzled and as already
mentioned still a bit ill.
At least I’m sitting up for a few minutes- but as V says, take
it a minute at a time.
I think if I were rich, I’d just fucking check myself in
somewhere for a few weeks or a month. This is ridiculous. Just to
detox from everything, nicotine, opiates, everything, just for a
while to see what happens. So V says, “just do it here darn it,” but
it’s really tough in NYC.
Anyway, wow am I sick feeling, goosebumps and chills, shivers
and sweats. Aren’t opiates wonderful? When I have enough yeah, when
not no.
BTW, our friend Marcus is ok, I ran into him on 2nd St. a few
nights ago. He’s streetbound but ok- if that’s ever the word to use
for someone street bound.
Also, to I guess Ron, who has apparently loaded up every else’s
computer with attachments again (sorry, I have 300 and something
unopened email to go through and am not up to it yet), my computer
apparently doesn’t have the same problems others’ do- so perhaps I
should apologize for suggesting you continue posting them, to you
and to everyone.
I love you all, in that cyber sorta way.

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is
often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient
Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out
Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] ibogaine and dope sick
Date: August 24, 2005 at 1:12:34 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I love you, Preston!!
tink

On 8/23/05, Preston Peet <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
Yeah, like Ozzzy and his kids.
Everytime I hear about one of them checking in to Betty Ford, I think, “gee,
must be nice way to go.”
But whether anything could ever Reeeeeeaaaly make me sane or feel it, well,
that’s seriously debatable.

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often
mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations,
Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —–
From: Sjonnygee .
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 9:57 PM
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] ibogaine and dope sick

I think if I were rich, I’d just fucking check myself in somewhere for a
few weeks or a month
LOL ………….I honestly think about (fantasize) having huge amounts of
cash and getting clean and happy in a comfortable, caring (cash inspired)
enviroment sometimes – We have to dream – it helps keep me sane ………. !
sjonny.

From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] ibogaine and dope sick
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 21:04:14 -0400

ok, I did a slightly larger “booster” last night at 6PM, had ancient
american indians starting at me, lots of little kids running away from me (I
think related to abadonment issues, but am unsure still), and now I’m still
a bit dope sick and miserable. I am so grateful to the person who helped me
out- he rocks and I consider him a real friend, but I am really ill. Still.
The ibogaine is wearing off completely leaving me feeling a bit frazzled and
as already mentioned still a bit ill.
At least I’m sitting up for a few minutes- but as V says, take it a
minute at a time.
I think if I were rich, I’d just fucking check myself in somewhere for a
few weeks or a month. This is ridiculous. Just to detox from everything,
nicotine, opiates, everything, just for a while to see what happens. So V
says, “just do it here darn it,” but it’s really tough in NYC.
Anyway, wow am I sick feeling, goosebumps and chills, shivers and
sweats. Aren’t opiates wonderful? When I have enough yeah, when not no.
BTW, our friend Marcus is ok, I ran into him on 2nd St. a few nights
ago. He’s streetbound but ok- if that’s ever the word to use for someone
street bound.
Also, to I guess Ron, who has apparently loaded up every else’s computer
with attachments again (sorry, I have 300 and something unopened email to go
through and am not up to it yet), my computer apparently doesn’t have the
same problems others’ do- so perhaps I should apologize for suggesting you
continue posting them, to you and to everyone.
I love you all, in that cyber sorta way.

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often
mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations,
Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] to all of koko’s critics …he’s evolved again cain’t help himself; for the shuttle debacle
Date: August 24, 2005 at 1:10:38 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Thank you Ron for a serious giggle!!  it was needed badly at the time!
love
tink

On 8/23/05, Capt Kirk <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
anyone else ever send you a long email?  naw, probably not….I’m the first
i suppose.
[Capt Kirk]
HAHAHA hear hear RON!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lol
KIRK xx

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From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: [Ibogaine] testing out the image shack!
Date: August 24, 2005 at 12:13:25 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

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From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Fw: Bird Strike on C-130 BE CAREFUL ON WHAT YOU TRY TO OPEN THIS IS LONG AND YOU MAY HATE ME MORE THAN YOU ALREADY DO
Date: August 24, 2005 at 12:05:17 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Loud applause for Matthew.
Thanks for some very useful information for us all :o)
Kirk

—–Original Message—–
From: Matthew Shriver [mailto:matt@itsupport.net]
Sent: Wednesday, 24 August 2005 3:43 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Fw: Bird Strike on C-130 BE CAREFUL ON WHAT YOU TRY
TO OPEN THIS IS LONG AND YOU MAY HATE ME MORE THAN YOU ALREADY DO

You can share images through this website: http://www.imageshack.us/  I
believe you can host 10 images without registering but it’s free.  You
upload the images and they give you pre-made links you can copy and paste
into emails or forum boards or whatever.  The rub is that when someone
clicks the first link, they get the image and a pop-up ad, but only on the
first link.  Subsequent links clicked in close enough succession, like a few
minutes, don’t make more ads.

—–Original Message—–
From: slowone@hush.ai [mailto:slowone@hush.ai]
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 9:24 PM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fw: Bird Strike on C-130 BE CAREFUL ON WHAT YOU TRY
TO OPEN THIS IS LONG AND YOU MAY HATE ME MORE THAN YOU ALREADY DO

Email accounts differ in a lot of ways, but points for thinking of
others, and points for having great pictures to share. There must
be some way to do it without email (Vector?) since this one also
filled my mailbox. Others, please xcuse me my limitations.

Floggings will continue until morale improves.

On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 15:30:47 -0700 Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:
Messagecaution, read this in detail, it is a test off topic.., it
has no place on this forum other than to see if we all have
learned from my weekend mistake.  my flyboy/girl friends send them

to me  periodically  to remind me of bushes’ war.  watch your hard

drives, ex military need not apply, do not compromise your pc for
this tripe.. i intend no harm, this involves a bird, not a
human… it is germain because war affects everyone /everything
alive.  foreign policy  in the US must change if we are to survive

another 50-100 yrs in a world that is compatible to the stomach
and eyes and the rest of our senses.  it is sent for shock value,
wake up call and to generate conversation among those of us who
lived in the good old days which slip all too quickly imho.
vietnam was a real hoot, i lie about it to this day and what i did

and they made it all the best kept secret on the planet. peace
today  so we can have it tomorrow, koko
—– Original Message —–
From
To
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 8:21 PM
Subject: Bird Strike on C-130

Here is what happens when a C-130 tangles with an eagle.

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From: “Sjonnygee .” <sjonnygee@msn.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] To Ron Please Stop
Date: August 23, 2005 at 11:54:16 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Fair enough Vector – fair points , I just don’t see the need to bitch at somebody over and over……………  anyway ………. cheers  , sjonny

From:  Vector Vector <vector620022002@yahoo.com>
Reply-To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject:  Re: [Ibogaine] To Ron Please Stop
Date:  Tue, 23 Aug 2005 19:41:29 -0700 (PDT)
>
>I don’t have a problem with multi-meg attachments. I’m in college, I
>have a Pentium 4 and DSL, his attachments take me 2 secodns to
>download. I have a porn and videogame optimized workstation 🙂 I
>download DVD’s I steal on P2P sites, my hard disks are soooooooooooo
>big my TiVo can record for months, my graphics card is sooooooooooo
>fast it plays Doom 3 at full-res. I don’t care, I live in “the states”
>I am I guess middle class, which makes me extremely rich by world
>standards and file sizes or mail quotas do not effect me at all.
>
>I’m ranting 🙂
>
>I didn’t dis anybody, I wrote a message explaining that not everybody
>is you and peeps getting upset are upset because you’re breaking their
>email and wasting their time and money. Sending some photos is no big
>deal once in a while. Ron sent a huge attachment, peeps asked him to
>stop, he responded by sending more and more shit. He sent 3 jpegs which
>could be compressed down to 100K, they’re small photos but he made them
>2mb big, they’re 20 times as big as they need to be because he doesn’t
>understand how to compress them or file sizes.
>
>If the problem is ignornace, then hopefully everybody is more
>knowledgable now. If the problem is being an asshole on purpose and
>trying to crash people’s email, it’s not my list, but you do that on
>any list and the admins will ask you to stop or throw you off. This
>isn’t ideology, philosophy, the content of your messages, a drug list,
>a ibogaine list, it’s continuing to disrupt people’s email even after
>you’ve obviously upset alot of them who were upset enough to post about
>it and usually don’t have anything to say on the list. Some of them
>were even polite and tried to explain their problem with it 😉
>
>On the sunny side of online problems, for the first time I can
>remember, I’ve posted and not received Capt. Kirk’s error messages 🙂
>Way to go Capt’n, did you finally find Scotty to fix the enterpise? 😉
>
>.:vector:.
>
>— “Sjonnygee .” <sjonnygee@msn.com> wrote:
>
>
>———————————
>
>Jesus  , people can be so fucking petty – what’s your real problem ?  I
>dont have cable yet I can deal with a multi Meg file by deleting it if
>it’s something I don’t need. This is one mistake by someone , get over
>yourself ………….. fuck !!!!!!!!
>
>                                     sjonny.
>
>
>
>
>
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>
>From:  Vector Vector <vector620022002@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
>To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
>Subject:  Re: [Ibogaine] To Ron Please Stop
>Date:  Tue, 23 Aug 2005 17:59:36 -0700 (PDT)
> >You don’t seem to be getting it. It doesn’t matter if someone opens it
> >or not, if they have limited quotas for disk space then your messages
> >with the huge pictures just broke their email and made all their other
> >email bounce out.
> >
> >If they have a slow connection, they still have to sit and wait for
> >your huge message to download then decide they don’t want to read it.
> >Unlike most of their spam, you are sending it to the ibogaine list
> >which people tell their spam filters to let through.
> >
> >Nomatter your intention, you are breaking people’s email it looks like
> >on purpose at this point because people keep asking you to stop doing
> >that.
> >
> >.:vector:.
> >
> >— Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:
> >
> > > i give it to you my friend. thank you for communicating with me in
>my
> > > native language. if you opened my last email, shame on you as i
> > > qualified it in NO UNCERTAIN TERMS.  THE READER KNEW WHAT HE OR SHE
> > > WAS GETTING IN TO.  I LEARNED ANOTHER VALUABLE LESSON, THERE IS A
>GAP
> > > IN TRANSLATION THAT I AM TOO UNSOPHISTICATED TO GRASP.  I’M NOT AS
> > > FREAKING SMART AS I WANT TO BE NOR AS CONSIDERATE AS I THINK I AM.
> > > THANK YOU FOR TEACHING ME THIS. ONE IBO SESSION DOES NOT A WHOLE
> > > PERSON MAKE.
> > >   —– Original Message —–
> >
> >
> >__________________________________________________
> >Do You Yahoo!?
> >Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
> >http://mail.yahoo.com
> >
> >
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From: Eye of the Bhogi <freedomroot@gmail.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] new JAMA stuff on opiod dependency
Date: August 23, 2005 at 11:44:59 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

The AP wire is running a story on this article that boils down to…
rapid detox is dangerous.

JAMA. 2005;294:875.

Anesthesia-Assisted vs Buprenorphine- or Clonidine-Assisted Heroin
Detoxification and Naltrexone Induction: A Randomized Trial
Eric D. Collins, Herbert D. Kleber, Robert A. Whittington, and Nicole E. Heitler
JAMA. 2005;294:903-913.

There’s also an interesting looking editorial… here’s the first 150
words… does anyone have full-access and know if it mentions our
favorite jungle de-joneser?

Methods of Detoxification and Their Role in Treating Patients With
Opioid Dependence

Patrick G. O’Connor, MD, MPH

JAMA. 2005;294:961-963.

“Opioid dependence and its associated morbidity, mortality, and social
costs continue to plague societies around the world. Opioid dependence
is characterized by physical dependence as evidenced by tolerance and
withdrawal and by behavioral problems, including the inability to
control opioid use, opioid use despite adverse consequences, and
social dysfunction. The 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health
reported that 3.7 million Americans had used heroin at some time in
their lives.1 The Monitoring the Future Survey noted that
approximately 1.2% of 10th- and 12th-graders reported ever using
heroin in 2004.2 In addition, the recent trend of increasing abuse of
prescription opioids including oxycodone, propoxyphene, hydrocodone,
hydromorphone, and meperidine has been a major concern since the late
1990s. The National Survey on Drug Use and Health1 estimated that as
of 2003, more than 31.2 million Americans had used narcotic pain
relievers in . . ”

Be well, be safe, be happy.  lots of love, rachel


“Ibogaine is not, and never will be, a recreational drug.”  Eric Taub

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From: “Matthew Shriver” <matt@itsupport.net>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Fw: Bird Strike on C-130 BE CAREFUL ON WHAT YOU TRY TO OPEN THIS IS LONG AND YOU MAY HATE ME MORE THAN YOU ALREADY DO
Date: August 23, 2005 at 11:43:12 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

You can share images through this website: http://www.imageshack.us/  I
believe you can host 10 images without registering but it’s free.  You
upload the images and they give you pre-made links you can copy and paste
into emails or forum boards or whatever.  The rub is that when someone
clicks the first link, they get the image and a pop-up ad, but only on the
first link.  Subsequent links clicked in close enough succession, like a few
minutes, don’t make more ads.

—–Original Message—–
From: slowone@hush.ai [mailto:slowone@hush.ai]
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 9:24 PM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fw: Bird Strike on C-130 BE CAREFUL ON WHAT YOU TRY
TO OPEN THIS IS LONG AND YOU MAY HATE ME MORE THAN YOU ALREADY DO

Email accounts differ in a lot of ways, but points for thinking of
others, and points for having great pictures to share. There must
be some way to do it without email (Vector?) since this one also
filled my mailbox. Others, please xcuse me my limitations.

Floggings will continue until morale improves.

On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 15:30:47 -0700 Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:
Messagecaution, read this in detail, it is a test off topic.., it
has no place on this forum other than to see if we all have
learned from my weekend mistake.  my flyboy/girl friends send them

to me  periodically  to remind me of bushes’ war.  watch your hard

drives, ex military need not apply, do not compromise your pc for
this tripe.. i intend no harm, this involves a bird, not a
human… it is germain because war affects everyone /everything
alive.  foreign policy  in the US must change if we are to survive

another 50-100 yrs in a world that is compatible to the stomach
and eyes and the rest of our senses.  it is sent for shock value,
wake up call and to generate conversation among those of us who
lived in the good old days which slip all too quickly imho.
vietnam was a real hoot, i lie about it to this day and what i did

and they made it all the best kept secret on the planet. peace
today  so we can have it tomorrow, koko
—– Original Message —–
From
To
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 8:21 PM
Subject: Bird Strike on C-130

Here is what happens when a C-130 tangles with an eagle.

Concerned about your privacy? Follow this link to get
secure FREE email: http://www.hushmail.com/?l=2

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From: “Sjonnygee .” <sjonnygee@msn.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] ibogaine and dope sick
Date: August 23, 2005 at 11:38:08 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

You are sane in your personal interpretation of life ;=]

From:  “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Reply-To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
To:  <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Subject:  Re: [Ibogaine] ibogaine and dope sick
Date:  Tue, 23 Aug 2005 22:18:01 -0400
>Yeah, like Ozzzy and his kids.
>Everytime I hear about one of them checking in to Betty Ford, I
>think, “gee, must be nice way to go.”
>But whether anything could ever Reeeeeeaaaly make me sane or feel
>it, well, that’s seriously debatable.
>
>
>
>Peace and love,
>Preston
>
>”Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is
>often mistaken for madness”
>Richard Davenport-Hines
>
>ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
>Editor http://www.drugwar.com
>Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
>Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient
>Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out
>Sept. 2005)
>Cont. High Times mag/.com
>Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
>Columnist New York Waste
>Etc.
>
>—– Original Message —– From: Sjonnygee .
>To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
>Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 9:57 PM
>Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] ibogaine and dope sick
>
>
>>I think if I were rich, I’d just fucking check myself in somewhere
>>for a few weeks or a month
>LOL ………….I honestly think about (fantasize) having huge
>amounts of cash and getting clean and happy in a comfortable, caring
>(cash inspired) enviroment sometimes – We have to dream – it helps
>keep me sane ………. !
>                                                        sjonny.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
>Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
>To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
>Subject: [Ibogaine] ibogaine and dope sick
>Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 21:04:14 -0400
>
>
>ok, I did a slightly larger “booster” last night at 6PM, had ancient
>american indians starting at me, lots of little kids running away
>from me (I think related to abadonment issues, but am unsure still),
>and now I’m still a bit dope sick and miserable. I am so grateful to
>the person who helped me out- he rocks and I consider him a real
>friend, but I am really ill. Still. The ibogaine is wearing off
>completely leaving me feeling a bit frazzled and as already
>mentioned still a bit ill.
>    At least I’m sitting up for a few minutes- but as V says, take
>it a minute at a time.
>    I think if I were rich, I’d just fucking check myself in
>somewhere for a few weeks or a month. This is ridiculous. Just to
>detox from everything, nicotine, opiates, everything, just for a
>while to see what happens. So V says, “just do it here darn it,” but
>it’s really tough in NYC.
>    Anyway, wow am I sick feeling, goosebumps and chills, shivers
>and sweats. Aren’t opiates wonderful? When I have enough yeah, when
>not no.
>    BTW, our friend Marcus is ok, I ran into him on 2nd St. a few
>nights ago. He’s streetbound but ok- if that’s ever the word to use
>for someone street bound.
>    Also, to I guess Ron, who has apparently loaded up every else’s
>computer with attachments again (sorry, I have 300 and something
>unopened email to go through and am not up to it yet), my computer
>apparently doesn’t have the same problems others’ do- so perhaps I
>should apologize for suggesting you continue posting them, to you
>and to everyone.
>    I love you all, in that cyber sorta way.
>
>
>Peace and love,
>Preston Peet
>
>”Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is
>often mistaken for madness”
>Richard Davenport-Hines
>
>ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
>Editor http://www.drugwar.com
>Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
>Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient
>Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out
>Sept. 2005)
>Cont. High Times mag/.com
>Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
>Columnist New York Waste
>Etc.
>
>
>
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From: <slowone@hush.ai>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fw: Bird Strike on C-130 BE CAREFUL ON WHAT YOU TRY TO OPEN THIS IS LONG AND YOU MAY HATE ME MORE THAN YOU ALREADY DO
Date: August 23, 2005 at 11:23:49 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Email accounts differ in a lot of ways, but points for thinking of
others, and points for having great pictures to share. There must
be some way to do it without email (Vector?) since this one also
filled my mailbox. Others, please xcuse me my limitations.

Floggings will continue until morale improves.

On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 15:30:47 -0700 Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:
Messagecaution, read this in detail, it is a test off topic.., it
has no place on this forum other than to see if we all have
learned from my weekend mistake.  my flyboy/girl friends send them

to me  periodically  to remind me of bushes’ war.  watch your hard

drives, ex military need not apply, do not compromise your pc for
this tripe.. i intend no harm, this involves a bird, not a
human… it is germain because war affects everyone /everything
alive.  foreign policy  in the US must change if we are to survive

another 50-100 yrs in a world that is compatible to the stomach
and eyes and the rest of our senses.  it is sent for shock value,
wake up call and to generate conversation among those of us who
lived in the good old days which slip all too quickly imho.
vietnam was a real hoot, i lie about it to this day and what i did

and they made it all the best kept secret on the planet. peace
today  so we can have it tomorrow, koko
—– Original Message —–
From
To
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 8:21 PM
Subject: Bird Strike on C-130

Here is what happens when a C-130 tangles with an eagle.

Concerned about your privacy? Follow this link to get
secure FREE email: http://www.hushmail.com/?l=2

Free, ultra-private instant messaging with Hush Messenger
http://www.hushmail.com/services-messenger?l=434

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From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Re: Db error message, could it be true???
Date: August 23, 2005 at 10:59:37 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Actually, Vector….. I’ve just realized that the last two or three posts
have gone thru without that message as well!!!! OMG maybe somebody actually
got my emails!!!!!! And fixed the problem!!!
Great, now I can go back to clearnet and not have three different accounts
to check.
Man that took a while didn’t it? Thanks to my mate who happened to find the
website…..
Hallebloodylooyah
Kirk

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From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] To Ron Please Stop
Date: August 23, 2005 at 10:55:36 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

,”my graphics card is sooooooooooo fast it plays Doom 3 at full res.”

[Capt Kirk] I HATE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (puter lags everytime there’s a battle
grrrr argghhh muttermutter lol)

On the sunny side of online problems, for the first time I can
remember, I’ve posted and not received Capt. Kirk’s error messages 🙂
Way to go Capt’n, did you finally find Scotty to fix the enterpise? 😉

.:vector:.
[Capt Kirk] Well aren’t you a lucky bastard because even using Yahoo email
account I still am getting the dreaded email! I found a website for Concept
and forward it everytime I get it to every email I found on that website
(accounts, sales, help, etc etc) but still no human bein to be found. Gonna
send in some Klingons very shortly.
But am very glad if it has stopped bouncing to the list.
Wait til I find a phone number, somebody at concept is gonna get a ear
slapping.
Luff heaps
Kirk

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From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Fw: Bird Strike on C-130 BE CAREFUL ON WHAT YOU TRY TO OPEN THIS IS LONG AND YOU MAY HATE ME MORE THAN YOU ALREADY DO
Date: August 23, 2005 at 10:45:37 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

LOVE IT!!  Very funny show~ have always loved Brit humour.. welllll guess
they had to be good at something (heehee)
Luff
Kirk

—–Original Message—–
From: Boris Leshinsky [mailto:bleshins@bigpond.net.au]
Sent: Wednesday, 24 August 2005 1:02 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fw: Bird Strike on C-130 BE CAREFUL ON WHAT YOU TRY
TO OPEN THIS IS LONG AND YOU MAY HATE ME MORE THAN YOU ALREADY DO

Anyone seen the Little Britain comedy series?

Marvin the Paranoid Android seems to have evolved into the Little Britain
character, Anne, the mental patient. “Eh-Eh-Eh”.
That show is probably not on in the US though.

Tolerance does not work without respect.

But I suppose the show must go on.

Boris

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From: Vector Vector <vector620022002@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] To Ron Please Stop
Date: August 23, 2005 at 10:41:29 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I don’t have a problem with multi-meg attachments. I’m in college, I
have a Pentium 4 and DSL, his attachments take me 2 secodns to
download. I have a porn and videogame optimized workstation 🙂 I
download DVD’s I steal on P2P sites, my hard disks are soooooooooooo
big my TiVo can record for months, my graphics card is sooooooooooo
fast it plays Doom 3 at full-res. I don’t care, I live in “the states”
I am I guess middle class, which makes me extremely rich by world
standards and file sizes or mail quotas do not effect me at all.

I’m ranting 🙂

I didn’t dis anybody, I wrote a message explaining that not everybody
is you and peeps getting upset are upset because you’re breaking their
email and wasting their time and money. Sending some photos is no big
deal once in a while. Ron sent a huge attachment, peeps asked him to
stop, he responded by sending more and more shit. He sent 3 jpegs which
could be compressed down to 100K, they’re small photos but he made them
2mb big, they’re 20 times as big as they need to be because he doesn’t
understand how to compress them or file sizes.

If the problem is ignornace, then hopefully everybody is more
knowledgable now. If the problem is being an asshole on purpose and
trying to crash people’s email, it’s not my list, but you do that on
any list and the admins will ask you to stop or throw you off. This
isn’t ideology, philosophy, the content of your messages, a drug list,
a ibogaine list, it’s continuing to disrupt people’s email even after
you’ve obviously upset alot of them who were upset enough to post about
it and usually don’t have anything to say on the list. Some of them
were even polite and tried to explain their problem with it 😉

On the sunny side of online problems, for the first time I can
remember, I’ve posted and not received Capt. Kirk’s error messages 🙂
Way to go Capt’n, did you finally find Scotty to fix the enterpise? 😉

.:vector:.

— “Sjonnygee .” <sjonnygee@msn.com> wrote:

———————————

Jesus  , people can be so fucking petty – what’s your real problem ?  I
dont have cable yet I can deal with a multi Meg file by deleting it if
it’s something I don’t need. This is one mistake by someone , get over
yourself ………….. fuck !!!!!!!!

sjonny.

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From:  Vector Vector <vector620022002@yahoo.com>
Reply-To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject:  Re: [Ibogaine] To Ron Please Stop
Date:  Tue, 23 Aug 2005 17:59:36 -0700 (PDT)
You don’t seem to be getting it. It doesn’t matter if someone opens it
or not, if they have limited quotas for disk space then your messages
with the huge pictures just broke their email and made all their other
email bounce out.

If they have a slow connection, they still have to sit and wait for
your huge message to download then decide they don’t want to read it.
Unlike most of their spam, you are sending it to the ibogaine list
which people tell their spam filters to let through.

Nomatter your intention, you are breaking people’s email it looks like
on purpose at this point because people keep asking you to stop doing
that.

.:vector:.

— Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:

i give it to you my friend. thank you for communicating with me in
my
native language. if you opened my last email, shame on you as i
qualified it in NO UNCERTAIN TERMS.  THE READER KNEW WHAT HE OR SHE
WAS GETTING IN TO.  I LEARNED ANOTHER VALUABLE LESSON, THERE IS A
GAP
IN TRANSLATION THAT I AM TOO UNSOPHISTICATED TO GRASP.  I’M NOT AS
FREAKING SMART AS I WANT TO BE NOR AS CONSIDERATE AS I THINK I AM.
THANK YOU FOR TEACHING ME THIS. ONE IBO SESSION DOES NOT A WHOLE
PERSON MAKE.
—– Original Message —–

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] ibogaine and dope sick
Date: August 23, 2005 at 10:18:01 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Yeah, like Ozzzy and his kids.
Everytime I hear about one of them checking in to Betty Ford, I think, “gee, must be nice way to go.”
But whether anything could ever Reeeeeeaaaly make me sane or feel it, well, that’s seriously debatable.

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: Sjonnygee .
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 9:57 PM
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] ibogaine and dope sick

I think if I were rich, I’d just fucking check myself in somewhere for a few weeks or a month
LOL ………….I honestly think about (fantasize) having huge amounts of cash and getting clean and happy in a comfortable, caring (cash inspired) enviroment sometimes – We have to dream – it helps keep me sane ………. !
sjonny.

From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] ibogaine and dope sick
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 21:04:14 -0400

ok, I did a slightly larger “booster” last night at 6PM, had ancient american indians starting at me, lots of little kids running away from me (I think related to abadonment issues, but am unsure still), and now I’m still a bit dope sick and miserable. I am so grateful to the person who helped me out- he rocks and I consider him a real friend, but I am really ill. Still. The ibogaine is wearing off completely leaving me feeling a bit frazzled and as already mentioned still a bit ill.
At least I’m sitting up for a few minutes- but as V says, take it a minute at a time.
I think if I were rich, I’d just fucking check myself in somewhere for a few weeks or a month. This is ridiculous. Just to detox from everything, nicotine, opiates, everything, just for a while to see what happens. So V says, “just do it here darn it,” but it’s really tough in NYC.
Anyway, wow am I sick feeling, goosebumps and chills, shivers and sweats. Aren’t opiates wonderful? When I have enough yeah, when not no.
BTW, our friend Marcus is ok, I ran into him on 2nd St. a few nights ago. He’s streetbound but ok- if that’s ever the word to use for someone street bound.
Also, to I guess Ron, who has apparently loaded up every else’s computer with attachments again (sorry, I have 300 and something unopened email to go through and am not up to it yet), my computer apparently doesn’t have the same problems others’ do- so perhaps I should apologize for suggesting you continue posting them, to you and to everyone.
I love you all, in that cyber sorta way.

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

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From: “Sjonnygee .” <sjonnygee@msn.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] To Ron Please Stop
Date: August 23, 2005 at 10:13:08 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Jesus  , people can be so fucking petty – what’s your real problem ?  I dont have cable yet I can deal with a multi Meg file by deleting it if it’s something I don’t need. This is one mistake by someone , get over yourself ………….. fuck !!!!!!!!
sjonny.

From:  Vector Vector <vector620022002@yahoo.com>
Reply-To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject:  Re: [Ibogaine] To Ron Please Stop
Date:  Tue, 23 Aug 2005 17:59:36 -0700 (PDT)
>You don’t seem to be getting it. It doesn’t matter if someone opens it
>or not, if they have limited quotas for disk space then your messages
>with the huge pictures just broke their email and made all their other
>email bounce out.
>
>If they have a slow connection, they still have to sit and wait for
>your huge message to download then decide they don’t want to read it.
>Unlike most of their spam, you are sending it to the ibogaine list
>which people tell their spam filters to let through.
>
>Nomatter your intention, you are breaking people’s email it looks like
>on purpose at this point because people keep asking you to stop doing
>that.
>
>.:vector:.
>
>— Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:
>
> > i give it to you my friend. thank you for communicating with me in my
> > native language. if you opened my last email, shame on you as i
> > qualified it in NO UNCERTAIN TERMS.  THE READER KNEW WHAT HE OR SHE
> > WAS GETTING IN TO.  I LEARNED ANOTHER VALUABLE LESSON, THERE IS A GAP
> > IN TRANSLATION THAT I AM TOO UNSOPHISTICATED TO GRASP.  I’M NOT AS
> > FREAKING SMART AS I WANT TO BE NOR AS CONSIDERATE AS I THINK I AM.
> > THANK YOU FOR TEACHING ME THIS. ONE IBO SESSION DOES NOT A WHOLE
> > PERSON MAKE.
> >   —– Original Message —–
>
>
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>Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
>http://mail.yahoo.com
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From: “Sjonnygee .” <sjonnygee@msn.com>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] ibogaine and dope sick
Date: August 23, 2005 at 9:57:37 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

> I think if I were rich, I’d just fucking check myself in somewhere for a few weeks or a month
LOL ………….I honestly think about (fantasize) having huge amounts of cash and getting clean and happy in a comfortable, caring (cash inspired) enviroment sometimes – We have to dream – it helps keep me sane ………. !
sjonny.

From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] ibogaine and dope sick
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 21:04:14 -0400
ok, I did a slightly larger “booster” last night at 6PM, had ancient american indians starting at me, lots of little kids running away from me (I think related to abadonment issues, but am unsure still), and now I’m still a bit dope sick and miserable. I am so grateful to the person who helped me out- he rocks and I consider him a real friend, but I am really ill. Still. The ibogaine is wearing off completely leaving me feeling a bit frazzled and as already mentioned still a bit ill.
At least I’m sitting up for a few minutes- but as V says, take it a minute at a time.
I think if I were rich, I’d just fucking check myself in somewhere for a few weeks or a month. This is ridiculous. Just to detox from everything, nicotine, opiates, everything, just for a while to see what happens. So V says, “just do it here darn it,” but it’s really tough in NYC.
Anyway, wow am I sick feeling, goosebumps and chills, shivers and sweats. Aren’t opiates wonderful? When I have enough yeah, when not no.
BTW, our friend Marcus is ok, I ran into him on 2nd St. a few nights ago. He’s streetbound but ok- if that’s ever the word to use for someone street bound.
Also, to I guess Ron, who has apparently loaded up every else’s computer with attachments again (sorry, I have 300 and something unopened email to go through and am not up to it yet), my computer apparently doesn’t have the same problems others’ do- so perhaps I should apologize for suggesting you continue posting them, to you and to everyone.
I love you all, in that cyber sorta way.

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] another ibo session
Date: August 23, 2005 at 9:20:49 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

go matthew

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
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Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: “Matthew Shriver” <matt@itsupport.net>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 9:52 AM
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] another ibo session

Matt
I haven’t done the capsule thing with ibogaine but I have with other drugs
that taste like ass, and I know people who have taken ibo in capsules.  It
takes a little longer to come on, something like 30 minutes to an hour
longer, because your body can’t begin to absorb it until the capsule itself
dissolves.

As for taking it in stages, the effect will be slower to peak, obviously,
that way, but that could be a good thing or a bad thing.  The last time I
took ibo I did it in an enema to avoid nausea and it came on really freaking
quick.  At the time it scared the hell out of me but in retrospect it was
probably a good thing, just based on the fact that I resigned myself to it
and it turned into a great experience.  I sort of suspect that if it had
come on slower, I would have acclimated to it better and might have had more
ego resistance to the whole thing and therefore not have gotten the powerful
effect I did.  Of course that’s just a theory, we can never really know.

I guess it depends on what you’re after, I’m more or less of the opinion
that you should take it all (whatever your full dose will be) and see what
happens.  I have also always wondered how people can take more ibogaine
hours after they are under the influence.  It seems to me like it would be
hard to stomach, even in a capsule.  I could never do more than sip water
for a couple days after taking it.

But the slow, over time, dosing schedule would be less stressful I’m sure,
and produce a smoother transition into ibo-space.

Good luck and let us know how it goes.
Matt

—–Original Message—–
From: matthew zielinski [mailto:mattzielinski@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 6:57 AM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] another ibo session

Hello people

I can finally afford ibogaine and will be having another ibo seesion next
fridday

but i dont want to put it down with water and drink it so im putting it into

5 capsules 200mg each.

Will the trip be more intense if i take the whole dose at once? Preferably i

would like to take 2 every hour or so because of my health issues but if
that means the trip is going to suffer then fuk it!

Anybody have experience with capsules?…..how long is the wait>?….is it
the same as taken in a drink form>?

I just went cold turkey from an oxy habbit and still feel shaky but doing ok

however i know without ibo i just go back to using.  In fact yestarday a
buddy called me saying he just has a new batch.  So im already jonsing like
a mothefuker!!

Too much temptations!!

Pls send positive vibes for a SAFE journey(no need to send messages tothe
list, a positive thought send my way inside ur room is more than enough)

Love
Matt

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] ibogaine and dope sick
Date: August 23, 2005 at 9:04:14 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

ok, I did a slightly larger “booster” last night at 6PM, had ancient american indians starting at me, lots of little kids running away from me (I think related to abadonment issues, but am unsure still), and now I’m still a bit dope sick and miserable. I am so grateful to the person who helped me out- he rocks and I consider him a real friend, but I am really ill. Still. The ibogaine is wearing off completely leaving me feeling a bit frazzled and as already mentioned still a bit ill.
At least I’m sitting up for a few minutes- but as V says, take it a minute at a time.
I think if I were rich, I’d just fucking check myself in somewhere for a few weeks or a month. This is ridiculous. Just to detox from everything, nicotine, opiates, everything, just for a while to see what happens. So V says, “just do it here darn it,” but it’s really tough in NYC.
Anyway, wow am I sick feeling, goosebumps and chills, shivers and sweats. Aren’t opiates wonderful? When I have enough yeah, when not no.
BTW, our friend Marcus is ok, I ran into him on 2nd St. a few nights ago. He’s streetbound but ok- if that’s ever the word to use for someone street bound.
Also, to I guess Ron, who has apparently loaded up every else’s computer with attachments again (sorry, I have 300 and something unopened email to go through and am not up to it yet), my computer apparently doesn’t have the same problems others’ do- so perhaps I should apologize for suggesting you continue posting them, to you and to everyone.
I love you all, in that cyber sorta way.

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

From: Boris Leshinsky <bleshins@bigpond.net.au>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fw: Bird Strike on C-130 BE CAREFUL ON WHAT YOU TRY TO OPEN THIS IS LONG AND YOU MAY HATE ME MORE THAN YOU ALREADY DO
Date: August 23, 2005 at 9:01:49 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Anyone seen the Little Britain comedy series?

Marvin the Paranoid Android seems to have evolved into the Little Britain character, Anne, the mental patient. “Eh-Eh-Eh”.
That show is probably not on in the US though.

Tolerance does not work without respect.

But I suppose the show must go on.

Boris

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From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Re: Ron and photos
Date: August 23, 2005 at 9:01:15 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Well Ron, just wanted to say, you are more than welcome to send any
interesting photos to my personal email.
Like I’ve said, I guess I just don’t understand the space/modem issue so I
guess it’s best not to send any attachments, no matter how small.
Just stick with your rants, then if they winj, they can find the door.
Luff lite n lafta to all
Kirk :o)

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From: Vector Vector <vector620022002@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] To Ron Please Stop
Date: August 23, 2005 at 8:59:36 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

You don’t seem to be getting it. It doesn’t matter if someone opens it
or not, if they have limited quotas for disk space then your messages
with the huge pictures just broke their email and made all their other
email bounce out.

If they have a slow connection, they still have to sit and wait for
your huge message to download then decide they don’t want to read it.
Unlike most of their spam, you are sending it to the ibogaine list
which people tell their spam filters to let through.

Nomatter your intention, you are breaking people’s email it looks like
on purpose at this point because people keep asking you to stop doing
that.

.:vector:.

— Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:

i give it to you my friend. thank you for communicating with me in my
native language. if you opened my last email, shame on you as i
qualified it in NO UNCERTAIN TERMS.  THE READER KNEW WHAT HE OR SHE
WAS GETTING IN TO.  I LEARNED ANOTHER VALUABLE LESSON, THERE IS A GAP
IN TRANSLATION THAT I AM TOO UNSOPHISTICATED TO GRASP.  I’M NOT AS
FREAKING SMART AS I WANT TO BE NOR AS CONSIDERATE AS I THINK I AM.
THANK YOU FOR TEACHING ME THIS. ONE IBO SESSION DOES NOT A WHOLE
PERSON MAKE.
—– Original Message —–

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From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] To Ron Please Stop
Date: August 23, 2005 at 8:51:51 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Oh for feks sake it was ONE LARGE EMAIL~!!!!!!!
I’m getting annoyed now….
I think he’s been told enuff don’t you?
Those last photos were tiny….. no bigger than stuff other people have sent WITHOUT getting so much dung thrown at them for doing it.
Geez.
I’ve been told by more than one person that I post too much (but majority of them didn’t have the guts to winj to me about it… I guess you know WHO YOU ARE!! Haaaaa :oP~~~@).. hey I made the top 3, and can only hope I was sitting in number ONE position there for a while.
And Ron has cheered up…. Do you not remember what he was like in the past???
Bloody hell  just how damn perfect are some of you out there?
Love n hugs n kisses from one who will never be perfect.
And fekking happy about it too.
Yo  Ron still waiting for the 10  megabyte photo of you in the clown suit!!!
Heh
Kirkxxxxxxxxxx

From: Lorenzo [mailto:lorenzo-aguila@excite.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, 24 August 2005 12:24 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] To Ron Please Stop

When more then one person asks you to please show some respect for others who are not 
you, not because of content of what you say, nobody ask you to change your 
thoughts or beliefs except maybe cheer up once in while but ask you to stop sending
huge photo messages. Why do you feel need to become more annoying in way that is obviously on purpose?


Please have respect for others, asking this to you look like it results on re-doubled effort 
to be more annoying. ‘It was accident I don’t understand computers!’ and then keep 
doing it. 

I like email list to have overview of messages and read how I like, I turn off web graphics in
browser I have email partition set for list that keep filling up with junk.


Please show basic respect for other people and stop. Many have asked, I too am asking,
please stop filling my mail with junk. Thank you.


Cheers
Lorenzo


— On Tue 08/23, Ron Davis < rwd3@cox.net > wrote: From: Ron Davis [mailto: rwd3@cox.net] To: ibogaine@mindvox.com Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 17:30:47 -0500 Subject: [Ibogaine] Fw: Bird Strike on C-130 BE CAREFUL ON WHAT YOU TRY TO OPEN THIS IS LONG AND YOU MAY HATE ME MORE THAN YOU ALREADY DO caution, read this in detail, it is a test off topic.., it has no 
place on this forum other than to see if we all have learned from my 
weekend mistake. my flyboy/girl friends send them to me 
periodically to remind me of bushes’ war. watch your hard drives, 
ex military need not apply, do not compromise your pc for this 
tripe.. i intend no harm, this involves a bird, not a human… it is 
germain because war affects everyone /everything alive. foreign 
policy in the US must change if we are to survive another 50-100 yrs 
in a world that is compatible to the stomach and eyes and the rest of 
our senses. it is sent for shock value, wake up call and to generate 
conversation among those of us who lived in the good old days which 
slip all too quickly imho. vietnam was a real hoot, i lie about it 
to this day and what i did and they made it all the best kept secret 
on the planet. peace today so we can have it tomorrow, koko

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From: “orangesun Barrel” <kaliorangemist710@hotmail.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] O.D’s in the East Village related to Afghani de-regulation
Date: August 23, 2005 at 8:49:24 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Anybody know whats up with the with all the overdose deaths in the E. Village? I read an article in the Times that the smack is getting alot stronger. I think that since the U.S began occupations and the post 9-11 operations the quantity and quality of the herion has sky rocketed. Even in Syracuse (where i live)  my friends tell me that the shit is better now that it has been in the other Reagan drug conspiracy. I don’t know I i can really say its better (myself) becuase people are used to the same ol low quality shit  in Syr that im afraid what is happening in the city is gonna spread out. Its a lose lose situation if you ask me. Like they say :”You can always do more, but never less” Thats whats up yall, be aware and “GO_IBO” if ya  can

Arlo Zims

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From: Vector Vector <vector620022002@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] To Ron Please Stop
Date: August 23, 2005 at 8:47:47 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Ron I don’t hate you and don’t care about your attachments, I have DSL
a new computer and no disk space quota. Most peeps don’t have this, lot
of peeps pay for their disk storage space. If you did what you’re doing
on any list, they would throw you off.

Peeps have sent bigggg ass attachments to the ibogaine list before,
always by accident, when someone tells them this they say sorry and
stop doing it. You’re doing your best to act like a asshole. You’re
wasting other people’s time and money.

I don’t hate you, I’m not mad at you, you’ve made valuable
contributions to my life by telling me the secret origins of where Matt
Groening and The Simpsons ripped off Krusty The Klown from, sounds like
a identical copy of Koko the Klown, iguess Matt liked the show in his
childhood too 😉

In case you don’t understand computers or even basic conduct and want
to ignore everyone here who has asked nicely or not so nicely ;), here
are helpful guides. No giant pictures attached.

.:vector:.

http://www.petri.co.il/email_netiquette.htm

Ask before sending attachments

Sending idiotic 2MB pictures, Flash greeting cards, movie clips or
other large content may be quite frustrating. Consider the fact that a
lot of people may have just wanted to quickly check their e-mail and
ended up waiting 20 minutes for a stupid attachment to download from
their mail server.

Also, on most servers that use strict quota limits, if a mailbox is not
constantly emptied, overly large attachments can clog it and prevent
the owner from getting e-mail.

http://www.onlinenetiquette.com/courtesy1.html

Always minimize, compress or “zip” large files before sending. Many
folks new to the online world do not realize how large documents,
graphics or photo files are. Guess what? They are large enough to fill
someone’s e-mail box and cause their other mail to bounce! Get in the
habit of compressing anything over 200,000 bytes. (You can view file
sizes in Windows Explorer. Simply right click on the file name and
choose properties.) There are several types of file compression
software available for these purposes. Do not send unannounced large
attachments to others because you think that photo or file is cute or
cool or neat. Ask first!

Many onliners still have to wait up to 30 minutes or more to open
overly large files due to their connection speed.

To send large files that take a long time to download that may not
respect the other person’s time, reflect their sense of humor or point
of view and may even max out their e-mail box is pretty inconsiderate
and lazy.

— Lorenzo <lorenzo-aguila@excite.com> wrote:

When more then one person asks you to please show some respect for
others who are not you, not because of content of what you say,
nobody ask you to change your thoughts or beliefs except maybe cheer
up once in while but ask you to stop sending huge photo messages. Why
do you feel need to become more annoying in way that is obviously on
purpose?

Please have respect for others, asking this to you look like it
results on re-doubled effort to be more annoying. ‘It was accident I
don’t understand computers!’ and then keep doing it.

I like email list to have overview of messages and read how I like, I
turn off web graphics in browser I have email partition set for list
that keep filling up with junk.

Please show basic respect for other people and stop. Many have asked,
I too am asking, please stop filling my mail with junk. Thank you.

Cheers
Lorenzo

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] To Ron Please Stop
Date: August 23, 2005 at 8:45:44 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

i give it to you my friend. thank you for communicating with me in my native language. if you opened my last email, shame on you as i qualified it in NO UNCERTAIN TERMS.  THE READER KNEW WHAT HE OR SHE WAS GETTING IN TO.  I LEARNED ANOTHER VALUABLE LESSON, THERE IS A GAP IN TRANSLATION THAT I AM TOO UNSOPHISTICATED TO GRASP.  I’M NOT AS FREAKING SMART AS I WANT TO BE NOR AS CONSIDERATE AS I THINK I AM.  THANK YOU FOR TEACHING ME THIS. ONE IBO SESSION DOES NOT A WHOLE PERSON MAKE.
—– Original Message —–
From: Lorenzo
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 7:23 PM
Subject: [Ibogaine] To Ron Please Stop

When more then one person asks you to please show some respect for others who are not
you, not because of content of what you say, nobody ask you to change your
thoughts or beliefs except maybe cheer up once in while but ask you to stop sending
huge photo messages. Why do you feel need to become more annoying in way that is obviously on purpose?

Please have respect for others, asking this to you look like it results on re-doubled effort
to be more annoying. ‘It was accident I don’t understand computers!’ and then keep
doing it.

I like email list to have overview of messages and read how I like, I turn off web graphics in
browser I have email partition set for list that keep filling up with junk.

Please show basic respect for other people and stop. Many have asked, I too am asking,
please stop filling my mail with junk. Thank you.

Cheers
Lorenzo

— On Tue 08/23, Ron Davis < rwd3@cox.net > wrote: From: Ron Davis [mailto: rwd3@cox.net] To: ibogaine@mindvox.com Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 17:30:47 -0500 Subject: [Ibogaine] Fw: Bird Strike on C-130 BE CAREFUL ON WHAT YOU TRY TO OPEN THIS IS LONG AND YOU MAY HATE ME MORE THAN YOU ALREADY DO caution, read this in detail, it is a test off topic.., it has no
place on this forum other than to see if we all have learned from my
weekend mistake. my flyboy/girl friends send them to me
periodically to remind me of bushes’ war. watch your hard drives,
ex military need not apply, do not compromise your pc for this
tripe.. i intend no harm, this involves a bird, not a human… it is
germain because war affects everyone /everything alive. foreign
policy in the US must change if we are to survive another 50-100 yrs
in a world that is compatible to the stomach and eyes and the rest of
our senses. it is sent for shock value, wake up call and to generate
conversation among those of us who lived in the good old days which
slip all too quickly imho. vietnam was a real hoot, i lie about it
to this day and what i did and they made it all the best kept secret
on the planet. peace today so we can have it tomorrow, koko

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From: “Lorenzo” <lorenzo-aguila@excite.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] To Ron Please Stop
Date: August 23, 2005 at 8:23:39 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

When more then one person asks you to please show some respect for others who are not
you, not because of content of what you say, nobody ask you to change your
thoughts or beliefs except maybe cheer up once in while but ask you to stop sending
huge photo messages. Why do you feel need to become more annoying in way that is obviously on purpose?

Please have respect for others, asking this to you look like it results on re-doubled effort
to be more annoying. ‘It was accident I don’t understand computers!’ and then keep
doing it.

I like email list to have overview of messages and read how I like, I turn off web graphics in
browser I have email partition set for list that keep filling up with junk.

Please show basic respect for other people and stop. Many have asked, I too am asking,
please stop filling my mail with junk. Thank you.

Cheers
Lorenzo

— On Tue 08/23, Ron Davis < rwd3@cox.net > wrote: From: Ron Davis [mailto: rwd3@cox.net] To: ibogaine@mindvox.com Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 17:30:47 -0500 Subject: [Ibogaine] Fw: Bird Strike on C-130 BE CAREFUL ON WHAT YOU TRY TO OPEN THIS IS LONG AND YOU MAY HATE ME MORE THAN YOU ALREADY DO caution, read this in detail, it is a test off topic.., it has no
place on this forum other than to see if we all have learned from my
weekend mistake. my flyboy/girl friends send them to me
periodically to remind me of bushes’ war. watch your hard drives,
ex military need not apply, do not compromise your pc for this
tripe.. i intend no harm, this involves a bird, not a human… it is
germain because war affects everyone /everything alive. foreign
policy in the US must change if we are to survive another 50-100 yrs
in a world that is compatible to the stomach and eyes and the rest of
our senses. it is sent for shock value, wake up call and to generate
conversation among those of us who lived in the good old days which
slip all too quickly imho. vietnam was a real hoot, i lie about it
to this day and what i did and they made it all the best kept secret
on the planet. peace today so we can have it tomorrow, koko

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From: “Sjonnygee .” <sjonnygee@msn.com>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Congrats Sjonny!
Date: August 23, 2005 at 8:25:22 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hello Randy , my weight is 80 kgs and I took plenty of omega 4 , c.l.o and magnesium/zinc tablets around 5 weeks before my doses . Having trust and confidence in my provider was paramount to me and this proved to be the most important criteria for future treatment – I can’t imagine a better provider. This is an absolute must , I was rewarded by choosing an excellent experienced man to do this ,  who I can’t thank enough ,
sjonny.

From: RowdyRandy420@aol.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] Congrats Sjonny!
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 07:25:28 EDT

Sjonny, just curious, how much do you weigh and what kind of vitamins and
supplements did you take in the days leading up to your treatment? By the way,
congrats on what seems to have been a good experience for you! Good luck, Stay
Strong!

Randy

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Fw: Bird Strike on C-130 BE CAREFUL ON WHAT YOU TRY TO OPEN THIS IS LONG AND YOU MAY HATE ME MORE THAN YOU ALREADY DO
Date: August 23, 2005 at 6:30:47 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

caution, read this in detail, it is a test off topic.., it has no place on this forum other than to see if we all have learned from my weekend mistake.  my flyboy/girl friends send them to me  periodically  to remind me of bushes’ war.  watch your hard drives, ex military need not apply, do not compromise your pc for this tripe.. i intend no harm, this involves a bird, not a human… it is germain because war affects everyone /everything alive.  foreign policy  in the US must change if we are to survive another 50-100 yrs in a world that is compatible to the stomach and eyes and the rest of our senses.  it is sent for shock value, wake up call and to generate conversation among those of us who lived in the good old days which slip all too quickly imho.  vietnam was a real hoot, i lie about it to this day and what i did and they made it all the best kept secret on the planet. peace today  so we can have it tomorrow, koko
—– Original Message —–
From
To
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 8:21 PM
Subject: Bird Strike on C-130

Here is what happens when a C-130 tangles with an eagle.

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From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] ot-sort of
Date: August 23, 2005 at 5:41:56 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I like this guy so go have a read and see what you think..I’d like to get
some of this stuff for a mate.. but funds are…hey what funds? Lol
http://www.agora-inc.com/reports/655SUJS/W655E744/?o=165678&u=2912879&l=6497
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Sending you healing vibes
Kirk xxxxx

—–Original Message—–
From: tink [mailto:tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 24 August 2005 5:50 a.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] ot-sort of

i just found out that i have carpal tunnel and tendonitis in my right
wrist.  Any one know anything about this?
Oww…
Thanks,
love
tink

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From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] to all of koko’s critics …he’s evolved again cain’t help himself; for the shuttle debacle
Date: August 23, 2005 at 5:29:00 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

anyone else ever send you a long email?  naw, probably not….I’m the first
i suppose.
[Capt Kirk]
HAHAHA hear hear RON!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lol
KIRK xx

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From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] to all of koko’s critics …he’s evolved again cain’t help himself; for the shuttle debacle
Date: August 23, 2005 at 5:27:06 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Please go to the start page of the Ibogaine list and READ IT.
I happen to like Ron, and have found recently he has found a sense of humour
that,  like ALL humour will not always be understood or appreciated….
It has been a pleasure to see Ron come from a place of doom and gloom to one
of more joviality…. and as you said…just DON’T READ IT.
I ALSO use a modem to download mail…. what’s the deal with yours freezing?
I don’t get it….I don’t have top of the line computer either.
So, stop YOUR whining lol… said with a laugh and no offence intended…
Carry on RON…..that’s what this list is for.. whatever you want to say on
any particular day.
KIRK.

—–Original Message—–
From: Vivienne Elanta [mailto:vivienneelanta@yahoo.com.au]
Sent: Wednesday, 24 August 2005 3:50 a.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] to all of koko’s critics …he’s evolved again
cain’t help himself; for the shuttle debacle

Ron would you please stop acting like a whiny 5 year old and stop sending
all
this crap to the list. I use a modem to read my mail, find it freezes up for
10
minutes because it’s downloading 4 copies of something I can’t even open
once
it’s sent because some arsehole keeps sending this claptrap.

The whole list, the whole world is not about your problems. Carrying on and
on
about poor me got tiresome 6 months after you started, now I just skip over
most of your messages. Inflicting this junk on everyone signed onto the
ibogaine list is carrying it a little too far. AFAIK this is the ibogaine
list,
not the poor, poor Ron list. Shut up already, get off your arse and do
something about your problems.

If someone feels I should get cable access or a faster computer, please do
let
me know and I’m more then happy to send you my address for your donation.

Blessed be
Vivienne Elanta

— Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:

—– Original Message —–
From
To:
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 9:00 PM

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] dancing bwiti kills my self (ibo & nightlife pt II) ron to sch…(ot)
Date: August 23, 2005 at 4:43:54 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Schmooly:
never heard back.  i’m thinkin persona non grata. just read some of the recent posts and you’ll see why.  how was it?  pix?  always interested in motorscooters, always.  had dinner with Sonny Barger in ’67 bout the time Oakland Angels broke up and he went south to get his scooter and woman. he stopped by my head shop after a speeding ticket to see the 48 Indian Chief the heat kept telling him about.  i traded it for dope 2 years later, the first of many regretful doper mistakes, ron. hope all is well
—– Original Message —–
From: Schmoolyboy@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 11:23 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] dancing bwiti kills my self (ibo & nightlife pt II) ron to sch…

I will be on a 3 week motorcycle trip. If anyone from the group is going to be in Sturgis S. Dakota for the rally, let me know on this list. Would like to meet.

From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] ot-sort of
Date: August 23, 2005 at 3:28:34 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

hertz, especially when self amusement may be a factor. of course me detractors won’t elaborate on that cuz they arez egoless  now and fully enlightened. i’m still sick and so is me cat, arrrrr..koko
—– Original Message —– From: “tink” <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 12:50 PM
Subject: [Ibogaine] ot-sort of

i just found out that i have carpal tunnel and tendonitis in my right
wrist.  Any one know anything about this?
Oww…
Thanks,
love
tink

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From: shelley krupa <skrupa20022002@yahoo.com>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] ot-sort of
Date: August 23, 2005 at 3:07:29 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hi All ,I was diagnosed with ulnar nerve neuropathy,had the emg & all, acupuncture got rid of it for me,good luck -shell

“Sjonnygee .” <sjonnygee@msn.com> wrote:
Hi Tink , I have a guitarist freind who suffered this because of excessive finger and wrist movements (you can imagine) – resting your hand and digits is the first step , anti-inflammatory drugs are the second. Ask a doctor for the rest …….. good luck ! ………….. sjonny.

From:  tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Reply-To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject:  [Ibogaine] ot-sort of
Date:  Tue, 23 Aug 2005 13:50:02 -0400
>i just found out that i have carpal tunnel and tendonitis in my right
>wrist.  Any one know anything about this?
>Oww…
>Thanks,
>love
>tink
>
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From: “Sjonnygee .” <sjonnygee@msn.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Sjonny
Date: August 23, 2005 at 3:04:17 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Thanks everyone , I have to say that the tribal warrior/shaman apparitions were vivid and gave me a profound sense of ‘not being alone’ – I was ‘conversing’ with them and they danced and kept reassuring me ‘ it’s going to be ok ‘.  This all happened in the context of Ibogaine reality and seemed perfectly acceptable.
The capsules I took (at two hour intervals) produced no nausea , I could feel the rise,plateau and easing off of the first two , then everything washed into one ,       
                                                                                            sjonny

From:  Capt Kirk <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject:  Re: [Ibogaine] Sjonny
Date:  Fri, 19 Aug 2005 22:24:21 -0700 (PDT)
>Trying not to be jealous of your iboganaut-ness but
>cool, I am very happy for ya!
>My turn will come.
>Manifesting all requirements.ribal
>Sweet as
>KIrk :o)
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From: “Sjonnygee .” <sjonnygee@msn.com>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] ot-sort of
Date: August 23, 2005 at 2:10:56 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hi Tink , I have a guitarist freind who suffered this because of excessive finger and wrist movements (you can imagine) – resting your hand and digits is the first step , anti-inflammatory drugs are the second. Ask a doctor for the rest …….. good luck ! ………….. sjonny.

From:  tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Reply-To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
To:  ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject:  [Ibogaine] ot-sort of
Date:  Tue, 23 Aug 2005 13:50:02 -0400
>i just found out that i have carpal tunnel and tendonitis in my right
>wrist.  Any one know anything about this?
>Oww…
>Thanks,
>love
>tink
>
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From: Vivienne Elanta <vivienneelanta@yahoo.com.au>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] to all of koko’s critics …he’s evolved again cain’t help himself; for the shuttle debacle
Date: August 23, 2005 at 1:46:11 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

All is forgiven ron, if it makes you feel any better go right ahead and keep
venting.

I was a bit annoyed when all of that landed in my mail, please do realise that
not all of us are in the states where you take everything for granted and can
talk about poverty being someone who drives a ford taurus. Not saying i’m
destitute, i’m not, but cable is not available everywhere and in parts where it
is it can be frightfully expensive.

Blessed be
Vivienne Elanta
— Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:

you have evolved well after ibo, but you are right, i should remain
silent while others accuse me of intentionally jamming their
expensive machines knowing that for most of us (or at least me) it
represents about 1/3 of my gross income.  i cop to my misdeeds but
don’t like wearing things wrongly attributed to me because i did not
have Stephen Hawkins’ grasp of the universe.  do you set the bar that
high for yourself? maybe so, then my bad, point is , i know most of
us suffer financially thru our predicament and i would never
intentionally screw someone over thru this forum, or any
other……..  5 yr. old?  just gettin’ down where we can all
communicate on same level.  don’t like me?  neither did the heat or
snitches or screws…sorry i haven’t made it to where you are, i.e.
standing silently by drinking what’s left of my cold coffee on a
sunday morning takin’ it in the arse for trying to share something i
thought others may like.  do i know all the nuances of pc’s?  no, and
don’t tell me to leave it alone til i do…kind of like saying stay
high until you understand straight first. won’t work w/ me.  sorry
for the inconvenience.  anyone else ever send you a long email?  naw,
probably not….I’m the first i suppose.  sorry for the inconvenience
but i have learned some valuable lessons, thanks to you
guys …computers are unpredictable to me and easy to screw up.  ever
have one go out for no fucking reason?  probably not, but i have.
ibonauts are still travellers on very long journeys, they piss and
moan and groan when unexpectedly inconvenienced, like when the car
doesn’t start and yer on yer way to work.  just about the time they
are patting themselves on each others backs about how far they’ve
come.  maybe i’ll make it one day, maybe not, but you ain’t gonna
keepme from it cuz it’s  a bad hair day.  ONE LAST TIME, I”M SORRY
FOLKS..NOW SOME DOC WILL CHIME IN,  THAT’S YOUR PROBLEM RON, ALWAYS
GOING OFF AND ‘POLOGIZING WHEN THE SHITE HITS THE FAN…..POOR
BASTARD.  GIRL, I’D BUY YOU THAT DAMN PC IF I COULD AFFORD IT B/C IT
MAKES ME FEEL GOOD  TO GET PEOPLE UNEXPECTED GIFTS.  IT WOULD BE
ANONYMOUS SO’Z YOU WOULD’N’T TRASH IT B/4 YOU OPENED IT.  ON WITH THE
SHOW, PLEEZE, KOKO
—– Original Message —– From: “Vivienne Elanta”
<vivienneelanta@yahoo.com.au>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 10:50 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] to all of koko’s critics …he’s evolved
again cain’t help himself; for the shuttle debacle

Ron would you please stop acting like a whiny 5 year old and stop
sending all
this crap to the list. I use a modem to read my mail, find it
freezes up for 10
minutes because it’s downloading 4 copies of something I can’t even
open once
it’s sent because some arsehole keeps sending this claptrap.

The whole list, the whole world is not about your problems.
Carrying on and on
about poor me got tiresome 6 months after you started, now I just
skip over
most of your messages. Inflicting this junk on everyone signed onto
the
ibogaine list is carrying it a little too far. AFAIK this is the
ibogaine list,
not the poor, poor Ron list. Shut up already, get off your arse and do
something about your problems.

If someone feels I should get cable access or a faster computer,
please do let
me know and I’m more then happy to send you my address for your
donation.

Blessed be
Vivienne Elanta

— Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:

—– Original Message —–
From
To:
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 9:00 PM

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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] ot-sort of
Date: August 23, 2005 at 1:50:02 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

i just found out that i have carpal tunnel and tendonitis in my right
wrist.  Any one know anything about this?
Oww…
Thanks,
love
tink

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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] another ibo session
Date: August 23, 2005 at 1:41:16 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

BE CAREFUL!! Email me-
love you
tink

On 8/23/05, shelley krupa <skrupa20022002@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi Matt, Ive done it all at once, over three hours & a very slow taper, if
youre wanting to experience the real flood & be safe ,you can still do your
dose divided into 3 capsules ,youll still have the flood, but what exactly
are your safety concerns?best luck -shell

Matthew Shriver <matt@itsupport.net> wrote:
Matt
I haven’t done the capsule thing with ibogaine but I have with other drugs
that taste like ass, and I know people who have taken ibo in capsules. It
takes a little longer to come on, something like 30 minutes to an hour
longer, because your body can’t begin to absorb it until the capsule itself
dissolves.

As for taking it in stages, the effect will be slower to peak, obviously,
that way, but that could be a good thing or a bad thing. The last time I
took ibo I did it in an enema to avoid nausea and it came on really freaking
quick. At the time it scared the hell out of me but in retrospect it was
probably a good thing, just based on the fact that I resigned myself to it
and it turned into a great experience. I sort of suspect that if it had
come on slower, I would have acclimated to it better and might have had more
ego resistance to the whole thing and therefore not have gotten the powerful
effect I did. Of course that’s just a theory, we can never really know.

I guess it depends on what you’re after, I’m more or less of the opinion
that you should take it all (whatever your full dose will be) and see what
happens. I have also always wondered how people can take more ibogaine
hours after they are under the influence. It seems to me like it would be
hard to stomach, even in a capsule. I could never do more than sip water
for a couple days after taking it.

But the slow, over time, dosing schedule would be less stressful I’m sure,
and produce a smoother transition into ibo-space.

Good luck and let us know how it goes.
Matt

—–Original Message—–
From: matthew zielinski [mailto:mattzielinski@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 6:57 AM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] another ibo session

Hello people

I can finally afford ibogaine and will be having another ibo seesion next
fridday

but i dont want to put it down with water and drink it so im putting it into

5 capsules 200mg each.

Will the trip be more intense if i take the whole dose at once? Preferably i

would like to take 2 every hour or so because of my health issues but if
that means the trip is going to suffer then fuk it!

Anybody have experience with capsules?…..how long is the wait>?….is it
the same as taken in a drink form>?

I just went cold turkey from an oxy habbit and still feel shaky but doing ok

however i know without ibo i just go back to using. In fact yestarday a
buddy called me saying he just has a new batch. So im already jonsing like
a mothefuker!!

Too much temptations!!

Pls send positive vibes for a SAFE journey(no need to send messages tothe
list, a positive thought send my way inside ur room is more than enough)

Love
Matt

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] to all of koko’s critics …he’s evolved again cain’t help himself; for the shuttle debacle
Date: August 23, 2005 at 12:52:01 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

you have evolved well after ibo, but you are right, i should remain silent while others accuse me of intentionally jamming their expensive machines knowing that for most of us (or at least me) it represents about 1/3 of my gross income.  i cop to my misdeeds but don’t like wearing things wrongly attributed to me because i did not have Stephen Hawkins’ grasp of the universe.  do you set the bar that high for yourself? maybe so, then my bad, point is , i know most of us suffer financially thru our predicament and i would never intentionally screw someone over thru this forum, or any other……..  5 yr. old?  just gettin’ down where we can all communicate on same level.  don’t like me?  neither did the heat or snitches or screws…sorry i haven’t made it to where you are, i.e. standing silently by drinking what’s left of my cold coffee on a sunday morning takin’ it in the arse for trying to share something i thought others may like.  do i know all the nuances of pc’s?  no, and don’t tell me to leave it alone til i do…kind of like saying stay high until you understand straight first. won’t work w/ me.  sorry for the inconvenience.  anyone else ever send you a long email?  naw, probably not….I’m the first i suppose.  sorry for the inconvenience but i have learned some valuable lessons, thanks to you guys …computers are unpredictable to me and easy to screw up.  ever have one go out for no fucking reason?  probably not, but i have. ibonauts are still travellers on very long journeys, they piss and moan and groan when unexpectedly inconvenienced, like when the car doesn’t start and yer on yer way to work.  just about the time they are patting themselves on each others backs about how far they’ve come.  maybe i’ll make it one day, maybe not, but you ain’t gonna keepme from it cuz it’s  a bad hair day.  ONE LAST TIME, I”M SORRY FOLKS..NOW SOME DOC WILL CHIME IN,  THAT’S YOUR PROBLEM RON, ALWAYS GOING OFF AND ‘POLOGIZING WHEN THE SHITE HITS THE FAN…..POOR BASTARD.  GIRL, I’D BUY YOU THAT DAMN PC IF I COULD AFFORD IT B/C IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD  TO GET PEOPLE UNEXPECTED GIFTS.  IT WOULD BE ANONYMOUS SO’Z YOU WOULD’N’T TRASH IT B/4 YOU OPENED IT.  ON WITH THE SHOW, PLEEZE, KOKO
—– Original Message —– From: “Vivienne Elanta” <vivienneelanta@yahoo.com.au>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 10:50 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] to all of koko’s critics …he’s evolved again cain’t help himself; for the shuttle debacle

Ron would you please stop acting like a whiny 5 year old and stop sending all
this crap to the list. I use a modem to read my mail, find it freezes up for 10
minutes because it’s downloading 4 copies of something I can’t even open once
it’s sent because some arsehole keeps sending this claptrap.

The whole list, the whole world is not about your problems. Carrying on and on
about poor me got tiresome 6 months after you started, now I just skip over
most of your messages. Inflicting this junk on everyone signed onto the
ibogaine list is carrying it a little too far. AFAIK this is the ibogaine list,
not the poor, poor Ron list. Shut up already, get off your arse and do
something about your problems.

If someone feels I should get cable access or a faster computer, please do let
me know and I’m more then happy to send you my address for your donation.

Blessed be
Vivienne Elanta

— Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:

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Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 9:00 PM

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From: Vivienne Elanta <vivienneelanta@yahoo.com.au>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] to all of koko’s critics …he’s evolved again cain’t help himself; for the shuttle debacle
Date: August 23, 2005 at 11:50:21 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Ron would you please stop acting like a whiny 5 year old and stop sending all
this crap to the list. I use a modem to read my mail, find it freezes up for 10
minutes because it’s downloading 4 copies of something I can’t even open once
it’s sent because some arsehole keeps sending this claptrap.

The whole list, the whole world is not about your problems. Carrying on and on
about poor me got tiresome 6 months after you started, now I just skip over
most of your messages. Inflicting this junk on everyone signed onto the
ibogaine list is carrying it a little too far. AFAIK this is the ibogaine list,
not the poor, poor Ron list. Shut up already, get off your arse and do
something about your problems.

If someone feels I should get cable access or a faster computer, please do let
me know and I’m more then happy to send you my address for your donation.

Blessed be
Vivienne Elanta

— Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:

—– Original Message —–
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To:
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 9:00 PM

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] attachments from Ron
Date: August 23, 2005 at 11:17:44 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

that you can’t , man you crack me up dude
—– Original Message —–
From: BiscuitBoy714@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 2:07 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] attachments from Ron

In a message dated 8/22/05 12:13:59 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Ron Davis writes:

Thanks me Cap’n.  this freakin’ forum sounds like where I work….. a bunch
of
pussies for a bearucaracy that can’t , no matter how freakin hard they try,
to get outside that box they are all trapped in

Pussies? Pussies? Who you callin’  pussy? Don’t get me started man, I mean, I like pussies in general, some of them are real close to me. Pussies and me go way back, all the way to the start of my life if you look at it in a certain way. Pussies are people too man. Power to the pussies I say. I just can’t say enough about the pussies in my life.                      Randy

From: shelley krupa <skrupa20022002@yahoo.com>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] another ibo session
Date: August 23, 2005 at 10:02:36 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hi Matt, Ive done it all at once, over three hours & a very slow taper, if youre wanting to experience the real flood & be safe ,you can still do your dose divided into 3 capsules ,youll still have the flood, but what exactly are your safety concerns?best luck -shell

Matthew Shriver <matt@itsupport.net> wrote:
Matt
I haven’t done the capsule thing with ibogaine but I have with other drugs
that taste like ass, and I know people who have taken ibo in capsules. It
takes a little longer to come on, something like 30 minutes to an hour
longer, because your body can’t begin to absorb it until the capsule itself
dissolves.

As for taking it in stages, the effect will be slower to peak, obviously,
that way, but that could be a good thing or a bad thing. The last time I
took ibo I did it in an enema to avoid nausea and it came on really freaking
quick. At the time it scared the hell out of me but in retrospect it was
probably a good thing, just based on the fact that I resigned myself to it
and it turned into a great experience. I sort of suspect that if it had
come on slower, I would have acclimated to it better and might have had more
ego resistance to the whole thing and therefore not have gotten the powerful
effect I did. Of course that’s just a theory, we can never really know.

I guess it depends on what you’re after, I’m more or less of the opinion
that you should take it all (whatever your full dose will be) and see what
happens. I have also always wondered how people can take more ibogaine
hours after they are under the influence. It seems to me like it would be
hard to stomach, even in a capsule. I could never do more than sip water
for a couple days after taking it.

But the slow, over time, dosing schedule would be less stressful I’m sure,
and produce a smoother transition into ibo-space.

Good luck and let us know how it goes.
Matt

—–Original Message—–
From: matthew zielinski [mailto:mattzielinski@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 6:57 AM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] another ibo session

Hello people

I can finally afford ibogaine and will be having another ibo seesion next
fridday

but i dont want to put it down with water and drink it so im putting it into

5 capsules 200mg each.

Will the trip be more intense if i take the whole dose at once? Preferably i

would like to take 2 every hour or so because of my health issues but if
that means the trip is going to suffer then fuk it!

Anybody have experience with capsules?…..how long is the wait>?….is it
the same as taken in a drink form>?

I just went cold turkey from an oxy habbit and still feel shaky but doing ok

however i know without ibo i just go back to using. In fact yestarday a
buddy called me saying he just has a new batch. So im already jonsing like
a mothefuker!!

Too much temptations!!

Pls send positive vibes for a SAFE journey(no need to send messages tothe
list, a positive thought send my way inside ur room is more than enough)

Love
Matt

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From: “Matthew Shriver” <matt@itsupport.net>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] another ibo session
Date: August 23, 2005 at 9:52:07 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Matt
I haven’t done the capsule thing with ibogaine but I have with other drugs
that taste like ass, and I know people who have taken ibo in capsules.  It
takes a little longer to come on, something like 30 minutes to an hour
longer, because your body can’t begin to absorb it until the capsule itself
dissolves.

As for taking it in stages, the effect will be slower to peak, obviously,
that way, but that could be a good thing or a bad thing.  The last time I
took ibo I did it in an enema to avoid nausea and it came on really freaking
quick.  At the time it scared the hell out of me but in retrospect it was
probably a good thing, just based on the fact that I resigned myself to it
and it turned into a great experience.  I sort of suspect that if it had
come on slower, I would have acclimated to it better and might have had more
ego resistance to the whole thing and therefore not have gotten the powerful
effect I did.  Of course that’s just a theory, we can never really know.

I guess it depends on what you’re after, I’m more or less of the opinion
that you should take it all (whatever your full dose will be) and see what
happens.  I have also always wondered how people can take more ibogaine
hours after they are under the influence.  It seems to me like it would be
hard to stomach, even in a capsule.  I could never do more than sip water
for a couple days after taking it.

But the slow, over time, dosing schedule would be less stressful I’m sure,
and produce a smoother transition into ibo-space.

Good luck and let us know how it goes.
Matt

—–Original Message—–
From: matthew zielinski [mailto:mattzielinski@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 6:57 AM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] another ibo session

Hello people

I can finally afford ibogaine and will be having another ibo seesion next
fridday

but i dont want to put it down with water and drink it so im putting it into

5 capsules 200mg each.

Will the trip be more intense if i take the whole dose at once? Preferably i

would like to take 2 every hour or so because of my health issues but if
that means the trip is going to suffer then fuk it!

Anybody have experience with capsules?…..how long is the wait>?….is it
the same as taken in a drink form>?

I just went cold turkey from an oxy habbit and still feel shaky but doing ok

however i know without ibo i just go back to using.  In fact yestarday a
buddy called me saying he just has a new batch.  So im already jonsing like
a mothefuker!!

Too much temptations!!

Pls send positive vibes for a SAFE journey(no need to send messages tothe
list, a positive thought send my way inside ur room is more than enough)

Love
Matt

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From: “matthew zielinski” <mattzielinski@hotmail.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] another ibo session
Date: August 23, 2005 at 8:57:25 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hello people

I can finally afford ibogaine and will be having another ibo seesion next fridday

but i dont want to put it down with water and drink it so im putting it into 5 capsules 200mg each.

Will the trip be more intense if i take the whole dose at once? Preferably i would like to take 2 every hour or so because of my health issues but if that means the trip is going to suffer then fuk it!

Anybody have experience with capsules?…..how long is the wait>?….is it the same as taken in a drink form>?

I just went cold turkey from an oxy habbit and still feel shaky but doing ok however i know without ibo i just go back to using.  In fact yestarday a buddy called me saying he just has a new batch.  So im already jonsing like a mothefuker!!

Too much temptations!!

Pls send positive vibes for a SAFE journey(no need to send messages tothe list, a positive thought send my way inside ur room is more than enough)

Love
Matt

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From: “Jasen Chamoun” <jasenhappy@optusnet.com.au>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Randy boy…
Date: August 23, 2005 at 4:09:42 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Randy,

You crack me up man,..thanks for the laugh.

love ya mate, Jasen.

—– Original Message —–
From: BiscuitBoy714@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 5:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] attachments from Ron

In a message dated 8/22/05 12:13:59 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Ron Davis writes:

Thanks me Cap’n.  this freakin’ forum sounds like where I work….. a bunch
of
pussies for a bearucaracy that can’t , no matter how freakin hard they try,
to get outside that box they are all trapped in

Pussies? Pussies? Who you callin’  pussy? Don’t get me started man, I mean, I like pussies in general, some of them are real close to me. Pussies and me go way back, all the way to the start of my life if you look at it in a certain way. Pussies are people too man. Power to the pussies I say. I just can’t say enough about the pussies in my life.                      Randy

From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: [Ibogaine] to all of koko’s critics …he’s evolved again cain’t help himself; for the shuttle debacle
Date: August 23, 2005 at 3:16:55 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

—– Original Message —–
From
To:
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 9:00 PM
Subject:  !

1.   Anyone who receives this from me is NOT on my list…and it’s getting long! The photo is nothing, so don抰 worry if it doesn抰 come out. KOKO
Slap Your Co-Worker Day is Coming!! 


Tomorrow is the official Slap Your Irritating Co-workers Holiday : Do you have a co-worker who talks nonstop about nothing, working your last nerve with tedious and boring details that you don’t give a damn about? Do you have a co-worker who ALWAYS screws up stuff creating MORE work for you? Do you have a co-worker who kisses so much booty, you can look in their mouth and see what your boss had for lunch? Do you have a co-worker who is SOOO obnoxious, when he/she enters a room, everyone else clears it? Well, on behalf of Ike Turner, I am so very glad to officially announce tomorrow as SLAP YOUR IRRITATING CO-WORKER DAY! 

These are the rules you must follow: 
* You can only slap one person per hour – no more. 
* You can slap the same person again if they irritate you again in the same day. 
* You are allowed to hold someone down as other co-workers take their turns slapping the irritant. 
* No weapons are allowed…other than going upside somebody’s head with a stapler or a hole-puncher. 
* CURSING IS MANDATORY! After you have slapped the recipient, your “assault” must be followed with something like “cause I’m sick of your stupid-a$$ always messing up stuff!” 

* If questioned by a supervisor [or police, if the supervisor is the irritant], you are allowed to LIE, LIE, LIE! Now, study the rules, break out your list of folks that you want to slap the living day lights out of and get to slapping…..and have a great day

From: BiscuitBoy714@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] attachments from Ron
Date: August 23, 2005 at 3:07:38 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

In a message dated 8/22/05 12:13:59 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Ron Davis writes:

Thanks me Cap’n.  this freakin’ forum sounds like where I work….. a bunch
of
pussies for a bearucaracy that can’t , no matter how freakin hard they try,
to get outside that box they are all trapped in

Pussies? Pussies? Who you callin’  pussy? Don’t get me started man, I mean, I like pussies in general, some of them are real close to me. Pussies and me go way back, all the way to the start of my life if you look at it in a certain way. Pussies are people too man. Power to the pussies I say. I just can’t say enough about the pussies in my life.                      Randy

From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] SLOWONE
Date: August 23, 2005 at 2:58:00 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

capn’
me thinks it twas aspartame. free at last, free at last, gawd almighty, free at last
koko
—– Original Message —– From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 9:50 PM
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] SLOWONE

Um, could I make a suggestion…..get another mailbox?
I guess I can’t relate cos I’ve never had this problem..
Oh darn I posted again
Stopping now..
Kirk

—–Original Message—–
From: slowone@hush.ai [mailto:slowone@hush.ai]
Sent: Monday, 22 August 2005 10:39 a.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] SLOWONE

Paying attention to what follows is hard when the mailbox stops
with “250% full” at the one big message. Probably I can find what I
missed somewhere on mindvox. I can’t apologise enough for being
annoyed 🙂

On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 15:11:41 -0700 Capt Kirk
<captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
And if people paid attention they’d have seen that you
have atoned
for your “sin”.

Ok people? HE SAID HE’S SORRYYYYY!!!

Lol good glad we got that sorted. Sorry for the db mail error
message..
trying very very hard not to post til I get it sorted.

Kirk

_____

From: Ron Davis [mailto:rwd3@cox.net]
Sent: Monday, 22 August 2005 9:27 a.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] SLOWONE

DOES THAT INCLUDE SMALL ONES AS WELL TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE?
SHOULD’VE
ASKED IN 1ST RESPONSE, KOKO

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: [Ibogaine] RERUNZCUZ IF YOUZ DO YOU SEEZ IT
Date: August 23, 2005 at 2:33:22 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

KOKO THINKZ THE SUN AND MOONZ AND ALL THE STARZ ARE GREAT  BIG TOOTZIE ROLL POPZ. BUT KOKO BE WRONGZ BEEFORZ.

From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Fw: [MAPS] Announcement – new Craker/DEA hearing weblog
Date: August 22, 2005 at 3:54:06 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>, <drugwar@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
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—– Original Message —– From: <admin@maps.org>
To: <maps-news@maps.org>
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 1:12 PM
Subject: [MAPS] Announcement – new Craker/DEA hearing weblog

The MAPS sponsored legal action against the DEA seeking relief from delay in approval of
Professor Lyle Craker’s (University of Massachussetts, Amherst) pilot marijuana production
facility begins today in the DEA Administrative Law Court of Mary Ellen Bittner in
Washington DC.

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From: sara119@xs4all.nl
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] OT artificial sweetener
Date: August 22, 2005 at 6:35:20 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Kirk,

I love the way your mind works.

Here’s a URL along with several links to discredit the health risk claims
of
aspartame. You decide I guess… but I would rather stick to my raw sugar,
and when the urge strikes… I’ll chew sugar-filled gum and sweets as
opposed to sugar-free.. which in some cases taste like crap anyway…..
Kirk
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blasp.htm

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To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
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Aspartame – Rumsfeld’s Bioweapon Legacy

Dr. Betty Martini, Founder
Mission Possible Intl
8-20-5

Before reading this article everyone should hear James Turner, Atty,
explain how Don Rumsfeld called in his markers to get aspartame, a deadly
chemical poison approved when the FDA said no:
http://www.soundandfury.tv/pages.Rumsfeld2.html The entire film can be
gotten at http://www.docworkers.com

Among the many ironies of our modern world is that Gerald Ford awarded the
Presidential Medal of Freedom-America,s highest civilian honor-to Defense
Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on January 19, 1977. Just a few weeks later on
March 8, Rumsfeld became the CEO of G.D. Searle to take point on a mission
to force the Food and Drug Administration to approve for human consumption
a known carcinogen and neurotoxic poison.

Mission accomplished: Today some 9,000 commonly consumed products are
laced with this weapon of mass misery and millions of people live with
chronic illnesses linked to the artificial sweetener aspartame. It is our
belief at The Idaho Observer that if some guy named Parkinson can have a
disease named after him, then Donald Rumsfeld ought to have his own
disease, too. Hence the term Rumsfeld disease A.

Rumsfeld’s Disease

A Politically-Induced Biochemical
Disaster Of Global Proportions

By Don Harkins
The Idaho Observer
8-15-5

Today, Donald Rumsfeld is known throughout the world as the zealous U.S.
Secretary of Defense who is waging a global “war on terror” in search of
“terrorists” and “weapons of mass destruction.” Most people, however, are
not aware that Rumsfeld himself unleashed a chemical weapon of mass
destruction upon the world in 1981-and it,s still out there destroying
people all over the world. That “WMD” is aspartame and it has been
scientifically and anecdotally linked to millions of chronic illnesses and
deaths.

The evidence shows that, with full knowledge of aspartame,s neurotoxicity
and carcinogenicity, Rumsfeld, as the CEO of G.D. Searle, Co., “called in
his markers” to achieve U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval
for the artificial sweetener aspartame, better known by its trade name
“NutraSweet.”

Consumer advocate attorney Jim Turner, who was instrumental in the 1969
banning of cyclamate in the U.S. for its link to various forms of cancer,
met with representatives of aspartame approval petitioner Searle in 1974.
The main topic of discussion was neuroscientist Dr. John Olney,s 1971
study which showed that aspartic acid caused lesions in the brains of
infant mice. According to Turner, arguably the world,s foremost authority
on aspartame,s dubious legal history, Rumsfeld was apparently hired by
Searle for one specific purpose: To obtain FDA approval for aspartame.

Betty Martini is the director of Mission Possible, a worldwide consumer
advocacy organization formed in 1992 as a voice for those demanding that
the FDA reverse its approval of aspartame and order its removal from
foods, beverages and medical preparations. Martini is even more bold in
her charges against Rumsfeld. Martini believes the Washington insider,
former three-term U.S. Rep. From Illinois (1962-1968), secretary of
defense (1975-1977) and executive assistant to President Gerald Ford, was
hired by Searle because, “He was willing to get a deadly chemical poison,
aspartame, approved for human consumption”

Background

In December, 1965 Searle chemist James Schlatter discovered aspartame
while working on an ulcer drug. The substance, comprised of 50 percent
synthetic phenylalanine, 40 percent synthetic aspartic acid and 10 percent
methanol, was about 200 times sweeter than sugar by weight and had no
calories. By spring, 1967, Searle began conducting safety trials in
preparation for petitioning the FDA for product approval.

Soon after the trials began, lab animals (monkeys and mice) began
experiencing adverse effects ranging from brain lesions and tumors to
seizures and death. Yet Searle petitioned the FDA for aspartame approval
in February, 1973. According to Turner, Searle provided the FDA with over
100 studies claiming they proved aspartame was “safe.” Independent
analyses of these studies, however, proves conclusively that aspartame is
actually a dangerous, neurotoxic, carcinogenic and highly-addictive drug.

Trusting Searle,s promise that aspartame was safe, the FDA approved the
limited use of aspartame in dry goods on July 26, 1974. Turner and Dr.
Olney formally objected to the approval. Their petition triggered an FDA
investigation of Searle,s lab practices which proved that Searle had
provided the FDA with inaccurate conclusions resulting from manipulated
data derived from poorly-designed studies. The FDA reversed its decision
to approve aspartame in dry goods.

On January 10, 1977, the FDA formally requested that the U.S. Department
of Justice convene a federal grand jury to determine if Searle should be
criminally indicted for “concealing material facts and making false
statements” with regard to its petition for aspartame approval.

Among the many charges FDA investigators made about Searle,s shoddy lab
practices was how rats that developed tumors would undergo surgical
removal of the tumors and then be placed back into the study as if nothing
had happened to them.

The grand jury investigation was led by U.S. Attorney Samuel Skinner. In
July 1, 1977, while the investigation was being conducted, Skinner left
the Justice Department and took a job with Sidley & Austin-the law firm
representing Searle. The statute of limitations eventually ran out and the
grand jury disbanded without reaching any conclusions regarding Searle and
its lab practices.

Amid this controversy, Rumsfeld was hired as Searle CEO on March 8, 1977
and immediately began cleaning house. Rumsfeld, who had no previous
business executive experience before becoming CEO of Searle, reorganized
several departments in the company and fired many of its high-level
managers, replacing them with other politically-connected Washington,
D.C., insiders.

Though the controversies deepened and the evidence proving the poisonous
nature of his company,s product continued to accumulate, Rumsfeld and his
team continued to push for FDA approval of aspartame.

A team of FDA investigators headed by Jerome Bressler attempted to block
Rumsfeld, et. al, by publishing what has become known as the “Bressler
Report” on August 1, 1977. The report cited several instances where Searle
intentionally mislead the FDA in its petition for marketplace approval of
aspartame. The FDA then formed a public board of inquiry (PBOI) in 1979 to
rule on the myriad safety issues surrounding aspartame.

By this time, FDA investigators and independent scientists had
exhaustively reviewed the Searle studies and additional studies had been
conducted. There was no doubt, based upon objective analyses of evidence
that had accumulated for over a decade, that aspartame was deathly
poisonous to lab animals and caused a statistically significant number of
them to develop tumors.

On September 30, 1980, the PBOI concluded that aspartame should not be
approved pending further investigation of its link to the formation of
brain tumors and that the FDA “has not been presented with proof of
reasonable certainty that aspartame is safe for use as a food additive.”

The coup

Ronald Reagan was sworn in as president January 21, 1981. Rumsfeld, while
still CEO at Searle, was part of Reagan,s transition team. This team
hand-picked Dr. Arthur Hull Hayes, Jr., to be the new FDA commissioner.
Dr. Hayes, a pharmacologist, had no previous experience with food
additives before being appointed director of the FDA. He, like Rumsfeld,
did, however, have experience with chemical warfare studies while
connected to the Department of Defense. According to The Washington Post,
Hayes was, “one of a number of doctors who conducted drugs tests for the
Army on volunteers.to determine the effect of a mind-disorienting drug
called CAR 301,060,” at Fort Detrick, Maryland.

The Post further explained why Hayes was the perfect choice to politically
force the approval of aspartame: “According to a declassified 1976 report
prepared by the Army Inspector General, Hayes had planned a research study
to develop the mind-altering CAR 301,060 as a crowd control agent.”

The report, detailing Hayes activities beginning in 1972, further
indicated that Hayes was involved in similar biochemical mind control
research studies until being named FDA director.

One of Hayes, first official acts as FDA chief was to approve the use of
aspartame as an artificial sweetener in dry goods July 18, 1981. In order
to accomplish this feat, Hayes had to overlook the scuttled grand jury
investigation of Searle, overcome the Bressler Report, ignore the PBOI,s
recommendations and pretend aspartame did not chronically sicken and kill
thousands of lab animals. Hayes, left his post at the FDA in November,
1983, amid accusations that he was accepting corporate gifts for political
favors. Just before leaving office in scandal, Hayes approved the use of
aspartame in beverages. According to The Post, Hayes, next job was in the
private sector where he served as a high-paid senior medical advisor for
Searle,s public relations firm.

The aftermath

Within weeks of aspartame,s approval for use in beverages, cans of diet
sodas and other sweet drinks were on the market. To help sell Americans on
using the artificial sweetener, intense advertising campaigns began
programming the public to believe that sugar has lots of calories;
calories make us fat and NutraSweet has no calories-therefore it won,t
make us fat.

Based upon this almost universally-accepted oversimplification of
biochemical reality, aspartame has enjoyed 22 years of marketplace success
and is now in an estimated 7,000 to 9,000 commonly-consumed products in at
least 100 countries. When Searle was absorbed by Monsanto in 1985,
Rumsfeld reportedly received a $12 million bonus.

Not surprisingly, the same adverse reactions seen in lab animals in the
60s and 70s are now being seen in the general population. In his first
book on aspartame (1990), Dr. H.J. Roberts stated that in five or 10 years
we would have a worldwide plague on our hands if we do not remove
aspartame from our food supply. With the printing of “Aspartame Disease:
An Ignored Epidemic (2001), Dr. Roberts declared that the world is,
indeed, plagued by a global epidemic of symptoms associated with aspartame
use.

* Aspartame is being identified by a growing number of researchers and
physicians as an underlying cause of chronic ill health in America and
other countries throughout the world.

* It interacts with other substances such as pharmaceutical drugs to
produce adverse reactions.

* All metabolites of aspartame (formaldehyde, methanol, diketopiperazine
and formic acid) are toxic to the human body and are especially toxic to
the brain.

* Aspartame comprises over 80 percent of consumer complaints filed with
the FDA.

* The FDA has generated a list of 92 symptoms associated with aspartame
consumption that include nausea, dizziness, irritability, insanity,
blindness, deafness, weight gain and death.

* The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention claim that 500,000 people
each year simply “drop dead” for no apparent reason from what it labels
“sudden cardiac death.”

* Dementia among all ages (especially the elderly) and learning
disabilities among children, in the U.S. and abroad, have been
skyrocketing since 1981.

As of today, the number of scientific and studies showing that aspartame
is, indeed, an underlying cause of chronic physical and mental illness and
death out number studies proving its safety by at least 400 to zero. Proof
of this fact can also be determined by what happens in many cases when
people stop using aspartame: Their chronic symptoms disappear.

The legacy

Defense Secretary Rumsfeld was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
by President Gerald Ford-the highest civilian honor in America-on January
19, 1977. A few months later, Rumsfeld became the CEO of Searle to secure
political approval for a product that science had proven to be a
highly-addictive neurotoxic drug that causes chronic ill health, brain
tumors and death. The evidence indicates that FDA approval for aspartame
was a high-level political priority undoubtedly connected to its capacity
to adversely effect the minds and bodies of those consuming it.

Because Rumsfeld placed politics above public health and safety, hundreds
of millions of people throughout the world cannot think clearly and suffer
from a variety of chronic illnesses. It is, therefore, fitting that
symptoms associated with aspartame use be known as “Rumsfeld,s disease.”

Caption: The search of a suitable picture of Donald Rumsfeld turned up
this image from Portland Indy Media. Though it may seem satirical, is it?
What goes through the mind of a man who knowingly poisons his own people?

End of Article

Note from Betty Martini:

Only yesterday in national news we learned diet and low calorie pop will
be left in schools which will poison our children. As an example, Coke
Zero has aspartame. Aspartame is a chemical hypersensitization agent
because it is a neurotoxic drug/chemical poison. It not only interacts
with all drugs but all vaccines and other toxins and unsafe sweeteners
like Splenda, a chlorocarbon poison. So our children don’t have a chance.
Only a few weeks ago an epidemiological study by Sharon Fowler at the
University of Texas based on 8 years data links diet drinks with obesity.
Aspartame also can precipitate diabetes, simulates and aggravates diabetic
retinopathy and neuropathy, destroys the optic nerve and interacts with
insulin.

In July a 3 year Italian study was released by the European Foundation for
Oncology and Environmental Sciences which revealed it causes leukemia,
lymphoma and malignant brain tumors. Their July 14 05 report declares:
“The results demonstrate … that aspartame is a carcinogenic agent.” How
many mothers knowing this would want their children drinking an addictive
carcinogenic agent. Aspartame liberates free methyl alcohol which causes
chronic methanol poisoning. This affects the dopamine system of the brain
and causes addiction. Now understand why the pop companies want this
poison in your schools which causes Rumsfeld Disease.

Neurosurgeon Russell Blaylock, M.D., one of the world’s leading
authorities on aspartame neurotoxicity, extensively reviewed the Soffritti
report. “This study confirmed the previous study by Dr. Trocho and
co-workers (l998), which also found the formaldehyde breakdown product of
aspartame to be damaging to cellular DNA and that this damage was
cumulative. The type of damage was a duplicate of that associated with
cancers. These two studies strongly indicate that drinking a single diet
cola sweetened with aspartame every day could significantly increase one’s
risk of developing a lymphoma or leukemia.”

Dr. Blaylock said further “This study should terrify mothers and all those
consuming aspartame sweetened products. This was a carefully done study
which clearly demonstrated a statistically significant increase in several
types of lymphomas and leukemias in rats. Both of these malignancies have
increased significantly in this country since the widespread use of
aspartame.”

Only the animals exposed to aspartame developed malignant brain tumors and
we are now taking aspartame brain tumor cases for litigation in New York,
New Jersey, Madison County,Illinois and Mississippi. Simply contact me at
Bettym19@mindspring.com

Dr. Blaylock also said “They found that even lower doses of aspartame
could cause these malignancies, yet the higher the dose, the more cancers
that were seen. Since aspartame can increase obesity and may even cause
the metabolic syndrome that affects 48 million Americans, there is no
reason to ever consume this product. At the least, it should be
immediately banned from all schools.”

Any mother reading this article with children in school should immediately
take this to their principal, children’s teacher and PTA along with the
movie, Sweet Misery, and demand that all products with aspartame
(NutraSweet/Equal/Spoonful, E951/Canderel/Benevia, etc.) and especially
pop with this poison be removed – period, no if’s, no and’s and no but’s.
And Board of Educations should also remove the lobbyists and those who
would offer money to keep poisoned pop in schools. How much is the brain
of your child worth. Remember this is the cause of the epidemic of ADD,
ADHD, autism, Tourettes, and behavioral problems.

For documentation of this read the experts books:

Aspartame Disease: An Ignored Epidemic
H. J. Roberts, M.D.
www.sunsentpress.com
or 1 800 827 7991

Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills and Health & Nutrition Secrets
By neurosurgeon Russell Blaylock, M.D.
www.russellblaylockmd.com

Web sites: http://www.wnho.net and http://www.dorway.com Aspartame
Toxicity Center, http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame

Aspartame Information List, http://www.wnho.net Get involved

Rumsfeld Disease may become one of the largest plagues in world history.
The list of horrors is unending. Thanks to despicable and greedy Big
Pharma/Codex, in England supplements from industry now contain aspartame.
Diane Fleming still remains in a prison in Virginia because methanol was
found on her husband’s autopsy and they thought she poisoned him even
though she passed their lie detector test. Doctors affidavits state he
died from aspartame which causes methanol poisoning. Athletes like Fleming
are dying because aspartame damages the cardiac conduction system and
causes sudden death, although his was not sudden.

Enough is enough. Eradicate Rumsfeld Disease from our schools and from our
planet.

Don Harkins of the Idaho Observer has given permission to have this
republished. To help the effort the Idaho Observer –
www.idaho-observer.com publishes 24 page booklets for distribution on
Rumsfeld Disease called the Artificially Sweetened Times. Distribute them
throughout your schools, offices and churches to help eradicate Rumsfeld
Disease. And if you think the pop companies didn’t know the gum was loaded
be sure to read the protest of the National Soft Drink Assn. on
www.dorway.com

Dr. Betty Martini, Founder
Mission Possible International
9270 River Club Parkway,
Duluth, Georgia 30097
770 242-2599

Idaho Observer
Spirit Lake, Idaho 83869
Phone 208-255-2307
Email observer@coldreams.com
Web http://idaho-observer.com

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From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] OT artificial sweetener
Date: August 22, 2005 at 6:22:44 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Here’s a URL along with several links to discredit the health risk claims of
aspartame. You decide I guess… but I would rather stick to my raw sugar,
and when the urge strikes… I’ll chew sugar-filled gum and sweets as
opposed to sugar-free.. which in some cases taste like crap anyway…..
Kirk
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blasp.htm

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From: sara119@xs4all.nl [mailto:sara119@xs4all.nl]
Sent: Saturday, 20 August 2005 11:53 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] OT artificial sweetener

Aspartame – Rumsfeld’s Bioweapon Legacy

Dr. Betty Martini, Founder
Mission Possible Intl
8-20-5

Before reading this article everyone should hear James Turner, Atty,
explain how Don Rumsfeld called in his markers to get aspartame, a deadly
chemical poison approved when the FDA said no:
http://www.soundandfury.tv/pages.Rumsfeld2.html The entire film can be
gotten at http://www.docworkers.com

Among the many ironies of our modern world is that Gerald Ford awarded the
Presidential Medal of Freedom-America,s highest civilian honor-to Defense
Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on January 19, 1977. Just a few weeks later on
March 8, Rumsfeld became the CEO of G.D. Searle to take point on a mission
to force the Food and Drug Administration to approve for human consumption
a known carcinogen and neurotoxic poison.

Mission accomplished: Today some 9,000 commonly consumed products are
laced with this weapon of mass misery and millions of people live with
chronic illnesses linked to the artificial sweetener aspartame. It is our
belief at The Idaho Observer that if some guy named Parkinson can have a
disease named after him, then Donald Rumsfeld ought to have his own
disease, too. Hence the term Rumsfeld disease A.

Rumsfeld’s Disease

A Politically-Induced Biochemical
Disaster Of Global Proportions

By Don Harkins
The Idaho Observer
8-15-5

Today, Donald Rumsfeld is known throughout the world as the zealous U.S.
Secretary of Defense who is waging a global “war on terror” in search of
“terrorists” and “weapons of mass destruction.” Most people, however, are
not aware that Rumsfeld himself unleashed a chemical weapon of mass
destruction upon the world in 1981-and it,s still out there destroying
people all over the world. That “WMD” is aspartame and it has been
scientifically and anecdotally linked to millions of chronic illnesses and
deaths.

The evidence shows that, with full knowledge of aspartame,s neurotoxicity
and carcinogenicity, Rumsfeld, as the CEO of G.D. Searle, Co., “called in
his markers” to achieve U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval
for the artificial sweetener aspartame, better known by its trade name
“NutraSweet.”

Consumer advocate attorney Jim Turner, who was instrumental in the 1969
banning of cyclamate in the U.S. for its link to various forms of cancer,
met with representatives of aspartame approval petitioner Searle in 1974.
The main topic of discussion was neuroscientist Dr. John Olney,s 1971
study which showed that aspartic acid caused lesions in the brains of
infant mice. According to Turner, arguably the world,s foremost authority
on aspartame,s dubious legal history, Rumsfeld was apparently hired by
Searle for one specific purpose: To obtain FDA approval for aspartame.

Betty Martini is the director of Mission Possible, a worldwide consumer
advocacy organization formed in 1992 as a voice for those demanding that
the FDA reverse its approval of aspartame and order its removal from
foods, beverages and medical preparations. Martini is even more bold in
her charges against Rumsfeld. Martini believes the Washington insider,
former three-term U.S. Rep. From Illinois (1962-1968), secretary of
defense (1975-1977) and executive assistant to President Gerald Ford, was
hired by Searle because, “He was willing to get a deadly chemical poison,
aspartame, approved for human consumption”

Background

In December, 1965 Searle chemist James Schlatter discovered aspartame
while working on an ulcer drug. The substance, comprised of 50 percent
synthetic phenylalanine, 40 percent synthetic aspartic acid and 10 percent
methanol, was about 200 times sweeter than sugar by weight and had no
calories. By spring, 1967, Searle began conducting safety trials in
preparation for petitioning the FDA for product approval.

Soon after the trials began, lab animals (monkeys and mice) began
experiencing adverse effects ranging from brain lesions and tumors to
seizures and death. Yet Searle petitioned the FDA for aspartame approval
in February, 1973. According to Turner, Searle provided the FDA with over
100 studies claiming they proved aspartame was “safe.” Independent
analyses of these studies, however, proves conclusively that aspartame is
actually a dangerous, neurotoxic, carcinogenic and highly-addictive drug.

Trusting Searle,s promise that aspartame was safe, the FDA approved the
limited use of aspartame in dry goods on July 26, 1974. Turner and Dr.
Olney formally objected to the approval. Their petition triggered an FDA
investigation of Searle,s lab practices which proved that Searle had
provided the FDA with inaccurate conclusions resulting from manipulated
data derived from poorly-designed studies. The FDA reversed its decision
to approve aspartame in dry goods.

On January 10, 1977, the FDA formally requested that the U.S. Department
of Justice convene a federal grand jury to determine if Searle should be
criminally indicted for “concealing material facts and making false
statements” with regard to its petition for aspartame approval.

Among the many charges FDA investigators made about Searle,s shoddy lab
practices was how rats that developed tumors would undergo surgical
removal of the tumors and then be placed back into the study as if nothing
had happened to them.

The grand jury investigation was led by U.S. Attorney Samuel Skinner. In
July 1, 1977, while the investigation was being conducted, Skinner left
the Justice Department and took a job with Sidley & Austin-the law firm
representing Searle. The statute of limitations eventually ran out and the
grand jury disbanded without reaching any conclusions regarding Searle and
its lab practices.

Amid this controversy, Rumsfeld was hired as Searle CEO on March 8, 1977
and immediately began cleaning house. Rumsfeld, who had no previous
business executive experience before becoming CEO of Searle, reorganized
several departments in the company and fired many of its high-level
managers, replacing them with other politically-connected Washington,
D.C., insiders.

Though the controversies deepened and the evidence proving the poisonous
nature of his company,s product continued to accumulate, Rumsfeld and his
team continued to push for FDA approval of aspartame.

A team of FDA investigators headed by Jerome Bressler attempted to block
Rumsfeld, et. al, by publishing what has become known as the “Bressler
Report” on August 1, 1977. The report cited several instances where Searle
intentionally mislead the FDA in its petition for marketplace approval of
aspartame. The FDA then formed a public board of inquiry (PBOI) in 1979 to
rule on the myriad safety issues surrounding aspartame.

By this time, FDA investigators and independent scientists had
exhaustively reviewed the Searle studies and additional studies had been
conducted. There was no doubt, based upon objective analyses of evidence
that had accumulated for over a decade, that aspartame was deathly
poisonous to lab animals and caused a statistically significant number of
them to develop tumors.

On September 30, 1980, the PBOI concluded that aspartame should not be
approved pending further investigation of its link to the formation of
brain tumors and that the FDA “has not been presented with proof of
reasonable certainty that aspartame is safe for use as a food additive.”

The coup

Ronald Reagan was sworn in as president January 21, 1981. Rumsfeld, while
still CEO at Searle, was part of Reagan,s transition team. This team
hand-picked Dr. Arthur Hull Hayes, Jr., to be the new FDA commissioner.
Dr. Hayes, a pharmacologist, had no previous experience with food
additives before being appointed director of the FDA. He, like Rumsfeld,
did, however, have experience with chemical warfare studies while
connected to the Department of Defense. According to The Washington Post,
Hayes was, “one of a number of doctors who conducted drugs tests for the
Army on volunteers.to determine the effect of a mind-disorienting drug
called CAR 301,060,” at Fort Detrick, Maryland.

The Post further explained why Hayes was the perfect choice to politically
force the approval of aspartame: “According to a declassified 1976 report
prepared by the Army Inspector General, Hayes had planned a research study
to develop the mind-altering CAR 301,060 as a crowd control agent.”

The report, detailing Hayes activities beginning in 1972, further
indicated that Hayes was involved in similar biochemical mind control
research studies until being named FDA director.

One of Hayes, first official acts as FDA chief was to approve the use of
aspartame as an artificial sweetener in dry goods July 18, 1981. In order
to accomplish this feat, Hayes had to overlook the scuttled grand jury
investigation of Searle, overcome the Bressler Report, ignore the PBOI,s
recommendations and pretend aspartame did not chronically sicken and kill
thousands of lab animals. Hayes, left his post at the FDA in November,
1983, amid accusations that he was accepting corporate gifts for political
favors. Just before leaving office in scandal, Hayes approved the use of
aspartame in beverages. According to The Post, Hayes, next job was in the
private sector where he served as a high-paid senior medical advisor for
Searle,s public relations firm.

The aftermath

Within weeks of aspartame,s approval for use in beverages, cans of diet
sodas and other sweet drinks were on the market. To help sell Americans on
using the artificial sweetener, intense advertising campaigns began
programming the public to believe that sugar has lots of calories;
calories make us fat and NutraSweet has no calories-therefore it won,t
make us fat.

Based upon this almost universally-accepted oversimplification of
biochemical reality, aspartame has enjoyed 22 years of marketplace success
and is now in an estimated 7,000 to 9,000 commonly-consumed products in at
least 100 countries. When Searle was absorbed by Monsanto in 1985,
Rumsfeld reportedly received a $12 million bonus.

Not surprisingly, the same adverse reactions seen in lab animals in the
60s and 70s are now being seen in the general population. In his first
book on aspartame (1990), Dr. H.J. Roberts stated that in five or 10 years
we would have a worldwide plague on our hands if we do not remove
aspartame from our food supply. With the printing of “Aspartame Disease:
An Ignored Epidemic (2001), Dr. Roberts declared that the world is,
indeed, plagued by a global epidemic of symptoms associated with aspartame
use.

* Aspartame is being identified by a growing number of researchers and
physicians as an underlying cause of chronic ill health in America and
other countries throughout the world.

* It interacts with other substances such as pharmaceutical drugs to
produce adverse reactions.

* All metabolites of aspartame (formaldehyde, methanol, diketopiperazine
and formic acid) are toxic to the human body and are especially toxic to
the brain.

* Aspartame comprises over 80 percent of consumer complaints filed with
the FDA.

* The FDA has generated a list of 92 symptoms associated with aspartame
consumption that include nausea, dizziness, irritability, insanity,
blindness, deafness, weight gain and death.

* The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention claim that 500,000 people
each year simply “drop dead” for no apparent reason from what it labels
“sudden cardiac death.”

* Dementia among all ages (especially the elderly) and learning
disabilities among children, in the U.S. and abroad, have been
skyrocketing since 1981.

As of today, the number of scientific and studies showing that aspartame
is, indeed, an underlying cause of chronic physical and mental illness and
death out number studies proving its safety by at least 400 to zero. Proof
of this fact can also be determined by what happens in many cases when
people stop using aspartame: Their chronic symptoms disappear.

The legacy

Defense Secretary Rumsfeld was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
by President Gerald Ford-the highest civilian honor in America-on January
19, 1977. A few months later, Rumsfeld became the CEO of Searle to secure
political approval for a product that science had proven to be a
highly-addictive neurotoxic drug that causes chronic ill health, brain
tumors and death. The evidence indicates that FDA approval for aspartame
was a high-level political priority undoubtedly connected to its capacity
to adversely effect the minds and bodies of those consuming it.

Because Rumsfeld placed politics above public health and safety, hundreds
of millions of people throughout the world cannot think clearly and suffer
from a variety of chronic illnesses. It is, therefore, fitting that
symptoms associated with aspartame use be known as “Rumsfeld,s disease.”

Caption: The search of a suitable picture of Donald Rumsfeld turned up
this image from Portland Indy Media. Though it may seem satirical, is it?
What goes through the mind of a man who knowingly poisons his own people?

End of Article

Note from Betty Martini:

Only yesterday in national news we learned diet and low calorie pop will
be left in schools which will poison our children. As an example, Coke
Zero has aspartame. Aspartame is a chemical hypersensitization agent
because it is a neurotoxic drug/chemical poison. It not only interacts
with all drugs but all vaccines and other toxins and unsafe sweeteners
like Splenda, a chlorocarbon poison. So our children don’t have a chance.
Only a few weeks ago an epidemiological study by Sharon Fowler at the
University of Texas based on 8 years data links diet drinks with obesity.
Aspartame also can precipitate diabetes, simulates and aggravates diabetic
retinopathy and neuropathy, destroys the optic nerve and interacts with
insulin.

In July a 3 year Italian study was released by the European Foundation for
Oncology and Environmental Sciences which revealed it causes leukemia,
lymphoma and malignant brain tumors. Their July 14 05 report declares:
“The results demonstrate … that aspartame is a carcinogenic agent.” How
many mothers knowing this would want their children drinking an addictive
carcinogenic agent. Aspartame liberates free methyl alcohol which causes
chronic methanol poisoning. This affects the dopamine system of the brain
and causes addiction. Now understand why the pop companies want this
poison in your schools which causes Rumsfeld Disease.

Neurosurgeon Russell Blaylock, M.D., one of the world’s leading
authorities on aspartame neurotoxicity, extensively reviewed the Soffritti
report. “This study confirmed the previous study by Dr. Trocho and
co-workers (l998), which also found the formaldehyde breakdown product of
aspartame to be damaging to cellular DNA and that this damage was
cumulative. The type of damage was a duplicate of that associated with
cancers. These two studies strongly indicate that drinking a single diet
cola sweetened with aspartame every day could significantly increase one’s
risk of developing a lymphoma or leukemia.”

Dr. Blaylock said further “This study should terrify mothers and all those
consuming aspartame sweetened products. This was a carefully done study
which clearly demonstrated a statistically significant increase in several
types of lymphomas and leukemias in rats. Both of these malignancies have
increased significantly in this country since the widespread use of
aspartame.”

Only the animals exposed to aspartame developed malignant brain tumors and
we are now taking aspartame brain tumor cases for litigation in New York,
New Jersey, Madison County,Illinois and Mississippi. Simply contact me at
Bettym19@mindspring.com

Dr. Blaylock also said “They found that even lower doses of aspartame
could cause these malignancies, yet the higher the dose, the more cancers
that were seen. Since aspartame can increase obesity and may even cause
the metabolic syndrome that affects 48 million Americans, there is no
reason to ever consume this product. At the least, it should be
immediately banned from all schools.”

Any mother reading this article with children in school should immediately
take this to their principal, children’s teacher and PTA along with the
movie, Sweet Misery, and demand that all products with aspartame
(NutraSweet/Equal/Spoonful, E951/Canderel/Benevia, etc.) and especially
pop with this poison be removed – period, no if’s, no and’s and no but’s.
And Board of Educations should also remove the lobbyists and those who
would offer money to keep poisoned pop in schools. How much is the brain
of your child worth. Remember this is the cause of the epidemic of ADD,
ADHD, autism, Tourettes, and behavioral problems.

For documentation of this read the experts books:

Aspartame Disease: An Ignored Epidemic
H. J. Roberts, M.D.
www.sunsentpress.com
or 1 800 827 7991

Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills and Health & Nutrition Secrets
By neurosurgeon Russell Blaylock, M.D.
www.russellblaylockmd.com

Web sites: http://www.wnho.net and http://www.dorway.com Aspartame
Toxicity Center, http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame

Aspartame Information List, http://www.wnho.net Get involved

Rumsfeld Disease may become one of the largest plagues in world history.
The list of horrors is unending. Thanks to despicable and greedy Big
Pharma/Codex, in England supplements from industry now contain aspartame.
Diane Fleming still remains in a prison in Virginia because methanol was
found on her husband’s autopsy and they thought she poisoned him even
though she passed their lie detector test. Doctors affidavits state he
died from aspartame which causes methanol poisoning. Athletes like Fleming
are dying because aspartame damages the cardiac conduction system and
causes sudden death, although his was not sudden.

Enough is enough. Eradicate Rumsfeld Disease from our schools and from our
planet.

Don Harkins of the Idaho Observer has given permission to have this
republished. To help the effort the Idaho Observer –
www.idaho-observer.com publishes 24 page booklets for distribution on
Rumsfeld Disease called the Artificially Sweetened Times. Distribute them
throughout your schools, offices and churches to help eradicate Rumsfeld
Disease. And if you think the pop companies didn’t know the gum was loaded
be sure to read the protest of the National Soft Drink Assn. on
www.dorway.com

Dr. Betty Martini, Founder
Mission Possible International
9270 River Club Parkway,
Duluth, Georgia 30097
770 242-2599

Idaho Observer
Spirit Lake, Idaho 83869
Phone 208-255-2307
Email observer@coldreams.com
Web http://idaho-observer.com

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fw: Great photos of the Shuttle launch pad, etc
Date: August 22, 2005 at 4:36:28 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

DON’T WASTE YOUR TIME…LOOKED AT THEM AGAIN, THEY SUCK.
KOKO THE KENAI KLOWN
—– Original Message —– From: <slowone@hush.ai>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 7:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fw: Great photos of the Shuttle launch pad, etc

I finally got a look at the pix – very nice.

us poor folk dont have no high falutein power Point soft warez

Maybe openoffice.org has something that’ll do it?

On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 17:31:49 -0700 BarrStb@aol.com wrote:
well i did OK on the downstroke but not so good on the up, maybe
you could
describe the cool photos? cause us poor folk dont have no high
falutein power
Point soft warez ,damn really 7000 in loop 4mb * 7000bigger then
library O
congress? heres my two cent (google earth) look up and down load ,

a 5year old
boy told about it, FREE ,twenty years ago only the pentagon would
of had it
and  im sure the price tag would o been $$$$$$$ what is that thing

2+2=4&4+4=8&8+8= time flys when your havin fun

Rerun

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fw: Great photos of the Shuttle launch pad, etc
Date: August 22, 2005 at 4:34:59 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I TOLD MY HACKER BUDDY ABOUT THE PROBLEMS.  HE SWORE HE’D NEVER GET ME ANYTHING FREE AGAIN UNLESS HE CAN GET IT FOR THE LIST.  BEST I CAN DO.  CUTTIN THE OLE BOX OFF TONIGHT. HOPE EVERYONE SLEEPZ BETTER. KOKO, THE AGGRIEVED KLOWN, WALLERIN IN SELF PITY
—– Original Message —–
From: BarrStb@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 7:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fw: Great photos of the Shuttle launch pad, etc

well i did OK on the downstroke but not so good on the up, maybe you could describe the cool photos? cause us poor folk dont have no high falutein power Point soft warez ,damn really 7000 in loop 4mb * 7000bigger then library O congress? heres my two cent (google earth) look up and down load , a 5year old boy told about it, FREE ,twenty years ago only the pentagon would of had it and im sure the price tag would o been $$$$$$$ what is that thing 2+2=4&4+4=8&8+8= time flys when your havin fun

Rerun

From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] attachments from Ron
Date: August 22, 2005 at 4:25:59 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

KIND WORDS MI AMIGO
—– Original Message —– From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 11:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] attachments from Ron

Ron,
Don’t take the grumpy to heart- my box doesn’t need the big attachments either- so I NEVER open them.
Unless I know they’re on the way.
So nothing you ever post as an attachment bothers me personally in the slightest. Perhaps my box works differently, but it doesn’t seem to cause me much stress at all, any of your attachments.
New friend and all, I think I can personaly let you slide, as frreaked out and grouchy at myself as I’ve been lately (what’s with this cycle? Anyone got a clue why I go up and down so high and so hard? I can be so up one day, and so down later the same day, on extreme slides. “Stop beating up on myself.” Yes, I like that one, but it’s hard not to always come back to, “well, if you’re really sick and tired, why keep going through it over and over?” (This goes for smoking cigs too btw, not just opiates use and sometimes abuse.).
Anyway, carry on all. I’ve been taking a short break from the computer, going on line very briefly and staying offline for the most part- I need(ed) a break. Still do somewhat. I’ve been writing a story out long-hand in a notebook- it’s kinda like painting compared to typing I’m finding, much more tactile work. Not that this has much of anything to do with ibogaine, but I coudl use some, so perhaps that ties this in to the list topic.
😉

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: Ron Davis
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 6:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] SLOWONE

Thanks me Cap’n.  this freakin’ forum sounds like where I work….. a bunch of
pussies for a bearucaracy that can’t , no matter how freakin hard they try, to get outside that box they are all trapped in.  the minutia will and does kill me a little each day.  now i think the forum is bigger than the gig(unless i lose the gig) so i’ll keep trying to keep the unknown players happy.  Macs on the house, my tab..Koko…I’m just a Klown guys and we don’t make much, the occasional county faire, an impromptu shopping center carnival, and yes, i have to sit in on the ball throw where the snotty little buggers try to drop me in the cold water.  easy money you say?  guess again special ones.  KOKO From: Capt Kirk
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 5:11 PM
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] SLOWONE

Ron, you think you got problems?  You unwittingly send ONE big attachment… everytime anyone posts (I think.. Not sure.most people just hassle Patrick, a thousand apologies Patrick :o( I’m still working on it.. found a website for concept and send every error message to every email address there) they get the ‘cptkirk mailbox is full that don’t make me feel too good.. So I think you can forgive yourself but perhaps a 100 back whippings on yourself (cos for the life of me I can’t think of the word for that) might make it easier!  And if people paid attention they’d have seen that you have atoned for your “sin”.
Ok people? HE SAID HE’S SORRYYYYY!!!
Lol good glad we got that sorted. Sorry for the db mail error message.. trying very very hard not to post til I get it sorted.
Kirk

From: Ron Davis [mailto:rwd3@cox.net]
Sent: Monday, 22 August 2005 9:27 a.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] SLOWONE

DOES THAT INCLUDE SMALL ONES AS WELL TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE?  SHOULD’VE ASKED IN 1ST RESPONSE, KOKO

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fw: Great photos of the Shuttle launch pad, etc
Date: August 22, 2005 at 4:22:55 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

ok , like you look at these pictures and they are really cool and they have some really neat stuff on them and you have to stand in line for them.  like george bush is really po’d cuz he doesn’t have the shit either and he promised to make life really hard for me til i make sure everyone has power point so i pawned my ford taurus and am going to send rebate checks around and make this so right cuz it was like so  bad and so Republican. i’m going to counseling first thing in the morning but wait, cuz  i can, cuz that would be so uncool cuz like so many can’t afford to.  it’s got like some guys in jets and there’s some really cool starz and no one would like believe it anyway becuz  it was like so wrong like where was my brain?  i mean like what wuz i thinking about? like i have shit for brains  too and was just showin off like debating over the whole ibo thing and all the tripz i’ve been on and braggin about Bwiti and how i know the cat personally cuz we partied together 200 yearz ago. man i was sooooo wrong . it’z like i started an AA/NA resentment and i’ll clean the coffee cupz and ashtrayz til everybody likes me again or not. man i was so wrongz bout trying to share this thing and make people feel good and then ‘pologizin’ bout it.  so shallow, couldn’t have really meant it. wish i was were everyone else is so i could see how bad it all is.   SORRY GANG, I KNOW SQUAT ‘BOUT COMPUTERZ, SORRY ABOUT RUININ’ YOUR WEEKEND FOR THE 100TH TIME. CHEW ON IT LIKE ME OLD PIT BULL CHEWZ ON HIS TIRE SWINGIN ON HIS ROPE FROM THE THE TREE IN THE BACK YARD OR DROP IT  WITH MY HEARFELT APOLOGY, DRUM ME OUT OF THE CORP. IT WAS A MISTAKE, CRUCIFY ME IF YOU WANT…I’M A BAD KLOWN OR LET IT GO FROM YOUR HIGHLY EVOLVED IBO STATE THAT HAS THROWN YOU ON THIS SPIRITUAL PLANE THAT GETS IN THE WAY OF COMMON THINGS LIKE FORGIVENESS AND ALL THAT OTHER NONSENSE.  I’M SURE ONE OF YOU WHIZ KIDZ  HAS THE WHERWITH ALL TO BOOT ME SO DO IT AND BE DONE WITH IT. OH, I GOT POWER POINT FROM A HACKER FRIEND WHO DOWNLOADED IT FOR FREE.DON’T ASK ME HOW HE DID IT CUZ I DON’T KNOW. MAYBE HE CAN DO IT FOR THE WHOLE LIST. KOKO
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fw: Great photos of the Shuttle launch pad, etc

I finally got a look at the pix – very nice.

us poor folk dont have no high falutein power Point soft warez

Maybe openoffice.org has something that’ll do it?

On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 17:31:49 -0700 BarrStb@aol.com wrote:
well i did OK on the downstroke but not so good on the up, maybe
you could
describe the cool photos? cause us poor folk dont have no high
falutein power
Point soft warez ,damn really 7000 in loop 4mb * 7000bigger then
library O
congress? heres my two cent (google earth) look up and down load ,

a 5year old
boy told about it, FREE ,twenty years ago only the pentagon would
of had it
and  im sure the price tag would o been $$$$$$$ what is that thing

2+2=4&4+4=8&8+8= time flys when your havin fun

Rerun

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] attachments from Ron
Date: August 22, 2005 at 12:07:01 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Ron,
Don’t take the grumpy to heart- my box doesn’t need the big attachments either- so I NEVER open them.
Unless I know they’re on the way.
So nothing you ever post as an attachment bothers me personally in the slightest. Perhaps my box works differently, but it doesn’t seem to cause me much stress at all, any of your attachments.
New friend and all, I think I can personaly let you slide, as frreaked out and grouchy at myself as I’ve been lately (what’s with this cycle? Anyone got a clue why I go up and down so high and so hard? I can be so up one day, and so down later the same day, on extreme slides. “Stop beating up on myself.” Yes, I like that one, but it’s hard not to always come back to, “well, if you’re really sick and tired, why keep going through it over and over?” (This goes for smoking cigs too btw, not just opiates use and sometimes abuse.).
Anyway, carry on all. I’ve been taking a short break from the computer, going on line very briefly and staying offline for the most part- I need(ed) a break. Still do somewhat. I’ve been writing a story out long-hand in a notebook- it’s kinda like painting compared to typing I’m finding, much more tactile work. Not that this has much of anything to do with ibogaine, but I coudl use some, so perhaps that ties this in to the list topic.
😉

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: Ron Davis
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 6:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] SLOWONE

Thanks me Cap’n.  this freakin’ forum sounds like where I work….. a bunch of
pussies for a bearucaracy that can’t , no matter how freakin hard they try, to get outside that box they are all trapped in.  the minutia will and does kill me a little each day.  now i think the forum is bigger than the gig(unless i lose the gig) so i’ll keep trying to keep the unknown players happy.  Macs on the house, my tab..Koko…I’m just a Klown guys and we don’t make much, the occasional county faire, an impromptu shopping center carnival, and yes, i have to sit in on the ball throw where the snotty little buggers try to drop me in the cold water.  easy money you say?  guess again special ones.  KOKO From: Capt Kirk
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 5:11 PM
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] SLOWONE

Ron, you think you got problems?  You unwittingly send ONE big attachment… everytime anyone posts (I think.. Not sure.most people just hassle Patrick, a thousand apologies Patrick :o( I’m still working on it.. found a website for concept and send every error message to every email address there) they get the ‘cptkirk mailbox is full that don’t make me feel too good.. So I think you can forgive yourself but perhaps a 100 back whippings on yourself (cos for the life of me I can’t think of the word for that) might make it easier!  And if people paid attention they’d have seen that you have atoned for your “sin”.
Ok people? HE SAID HE’S SORRYYYYY!!!
Lol good glad we got that sorted. Sorry for the db mail error message.. trying very very hard not to post til I get it sorted.
Kirk

From: Ron Davis [mailto:rwd3@cox.net]
Sent: Monday, 22 August 2005 9:27 a.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] SLOWONE

DOES THAT INCLUDE SMALL ONES AS WELL TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE?  SHOULD’VE ASKED IN 1ST RESPONSE, KOKO

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From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] SLOWONE
Date: August 21, 2005 at 10:50:43 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Um, could I make a suggestion…..get another mailbox?
I guess I can’t relate cos I’ve never had this problem..
Oh darn I posted again
Stopping now..
Kirk

—–Original Message—–
From: slowone@hush.ai [mailto:slowone@hush.ai]
Sent: Monday, 22 August 2005 10:39 a.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] SLOWONE

Paying attention to what follows is hard when the mailbox stops
with “250% full” at the one big message. Probably I can find what I
missed somewhere on mindvox. I can’t apologise enough for being
annoyed 🙂

On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 15:11:41 -0700 Capt Kirk
<captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
And if people paid attention they’d have seen that you
have atoned
for your “sin”.

Ok people? HE SAID HE’S SORRYYYYY!!!

Lol good glad we got that sorted. Sorry for the db mail error
message..
trying very very hard not to post til I get it sorted.

Kirk

_____

From: Ron Davis [mailto:rwd3@cox.net]
Sent: Monday, 22 August 2005 9:27 a.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] SLOWONE

DOES THAT INCLUDE SMALL ONES AS WELL TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE?
SHOULD’VE
ASKED IN 1ST RESPONSE, KOKO

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From: <slowone@hush.ai>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fw: Great photos of the Shuttle launch pad, etc
Date: August 21, 2005 at 8:57:54 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I finally got a look at the pix – very nice.

us poor folk dont have no high falutein power Point soft warez

Maybe openoffice.org has something that’ll do it?

On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 17:31:49 -0700 BarrStb@aol.com wrote:
well i did OK on the downstroke but not so good on the up, maybe
you could
describe the cool photos? cause us poor folk dont have no high
falutein power
Point soft warez ,damn really 7000 in loop 4mb * 7000bigger then
library O
congress? heres my two cent (google earth) look up and down load ,

a 5year old
boy told about it, FREE ,twenty years ago only the pentagon would
of had it
and  im sure the price tag would o been $$$$$$$ what is that thing

2+2=4&4+4=8&8+8= time flys when your havin fun

Rerun

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From: BarrStb@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fw: Great photos of the Shuttle launch pad, etc
Date: August 21, 2005 at 8:31:49 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

well i did OK on the downstroke but not so good on the up, maybe you could describe the cool photos? cause us poor folk dont have no high falutein power Point soft warez ,damn really 7000 in loop 4mb * 7000bigger then library O congress? heres my two cent (google earth) look up and down load , a 5year old boy told about it, FREE ,twenty years ago only the pentagon would of had it and im sure the price tag would o been $$$$$$$ what is that thing 2+2=4&4+4=8&8+8= time flys when your havin fun

Rerun

From: <slowone@hush.ai>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] SLOWONE
Date: August 21, 2005 at 6:38:39 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Paying attention to what follows is hard when the mailbox stops
with “250% full” at the one big message. Probably I can find what I
missed somewhere on mindvox. I can’t apologise enough for being
annoyed 🙂

On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 15:11:41 -0700 Capt Kirk
<captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
And if people paid attention they’d have seen that you
have atoned
for your “sin”.

Ok people? HE SAID HE’S SORRYYYYY!!!

Lol good glad we got that sorted. Sorry for the db mail error
message..
trying very very hard not to post til I get it sorted.

Kirk

_____

From: Ron Davis [mailto:rwd3@cox.net]
Sent: Monday, 22 August 2005 9:27 a.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] SLOWONE

DOES THAT INCLUDE SMALL ONES AS WELL TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE?
SHOULD’VE
ASKED IN 1ST RESPONSE, KOKO

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] SLOWONE
Date: August 21, 2005 at 6:26:57 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Thanks me Cap’n.  this freakin’ forum sounds like where I work….. a bunch of
pussies for a bearucaracy that can’t , no matter how freakin hard they try, to get outside that box they are all trapped in.  the minutia will and does kill me a little each day.  now i think the forum is bigger than the gig(unless i lose the gig) so i’ll keep trying to keep the unknown players happy.  Macs on the house, my tab..Koko…I’m just a Klown guys and we don’t make much, the occasional county faire, an impromptu shopping center carnival, and yes, i have to sit in on the ball throw where the snotty little buggers try to drop me in the cold water.  easy money you say?  guess again special ones.  KOKO                                                 From: Capt Kirk
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 5:11 PM
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] SLOWONE

Ron, you think you got problems?  You unwittingly send ONE big attachment….. everytime anyone posts (I think…. Not sure…most people just hassle Patrick, a thousand apologies Patrick :o( I’m still working on it.. found a website for concept and send every error message to every email address there) they get the ‘cptkirk mailbox is full that don’t make me feel too good…. So I think you can forgive yourself but perhaps a 100 back whippings on yourself (cos for the life of me I can’t think of the word for that) might make it easier!  And if people paid attention they’d have seen that you have atoned for your “sin”.
Ok people? HE SAID HE’S SORRYYYYY!!!
Lol good glad we got that sorted. Sorry for the db mail error message.. trying very very hard not to post til I get it sorted.
Kirk
From: Ron Davis [mailto:rwd3@cox.net] 
Sent: Monday, 22 August 2005 9:27 a.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] SLOWONE

DOES THAT INCLUDE SMALL ONES AS WELL TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE?  SHOULD’VE ASKED IN 1ST RESPONSE, KOKO

From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] SLOWONE
Date: August 21, 2005 at 6:11:41 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Ron, you think you got problems?  You unwittingly send ONE big attachment….. everytime anyone posts (I think…. Not sure…most people just hassle Patrick, a thousand apologies Patrick :o( I’m still working on it.. found a website for concept and send every error message to every email address there) they get the ‘cptkirk mailbox is full that don’t make me feel too good…. So I think you can forgive yourself but perhaps a 100 back whippings on yourself (cos for the life of me I can’t think of the word for that) might make it easier!  And if people paid attention they’d have seen that you have atoned for your “sin”.
Ok people? HE SAID HE’S SORRYYYYY!!!
Lol good glad we got that sorted. Sorry for the db mail error message.. trying very very hard not to post til I get it sorted.
Kirk
From: Ron Davis [mailto:rwd3@cox.net] 
Sent: Monday, 22 August 2005 9:27 a.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] SLOWONE

DOES THAT INCLUDE SMALL ONES AS WELL TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE?  SHOULD’VE ASKED IN 1ST RESPONSE, KOKO

From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: [Ibogaine] SLOWONE
Date: August 21, 2005 at 5:26:55 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

DOES THAT INCLUDE SMALL ONES AS WELL TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE?  SHOULD’VE ASKED IN 1ST RESPONSE, KOKO

From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fw: Great photos of the Shuttle launch pad, etc
Date: August 21, 2005 at 5:05:31 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

My bad for the 1000th time.  would never intentionally  screw with your expensive investment. can i have a pass on ignorance cuz that all it was? if not, the loggrollers can extricate me from forum and all will be safe again.  sorry for the flare up.  koko.  been doing hail mary’s all day , hope one takes. very sorry for the inconvenience.  going to court sick tomorrow….will that  be retribution enough or do you want more?  again, very sorry, i’ll stick to plain vanilla in the future if they keep me on.. koko
—– Original Message —– From: <slowone@hush.ai>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fw: Great photos of the Shuttle launch pad, etc

Please don’t fill my mailbox with big attachments.

On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 12:55:36 -0700 Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:
OK TO OPEN..SAW IT IN A DREAM,  KOKO
—– Original Message —– From:
To:  7:42 PM
Subject: Great photos of the Shuttle launch pad, etc

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From: <slowone@hush.ai>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fw: Great photos of the Shuttle launch pad, etc
Date: August 21, 2005 at 12:57:27 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Please don’t fill my mailbox with big attachments.

On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 12:55:36 -0700 Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:
OK TO OPEN..SAW IT IN A DREAM,  KOKO
—– Original Message —–
From:
To:  7:42 PM
Subject: Great photos of the Shuttle launch pad, etc

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From: RowdyRandy420@aol.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] Congrats Sjonny!
Date: August 21, 2005 at 7:25:28 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Sjonny, just curious, how much do you weigh and what kind of vitamins and supplements did you take in the days leading up to your treatment? By the way, congrats on what seems to have been a good experience for you! Good luck, Stay Strong!
Randy

From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Fw: Great photos of the Shuttle launch pad, etc
Date: August 21, 2005 at 6:10:39 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Dear Ron,
I got the photos just fine, in my Ya-bleedin’-who account, no jamming no
crashin’, don’t know what all the fuss is about really….so don’t worry too
much…
All I can suggest is perhaps looking into and learning about a photo editing
program? Photo shop is on the net for free and although I haven’t used it
much cos I got a good one wot comed wif dis puter….my mate reckons it’s
easy to use, then you can shrink photos to much more acceptable sizes! Then
you buy a digi camera and have heaps of fun with it! (ps we DO expect a
photo of you btw hehehh we wanna see the Klown in person!!! We also expect
large floppy shoes and a very bright orange wig!!)
Anyway…thanks for the pics….very well worth sharing much appreciated
fank u muchly Mr Klown :o)
Kirk xx

—–Original Message—–
From: Ron Davis [mailto:rwd3@cox.net]
Sent: Sunday, 21 August 2005 6:27 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fw: Great photos of the Shuttle launch pad, etc

V
I hope the 7k plus members view the jamming of their mailboxes and related
problems as being caused by a neophyte with no malevolent intentions, quiet
frankly, i don’t know what the hell i did, i was just trying to be a good
Klown and share something I found  invigorating with the rest of the group.
mea culpa, mea culpa… and i represent people in terrible predicaments,
Christ! I see why they didn’t let me into med school besides being poor at
accounting.  I’m very sorry folks for any inconvenience.
—– Original Message —–
From: “Vector Vector” <vector620022002@yahoo.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fw: Great photos of the Shuttle launch pad, etc

You know you just sent a 4MB attachment to something like 7,000 people
and crashed a lot of their mailboxes. You might want to include the url
instead of spamming mailboxes with huge powerpoint files 😉

.:vector:.

— Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:

OK TO OPEN..SAW IT IN A DREAM,  KOKO
—– Original Message —–
From:
To:  7:42 PM
Subject: Great photos of the Shuttle launch pad, etc

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fw: Great photos of the Shuttle launch pad, etc
Date: August 21, 2005 at 3:04:34 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

my pleasure. hope no hassel for you in the end, Koko, the benevolent
—– Original Message —– From: <darkmattersfo@comcast.net>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 3:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fw: Great photos of the Shuttle launch pad, etc

How Beautiful!! Thanks for sharing.

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fw: Great photos of the Shuttle launch pad, etc
Date: August 21, 2005 at 2:27:06 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

V
I hope the 7k plus members view the jamming of their mailboxes and related problems as being caused by a neophyte with no malevolent intentions, quiet frankly, i don’t know what the hell i did, i was just trying to be a good Klown and share something I found  invigorating with the rest of the group. mea culpa, mea culpa… and i represent people in terrible predicaments, Christ! I see why they didn’t let me into med school besides being poor at accounting.  I’m very sorry folks for any inconvenience.    —– Original Message —– From: “Vector Vector” <vector620022002@yahoo.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fw: Great photos of the Shuttle launch pad, etc

You know you just sent a 4MB attachment to something like 7,000 people
and crashed a lot of their mailboxes. You might want to include the url
instead of spamming mailboxes with huge powerpoint files 😉

.:vector:.

— Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:

OK TO OPEN..SAW IT IN A DREAM,  KOKO
—– Original Message —– From:
To:  7:42 PM
Subject: Great photos of the Shuttle launch pad, etc

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From: “Jasen Chamoun” <jasenhappy@optusnet.com.au>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Fw: Who really are the terrorist????????
Date: August 21, 2005 at 12:17:02 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

—– Original Message —– From: “Chris HT” <chris@huycom.com>
To: “Chris Ht” <chris@huycom.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 12:52 AM
Subject: Who really are the terrorist????????

Hi everyone,

I must appologise for my impulsive need to share information, but I am now questioning the credibility of the story below.  I can’t discredit it, but I did a search for other sources for the facts of this story and kept ending up at the same source.  I don’t know much about the originators of this Stewwebb WEB site.  If it is a prank then it is very sick for these current times of uncertainty.  So consider this one with caution, I wouldn’t discard it entirely as I have no other news to the contrary. Appologies for any distress if I caused any.

Kind regards
Jasen
=====================================================================

From: Stew Webb <stewwebb@stewwebb.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 22:46:26 -0500 (CDT)
To: <administrator@cqfreestate.com>
Subject: fyi new

www.stewwebb.com

Official Press Release

Tuesday July 19, 2005 3:30:PM Central Time

Tony Blair’s MI-6 Agents Caught Trying To Blow Up Chicago Subway:

To Derail US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald’s Grand Jury Investigations of
Bush-Blair White House Leaks
By Tom Heneghan & Stew Webb Federal Whistleblowers

Heneghan-Webb Presidential & Vice Presidential Candidates 2004

VIVA’ LA FRANCE:

French Intelligence and The U.S. Marshall Service Monday night July 18,
2005 caught four of Tony Blair’s British MI-6 Agents trying to bomb the
Chicago Subway system. The four were charged in Federal Court today with
explosives.
Chicago US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald served Tony Blair a subpoena in the
CIA Valerie Plame case on July 13, 2005 to answer questions regarding his
role in the leaks connected to George W. Bush, Richard Cheney, Condi Rice,
Andrew Card, Scooter Libby and Karl Rove. Tony Blair has not yet responded
to his subpoena. George W. Bush has not responded to his subpoena either.
Tony Blair had supplied George W. Bush with falsified British Intelligence
stating that Iraq leader Saddum Hussein had obtained “Yellow Cake” Nuclear
materials from Nigeria. This was the reason Bush gave to start the war in
Iraq. This has all now been proven to be lies by Bush and Blair. CIA
Valerie Plame’s husband Ambassador Joseph Wilson submitted his report prior
to the Bush-Blair lies that Nigeria never sold yellow cake to Iraq. Wilson
came forth stating Bush lied in his State of the Union address to the
nation. Valerie Plame’s CIA Network was further investigating Bush &
Cheney’s orchestrated attack on America on 9-11-2001. New York Police
Bernard Kerik who ran a FEMA operation out of pier 29 known as Code Angel
also known as Tripod II planted the bombs on the 7 World Trade Center
Building that were demolished on 9-11-2001. This operation was a US Justice
Department operation involving Gary Best of Defense Intelligence Agency a
George H. W. Bush Shadow Government Crony who is currently in Prison in the
French Guinea for espionage against the French Government.  Best has
admitted to French Authorities of his 9-11 involvements. As I am writing
this press release two more British MI-6 agents were arrested a few minutes
ago details are forthcoming.
Also today British Stooge MI-6 Agent Linda Fanton Pike of Iowa tied to
Hillary Rodenhurst Clinton, today made death threats against a
Investigative Journalist on behalf of Department of Defense agency
operatives under Criminal Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. The Journalist was
told to stay away from Tom Heneghan & Stew Webb.
Federal Whistleblower Mary Schneider www.maryschneider.us gets bogus
mocking email from a 9-11 connected p-tech software company (Mitre) that
was used to over ride the Pentagon computers on 9-11-2005
Federal Whistleblower Tom Heneghan’s tires were stolen off his car today in
broad daylight, by Bush Goons.
Bush & Blair obviously are trying to cause a Terrorist attack in America to
derail the Federal Grand Jury Investigations of their roles of the Plame
leaks which is violations of National Security Laws and their War Crimes
against Sovereign Nation Iraq with intentional falsified reports. Their
further Treason Attacks on America involve Rouge CIA, DIA, British MI-6,
Russian and Mossad agents who were also involved in the 9-11-2001 World
Trade Center Attack and Pentagon attacks.
More to come, stay tuned.

Tom Heneghan & Stew Webb

www.stewwebb.com

_________________________________________________________

www.stewwebb.com

Official Press Release

Tuesday July 13, 2005 8:PM

Tony Blair Served With Subpoena by US Embassy Official

in Valerie Plame Case

By Tom Heneghan & Stew Webb Federal Whistleblowers

Heneghan-Webb Presidential & Vice Presidential Candidates 2004

Today England’s Prime Minister Tony Blair was served a subpoena by US
Embassy Officials in London, to answer questions in the Deaths of CIA
Valerie Plame Agents Network & 1700 American Soldiers who have died in the
Iraq War. Chicago’s US Attorney and Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald
had the Subpoena served.
Will Tony Blair now run for cover or stand up like a man and answer Mr.
Fitzgerald’s questions before a US Federal Grand Jury?
George W. Bush has refused and avoided his Grand Jury Subpoena.

More to come, stay tuned to www.stewwebb.com US Intel Breaking News

____________________________________________________________

www.stewwebb.com

Official Press Release

Tuesday July 12, 2005 2:PM

Tony Blair Wanted

For the Deaths of CIA Valerie Plame Agents Network & 1700 American
Soldiers.

By Tom Heneghan & Stew Webb Federal Whistleblowers

Heneghan-Webb Presidential & Vice Presidential Candidates 2004

Tony Blair has been Subpoenaed by Chicago US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald.

Blair is claiming Diplomatic Immunity.

US Attorney Fitzgerald readied extradition request.

More Details Coming, stay tuned www.stewwebb.com

Stew Webb & Tom Heneghan

stewwebb@stewwebb.com

stewwebb@sierranv.net

816 478-3267

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Official Press Release

July 7, 2005 6:00 AM Central Time

London Terrorist Attack Bush and Blair the Culprits

PE-2 ELEMENTS OF TEAM IRAQ ATTACK LONDON TODAY

By Tom Heneghan & Stew Webb Federal Whistleblowers

Presidential & Vice Presidential Candidates 2004

The attacks on London were orchestrated by Bush & Blair using PE-2 Elements
of Team Iraq and have been identified by the American French Alliance.
Team Iraq was secretly setup to do insurgency attacks in Iraq by Bush,
Blair and Answar Bin Shari of Israel to further the Iraq War Machine into
Iran and Saudi Arabia for personal gain, and control of the World Oil
Reserves for their own personal benefits.
PE-2 Consists of Rogue British MI-5, Mossad and US Pentagon Secret Teams
under Bush, Blair and Shari’s Control.
PE-2 also known as Propaganda Dewey was set up by George H. W. Bush when he
was Vice President under President Ronald Reagan. After Iran Contra was
exposed Bush set up PE-2-Propaganda Dewey. This the Bush CIA Shadow
Government within the US Government that is behind the Terrorist attack on
America 9-11 WTC and the Oklahoma City Bombing Shadow Government Players.
PE-2 is the Bush Illegal Dirty Illegal Shadow Government within the
Government.
This attack in London today upon innocent British People was for their own
Satanic Political Agenda.
Expect possible more attacks by Bush, Blair and Shari’s PE-2 Terrorist
Rouges in England, Israel and the USA.
This is all to undermine Chicago U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald’s
investigations of Bush and Cheney’s leaks of CIA Valerie Plame, Ambassador
Joseph Wilson wife’s CIA Team investigating Bushes and Cheney’s
involvements into the orchestrated 9-11 attacks on America.
Plame’s CIA network was compromised and many were killed as a result of The
White House Bush-Cheney leaks in violations of National Security Laws and
murder of U.S. CIA Federal Agents.
Judith Miller, a Mossad Stooge, was jailed for her involvement in the leaks
of the CIA Plame investigations which violated National Security laws and
the murder of many CIA agents. Miller was not protecting Whistleblower
sources but was in fact part of the Bush espionage plot to stop the Plame
team from uncovering Bush Cheney’s plotted, planned and orchestrated  9-11
attack upon America on September 11, 2001 which is Treason.
Judith Miller stated in the Courtroom July 6, 2005 when asked if she was
ready to reveal her source stated: “I cannot take the risk. It is to grave,
this Government is too powerful.”
US District Judge Lefko of Chicago who’s Husband and Mother were murdered
several months ago issued the order for Judith Miller and Matt Cooper to
turn over their notes regarding their sources. Claiming this was not a
First Amendment Right but was in Violation of US National Security Laws
because of the murders of several CIA Agents.  Miller and Cooper appealed
and July 6, 2005 Miller went to jail.  Judge Lefko’s Family was murdered by
2 FBI Division 5 Agents, who left cigarette butts of an FBI
Informant-stooge on the crime scene with the informants DNA, the informant
was murdered by the 2-FBI Agents.
Matt Cooper is now Obstructing Justice by claiming The White House Bush
Brain Karl Rove was his source. This is additional Obstruction Of Justice.
Congressman Conyors in a June 2005 Congressional hearing called for
Impeachment hearing to proceed in July 2005 against George W. Bush after
testimony by Ambassador Joseph Wilson and CIA Analyst Ray McGovern.
Sources says Conyors now has 130 plus Congressman ready Impeach The White
House Occu-punk George W. Bush.
PE-2 Terrorist Cell Fox News reported MI-5 British agents warned Israeli
Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to remain in his hotel room 30 minutes
prior to the London attacks.
Intelligence sources have revealed Michael Shipton, MI-5 British Agent, is
tied to the London Terrorist attack, Grab Him.
The Signal man walked with a clipboard in his hand down the street, there
are enough cameras to identify this terrorist.
Expect possible attacks in America by this PE-2 Bush-Blair-Shari terrorist
teams in order to further their Martial Law agenda over the coming weeks.
Bush will keep pushing for more support of his war machine expansions into
Iran and Saudi Arabian for Oil Fields for his families personal gain, with
possible attacks on United States Soil.
Crisis Creation, Crisis Solution for Crisis Control. Further remember
Adolph Hitler’s Mein Kemp strategy of evil.
Fear, Fear, Fear. False Evidence that Appears Real.  George W. Bush save us
from your created Big Bad Boogie Man Terrorist Al Qaeda.
American Militias and Patriots be prepared to defend America. Bush intends
on declaring Martial Law to avoid his coming Indictments, Impeachment and
his going to Jail for Treason and murder for his terrorist attacks on
9-11-2001. This has now been investigated and proven by U.S. Intelligence
agents and others.
America’s enemy has been identified as Bush-Cheney.

End.

Tom Heneghan

and

Stew Webb

www.stewwebb.com

stewwebb@stewwebb.com

stewwebb@sierranv.net

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From: Capt Kirk <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] OT artificial sweetener
Date: August 20, 2005 at 9:07:35 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Thanks heaps for this Sara, I’ve felt for years that
this stuff is evil, but couldn’t find much concrete
evidence to back up the allegation.  this seems more
credible.  It was even mentioned on a Hoax website..
that i thought was impartial, that it wasn’t proved to
be nasty.  Well I’ll  be forwarding this to all I know
that’s for sure.
If I could draw cartoons, I would make one with a
person in hospital with lovely teeth from “sugar free
gum” whilst undergoing radiation therapy for a brain
tumour.
WTF. Force feed this stuff to Donald whilst he is kept
in a public stockade, so we can also throw stuff at
him.  Perhaps a large dose of Ibogaine?
KIrk

— sara119@xs4all.nl wrote:

Aspartame – Rumsfeld’s Bioweapon Legacy

Dr. Betty Martini, Founder
Mission Possible Intl
8-20-5

Before reading this article everyone should hear
James Turner, Atty,
explain how Don Rumsfeld called in his markers to
get aspartame, a deadly
chemical poison approved when the FDA said no:
http://www.soundandfury.tv/pages.Rumsfeld2.html The
entire film can be
gotten at http://www.docworkers.com

Among the many ironies of our modern world is that
Gerald Ford awarded the
Presidential Medal of Freedom-America,s highest
civilian honor-to Defense
Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on January 19, 1977. Just
a few weeks later on
March 8, Rumsfeld became the CEO of G.D. Searle to
take point on a mission
to force the Food and Drug Administration to approve
for human consumption
a known carcinogen and neurotoxic poison.

Mission accomplished: Today some 9,000 commonly
consumed products are
laced with this weapon of mass misery and millions
of people live with
chronic illnesses linked to the artificial sweetener
aspartame. It is our
belief at The Idaho Observer that if some guy named
Parkinson can have a
disease named after him, then Donald Rumsfeld ought
to have his own
disease, too. Hence the term Rumsfeld disease A.

Rumsfeld’s Disease

A Politically-Induced Biochemical
Disaster Of Global Proportions

By Don Harkins
The Idaho Observer
8-15-5

Today, Donald Rumsfeld is known throughout the world
as the zealous U.S.
Secretary of Defense who is waging a global “war on
terror” in search of
“terrorists” and “weapons of mass destruction.” Most
people, however, are
not aware that Rumsfeld himself unleashed a chemical
weapon of mass
destruction upon the world in 1981-and it,s still
out there destroying
people all over the world. That “WMD” is aspartame
and it has been
scientifically and anecdotally linked to millions of
chronic illnesses and
deaths.

The evidence shows that, with full knowledge of
aspartame,s neurotoxicity
and carcinogenicity, Rumsfeld, as the CEO of G.D.
Searle, Co., “called in
his markers” to achieve U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) approval
for the artificial sweetener aspartame, better known
by its trade name
“NutraSweet.”

Consumer advocate attorney Jim Turner, who was
instrumental in the 1969
banning of cyclamate in the U.S. for its link to
various forms of cancer,
met with representatives of aspartame approval
petitioner Searle in 1974.
The main topic of discussion was neuroscientist Dr.
John Olney,s 1971
study which showed that aspartic acid caused lesions
in the brains of
infant mice. According to Turner, arguably the
world,s foremost authority
on aspartame,s dubious legal history, Rumsfeld was
apparently hired by
Searle for one specific purpose: To obtain FDA
approval for aspartame.

Betty Martini is the director of Mission Possible, a
worldwide consumer
advocacy organization formed in 1992 as a voice for
those demanding that
the FDA reverse its approval of aspartame and order
its removal from
foods, beverages and medical preparations. Martini
is even more bold in
her charges against Rumsfeld. Martini believes the
Washington insider,
former three-term U.S. Rep. From Illinois
(1962-1968), secretary of
defense (1975-1977) and executive assistant to
President Gerald Ford, was
hired by Searle because, “He was willing to get a
deadly chemical poison,
aspartame, approved for human consumption”

Background

In December, 1965 Searle chemist James Schlatter
discovered aspartame
while working on an ulcer drug. The substance,
comprised of 50 percent
synthetic phenylalanine, 40 percent synthetic
aspartic acid and 10 percent
methanol, was about 200 times sweeter than sugar by
weight and had no
calories. By spring, 1967, Searle began conducting
safety trials in
preparation for petitioning the FDA for product
approval.

Soon after the trials began, lab animals (monkeys
and mice) began
experiencing adverse effects ranging from brain
lesions and tumors to
seizures and death. Yet Searle petitioned the FDA
for aspartame approval
in February, 1973. According to Turner, Searle
provided the FDA with over
100 studies claiming they proved aspartame was
“safe.” Independent
analyses of these studies, however, proves
conclusively that aspartame is
actually a dangerous, neurotoxic, carcinogenic and
highly-addictive drug.

Trusting Searle,s promise that aspartame was safe,
the FDA approved the
limited use of aspartame in dry goods on July 26,
1974. Turner and Dr.
Olney formally objected to the approval. Their
petition triggered an FDA
investigation of Searle,s lab practices which proved
that Searle had
provided the FDA with inaccurate conclusions
resulting from manipulated
data derived from poorly-designed studies. The FDA
reversed its decision
to approve aspartame in dry goods.

On January 10, 1977, the FDA formally requested that
the U.S. Department
of Justice convene a federal grand jury to determine
if Searle should be
criminally indicted for “concealing material facts
and making false
statements” with regard to its petition for
aspartame approval.

Among the many charges FDA investigators made about
Searle,s shoddy lab
practices was how rats that developed tumors would
undergo surgical
removal of the tumors and then be placed back into
the study as if nothing
had happened to them.

The grand jury investigation was led by U.S.
Attorney Samuel Skinner. In
July 1, 1977, while the investigation was being
conducted, Skinner left
the Justice Department and took a job with Sidley &
Austin-the law firm
representing Searle. The statute of limitations
eventually ran out and the
grand jury disbanded without reaching any
conclusions regarding Searle and
its lab practices.

Amid this controversy, Rumsfeld was hired as Searle
CEO on March 8, 1977
and immediately began cleaning house. Rumsfeld, who
had no previous
business executive experience before becoming CEO of
Searle, reorganized
several departments in the company and fired many of
its high-level
managers, replacing them with other
politically-connected Washington,
D.C., insiders.

Though the controversies deepened and the evidence
proving the poisonous
nature of his company,s product continued to
accumulate, Rumsfeld and his
team continued to push for FDA approval of
aspartame.

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Subject: Re: Re: [Ibogaine] Fw: Great photos of the Shuttle launch pad, etc
Date: August 20, 2005 at 8:34:15 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
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From: Vector Vector <vector620022002@yahoo.com>
Date: 2005/08/20 Sat PM 05:10:48 EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fw:  Great photos of the Shuttle launch pad, etc

You know you just sent a 4MB attachment to something like 7,000 people
and crashed a lot of their mailboxes. You might want to include the url
instead of spamming mailboxes with huge powerpoint files 😉

.:vector:.

— Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:

OK TO OPEN..SAW IT IN A DREAM,  KOKO
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From: Vector Vector <vector620022002@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fw: Great photos of the Shuttle launch pad, etc
Date: August 20, 2005 at 5:10:48 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

You know you just sent a 4MB attachment to something like 7,000 people
and crashed a lot of their mailboxes. You might want to include the url
instead of spamming mailboxes with huge powerpoint files 😉

.:vector:.

— Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:

OK TO OPEN..SAW IT IN A DREAM,  KOKO
—– Original Message —–
From:
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Subject: Great photos of the Shuttle launch pad, etc

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Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fw: Great photos of the Shuttle launch pad, etc
Date: August 20, 2005 at 4:58:04 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

How Beautiful!! Thanks for sharing.

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Subject: [Ibogaine] Fw: Great photos of the Shuttle launch pad, etc
Date: August 20, 2005 at 4:10:05 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>

OK TO OPEN..SAW IT IN A DREAM,  KOKO
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Date: August 20, 2005 at 4:58:17 PM EDT
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Date: August 20, 2005 at 4:10:05 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>

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Date: August 20, 2005 at 4:58:10 PM EDT
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Date: August 20, 2005 at 4:10:05 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>

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Date: August 20, 2005 at 3:55:36 PM EDT
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Date: August 20, 2005 at 1:21:54 PM EDT
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wounderful news for many,may i ask ever since ? some unit of time maybe.
love light truth , Rerun

From: sara119@xs4all.nl
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] OT artificial sweetener
Date: August 20, 2005 at 7:52:36 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Aspartame – Rumsfeld’s Bioweapon Legacy

Dr. Betty Martini, Founder
Mission Possible Intl
8-20-5

Before reading this article everyone should hear James Turner, Atty,
explain how Don Rumsfeld called in his markers to get aspartame, a deadly
chemical poison approved when the FDA said no:
http://www.soundandfury.tv/pages.Rumsfeld2.html The entire film can be
gotten at http://www.docworkers.com

Among the many ironies of our modern world is that Gerald Ford awarded the
Presidential Medal of Freedom-America,s highest civilian honor-to Defense
Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on January 19, 1977. Just a few weeks later on
March 8, Rumsfeld became the CEO of G.D. Searle to take point on a mission
to force the Food and Drug Administration to approve for human consumption
a known carcinogen and neurotoxic poison.

Mission accomplished: Today some 9,000 commonly consumed products are
laced with this weapon of mass misery and millions of people live with
chronic illnesses linked to the artificial sweetener aspartame. It is our
belief at The Idaho Observer that if some guy named Parkinson can have a
disease named after him, then Donald Rumsfeld ought to have his own
disease, too. Hence the term Rumsfeld disease A.

Rumsfeld’s Disease

A Politically-Induced Biochemical
Disaster Of Global Proportions

By Don Harkins
The Idaho Observer
8-15-5

Today, Donald Rumsfeld is known throughout the world as the zealous U.S.
Secretary of Defense who is waging a global “war on terror” in search of
“terrorists” and “weapons of mass destruction.” Most people, however, are
not aware that Rumsfeld himself unleashed a chemical weapon of mass
destruction upon the world in 1981-and it,s still out there destroying
people all over the world. That “WMD” is aspartame and it has been
scientifically and anecdotally linked to millions of chronic illnesses and
deaths.

The evidence shows that, with full knowledge of aspartame,s neurotoxicity
and carcinogenicity, Rumsfeld, as the CEO of G.D. Searle, Co., “called in
his markers” to achieve U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval
for the artificial sweetener aspartame, better known by its trade name
“NutraSweet.”

Consumer advocate attorney Jim Turner, who was instrumental in the 1969
banning of cyclamate in the U.S. for its link to various forms of cancer,
met with representatives of aspartame approval petitioner Searle in 1974.
The main topic of discussion was neuroscientist Dr. John Olney,s 1971
study which showed that aspartic acid caused lesions in the brains of
infant mice. According to Turner, arguably the world,s foremost authority
on aspartame,s dubious legal history, Rumsfeld was apparently hired by
Searle for one specific purpose: To obtain FDA approval for aspartame.

Betty Martini is the director of Mission Possible, a worldwide consumer
advocacy organization formed in 1992 as a voice for those demanding that
the FDA reverse its approval of aspartame and order its removal from
foods, beverages and medical preparations. Martini is even more bold in
her charges against Rumsfeld. Martini believes the Washington insider,
former three-term U.S. Rep. From Illinois (1962-1968), secretary of
defense (1975-1977) and executive assistant to President Gerald Ford, was
hired by Searle because, “He was willing to get a deadly chemical poison,
aspartame, approved for human consumption”

Background

In December, 1965 Searle chemist James Schlatter discovered aspartame
while working on an ulcer drug. The substance, comprised of 50 percent
synthetic phenylalanine, 40 percent synthetic aspartic acid and 10 percent
methanol, was about 200 times sweeter than sugar by weight and had no
calories. By spring, 1967, Searle began conducting safety trials in
preparation for petitioning the FDA for product approval.

Soon after the trials began, lab animals (monkeys and mice) began
experiencing adverse effects ranging from brain lesions and tumors to
seizures and death. Yet Searle petitioned the FDA for aspartame approval
in February, 1973. According to Turner, Searle provided the FDA with over
100 studies claiming they proved aspartame was “safe.” Independent
analyses of these studies, however, proves conclusively that aspartame is
actually a dangerous, neurotoxic, carcinogenic and highly-addictive drug.

Trusting Searle,s promise that aspartame was safe, the FDA approved the
limited use of aspartame in dry goods on July 26, 1974. Turner and Dr.
Olney formally objected to the approval. Their petition triggered an FDA
investigation of Searle,s lab practices which proved that Searle had
provided the FDA with inaccurate conclusions resulting from manipulated
data derived from poorly-designed studies. The FDA reversed its decision
to approve aspartame in dry goods.

On January 10, 1977, the FDA formally requested that the U.S. Department
of Justice convene a federal grand jury to determine if Searle should be
criminally indicted for “concealing material facts and making false
statements” with regard to its petition for aspartame approval.

Among the many charges FDA investigators made about Searle,s shoddy lab
practices was how rats that developed tumors would undergo surgical
removal of the tumors and then be placed back into the study as if nothing
had happened to them.

The grand jury investigation was led by U.S. Attorney Samuel Skinner. In
July 1, 1977, while the investigation was being conducted, Skinner left
the Justice Department and took a job with Sidley & Austin-the law firm
representing Searle. The statute of limitations eventually ran out and the
grand jury disbanded without reaching any conclusions regarding Searle and
its lab practices.

Amid this controversy, Rumsfeld was hired as Searle CEO on March 8, 1977
and immediately began cleaning house. Rumsfeld, who had no previous
business executive experience before becoming CEO of Searle, reorganized
several departments in the company and fired many of its high-level
managers, replacing them with other politically-connected Washington,
D.C., insiders.

Though the controversies deepened and the evidence proving the poisonous
nature of his company,s product continued to accumulate, Rumsfeld and his
team continued to push for FDA approval of aspartame.

A team of FDA investigators headed by Jerome Bressler attempted to block
Rumsfeld, et. al, by publishing what has become known as the “Bressler
Report” on August 1, 1977. The report cited several instances where Searle
intentionally mislead the FDA in its petition for marketplace approval of
aspartame. The FDA then formed a public board of inquiry (PBOI) in 1979 to
rule on the myriad safety issues surrounding aspartame.

By this time, FDA investigators and independent scientists had
exhaustively reviewed the Searle studies and additional studies had been
conducted. There was no doubt, based upon objective analyses of evidence
that had accumulated for over a decade, that aspartame was deathly
poisonous to lab animals and caused a statistically significant number of
them to develop tumors.

On September 30, 1980, the PBOI concluded that aspartame should not be
approved pending further investigation of its link to the formation of
brain tumors and that the FDA “has not been presented with proof of
reasonable certainty that aspartame is safe for use as a food additive.”

The coup

Ronald Reagan was sworn in as president January 21, 1981. Rumsfeld, while
still CEO at Searle, was part of Reagan,s transition team. This team
hand-picked Dr. Arthur Hull Hayes, Jr., to be the new FDA commissioner.
Dr. Hayes, a pharmacologist, had no previous experience with food
additives before being appointed director of the FDA. He, like Rumsfeld,
did, however, have experience with chemical warfare studies while
connected to the Department of Defense. According to The Washington Post,
Hayes was, “one of a number of doctors who conducted drugs tests for the
Army on volunteers.to determine the effect of a mind-disorienting drug
called CAR 301,060,” at Fort Detrick, Maryland.

The Post further explained why Hayes was the perfect choice to politically
force the approval of aspartame: “According to a declassified 1976 report
prepared by the Army Inspector General, Hayes had planned a research study
to develop the mind-altering CAR 301,060 as a crowd control agent.”

The report, detailing Hayes activities beginning in 1972, further
indicated that Hayes was involved in similar biochemical mind control
research studies until being named FDA director.

One of Hayes, first official acts as FDA chief was to approve the use of
aspartame as an artificial sweetener in dry goods July 18, 1981. In order
to accomplish this feat, Hayes had to overlook the scuttled grand jury
investigation of Searle, overcome the Bressler Report, ignore the PBOI,s
recommendations and pretend aspartame did not chronically sicken and kill
thousands of lab animals. Hayes, left his post at the FDA in November,
1983, amid accusations that he was accepting corporate gifts for political
favors. Just before leaving office in scandal, Hayes approved the use of
aspartame in beverages. According to The Post, Hayes, next job was in the
private sector where he served as a high-paid senior medical advisor for
Searle,s public relations firm.

The aftermath

Within weeks of aspartame,s approval for use in beverages, cans of diet
sodas and other sweet drinks were on the market. To help sell Americans on
using the artificial sweetener, intense advertising campaigns began
programming the public to believe that sugar has lots of calories;
calories make us fat and NutraSweet has no calories-therefore it won,t
make us fat.

Based upon this almost universally-accepted oversimplification of
biochemical reality, aspartame has enjoyed 22 years of marketplace success
and is now in an estimated 7,000 to 9,000 commonly-consumed products in at
least 100 countries. When Searle was absorbed by Monsanto in 1985,
Rumsfeld reportedly received a $12 million bonus.

Not surprisingly, the same adverse reactions seen in lab animals in the
60s and 70s are now being seen in the general population. In his first
book on aspartame (1990), Dr. H.J. Roberts stated that in five or 10 years
we would have a worldwide plague on our hands if we do not remove
aspartame from our food supply. With the printing of “Aspartame Disease:
An Ignored Epidemic (2001), Dr. Roberts declared that the world is,
indeed, plagued by a global epidemic of symptoms associated with aspartame
use.

* Aspartame is being identified by a growing number of researchers and
physicians as an underlying cause of chronic ill health in America and
other countries throughout the world.

* It interacts with other substances such as pharmaceutical drugs to
produce adverse reactions.

* All metabolites of aspartame (formaldehyde, methanol, diketopiperazine
and formic acid) are toxic to the human body and are especially toxic to
the brain.

* Aspartame comprises over 80 percent of consumer complaints filed with
the FDA.

* The FDA has generated a list of 92 symptoms associated with aspartame
consumption that include nausea, dizziness, irritability, insanity,
blindness, deafness, weight gain and death.

* The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention claim that 500,000 people
each year simply “drop dead” for no apparent reason from what it labels
“sudden cardiac death.”

* Dementia among all ages (especially the elderly) and learning
disabilities among children, in the U.S. and abroad, have been
skyrocketing since 1981.

As of today, the number of scientific and studies showing that aspartame
is, indeed, an underlying cause of chronic physical and mental illness and
death out number studies proving its safety by at least 400 to zero. Proof
of this fact can also be determined by what happens in many cases when
people stop using aspartame: Their chronic symptoms disappear.

The legacy

Defense Secretary Rumsfeld was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
by President Gerald Ford-the highest civilian honor in America-on January
19, 1977. A few months later, Rumsfeld became the CEO of Searle to secure
political approval for a product that science had proven to be a
highly-addictive neurotoxic drug that causes chronic ill health, brain
tumors and death. The evidence indicates that FDA approval for aspartame
was a high-level political priority undoubtedly connected to its capacity
to adversely effect the minds and bodies of those consuming it.

Because Rumsfeld placed politics above public health and safety, hundreds
of millions of people throughout the world cannot think clearly and suffer
from a variety of chronic illnesses. It is, therefore, fitting that
symptoms associated with aspartame use be known as “Rumsfeld,s disease.”

Caption: The search of a suitable picture of Donald Rumsfeld turned up
this image from Portland Indy Media. Though it may seem satirical, is it?
What goes through the mind of a man who knowingly poisons his own people?

End of Article

Note from Betty Martini:

Only yesterday in national news we learned diet and low calorie pop will
be left in schools which will poison our children. As an example, Coke
Zero has aspartame. Aspartame is a chemical hypersensitization agent
because it is a neurotoxic drug/chemical poison. It not only interacts
with all drugs but all vaccines and other toxins and unsafe sweeteners
like Splenda, a chlorocarbon poison. So our children don’t have a chance.
Only a few weeks ago an epidemiological study by Sharon Fowler at the
University of Texas based on 8 years data links diet drinks with obesity.
Aspartame also can precipitate diabetes, simulates and aggravates diabetic
retinopathy and neuropathy, destroys the optic nerve and interacts with
insulin.

In July a 3 year Italian study was released by the European Foundation for
Oncology and Environmental Sciences which revealed it causes leukemia,
lymphoma and malignant brain tumors. Their July 14 05 report declares:
“The results demonstrate … that aspartame is a carcinogenic agent.” How
many mothers knowing this would want their children drinking an addictive
carcinogenic agent. Aspartame liberates free methyl alcohol which causes
chronic methanol poisoning. This affects the dopamine system of the brain
and causes addiction. Now understand why the pop companies want this
poison in your schools which causes Rumsfeld Disease.

Neurosurgeon Russell Blaylock, M.D., one of the world’s leading
authorities on aspartame neurotoxicity, extensively reviewed the Soffritti
report. “This study confirmed the previous study by Dr. Trocho and
co-workers (l998), which also found the formaldehyde breakdown product of
aspartame to be damaging to cellular DNA and that this damage was
cumulative. The type of damage was a duplicate of that associated with
cancers. These two studies strongly indicate that drinking a single diet
cola sweetened with aspartame every day could significantly increase one’s
risk of developing a lymphoma or leukemia.”

Dr. Blaylock said further “This study should terrify mothers and all those
consuming aspartame sweetened products. This was a carefully done study
which clearly demonstrated a statistically significant increase in several
types of lymphomas and leukemias in rats. Both of these malignancies have
increased significantly in this country since the widespread use of
aspartame.”

Only the animals exposed to aspartame developed malignant brain tumors and
we are now taking aspartame brain tumor cases for litigation in New York,
New Jersey, Madison County,Illinois and Mississippi. Simply contact me at
Bettym19@mindspring.com

Dr. Blaylock also said “They found that even lower doses of aspartame
could cause these malignancies, yet the higher the dose, the more cancers
that were seen. Since aspartame can increase obesity and may even cause
the metabolic syndrome that affects 48 million Americans, there is no
reason to ever consume this product. At the least, it should be
immediately banned from all schools.”

Any mother reading this article with children in school should immediately
take this to their principal, children’s teacher and PTA along with the
movie, Sweet Misery, and demand that all products with aspartame
(NutraSweet/Equal/Spoonful, E951/Canderel/Benevia, etc.) and especially
pop with this poison be removed – period, no if’s, no and’s and no but’s.
And Board of Educations should also remove the lobbyists and those who
would offer money to keep poisoned pop in schools. How much is the brain
of your child worth. Remember this is the cause of the epidemic of ADD,
ADHD, autism, Tourettes, and behavioral problems.

For documentation of this read the experts books:

Aspartame Disease: An Ignored Epidemic
H. J. Roberts, M.D.
www.sunsentpress.com
or 1 800 827 7991

Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills and Health & Nutrition Secrets
By neurosurgeon Russell Blaylock, M.D.
www.russellblaylockmd.com

Web sites: http://www.wnho.net and http://www.dorway.com Aspartame
Toxicity Center, http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame

Aspartame Information List, http://www.wnho.net Get involved

Rumsfeld Disease may become one of the largest plagues in world history.
The list of horrors is unending. Thanks to despicable and greedy Big
Pharma/Codex, in England supplements from industry now contain aspartame.
Diane Fleming still remains in a prison in Virginia because methanol was
found on her husband’s autopsy and they thought she poisoned him even
though she passed their lie detector test. Doctors affidavits state he
died from aspartame which causes methanol poisoning. Athletes like Fleming
are dying because aspartame damages the cardiac conduction system and
causes sudden death, although his was not sudden.

Enough is enough. Eradicate Rumsfeld Disease from our schools and from our
planet.

Don Harkins of the Idaho Observer has given permission to have this
republished. To help the effort the Idaho Observer –
www.idaho-observer.com publishes 24 page booklets for distribution on
Rumsfeld Disease called the Artificially Sweetened Times. Distribute them
throughout your schools, offices and churches to help eradicate Rumsfeld
Disease. And if you think the pop companies didn’t know the gum was loaded
be sure to read the protest of the National Soft Drink Assn. on
www.dorway.com

Dr. Betty Martini, Founder
Mission Possible International
9270 River Club Parkway,
Duluth, Georgia 30097
770 242-2599

Idaho Observer
Spirit Lake, Idaho 83869
Phone 208-255-2307
Email observer@coldreams.com
Web http://idaho-observer.com

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From: Capt Kirk <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Sjonny
Date: August 20, 2005 at 1:24:21 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Trying not to be jealous of your iboganaut-ness but
cool, I am very happy for ya!
My turn will come.
Manifesting all requirements.
Sweet as
KIrk :o)

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From: Morning Wood <morning_wood263@yahoo.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] orbicularis oris
Date: August 20, 2005 at 12:37:47 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

is political activism required 4 fellowship?

____________________________________________________
Start your day with Yahoo! – make it your home page
http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

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From: “Jasen Chamoun” <jasenhappy@optusnet.com.au>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Sjonny
Date: August 19, 2005 at 11:49:46 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hey Sjonny,

My email is between yours with an asterix at the beginning. Scroll down. Oh and by the way,…Congratulations!

Thanks Jasen , but hold the congrats’ , I’m leaning on benzo’s and trying to stop reaching for everything else. A big reduction in the stack of drugs I was taking before would be more than a great result for me and that’s on the cards. I have cramps and I’m pretty wired but nothing like the absolute hell I know all too well – I feel very upbeat and positive also.
*Isn’t it funny how we can feel a little sick whilst feeling upbeat and positve. To me it was like my spirit had received a lot of healing yet my body was still
*catching up,..so my mind was much stronger and able to deal with my body,..so I also was upbeat and positive whilst feeling a little sick. The sick had a
*very different energy to it.
When I was in the thick of it I saw the obligatory archetypal African warriors and shaman everywhere – At least it felt obligatory , I still don’t know if it’s unique to Ibogaine or if it’s an autosuggestive thing. What really struck me was the incredible electricity of it all , more than any other hallucinogen I’ve experienced – I also felt it was very physical , my limbs and the organs in my trunk seemed to spasm and shift as if going through a process only they knew about .I experienced an anxiety about dying in the first couple of hours but felt no need to communicate this as I’d heard and read it wasn’t uncommon.
*Yes I understand the dying feeling. I really thought that I was dying as well,..even though I knew this was a common feeling I was still convinced that this
*was really it. I would say to Sara, “Saraaa I’m dying” and Sara would say, “you are not dying,..it is a process”. Still I was convinced,..I would tell Martiez, I
*am dying,..I wont be here in the morning and Martiez would say, “You cannot die man”.( I laugh my head off now when I think of his comment)
*This dying feeling seems to be a part of us that does not serve the life we choose anymore that is dying and then being reborn.Like being given another ego
*shadow, call it what you will. Ohhh isn’t the most wonder full healing medicine. I am still in awe.
All in all very intense and an ordeal that was eventually rewarding , there is a nicely fulfilling right of passage feeling also if that makes any sense. Certain sounds (frequencies ?) are still amplified , angular flashes come at me from my peripheral vision and I’m still a little clumsy as my balance is wayward. I seem to have a handle on why I want to use which could be invaluable if it stays with me………… right now hot baths and cold milk are keeping me good. I’m glad I did this !
Sjonny.
*The longer you leave it the better it gets. I was stuck for months,..stuck but still feeling great. It has been 9 months now and things get better all the time,it’s
*like the world around us needs time to notice our new vibration, to adjust to it before it starts to work for us again. Give it time, allow yourself to heal, give
*your body time to heal and your mind a while to adjust. This is life we are living and it is wonder full.
with love, Jasen.
From: “Jasen Chamoun” <jasenhappy@optusnet.com.au>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 08:58:56 +1000

Yeay,..good on you Sjonny,

Would love to hear where the journey took you. Congratulatons.

love, Jasen
—– Original Message —–
From: Sjonnygee .
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 1:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine

Many, many thanks to Howard also – you made all this possible. I thought about that as I was taking off after the first dose.
I was using 60mg methadone daily interspersed with around 1, 1+1/2gm. heroin (smoked) twice weekly (more or less, though I cut back the amount of heroin used to about a 1/2 gm. in the two weeks  leading up to the treatment date). I was also drinking quite heavily, not every day but more often than not and this was as big a problem as the opiates if not far worse in terms of my health and state of mind. Right now I have no desire to drink at all.
I took a final 40mg of methadone 24 hrs. before taking Ibogaine.
Sjonny.

From: HSLotsof@aol.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 08:09:39 EDT


In a message dated 8/18/05 7:41:14 AM, sjonnygee@msn.com writes:

On Saturday 13th August 11.30.am I took the first of four 300 mg. caps. Ibogaine HCL and took the remaining three in two hour intervals to make up 1200mg .

Skipping through a few wild days later, I’m still rushing and soaring through waves of shivering euphoria and I’m clean for the first time in ten years. Ibogaine is no picnic and sure enough nobody would take it for kicks but I feel privileged to have had the chance to do this……… !

Many, many thanks to Ed,

Sjonny.

Thumbs Up!  Keep us informed.  The more information the better.  Can you give us some background on what you were using preibogaine>

Thanks

Howard

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From: “Matthew Shriver” <matt@itsupport.net>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] re: show me the honey:120 a day
Date: August 19, 2005 at 11:32:10 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I was on 74 when I took ibo the last time.  I did about 22 mg/kg of ibogaine HCL and been clean ever since.
From: Nowwarat@aol.com [mailto:Nowwarat@aol.com] 
Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 2:48 PM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] re: show me the honey:120 a day

PS I can only taper to about 60-70 mgs. I applaud yourt courage and persistence!

From: Eye of the Bhogi <freedomroot@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] re: show me the honey:120 a day
Date: August 19, 2005 at 5:31:24 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Bruce,

What do you mean “only” to 60-70″ mgs?

love,

Rachel

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From: Nowwarat@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] re: show me the honey:120 a day
Date: August 19, 2005 at 4:48:11 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

PS I can only taper to about 60-70 mgs. I applaud yourt courage and persistence!

From: BarrStb@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] re: show me the honey:120 a day
Date: August 19, 2005 at 4:20:09 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Bruce, I don’t know I just don’t know, have you had any success with long run taper programs w/ MMT,I recently spoke w/ a Mexico ibo treatment RN (nurse) about the very same problem you are sizing up. His advice was, Yes methadone is, but not always the tuffest habit for ibo to crack, so to speak. However they have had success w/ patiens on as much as 300 mg daily dose ” ” , any way his bottom line was the lower you can manage to get your Dose prior to ibo treatment the better! sure makes sense to me, the lower the better under any kick attempt.the catch is I don’t know how much Dope you have done outside of mmt these last 12 years But to switch to shorter acting opiates for a short while prior to ibo could be a bad idea after so long on Mmt ; reason mmt as you and I know causes the” blockade effect” and its true at 120 mg it would take huge amounts of smack or very strong pain meds i.e. oxy,dilauded,morphine or fyntanal to even cover your maintenance requirements & over the two weeks say coming off mmt w/ real dope and lots of it you will no longer have the euphoria blocking aspect of mmt.Translate you will be getting HIGH again, and just prior to an ibo treatment and intentions of clean and sober living from there on out? you would be setting your self up for a major relapse if say the ibo doesn’t take? and you go back to using DOPE not MMT ,which I know personally is not DOPE as a DOPE fiend would like it to be!! you don’t need one last hoorhaa!! you need to stay focused,Tapper,tapper,tapper, the truth of the matter is you will have more success  from say15 to 30 mg methadone habit then the huge heroin habit it would take to fix a 120 mg Jones for a week or two prior to ibo  treatment! That’s the fact Jack I know as much as the next guy we want to be clean and I mean right now that’s why ibo is so interesting as a treatment Right? But after 12 years on mmt don’t get in to much of a hurry “Kick to fast it wont last” you start getting high again you might decide you don’t want ibo you just want to get high again after 12 boring years of mmt,any way back to the Mexico doctor he said low dose methadone  patients who have tapered slowly to a reasonable dose as15-30mg have more success than someone strung on heroin looking for that quick fix! Kick! try a taper program 5 mg drop ever 7 days to 40 then 3 to 20 then head to Ibo treatment. I tapered that way and have had very little symptoms and am at 22 mg and holding until I find how to Ibo , Mexico is alittle $$$ for one dose meds,So 4 months ago I was right where you are at 120 , now I feel  ready for that last good bye, pray for me and I for you, Shit what do I know Im just a dope fiend anyway! but hopefully not much longer?

Sorry for such a long post, but that’s all I got to say …
LOVE LIGHT INSIGHT, Rerun

From: “matthew zielinski” <mattzielinski@hotmail.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] counciousness is the womb of creation
Date: August 19, 2005 at 2:19:23 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Cosmic Cookie

Nobody is from the Earth or any other Planet.
We all are Consciousness or Thought Beings
and we are born or have emerged from Inner Space.
We are Inner Space Beings
and Outer Space is our Playground.
Inner as well as Outer Space… however
are Mental Constructions of Consciousness.
Mental Constructions… Concepts or Thoughts
become semi Solid Substances
and take on their own Deceptive Reality
under certain Conditions.

CONSCIOUSNESS IS THE WOMB OF CREATION

 

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine
Date: August 19, 2005 at 1:13:31 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

sjonny wrote >When I was in the thick of it I saw the obligatory archetypal African warriors<

I myself still haven’t ever seen ’em, but who knows what my (far away) future holds?

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.
—– Original Message —–
From: Sjonnygee .
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 5:10 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine

Thanks Jasen , but hold the congrats’ , I’m leaning on benzo’s and trying to stop reaching for everything else. A big reduction in the stack of drugs I was taking before would be more than a great result for me and that’s on the cards. I have cramps and I’m pretty wired but nothing like the absolute hell I know all too well – I feel very upbeat and positive also.
When I was in the thick of it I saw the obligatory archetypal African warriors and shaman everywhere – At least it felt obligatory , I still don’t know if it’s unique to Ibogaine or if it’s an autosuggestive thing. What really struck me was the incredible electricity of it all , more than any other hallucinogen I’ve experienced – I also felt it was very physical , my limbs and the organs in my trunk seemed to spasm and shift as if going through a process only they knew about .I experienced an anxiety about dying in the first couple of hours but felt no need to communicate this as I’d heard and read it wasn’t uncommon.
All in all very intense and an ordeal that was eventually rewarding , there is a nicely fulfilling right of passage feeling also if that makes any sense. Certain sounds (frequencies ?) are still amplified , angular flashes come at me from my peripheral vision and I’m still a little clumsy as my balance is wayward. I seem to have a handle on why I want to use which could be invaluable if it stays with me………… right now hot baths and cold milk are keeping me good. I’m glad I did this !
Sjonny.
From: “Jasen Chamoun” <jasenhappy@optusnet.com.au>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 08:58:56 +1000

Yeay,..good on you Sjonny,

Would love to hear where the journey took you. Congratulatons.

love, Jasen
—– Original Message —–
From: Sjonnygee .
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 1:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine

Many, many thanks to Howard also – you made all this possible. I thought about that as I was taking off after the first dose.
I was using 60mg methadone daily interspersed with around 1, 1+1/2gm. heroin (smoked) twice weekly (more or less, though I cut back the amount of heroin used to about a 1/2 gm. in the two weeks  leading up to the treatment date). I was also drinking quite heavily, not every day but more often than not and this was as big a problem as the opiates if not far worse in terms of my health and state of mind. Right now I have no desire to drink at all.
I took a final 40mg of methadone 24 hrs. before taking Ibogaine.
Sjonny.

From: HSLotsof@aol.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 08:09:39 EDT


In a message dated 8/18/05 7:41:14 AM, sjonnygee@msn.com writes:

On Saturday 13th August 11.30.am I took the first of four 300 mg. caps. Ibogaine HCL and took the remaining three in two hour intervals to make up 1200mg .

Skipping through a few wild days later, I’m still rushing and soaring through waves of shivering euphoria and I’m clean for the first time in ten years. Ibogaine is no picnic and sure enough nobody would take it for kicks but I feel privileged to have had the chance to do this……… !

Many, many thanks to Ed,

Sjonny.

Thumbs Up!  Keep us informed.  The more information the better.  Can you give us some background on what you were using preibogaine>

Thanks

Howard

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From: Eye of the Bhogi <freedomroot@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] re: show me the honey
Date: August 19, 2005 at 1:04:22 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

On 8/19/05, Nowwarat@aol.com <Nowwarat@aol.com> wrote:
. But the heart of the issue for me, a  12 year 120 mgs. a day
methadone patient , is
will this medicine honestly give me enough room to change, by keeping me
free enough of symtpms of opiate withdrawal, that I can still keep up with
helping my wife with our sick baby.

Dear Bruce,

I was just reminding Jeff the other day how he pretty much stayed
naked for like three weeks after his treatment — like a little baby
himself.  He wasn’t good for much of anything in the material world of
“reality” most of us try to function in.

Is there any possibility of you switching to a shorter-acting opiate,
with a doctor’s kind assistance, for about two weeks pre-ibogaine??
When we met other iboganauts in February, it was my sense that those
people who came off methadone had a much “harder” post-acute
withdrawal syndrome (PAWS) period than those who detoxed from other,
shorter-half-lifed opiates.

Alternatively, do you have a support network of family or friends who
can be brought in to help with the childcare?  Or a sympathetic social
worker at your clinic who could help you find other resources for
nursing assistance while you take a little time for your health and
recovery?

In the long run, of course, it will benefit your child for you to not
be chemically “maintained,” but unfortunately the social services
system may not be seeing that big picture as long as the “illegal”
shadow makes it problematic for them to fully assist you in your
detox.

Wishing you the best of luck, Rachel

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From: darkmattersfo@comcast.net
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine
Date: August 19, 2005 at 10:02:39 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Chiming in with the round of congratulations to you Sjonnygee! And I want to second the idea that a booster might help. I did a booster session 3 months after my initial session and really helped keep me stay focused why I wanted to stop doing speed and why I had started doing in the first place.

I also had a great harm reduction program that was very supportive.

For those of you who may want a support group but prefer a more secular model, I can recommend Lifering  (http://www.unhooked.com/index.htm). It is a total abstinence organization, but the focus is non-religious. Its a pretty young organization and has a small fraction of the meetings that 12 step organizations have, but if you are lucky enough to be in a city that has a meeting you may want to check it out.

Take care all, Mark

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From: Nowwarat@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] re: show me the honey
Date: August 19, 2005 at 8:40:18 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

In a reply to the plea for some help for Americans willing to pay double your expenses to receive this medicine and pass it along. If I am not mistaken this is all very legal right?

I have been listening for some time and I enjoy the upbeat message and the solidaridy amonst those who have taken the ” trip “. I am a bit taken aback by any email that implies that if you work hard enough at your “due diligence” you will be “rewarded” at the end. I just can’t agree with that logic. I understand the spiritual adventure idea. I believe in it. But the heart of the issue for me, a  12 year 120 mgs. a day methadone patient , is will this medicine honestly give me enough room to change, by keeping me free enough of symtpms of opiate withdrawal, that I can still keep up with helping my wife with our sick baby. In another persons situation  it could be other, equally pressing responsibilities that just don’t allow for much illness. During this period of the drug helping out I believe people can re-adjust their “thermostat” so to speak. We need people we can hook up with in Canada so that we can go to a local hotel and , with  our own supprt in place , take a treatment.

Bruce

Bruce

From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Fw: 2 deaths; few other surprises; bup-combo vs clonidine for ‘detox’.
Date: August 19, 2005 at 8:33:42 AM EDT
To: <drugwar@mindvox.com>, <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hi all,
Here’s more from Andrew Byrne.
While I don’t always agree with him, I always appreciate his posts and the information he provides us in his extremely detailed and comprehensive postings.

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
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Columnist New York Waste
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—– Original Message —– From: Andrew Byrne
To: ajbyrne@ozemail.com.au
Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 1:22 AM
Subject: 2 deaths; few other surprises; bup-combo vs clonidine for ‘detox’.

Ling W, Amass L, Shoptaw S, et al. A multi-center randomized trial of buprenorphine-naloxone versus clonidine for opioid detoxification: findings from the National Institute on Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network. Addiction (2005) 100: 1090-1100

Dear Readers,
This 14 day trial showed buprenorphine-naloxone prescribed patients significantly more likely to stay in treatment and stop using street drugs than those taking clonidine.  It also found much better completion rates for in-patients (77%; 22%; n = 77; 36) compared with out-patients (29%; 5%; n = 157; 74) prescribed the opioid versus clonidine.  Considering the buprenorphine was given in therapeutic doses of 2mg daily up to the last day, these results are not surprising.

However, it is intriguing that there are so many inconsistencies in this report from such highly respected authors.  Most useful randomised trials compare an intervention of known utility with a protocol of promising but uncertain benefit – using parallel protocols and clearly defined, positive end points regarding the subjects’ health.  There are usually equal numbers of participants but it appears this trial was halted early by a pre-determined protocol due to the poor outcomes of the clonidine group. Unusual for ‘Addiction’, this multi-centre trial does not appear to have an ethics statement concerning the protocols, the many authors and funding. Nor could I see a statement on conflict of interest.  In-patients and out-patients are included but selection criteria are not given, nor are they randomised.  Also unusual for Addiction, there is more than half a page of acknowledgements containing 85 names and up to 20 institutions.  Several aspects of the article remind me of the sort of item contained in sponsored journal supplements.  One wonders if the normal peer-review process occurred, so numerous are the inconsistencies, omissions and questions concerning a lack of specific clinical aims/focus in the piece.

As above, most of the findings are predictable from the literature.  The study involved a comparison of two non-evidence based ‘treatments’, being clonidine for detoxification and buprenorphine combination for ‘detoxification’.  Both ‘treatments’ have been shown to be ineffective in trials with over 90% failure rates on conservative criteria at medium term follow-up (1 to 3 months).  Thus this study, whatever its findings, is unlikely to add to the scientific literature or knowledge base.  We know that prescribing buprenorphine in standard doses to heroin addicts attracts and retains subjects while also reducing heroin use.  We also know that clonidine does not do any of the above to any measurable or consistent extent although its use still has supporters and there is some promise of its chemical cousin, lofexidine (Brit-Lofex) for withdrawal symptoms.  As yet, we still do not know whether the buprenorphine combination (bup-combo) drug is as effective as pure buprenorphine.  There are indications that it is less efficacious (Bell) although another paper (Strain) showed contrary-wise that the combination drug caused consistently higher blood levels of 10-40% and thus might be expected to yield a better response. Thus readers may ask why use a combination drug rather than the pure drug, especially when the combination drug is not approved for commencement of treatment.  The combination drug’s only claimed benefit is reduced attractiveness to the street market.  Yet dose diversion would not seem to be an issue here, being largely supervised and only short-term.

Unsurprisingly, the authors find that a higher proportion of bup-combo opioid dependent patients remained in 14 days of prescribed “detox” than those given no opioids.  Also, and most importantly, they found that in-patients fared much better than out-patients in all respects (apart from hapless pair who perished in the in-patient group).

The authors fail to clearly define ‘opioid detoxification’.  Some might find the prescribing of opioids during ‘detoxification’ incongruous.  Opioid detoxification cannot really commence until the patient ceases all significant intake of opioids.  Even on day 13, these patients were offered 2mg of buprenorphine, still ten times the standard analgesic dose of 0.2mg sublingual (the maximum dose given – on day 3 – was 16mg).  A further period of 14 days follow-up for the bup group might have allowed a fairer comparison of the two approaches in this case.

Either way, the authors have not clearly defined what they mean by detoxification, nor have they explained their statement in the abstract that ‘success’ involved an ‘opioid-free urine sample on the last day of clinic attendance’.  Perhaps their pathologist was unable to detect buprenorphine. Later in the article they state this must be free of *illicit* opioids, without defining *illicit*.  Buprenorphine, like methadone, morphine or codeine can be licit or illicit.  Indeed, it was to address the issue of diversion that the combination drug was introduced into the USA.  Yet we now know that it can be abused, and that there is little if any evidence of less diversion than for other prescribed opioids.

In several countries now, even heroin can be legally prescribed and it is possible that, prescribed in decreasing doses, it might have comparable or better results than buprenorphine reductions.  The very next item in Addiction is, in fact, a favourable comparison of oral morphine with methadone from experienced researchers in Austria.

Adverse events:
The section on side effects starts out with a long, confusing, ‘de Quincey-esque’ sentence of 62 words.  In the following 57 lines comes a tedious and confusing ‘lecture’ to the reader on the technical difference between ‘serious adverse events’ and ‘adverse events’.  Only at line 37, and after the reassuring statement ‘Few serious adverse events occurred in either protocol’ do we first learn of two deaths in this 14 day, 344-subject study.  This implies a very high average mortality and requires some detailed explanation.  All we are told is that one death (in the bup-combo group) was due to ‘respiratory failure’ (could this be ‘code’ for drug overdose?) and one was from the clonidine treated group (‘bacterial endocarditis’ – usually a slow or sub-acute disease in drug addicts).  We are told (without coronial references) that ‘neither death was attributed to study medication’.  However, we are also told that patients in both groups took an average of three other medications during the trial, including ‘OTC’ acetaminophen (paracetamol), ibuprofen, loperamide and diphenhydramine as well as prescribed oxazepam, lorazepam, phenobarbital, hydroxyzine, methocarbamol, trimethobenzamide, Donnatal (containing phenobarb), zolpidem, trazadone and doxepin.

I have never heard of a patient dying whilst undergoing supervised detoxification from opioids, so these mortality reports need to be taken very seriously, especially when the patients were in a NIDA approved treatment protocol in registered and (presumably) accredited medical facilities.  I can only speculate (as the authors do not) that this was a trial which attracted the most severely ill American addicts and/or may not have provided the best means to rehabilitation for their condition.  Neither trial protocol is an ‘evidence based’ or proven modality for heroin addiction, even though both may be reasonable choices for subjects as long as they also have the option of more effective avenues such as traditional methadone maintenance.  In many American (and Australian) cities there are still long waiting lists and/or methadone is beyond the financial reach of many addicts.

The authors state “In the out-patient group, 18 serious events occurred, with 14 in the bup-nx group and four in the clonidine group.”  Equal numbers of serious events occurred in the in-patient groups, including two with suicidal behaviour and one with persistent vomiting in those receiving bup-nx.  I am mystified how an in-patient can have a ‘motor accident’ whilst under treatment, yet, along with ‘spine surgery’ we are offered this as an ‘adverse event’ without further explanation.  It is also hard to understand how a patient who was assessed as suitable for detoxification could have died so quickly of sub-acute bacterial endocarditis.  Detoxification is highly unwise in those with active septicaemia.  One patient dropped out due to ‘sensitivity to a study medication’ (unspecified).  This ‘unfortunate’ omission becomes a ‘serious’ one if buprenorphine were implicated.

The most important finding of this trial is probably that in-patient detoxification was so much more efficacious than community treatment (despite there being no randomisation).  The differences were dramatic and they point up the inappropriate decisions made by successive administrations to close down drug and alcohol detoxification wards in New South Wales and elsewhere.  Much of this was based on claims by so-called experts of their services not being ‘cost-effective’ or ‘evidence based’.  This trial shows that by using counselling and the Californian “Matrix” protocols and a ‘placebo’ such as clonidine, excellent in-patient detox results can be obtained in selected patients.

Comments by Andrew Byrne ..

Conflict of interest: Dr Byrne earns a proportion of his income dispensing methadone and buprenorphine to registered dependency patients.

Please note that Professor Charles O’Brien has written an excellent editorial in this ‘Addiction’ pointing out many of the above problems.  Were he or I a reviewer, this month’s edition might have been thinner.

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Dr Andrew Byrne MB BS (Syd) FAChAM (RACP)
Dependency Medicine,
75 Redfern Street, Redfern,
New South Wales, 2016, Australia
Email – ajbyrneATozemail.com.au
Tel (61 – 2) 9319 5524  Fax 9318 0631
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http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2005/s1418817.htm

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From: “matthew zielinski” <mattzielinski@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine
Date: August 19, 2005 at 7:48:03 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hey there
Congrats on a sucesfull journey!!
Your thoughts and beliefs which are running at a million milles an hour rihgt now
will become ur buliding blocks for what lays ahead!
Make sure u have  a plan if u get an uncontroloble craving—maybe a booster >?
I wish u all the best!!
STAY CLEAN AND STAY AWAY FROM THE ARTIFICAL PARADISE!!
With love
matt
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From: “Sjonnygee .” <sjonnygee@msn.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine
Date: August 19, 2005 at 5:10:30 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Thanks Jasen , but hold the congrats’ , I’m leaning on benzo’s and trying to stop reaching for everything else. A big reduction in the stack of drugs I was taking before would be more than a great result for me and that’s on the cards. I have cramps and I’m pretty wired but nothing like the absolute hell I know all too well – I feel very upbeat and positive also.
When I was in the thick of it I saw the obligatory archetypal African warriors and shaman everywhere – At least it felt obligatory , I still don’t know if it’s unique to Ibogaine or if it’s an autosuggestive thing. What really struck me was the incredible electricity of it all , more than any other hallucinogen I’ve experienced – I also felt it was very physical , my limbs and the organs in my trunk seemed to spasm and shift as if going through a process only they knew about .I experienced an anxiety about dying in the first couple of hours but felt no need to communicate this as I’d heard and read it wasn’t uncommon.
All in all very intense and an ordeal that was eventually rewarding , there is a nicely fulfilling right of passage feeling also if that makes any sense. Certain sounds (frequencies ?) are still amplified , angular flashes come at me from my peripheral vision and I’m still a little clumsy as my balance is wayward. I seem to have a handle on why I want to use which could be invaluable if it stays with me………… right now hot baths and cold milk are keeping me good. I’m glad I did this !
Sjonny.
From: “Jasen Chamoun” <jasenhappy@optusnet.com.au>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 08:58:56 +1000

Yeay,..good on you Sjonny,

Would love to hear where the journey took you. Congratulatons.

love, Jasen
—– Original Message —–
From: Sjonnygee .
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 1:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine

Many, many thanks to Howard also – you made all this possible. I thought about that as I was taking off after the first dose.
I was using 60mg methadone daily interspersed with around 1, 1+1/2gm. heroin (smoked) twice weekly (more or less, though I cut back the amount of heroin used to about a 1/2 gm. in the two weeks  leading up to the treatment date). I was also drinking quite heavily, not every day but more often than not and this was as big a problem as the opiates if not far worse in terms of my health and state of mind. Right now I have no desire to drink at all.
I took a final 40mg of methadone 24 hrs. before taking Ibogaine.
Sjonny.

From: HSLotsof@aol.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 08:09:39 EDT


In a message dated 8/18/05 7:41:14 AM, sjonnygee@msn.com writes:

On Saturday 13th August 11.30.am I took the first of four 300 mg. caps. Ibogaine HCL and took the remaining three in two hour intervals to make up 1200mg .

Skipping through a few wild days later, I’m still rushing and soaring through waves of shivering euphoria and I’m clean for the first time in ten years. Ibogaine is no picnic and sure enough nobody would take it for kicks but I feel privileged to have had the chance to do this……… !

Many, many thanks to Ed,

Sjonny.

Thumbs Up!  Keep us informed.  The more information the better.  Can you give us some background on what you were using preibogaine>

Thanks

Howard

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] re: show me the honey
Date: August 19, 2005 at 2:34:48 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

—– Original Message —–
From: BarrStb@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 3:55 PM
Subject: [Ibogaine] re: show me the honey

IM in Canada and it still eludes me,thoug NA is not my bag I no longer want my bag to be my bag! If it is not illegal here then those who no need to stop beating round the bush and provide in plain English ware this humane herb is available through, in country that does not persecute for receiving or consuming, YOU know who you are HELP!!!
freedom to all, Rerun

From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] re: show me the honey
Date: August 19, 2005 at 2:21:48 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

and thanks to those of you who aren’t sure who they are or their contributions and haven’t become a  player in this circle yet.  i want to be well people, reaching out to those I can help, knudging them towards those that can help them, even if it’s only in small ways. out in small ways . In the mean time I’ll walk my line , not dwell on my circuitous thinking of how it once was for a certain time period.  so long.  . funny how it took me 25 yrs. to figuire that one out… damn dumb i am, in such a smart envirornment.if i message my brain rt. this time.more in details if .  my  brain connects this time, i was the failure but around the small sorts. i need to play w/folks my age..56 and up
rwd, koko the kenai klown —– last time or first, i think iys a
From: BarrStb@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 3:55 PM
Subject: [Ibogaine] re: show me the honey

IM in Canada and it still eludes me,thoug NA is not my bag I no longer want my bag to be my bag! If it is not illegal here then those who no need to stop beating round the bush and provide in plain English ware this humane herb is available through, in country that does not persecute for receiving or consuming, YOU know who you are HELP!!!
freedom to all, Rerun

From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Fw: [Sacrament] was i unsubscribed against my wishes at this site? perhaps, unless i misread which is possible but unlikely.
Date: August 18, 2005 at 9:08:12 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

NO, ACTUALLY IT IS VERY LIKELY I MISREAD IT AS i’M SURE NOT PUMPING ON ALL FOURS 2 NIGHT, koko
—– Original Message —–
From: Ron Davis
To: sacrament@mindvox.com
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 7:40 PM
Subject: [Sacrament] was i unsubscribed against my wishes at this site? perhaps, unless i misread which is possible but unlikely.

PLEASE CLARIFY AND ADVISE OF REMEDIAL ACTION.

From: mcorcoran <mcorcoran27@yahoo.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Fwd: FW:
Date: August 18, 2005 at 8:46:23 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Note: forwarded message attached.

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Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 17:08:52 -0400

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From: “Jasen Chamoun” <jasenhappy@optusnet.com.au>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine
Date: August 18, 2005 at 6:58:56 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Yeay,..good on you Sjonny,

Would love to hear where the journey took you. Congratulatons.

love, Jasen
—– Original Message —–
From: Sjonnygee .
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 1:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine

Many, many thanks to Howard also – you made all this possible. I thought about that as I was taking off after the first dose.
I was using 60mg methadone daily interspersed with around 1, 1+1/2gm. heroin (smoked) twice weekly (more or less, though I cut back the amount of heroin used to about a 1/2 gm. in the two weeks  leading up to the treatment date). I was also drinking quite heavily, not every day but more often than not and this was as big a problem as the opiates if not far worse in terms of my health and state of mind. Right now I have no desire to drink at all.
I took a final 40mg of methadone 24 hrs. before taking Ibogaine.
Sjonny.

From: HSLotsof@aol.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 08:09:39 EDT


In a message dated 8/18/05 7:41:14 AM, sjonnygee@msn.com writes:

On Saturday 13th August 11.30.am I took the first of four 300 mg. caps. Ibogaine HCL and took the remaining three in two hour intervals to make up 1200mg .

Skipping through a few wild days later, I’m still rushing and soaring through waves of shivering euphoria and I’m clean for the first time in ten years. Ibogaine is no picnic and sure enough nobody would take it for kicks but I feel privileged to have had the chance to do this……… !

Many, many thanks to Ed,

Sjonny.

Thumbs Up!  Keep us informed.  The more information the better.  Can you give us some background on what you were using preibogaine>

Thanks

Howard

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From: asud journal <asudjournal@club-internet.fr>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine
Date: August 18, 2005 at 1:05:19 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

please can you unload ASUD Journal from this list

Thanks by advance

F.O.
Le 18 août 05, à 17:30, tink a écrit :

welcome to the wild world of the iboganaut!! Congrats!! YEAY FOR YOU!!!!
tink

On 8/18/05, Preston Peet <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com> wrote:

congratulations, and may you keep that euphoric feeling as long as possible.

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often
mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations,
Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —–
From: Sjonnygee .
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 7:40 AM
Subject: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine

On Saturday 13th August 11.30.am I took the first of four 300 mg. caps.
Ibogaine HCL and took the remaining three in two hour intervals to make up
1200mg .
Skipping through a few wild days later, I’m still rushing and soaring
through waves of shivering euphoria and I’m clean for the first time in ten
years. Ibogaine is no picnic and sure enough nobody would take it for kicks
but I feel privileged to have had the chance to do this……… !
Many, many thanks to Ed,
Sjonny.
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From: “Sjonnygee .” <sjonnygee@msn.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine
Date: August 18, 2005 at 11:36:44 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Many, many thanks to Howard also – you made all this possible. I thought about that as I was taking off after the first dose.
I was using 60mg methadone daily interspersed with around 1, 1+1/2gm. heroin (smoked) twice weekly (more or less, though I cut back the amount of heroin used to about a 1/2 gm. in the two weeks  leading up to the treatment date). I was also drinking quite heavily, not every day but more often than not and this was as big a problem as the opiates if not far worse in terms of my health and state of mind. Right now I have no desire to drink at all.
I took a final 40mg of methadone 24 hrs. before taking Ibogaine.
Sjonny.

From: HSLotsof@aol.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 08:09:39 EDT


In a message dated 8/18/05 7:41:14 AM, sjonnygee@msn.com writes:

On Saturday 13th August 11.30.am I took the first of four 300 mg. caps. Ibogaine HCL and took the remaining three in two hour intervals to make up 1200mg .

Skipping through a few wild days later, I’m still rushing and soaring through waves of shivering euphoria and I’m clean for the first time in ten years. Ibogaine is no picnic and sure enough nobody would take it for kicks but I feel privileged to have had the chance to do this……… !

Many, many thanks to Ed,

Sjonny.

Thumbs Up!  Keep us informed.  The more information the better.  Can you give us some background on what you were using preibogaine>

Thanks

Howard

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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine
Date: August 18, 2005 at 11:30:01 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

welcome to the wild world of the iboganaut!! Congrats!! YEAY FOR YOU!!!!
tink

On 8/18/05, Preston Peet <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com> wrote:

congratulations, and may you keep that euphoric feeling as long as possible.

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often
mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations,
Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —–
From: Sjonnygee .
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 7:40 AM
Subject: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine

On Saturday 13th August 11.30.am I took the first of four 300 mg. caps.
Ibogaine HCL and took the remaining three in two hour intervals to make up
1200mg .
Skipping through a few wild days later, I’m still rushing and soaring
through waves of shivering euphoria and I’m clean for the first time in ten
years. Ibogaine is no picnic and sure enough nobody would take it for kicks
but I feel privileged to have had the chance to do this……… !
Many, many thanks to Ed,
Sjonny.
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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine
Date: August 18, 2005 at 9:41:16 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

congratulations, and may you keep that euphoric feeling as long as possible.

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

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—– Original Message —–
From: Sjonnygee .
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 7:40 AM
Subject: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine

On Saturday 13th August 11.30.am I took the first of four 300 mg. caps. Ibogaine HCL and took the remaining three in two hour intervals to make up 1200mg .
Skipping through a few wild days later, I’m still rushing and soaring through waves of shivering euphoria and I’m clean for the first time in ten years. Ibogaine is no picnic and sure enough nobody would take it for kicks but I feel privileged to have had the chance to do this……… !
Many, many thanks to Ed,
Sjonny.
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From: HSLotsof@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine
Date: August 18, 2005 at 8:09:39 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

In a message dated 8/18/05 7:41:14 AM, sjonnygee@msn.com writes:

On Saturday 13th August 11.30.am I took the first of four 300 mg. caps. Ibogaine HCL and took the remaining three in two hour intervals to make up 1200mg .

Skipping through a few wild days later, I’m still rushing and soaring through waves of shivering euphoria and I’m clean for the first time in ten years. Ibogaine is no picnic and sure enough nobody would take it for kicks but I feel privileged to have had the chance to do this……… !

Many, many thanks to Ed,

Sjonny.

Thumbs Up!  Keep us informed.  The more information the better.  Can you give us some background on what you were using preibogaine>

Thanks

Howard

From: sara119@xs4all.nl
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine
Date: August 18, 2005 at 8:09:00 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Sjonny, best wishes. I light something legal for you.

Sara

On Saturday 13th August 11.30.am I took the first of four 300 mg. caps.
Ibogaine HCL and took the remaining three in two hour intervals to make up
1200mg . Skipping through a few wild days later, I’m still rushing and
soaring through waves of shivering euphoria and I’m clean for the first
time in ten years. Ibogaine is no picnic and sure enough nobody would take
it for kicks but I feel privileged to have had the chance to do
this……… ! Many, many thanks to Ed,
Sjonny.
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From: “Sjonnygee .” <sjonnygee@msn.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine
Date: August 18, 2005 at 7:40:33 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

On Saturday 13th August 11.30.am I took the first of four 300 mg. caps. Ibogaine HCL and took the remaining three in two hour intervals to make up 1200mg .
Skipping through a few wild days later, I’m still rushing and soaring through waves of shivering euphoria and I’m clean for the first time in ten years. Ibogaine is no picnic and sure enough nobody would take it for kicks but I feel privileged to have had the chance to do this……… !
Many, many thanks to Ed,
Sjonny.
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From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] testing…. yet again.
Date: August 17, 2005 at 10:17:54 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Yeh but unless I go to the actual yahoo mail site I get the same stoopid message, which I guess makes sense since I’m using the old server to send mail.
Arrghhh grrrr froth gibber gibber.
Lol
KIrk
From: mcorcoran [mailto:mcorcoran27@yahoo.com] 
Sent: Thursday, 18 August 2005 12:56 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] testing…. yet again.

your on!

Kirsty Sutherland <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
1 2 2 2 3 testing.

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From: mcorcoran <mcorcoran27@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] testing…. yet again.
Date: August 17, 2005 at 8:56:20 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

your on!

Kirsty Sutherland <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
1 2 2 2 3 testing.

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From: Kirsty Sutherland <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: [Ibogaine] testing…. yet again.
Date: August 17, 2005 at 8:49:14 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

1 2 2 2 3 testing.

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From: mcorcoran <mcorcoran27@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Hey All.
Date: August 17, 2005 at 7:56:21 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Sorry its been so long to get back to anyone that relayed to my rant last week but I had a lot going on obviously. Thanks for all the kind (and stern) words, they were ALL exactly what I needed to hear.
Ya know, I thought that I was supposed to get off dope and everything was supposed to work out perfectly! I was supposed to walk off into the sunset leaving this horrible torrid life behind me for once and for all.  Everything was going to be so much easier. All I had to do was get off dope. Silly me.
Instead I became (or realized I was) totally crazy. I found that I’m either stuck in either a state of complete and total hopelessness or I am buzzing around not able to focus or sit still with any thought for any long period of time feeling like I am almost invincible. Nothing I can’t do but not doing anything except getting every other kind of trouble as long as it didn’t involve hard drugs.
I don’t know if anyone relates to this and I have a pretty good idea what a shrink will tell me but I’m not sure if this is what they call bipolar or even borderline personality disorder or if its just being clean for the first time and not knowing how to live but its finally reached a point where I’m not going to try and figure it out on my own anymore. After 9 broken bones, two lost jobs, a relapse, and a bunch of other crazy shit to realize that this is something that is too big for me to figure out on my own.
So I finally spoke with an MD who knows more about ibogaine than I do and certainly knows a lot more about phych disorders than I do and he’s gonna help me out.
I feel a lot better today though. Maybe this IS the process for me and I am working it out in my own time. Maybe I’ll actually be okay. Who knows but I’m starting to do the work anyway.
Did some Ibogaine outreach work today and it went really well. Felt good getting out there and spreading the word again.
Okay enough out of me. Thanks again. -M.

btw- anyone heard from Randy? I thought he’d be in Brooklyn by now. Call us.

Preston Peet <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
Thanks for sharing this Tink.

I got an old notebook in the mail last week that I used to scribble in way
back in 1991, in Tampa, from a friend who tracked me down on-line and mailed
it to me.

I don’t usually share this kind of thing, (I don’t think they’re very good
actually, but they’re pertinent anyway) but these were written before I had
a dope habit (well, that’s not exactly true- I had a habit, I only didn’t
know it yet, having been introduced to morphine a good 10 years earlier and
having already experimented with heroin while living in Paris in 1984-86 but
not having even gone through withdrawals except when the hospital sent me
home without any morphine in 1984, with just a bottle of Darvocets to help
with the “pain” and withdrawals they knew I was going to go through but
didn’t mention to anyone, like me or my parents- and let me tell you, there
was a lot of that pain at that time too…geee, sounds too darned familiar,
only at that point there was a lot of gore along with the pain).
Anyway, these were written after a heartbreaking break-up due to crack use:

—–

Could you be so kind,
I mean,
I hope you won’t mind,
could you please let go of my heart?
You’re making a mess
on the newly clean floor.
There’s blood all over the place.
My soul is out in space,
so, could you Please let go of my heart?
I know it’s still beating,
but bugs started eating,
microscopically chewing,
so many hour ago.
Please, let go of my heart.
It’s bruised enough.
It’s tattered enough.
It’s all ripped to fucking shreds.
The blood’s just dripping,
almost all of it gone.
So Let Go Of My Fucking Heart!
I’ve died and am cold.
I’m six feet under ground.
I know how it sounds,
but that can’t be helped.
Please. Don’t let go of my heart.

—–

Looking at the walls
while my skin crawls.
I have to look away
but hope you’ll stay.
What do I say?
What can I say?
You look so fucking good.
Make sure that’s understood.
I long to feel your touch.
What I offer isn’t much.
What do I do?
What can I do?
Your smile’s like a knife,
a promise of forbidden life.
Just thinking hurts so bad.
I get myself so sad.
What am I now?
What the hell am I now?
There’s tension instead of love.
Can’t take off the gloves.
I want to get close (you don’t).
I want to be held (you don’t).
Nothing I can do,
there’s nothing I can do.
I want to hold on,
and sing another song,
happily in love with you,
dead in love with you.
So here I am now.
I know what I am now.
I am without you.
—–

I bring forth the storms
that shatter lives.
I bring down the mountains
and push back the tides.
But I cannot be with you.
I embrace the fires
no one can touch.
I’m a living nightmare.
I can be too much.
But I can’t put a dent in you.
I can take a life,
tear it and throw it away.
But when it comes to you
I don’t know what to say.
I’d die to be with you.
How does it feel
to turn your back on love?
Is there some reward
you recieve from above?
Is there satisfaction
in being so vengful?
From acting so
damned in control?
How do you do it?
I’m through with crying.
I’m through with trying.
I’m want you dying.
You hear me?
I’m lying.
—–

The bright ideas,
inspirations,
come on one at a time.
Late, too late
to do me any good.
I’ve fucked up
once again.
Lots of money,
good, good friends,
job security,
the things I wish I had.
A summer home,
a private garden,
sunny days,
the things I wish I had.
My red guitar,
perfect pitch,
a place to play,
the things I wish I had.
Another chance,
a trip through time,
a bit more foresight,
the things I wish I had.
A sweet caress,
A gentle kiss,
God I miss
the things I wish I had.

I see the world
through a haze of pain
that I inflict upon myself.
I cut so deep cut cannot end
the life I give myself.
—-
Back in 2005 now,
And wouldn’t you know it, I’m once again feeling like crap, depressed,
irritated,
and just want done with opiates.
I want off the train.
I think at this point I’d almost (it’s a tough choice- pain or panic, pain
or no withdrawal fears ever, pain or spending money I don’t have every three
weeks for a new prescription, pain or freedom from the mess) rather live in
utter agony at this point, forever more, than go through the “do I have
enough drugs to get me through” and such and such and blahbidyblah. I’m so
sick and tired (where have I heard that before?) of the ups and downs, the
pain, the overdoing my drugs so I don’t feel ANY pain, then the panic that
sets in when I realize “oh shit, I’ve got another week and a half and really
not enough drugs, so I’m gonna be sick” shit.
If someone writes back and gives me shit for not “taking my previous blessed
chances seriously” or whatever they’d like to rail about at me, let me tell
them now to kiss off. Thanks.

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often
mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations,
Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —–
From: “tink”
To:
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 1:38 AM
Subject: [Ibogaine] a blast from the past

I found a little book of poetry that a friend wrote a million years
ago tonight, and found this amognst the pages. Thought I’d share…

Unselfish?

my dreams
have all overcome me
nightmares
rule the pain
Death
my final friend
all the smiles
from yesterdays gone
have broken
or gone away
i must’ve known it was no good
for me
but
I took it anyway
now i realize
it was no good
for you too
much too late
to change your fate
I’ll die
for both our sins
and you can live again
bleeding forever
my blood
as you cry
for someone else

A. Razor

Where ever you are, Razor, I love you bro…
tink

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From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] OT testing a new email addy
Date: August 17, 2005 at 4:58:51 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

THAT’S IT I QUIT THIS SUCKS NZ EMAIL SUCKS I’m GOING TO HIDE IN THE NATIVE
BUSH WHERE THERE ARE NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO COMPUTERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
K

—–Original Message—–
From: Capt Kirk [mailto:captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk]
Sent: Thursday, 18 August 2005 8:45 a.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] OT testing a new email addy

Ok touch wood and cross everything that this email won’t cause that stupid
db email error that has plagued the Ibogaine list.  I’ve resigned myself to
the fact that there are no technicians at any of the addresses I have
written to, and only idiots calling themselves technicians at the phone
numbers of “technicians”.
Praying that this comes back without the message……
KIrk

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From: “Capt Kirk” <captkirknz@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: [Ibogaine] OT testing a new email addy
Date: August 17, 2005 at 4:44:50 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Ok touch wood and cross everything that this email won’t cause that stupid
db email error that has plagued the Ibogaine list.  I’ve resigned myself to
the fact that there are no technicians at any of the addresses I have
written to, and only idiots calling themselves technicians at the phone
numbers of “technicians”.
Praying that this comes back without the message……
KIrk

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Fw: ‘ABLE DANGER’ THREATENED ‘PROTECTED’ HEROIN TRAFFICKING
Date: August 17, 2005 at 1:55:05 PM EDT
To: <drugwar@mindvox.com>, <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Dan Hopsicker is a friend of mine (V thinks he’s one of my sweetest, nicest friends actually), and his reporting is always extremely interesting. This one is definitely pertinent to those of us on these here lists.

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

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To: <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 6:31 AM
Subject: ‘ABLE DANGER’ THREATENED ‘PROTECTED’ HEROIN TRAFFICKING

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Aug 17,Venice,FL–Mohamed Atta was protected from official scrutiny as part of an officially-protected criminal narcotics trafficking enterprise with ties to top Republican officials including Jeb Bush and Katherine Harris, and it was this fact-and not the “terrible lapses” of “weak on terror” Clinton Administration officials cited by Republican Congressman Curt Weldon-which shielded him from apprehension before the 9.11 attack.

The “terrible lapses” cited by Weldon do not stem from his nonsensical assertion that Atta had a green card (he did not) which rendered him immune from military investigation, but were instead resulted from his participation in an officially-protected heroin trafficking operation, conducted on planes like those of Wally Hilliard, whose Lear jet  flew “milk runs” down and back to Venezuela every week for 39 weeks in a row before finally running afoul of local DEA agents not clued-in to the protected nature of the enterprise.

Moreover the secret military intelligence operation which identified Mohamed Atta and three other hijackers as a threat a year before the 9.11 attack, called Able Danger, was by no means the first military intelligence investigation into the activities of the Hamburg cadre.

As far back as 1991, military investigators had been detailed to Hamburg Germany, tracking what one military investigator who was there told us were “Al Qaeda heroin flows” from Afghanistan to the West.

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] a blast from the past
Date: August 17, 2005 at 1:48:43 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Thanks for sharing this Tink.

I got an old notebook in the mail last week that I used to scribble in way back in 1991, in Tampa, from a friend who tracked me down on-line and mailed it to me.

I don’t usually share this kind of thing, (I don’t think they’re very good actually, but they’re pertinent anyway) but these were written before I had a dope habit (well, that’s not exactly true- I had a habit, I only didn’t know it yet, having been introduced to morphine a good 10 years earlier and having already experimented with heroin while living in Paris in 1984-86 but not having even gone through withdrawals except when the hospital sent me home without any morphine in 1984, with just a bottle of Darvocets to help with the “pain” and withdrawals they knew I was going to go through but didn’t mention to anyone, like me or my parents- and let me tell you, there was a lot of that pain at that time too…geee, sounds too darned familiar, only at that point there was a lot of gore along with the pain).
Anyway, these were written after a heartbreaking break-up due to crack use:

—–

Could you be so kind,
I mean,
I hope you won’t mind,
could you please let go of my heart?
You’re making a mess
on the newly clean floor.
There’s blood all over the place.
My soul is out in space,
so, could you Please let go of my heart?
I know it’s still beating,
but bugs started eating,
microscopically chewing,
so many hour ago.
Please, let go of my heart.
It’s bruised enough.
It’s tattered enough.
It’s all ripped to fucking shreds.
The blood’s just dripping,
almost all of it gone.
So Let Go Of My Fucking Heart!
I’ve died and am cold.
I’m six feet under ground.
I know how it sounds,
but that can’t be helped.
Please. Don’t let go of my heart.

—–

Looking at the walls
while my skin crawls.
I have to look away
but hope you’ll stay.
What do I say?
What can I say?
You look so fucking good.
Make sure that’s understood.
I long to feel your touch.
What I offer isn’t much.
What do I do?
What can I do?
Your smile’s like a knife,
a promise of forbidden life.
Just thinking hurts so bad.
I get myself so sad.
What am I now?
What the hell am I now?
There’s tension instead of love.
Can’t take off the gloves.
I want to get close (you don’t).
I want to be held (you don’t).
Nothing I can do,
there’s nothing I can do.
I want to hold on,
and sing another song,
happily in love with you,
dead in love with you.
So here I am now.
I know what I am now.
I am without you.
—–

I bring forth the storms
that shatter lives.
I bring down the mountains
and push back the tides.
But I cannot be with you.
I embrace the fires
no one can touch.
I’m a living nightmare.
I can be too much.
But I can’t put a dent in you.
I can take a life,
tear it and throw it away.
But when it comes to you
I don’t know what to say.
I’d die to be with you.
How does it feel
to turn your back on love?
Is there some reward
you recieve from above?
Is there satisfaction
in being so vengful?
From acting so
damned in control?
How do you do it?
I’m through with crying.
I’m through with trying.
I’m want you dying.
You hear me?
I’m lying.
—–

The bright ideas,
inspirations,
come on one at a time.
Late, too late
to do me any good.
I’ve fucked up
once again.
Lots of money,
good, good friends,
job security,
the things I wish I had.
A summer home,
a private garden,
sunny days,
the things I wish I had.
My red guitar,
perfect pitch,
a place to play,
the things I wish I had.
Another chance,
a trip through time,
a bit more foresight,
the things I wish I had.
A sweet caress,
A gentle kiss,
God I miss
the things I wish I had.

I see the world
through a haze of pain
that I inflict upon myself.
I cut so deep cut cannot end
the life I give myself.
—-
Back in 2005 now,
And wouldn’t you know it, I’m once again feeling like crap, depressed, irritated,
and just want done with opiates.
I want off the train.
I think at this point I’d almost (it’s a tough choice- pain or panic, pain or no withdrawal fears ever, pain or spending money I don’t have every three weeks for a new prescription, pain or freedom from the mess) rather live in utter agony at this point, forever more, than go through the “do I have enough drugs to get me through” and such and such and blahbidyblah. I’m so sick and tired (where have I heard that before?) of the ups and downs, the pain, the overdoing my drugs so I don’t feel ANY pain, then the panic that sets in when I realize “oh shit, I’ve got another week and a half and really not enough drugs, so I’m gonna be sick” shit.
If someone writes back and gives me shit for not “taking my previous blessed chances seriously” or whatever they’d like to rail about at me, let me tell them now to kiss off. Thanks.

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: “tink” <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 1:38 AM
Subject: [Ibogaine] a blast from the past

I found a little book of poetry that a friend wrote a million years
ago tonight, and found this amognst the pages.  Thought I’d share…

Unselfish?

my dreams
have all overcome me
nightmares
rule the pain
Death
my final friend
all the smiles
from yesterdays gone
have broken
or gone away
i must’ve known it was no good
for me
but
I took it anyway
now i realize
it was no good
for you too
much too late
to change your fate
I’ll die
for both our sins
and you can live again
bleeding forever
my blood
as you cry
for someone else

A.  Razor

Where ever you are, Razor, I love you bro…
tink

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] calling sara119
Date: August 17, 2005 at 10:41:53 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

—– Original Message —– From: <sara119@xs4all.nl>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 3:52 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] calling sara119

>Randy,

Cool !

Sara

Sara, I tried to send you a private E mail and I think it failed to get to
you. I’m not using a computer that I am very good at so I couldn’t get
your E
mail address to come up. Anyway thanx for the video thread you sent me. It
was
right on time. I needed to laugh right then. And I mean right then.
Sometimes I
think you can read my mind. Please continue to be here for us. You have
always been an inspiration to me. I still want to come to your house and
take the
Indra and see the difference for myself. I’m almost strong enough to come
to
Amsterdam now without worrying about all the dope that is around there.
Much
love to you and your family.         Randy

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From: “Ann B. Mullikin” <think@francomm.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] A Whiff of Madness…
Date: August 17, 2005 at 9:14:25 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Excellent, Dana!!

ann
think@francomm.com

—– Original Message —–
From: Dana Beal
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 10:54 PM
Subject: [Ibogaine] A Whiff of Madness…

August 16, 2005
A Whiff of ‘Reefer Madness’ in U.S. Drug Policy
By SALLY SATEL, M.D.

Patients arrive broke, busted or abandoned at our methadone clinic in a raw section of Northeast Washington. They are opiate addicts, primarily dependent on heroin, though some take vast doses of street-bought painkillers like OxyContin.

Drinking the pink methadone solution every day prevents withdrawal sickness.

About half of our patients have also spent years on crack or alcohol. Not all have stopped, but at least they have cut back. We see almost no methamphetamine users, but that is a simple accident of geography – the corrosive drug hasn’t yet reached epidemic proportions in this part of the country.

The personal ravages of hard-core addiction are enormous, and they translate into vast social costs – crime, violence, incarceration, homelessness, unemployment, hepatitis C, H.I.V./AIDS.

Such an immense burden makes me wonder about the wisdom of federal priorities.

Why is marijuana, of all drugs, the main target of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy?

Answer: the gateway theory of addiction. Start with marijuana, the idea is, and progress to methamphetamine or heroin or cocaine.

To me, the “gateway” assumption, which took root in the 1950’s, has a nostalgic, “Reefer Madness” feel. But it is still driving federal policy. The drug czar’s office made that clear last month in response to a call from the National Association of Counties “to put the same kind of emphasis on methamphetamine abuse as they have on marijuana.” The association had just announced that its 500 members were reeling from methamphetamine-related crime, incarceration and child-neglect.

The Office of National Drug Control Policy defended its prioritization. Addressing “early marijuana use is an effective way of heading off and preventing subsequent movement into other drug use,” said a spokesman for the drug czar on National Public Radio.

Is this true? Is the gateway argument a valid justification for marijuana policy?

No reasonable person disputes that most users of cocaine and heroin have smoked marijuana earlier in life. Likewise, the more frequently people consume marijuana the more likely they are to try hard drugs.

But what is the nature of the linkage? Is it actual cause and effect, as the drug czar’s office implied, or a correlation based on a common factor that predisposes youth to drug use in general? And how frequently do we observe such a progression?

One theory is that teenagers who smoke marijuana without incident are emboldened by the experience to try other more risky and exotic drugs. And perhaps buying marijuana brings them in contact with dealers of stronger drugs.

Or possibly cocaine and heroin abusers would have developed their drug problems no matter what. As RAND researchers reported in a 2002 article, “Reassessing the Marijuana Gateway Effect,” “Marijuana use precedes hard drug use simply because opportunities to use marijuana come earlier in life than opportunities to use hard drugs.”

A relatively newer theory suggests that marijuana sets up the user’s brain to be more receptive to harder drugs. A much-publicized 1997 study from the Scripps Research Institute reported that cannabis activates the same reward circuitry in the brain as cocaine, heroin, tobacco and alcohol. But this has dubious relevance to future addiction. After all, almost any normal pleasurable activity, like eating or sex, also stimulates those pathways.

In any event, a brain activation effect couldn’t be too powerful, as most casual marijuana smokers do not graduate to the abuse of hard drugs. Only about 3 percent of monthly cannabis users go on to try a hard drug in the same year, according to data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. And roughly one-fifth of those who try cocaine eventually become addicted; perhaps one-third of heroin experimenters do.

Social scientists have found that adolescents who progress to hard drugs are already quite troubled to begin with. Truancy, failing in school, fighting, stealing and drinking often come before heroin or cocaine involvement. Marijuana use before age 15 is also a red flag indicating psychological turmoil and social instability.

By contrast, older teenagers who experiment with marijuana generally function as well as nonusers with respect to school and mental well-being.

These observations are consistent with my own clinical experience.

As staff psychiatrist for the clinic, I have taken over 500 detailed histories of adults with opiate addictions. Marijuana was the least of their problems when they were young. More often, they were staggering under the weight of a chaotic home life and had dropped out school, committed petty crimes and battled depression. These problems, not marijuana, led them to hard drugs.

Efforts to prevent new generations of addicts are noble, but they should be rational too. It’s hard to say whether any one policy a drug czar could devise would have derailed the early trajectories of my patients’ lives. But it is clear that such a large investment in the gateway theory has been of little help.

Sally Satel is a psychiatrist and resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and a co-author of “One Nation Under Therapy.”

The NEW YORK TIMES Company, pg F 6

From: BiscuitBoy714@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] a blast from the past
Date: August 17, 2005 at 1:48:28 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

That’s pretty deep girl. I can relate to what was written. Funny how we all think alike isn’t it?         Randy

From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] a blast from the past
Date: August 17, 2005 at 1:38:37 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I found a little book of poetry that a friend wrote a million years
ago tonight, and found this amognst the pages.  Thought I’d share…

Unselfish?

my dreams
have all overcome me
nightmares
rule the pain
Death
my final friend
all the smiles
from yesterdays gone
have broken
or gone away
i must’ve known it was no good
for me
but
I took it anyway
now i realize
it was no good
for you too
much too late
to change your fate
I’ll die
for both our sins
and you can live again
bleeding forever
my blood
as you cry
for someone else

A.  Razor

Where ever you are, Razor, I love you bro…
tink

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From: Dana Beal <dana@phantom.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] A Whiff of Madness…
Date: August 16, 2005 at 10:54:36 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

August 16, 2005
A Whiff of ‘Reefer Madness’ in U.S. Drug Policy
By SALLY SATEL, M.D.

Patients arrive broke, busted or abandoned at our methadone clinic in a raw section of Northeast Washington. They are opiate addicts, primarily dependent on heroin, though some take vast doses of street-bought painkillers like OxyContin.

Drinking the pink methadone solution every day prevents withdrawal sickness.

About half of our patients have also spent years on crack or alcohol. Not all have stopped, but at least they have cut back. We see almost no methamphetamine users, but that is a simple accident of geography – the corrosive drug hasn’t yet reached epidemic proportions in this part of the country.

The personal ravages of hard-core addiction are enormous, and they translate into vast social costs – crime, violence, incarceration, homelessness, unemployment, hepatitis C, H.I.V./AIDS.

Such an immense burden makes me wonder about the wisdom of federal priorities.

Why is marijuana, of all drugs, the main target of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy?

Answer: the gateway theory of addiction. Start with marijuana, the idea is, and progress to methamphetamine or heroin or cocaine.

To me, the “gateway” assumption, which took root in the 1950’s, has a nostalgic, “Reefer Madness” feel. But it is still driving federal policy. The drug czar’s office made that clear last month in response to a call from the National Association of Counties “to put the same kind of emphasis on methamphetamine abuse as they have on marijuana.” The association had just announced that its 500 members were reeling from methamphetamine-related crime, incarceration and child-neglect.

The Office of National Drug Control Policy defended its prioritization. Addressing “early marijuana use is an effective way of heading off and preventing subsequent movement into other drug use,” said a spokesman for the drug czar on National Public Radio.

Is this true? Is the gateway argument a valid justification for marijuana policy?

No reasonable person disputes that most users of cocaine and heroin have smoked marijuana earlier in life. Likewise, the more frequently people consume marijuana the more likely they are to try hard drugs.

But what is the nature of the linkage? Is it actual cause and effect, as the drug czar’s office implied, or a correlation based on a common factor that predisposes youth to drug use in general? And how frequently do we observe such a progression?

One theory is that teenagers who smoke marijuana without incident are emboldened by the experience to try other more risky and exotic drugs. And perhaps buying marijuana brings them in contact with dealers of stronger drugs.

Or possibly cocaine and heroin abusers would have developed their drug problems no matter what. As RAND researchers reported in a 2002 article, “Reassessing the Marijuana Gateway Effect,” “Marijuana use precedes hard drug use simply because opportunities to use marijuana come earlier in life than opportunities to use hard drugs.”

A relatively newer theory suggests that marijuana sets up the user’s brain to be more receptive to harder drugs. A much-publicized 1997 study from the Scripps Research Institute reported that cannabis activates the same reward circuitry in the brain as cocaine, heroin, tobacco and alcohol. But this has dubious relevance to future addiction. After all, almost any normal pleasurable activity, like eating or sex, also stimulates those pathways.

In any event, a brain activation effect couldn’t be too powerful, as most casual marijuana smokers do not graduate to the abuse of hard drugs. Only about 3 percent of monthly cannabis users go on to try a hard drug in the same year, according to data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. And roughly one-fifth of those who try cocaine eventually become addicted; perhaps one-third of heroin experimenters do.

Social scientists have found that adolescents who progress to hard drugs are already quite troubled to begin with. Truancy, failing in school, fighting, stealing and drinking often come before heroin or cocaine involvement. Marijuana use before age 15 is also a red flag indicating psychological turmoil and social instability.

By contrast, older teenagers who experiment with marijuana generally function as well as nonusers with respect to school and mental well-being.

These observations are consistent with my own clinical experience.

As staff psychiatrist for the clinic, I have taken over 500 detailed histories of adults with opiate addictions. Marijuana was the least of their problems when they were young. More often, they were staggering under the weight of a chaotic home life and had dropped out school, committed petty crimes and battled depression. These problems, not marijuana, led them to hard drugs.

Efforts to prevent new generations of addicts are noble, but they should be rational too. It’s hard to say whether any one policy a drug czar could devise would have derailed the early trajectories of my patients’ lives. But it is clear that such a large investment in the gateway theory has been of little help.

Sally Satel is a psychiatrist and resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and a co-author of “One Nation Under Therapy.”

The NEW YORK TIMES Company, pg F 6

From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] coming to the city!
Date: August 16, 2005 at 10:33:32 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

hear hear, give us a call Randy the littler. Randy the big knows the number- if I’m around, I’ll answer- always leave a message as I always screen my calls.

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.
—– Original Message —–
From: RowdyRandy420@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 5:35 PM
Subject: [Ibogaine] coming to the city!

Hey everybody! This is Lil. Randy. I will be visiting the big apple with my Dad. It will be my first visit to the city! We will hopefully be getting in around tue. or wed. but the sooner the better for me!  Have heard many many good things about all of you and want to try and meet all of you if I can.  Cant wait to get up there! Until then, keep the peace, we dont need anymore muggings!!!
Sincerely, Lil Randy

From: Dana Beal <dana@phantom.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] ENCOD Thread on Emery; Join 18 Cities Now Protesting!
Date: August 16, 2005 at 3:14:11 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

“Mark has tried to help by putting money and time into Ibogaine treatments….”

Andria Efthimiou-Mordaunt

From: artur@kanaba.info
Subject: Re: [Eurodrug] 10.IX – Freedom to Marc Emery – Freedom to Farm

On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 21:35:50 +0100 (BST), andria efthimiou wrote
> Hey
>
> I can try and do this press release but I don’t know a lot about it. If U can help me with info I can do the English as U suggest sweetheart. (I have been advised by MANY to look after my health, which is why I am not looking at e-mail everyday anymore..) Apology for slowish response
>
> What I do know about Marc’s case
>
> The US DEA?? are demanding from which Canadian authorities?? that Emery be forcefully taken to the USA and tried for cannabis narco-trafficking.
> We (Encod etc) oppose this as he could face a life-sentence for distributing an illegal substance that was for medical use – is that right?
>
> What does 10.1X mean/refer to Artur? Is that the no. of his ‘criminal’ case or what?
> Andria
>

Dear andria,
it would be great if you could prepare press release so we could translate it and distribute to local/international media. It should describe marc case and should contains places of protests, i asked Dana to send list with cities and contacts. So far, protest will be oranised in London, Paris, Rome, Oslo, Prague, Warsaw, Brusselss.

im not able to write you more about marc case, and our response, because im last hours online and later i will dont have internet access for some – i guess long – time.

here is some informative text that joep proposed, you can use it as a start i think,

greetings,
artur

From: goldyz@yandex.ru
Subject: Re: 10.IX – Freedom for Marc Emery

>So far protest will be orgnized in Brussels, London, Paris, Rome, Oslo, Prague, Warsaw.

Protest action will be in MOSCOW also.

Good luck!

— Best intention, GoldyZ

From: artur@kanaba.info
Subject: 10.IX – Freedom for Marc Emery

Hi,

we just published some news and special banner on action.encod.org.

Please, distribute this text and join the protest

Canadian activist and cannabis seed producer Marc Emery was detained 29 July by his own government upon the request of the US Drugs Enforcement Administration (DEA). He now runs the risk of being extradited to the USA where he can get lifetime or even the death penalty for selling cannabis seeds to US citizens over the Internet. Producing and selling cannabis seeds is not a crime in Canada, but apparently, the US drugs war machine overrules Canadian souvereignty.
It is important that Europeans re-act on this dangerous escalation. If the US succeeds in imposing its will on Canada, Europe could be next. Therefore, we invite all European citizens who want an end to the war on drugs to join the protest.

From Saturday, September 10 to Friday September 16, people allover the world are holding protests at their local Canadian Embassy or Consulate appealing to the Canadian government not to capitulate to the U.S. demand that they extradite Marc Emery to the U.S. for actions that are not even crimes under Canadian Law. If you want to join such a protest, please contact encod@glo.be for more information. For the address of the nearest Canadian Embassy, see http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/world/embassies/menu-en.asp
So far protest will be orgnized in Brussels, London, Paris, Rome, Oslo, Prague, Warsaw.

You can also send a short message to Canada’s Minister of Justice Irwin Cotler (or ask your Member of Parliament to do so). The address is: webadmin@justice.gc.ca.
Fax: 613-954-0811
Snail mail: The Honourable Irwin Cotler
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
284 Wellington Street
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0H8

From: andria3a@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: Re: [Eurodrug] 10.IX – Freedom to Marc Emery – Freedom to Farm

Dear Friends – Artur, Dana & Joep,

I will write the press release: when should it be ready by? And is this in reference to the activities being organised Sept 10th. Pressumable the whole point of the press release is to let the world know what we are planning. Actually Ian H/Reform also asked me to write this so I’m feeling needed again at last..

When one of U answers, please answer to all three

best,

A

From: encod@glo.be
Subject: Re: [Eurodrug] 10.IX – Freedom to Marc Emery – Freedom to Farm

Dear Andria,

I don’t know what is the idea behind the release you want to write. If it is for the actions between 10 and 16 september, we still have time. I also think maybe it is best if each group makes its own release as it also will be related to its own situation, in its own language etc. Besides, some of the plans (like for instance those I would like to make in the European Parliament on 13 september) should not be known to the press until after they are carried out..

Tomorrow on the encod member list I will send a text that I would like to use for the encod action in the EP, perhaps you could help to make that one sound well..

Best wishes,

Joep

From: andria3a@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: Re: [Eurodrug] 10.IX – Freedom to Marc Emery – Freedom to Farm

Dear Joep , A and D!

I agree that each group should do their own press release. For example, John Mordaunt Trust (us) would need to support Mark because he has tried to help ‘addicts’ by putting money and time into Ibogaine treatments for us.

Nice to hear we still have time: I’m spending half my time in and out of hospital appointments and much of the rest learning to meditate; that is trying to get better.  If I don’t I will have to stop working altogether. (Btw, I may have some good news about office space again soon..)

The idea Joep was something Artur and Ian and others asked me to do as my English is good  – promise never to use b4 again for example :-)) – and my guess is that they meant for us to let the world’s press know that we are not going to let March be extradited to the US without kicking up a fuss. Perhaps U could ask Artur then what he asked me to do

Artur & Joep the Encod website is greatly improved. Well done! Who did it?

Hope U had a good summer holiday Joep

Andria E-M
www.usersvoice.org.uk
————————

New Listing by Phone–

Missoula: John Masterson, Montana NORML 406 542-8696 [613 De Foe St. Missoula MT 59802] or Loretta Nall 334-415-9174
————————–

From Saturday, Sept 10 to Sept 16, Global Marijuana March Affiliates are holding protests at their local Canadian Embassy or Consulate appealing to the Canadian government not to capitulate to the outrageous U.S. demand that they extradite Marc Emery to the U.S. to face life in prison or a possible death sentence for actions that are not even crimes under Canadian Law.

So far 18 Cities are signed up to take some kind of action–Join them Now!:

Auckland
Brussels
Detroit
Halifax
Honolulu
London
Missoula
Moscow
New York
Oslo

Paris
Prague
Rome
San Francisco
Toronto
Tucson
Vancouver
Warsaw

Marc Emery has given millions of dollars from seed sales to help out whenever and wherever a local legalization group was a few  thousand short of accomplishing their goals. He is the only major marijuana proponent to go farther, and start the first Ibogaine clinic in Canada after witnessing its miraculous effect on his son, a junkie. We cannot allow the U.S., under the rubric of the War on Terror, the seize our leaders around the world and bring them back to the U.S. to face life in prison or the Death Penalty.

Please read the following  video and commit to doing some kind of a protest outside the Canadian embassy or consulate in your city on Saturday Sept 10 or the following week.  Sept 10 is when they’re doing a big protest in Vancouver, and it can really make a difference if we can all coordinate actions, because most Canadians do not want to give Marc up! (It’s a sovereignty issue.) This list of Canadian Embassies and Consulates around the world can be found at http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/world/embassies/menu-en.asp

Get back to me; it is important that the ibogaine list be seen as being able to react globally and do something effective the next time the U.S. tries something like this.

Dana/cnw/212-677-4899

Pot-TV : Prince of Pot: Marc Needs You!
http://www.pot-tv.net/ram/pottvshowse3919.ram

Marc Emery & Death Penalty

The DEA has not yet assured the Canadian government that they
won’t seek the death penalty. I must give you credit for bringing the
kingpin death penalty law to attention of me and many other activists.

http://www.cannabisculture.com/library/dbarticles.cgi?q=death&keywordText=&x
=30&y=6
or http://www.cannabisculture.com/forums/search.php?Cat= and select “Emery
Extradition” Forum and search for “death”.

From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxy question again more from the Klown
Date: August 16, 2005 at 12:55:21 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

roxi codone is the short acting version of that stuff if i’m spelling it right.  Koko
I d/n think there’s anything about that shite that’s short acting.  it’s a bitch
—– Original Message —–
From: shelley krupa
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 11:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxy question again

Hi Yall ,to the best of my understanding ,it is the coating  that slows down the absorption ,thus the contin part of the oxycodone,good luck shell

BiscuitBoy714@aol.com wrote:
Matt, you would think that shooting them would make it a little shorter, but for some reason it still takes a little longer than smack or any of the short acting opiates. Hang in there dude. It WILL end. How long has it been?          Randy
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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxy question again
Date: August 16, 2005 at 12:49:27 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

—– Original Message —–
From: shelley krupa
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 11:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxy question again

Hi Yall ,to the best of my understanding ,it is the coating  that slows down the absorption ,thus the contin part of the oxycodone,good luck shell

BiscuitBoy714@aol.com wrote:
Matt, you would think that shooting them would make it a little shorter, but for some reason it still takes a little longer than smack or any of the short acting opiates. Hang in there dude. It WILL end. How long has it been?          Randy
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From: shelley krupa <skrupa20022002@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxy question again
Date: August 16, 2005 at 12:47:37 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hi Yall ,to the best of my understanding ,it is the coating  that slows down the absorption ,thus the contin part of the oxycodone,good luck shell

BiscuitBoy714@aol.com wrote:
Matt, you would think that shooting them would make it a little shorter, but for some reason it still takes a little longer than smack or any of the short acting opiates. Hang in there dude. It WILL end. How long has it been?          Randy
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From: BiscuitBoy714@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxy question again
Date: August 16, 2005 at 11:29:57 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Matt, you would think that shooting them would make it a little shorter, but for some reason it still takes a little longer than smack or any of the short acting opiates. Hang in there dude. It WILL end. How long has it been?          Randy

From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxy question again an answer from a Klown
Date: August 16, 2005 at 11:17:32 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

in layman’s terms,  oxy molecules are coated in plastic.  washing the coating off them and then crushing them and cooking will not change the molecular structure . they are a bitch to eliminate, then there’s that whole contin thing which I d/n understand  but hear it adds to the half life.  I really d/n know squat about it but have gleaned some info thru trial and error. they are a bitch to kick,like meth.  get a short acting opiate, not always so easily done i realize, go on it for 2-3 days, then wait 12 hrs. and you can go to bup, or you can go straight to Meth or dope.  Other, more knowledgeable members will know much more than me.  Oxys got me screwed and on the bup train  but it has saved me 1000’s in cash.  Now if i can get off bup and have another ibo session, dope free.   pie in the sky.  Koko The Kenai Klown—– Original Message —–
From: matthew zielinski
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 10:04 AM
Subject: [Ibogaine] oxy question again

Hi
Im going through oxycontin wd right now…..Although i have only been shooting 3 80’s a day for about a month and ahalf I am in agony
I know some of u have posted that oxy stays in ur system longer than junk since it is long lasting opiate but if u shoot it or snort it or just crush it up doesnt that release all of the oxycodone>?
Ah how i wish i had bought the iboga sacre when i had the chance!!
I guess some of us will never learn!!
with love
matt

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] (OT) Re: [Ibogaine] Kenai
Date: August 16, 2005 at 11:05:01 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

—– Original Message —– From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 9:56 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] (OT) Re: [Ibogaine] Bush approves unlimited prescribing of Suboxone?

Kenai is a peninsula in Alaska south of Anchorage.  Koko was a local Klown host of an afternoon kids cartoon show. You know, the kind where you could see his yellow teeth and fingertips from too many smokes, his 3 o’clock shadow always comming thru the thick pancake  makeup around showtime and pedophile written all over him,  sort of like our local ice cream salesman that works the neighborhood where i live now.  ( the teamsters will probably be at my door tonight after work).  ron   Koko could have had a “profound effect” on my life if I’d have gone backstage with him as he proposed  the time I appeared on his show with my 3rd grade class.
From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 12:25 PM
Subject: [Ibogaine] (OT) Re: [Ibogaine] Bush approves unlimited prescribing of Suboxone?

>THE KENAI KLOWN<

Out of curiosity Ron, what’s a “kenai” klown?
😉
Seriously, I’ve never seen that word.

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 9:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Bush approves unlimited prescribing of Suboxone?

keep studying Preston, you are my cliff notes, KOKO, THE KENAI KLOWN
—– Original Message —– From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 8:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Bush approves unlimited prescribing of Suboxone?

oh, thanks Howard, but the brochure that came with the advert for bup/nalwhatever it is says, for a whole page, don’t take with liver problems or damaged liver whatsoever. It’s not the opiate in the bup I’m worried about, it’s the stuff that makes one sick IF trying to boot the stuff, as well as other weird things I keep hearing about the stuff, about how sick folk stay while on it, etc.

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: HSLotsof@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 8:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Bush approves unlimited prescribing of Suboxone?

In a message dated 8/14/05 5:37:47 PM, ptpeet@nyc.rr.com writes:

When I could sit and tell one of the docs at my pain specialists’ office that I used opiates partly due to Hep C and more importantly because they work very effectively for pain, and not wanting to use anything more toxic, like Bup, prefering not to risk such toxic stuff on my liver, he STILL told me “here’s a brochure for Bup/Nal, and I think you should think about switching to it,” I’m amazed that the propaganda against opiates is so great that even a doc who should know better didn’t/doesn’t. That stuff scares the heck outta me, as do those pushing it.

Buprenorphine is an opioid having both agonist and antagonist actions. The manufacturer is Reckitt Benckiser and its use in the treatment of opioid dependence disorders was the result of a collaborative research and development agreement (CRDA) between NIDA and Reckitt Benckiser.  A principal advantage of buprenorphine over methadone is that it can be dispensed by a doctor writing a prescription rather than having to be dispensed out of a designated clinic as is methadone for the treatment of chemical dependence.  Both drugs can be Rxd for pain. A key issue of NIDA not choosing to develop ibogaine was their concurrent CRDA for buprenorphine development.

You might want to take a look at www.ibogaine.org/nycibogaforum.ppt which is a powerpoint slide presentation titled, Patient Medication Acceptability and Treatment Options:
Ibogaine. Methadone. Buprenorphine.

If you don’t have a PowerPoint reader you can get one free from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=D1649C22-B51F-4910-93FC-4CF2832D3342&displaylang=en

Howard

Howard

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From: “matthew zielinski” <mattzielinski@hotmail.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] oxy question again
Date: August 16, 2005 at 11:04:38 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hi
Im going through oxycontin wd right now…..Although i have only been shooting 3 80’s a day for about a month and ahalf I am in agony
I know some of u have posted that oxy stays in ur system longer than junk since it is long lasting opiate but if u shoot it or snort it or just crush it up doesnt that release all of the oxycodone>?
Ah how i wish i had bought the iboga sacre when i had the chance!!
I guess some of us will never learn!!
with love
matt

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] (OT) Re: [Ibogaine] Bush approves unlimited prescribing of Suboxone?
Date: August 16, 2005 at 10:56:28 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Kenai is a peninsula in Alaska south of Anchorage.  Koko was a local Klown host of an afternoon kids cartoon show. You know, the kind where you could see his yellow teeth and fingertips from too many smokes, his 3 o’clock shadow always comming thru the thick pancake  makeup around showtime and pedophile written all over him,  sort of like our local ice cream salesman that works the neighborhood where i live now.  ( the teamsters will probably be at my door tonight after work).  ron   Koko could have had a “profound effect” on my life if I’d have gone backstage with him as he proposed  the time I appeared on his show with my 3rd grade class.
From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 12:25 PM
Subject: [Ibogaine] (OT) Re: [Ibogaine] Bush approves unlimited prescribing of Suboxone?

>THE KENAI KLOWN<

Out of curiosity Ron, what’s a “kenai” klown?
😉
Seriously, I’ve never seen that word.

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 9:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Bush approves unlimited prescribing of Suboxone?

keep studying Preston, you are my cliff notes, KOKO, THE KENAI KLOWN
—– Original Message —– From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 8:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Bush approves unlimited prescribing of Suboxone?

oh, thanks Howard, but the brochure that came with the advert for bup/nalwhatever it is says, for a whole page, don’t take with liver problems or damaged liver whatsoever. It’s not the opiate in the bup I’m worried about, it’s the stuff that makes one sick IF trying to boot the stuff, as well as other weird things I keep hearing about the stuff, about how sick folk stay while on it, etc.

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: HSLotsof@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 8:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Bush approves unlimited prescribing of Suboxone?

In a message dated 8/14/05 5:37:47 PM, ptpeet@nyc.rr.com writes:

When I could sit and tell one of the docs at my pain specialists’ office that I used opiates partly due to Hep C and more importantly because they work very effectively for pain, and not wanting to use anything more toxic, like Bup, prefering not to risk such toxic stuff on my liver, he STILL told me “here’s a brochure for Bup/Nal, and I think you should think about switching to it,” I’m amazed that the propaganda against opiates is so great that even a doc who should know better didn’t/doesn’t. That stuff scares the heck outta me, as do those pushing it.

Buprenorphine is an opioid having both agonist and antagonist actions. The manufacturer is Reckitt Benckiser and its use in the treatment of opioid dependence disorders was the result of a collaborative research and development agreement (CRDA) between NIDA and Reckitt Benckiser.  A principal advantage of buprenorphine over methadone is that it can be dispensed by a doctor writing a prescription rather than having to be dispensed out of a designated clinic as is methadone for the treatment of chemical dependence.  Both drugs can be Rxd for pain. A key issue of NIDA not choosing to develop ibogaine was their concurrent CRDA for buprenorphine development.

You might want to take a look at www.ibogaine.org/nycibogaforum.ppt which is a powerpoint slide presentation titled, Patient Medication Acceptability and Treatment Options:
Ibogaine. Methadone. Buprenorphine.

If you don’t have a PowerPoint reader you can get one free from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=D1649C22-B51F-4910-93FC-4CF2832D3342&displaylang=en

Howard

Howard

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From: RowdyRandy420@aol.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] coming to the city!
Date: August 15, 2005 at 5:35:31 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hey everybody! This is Lil. Randy. I will be visiting the big apple with my Dad. It will be my first visit to the city! We will hopefully be getting in around tue. or wed. but the sooner the better for me!  Have heard many many good things about all of you and want to try and meet all of you if I can.  Cant wait to get up there! Until then, keep the peace, we dont need anymore muggings!!!
Sincerely, Lil Randy

From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Re: [DrugWar] Warning: “Emery Seeds” DEA TRAP
Date: August 15, 2005 at 2:40:26 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>, <drugwar@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

anyone know a working link to this article (see below) please? Thanks kindly.

Peace and love,
Preston —– Original Message —– From: “Tim Meehan” <tim_meehan@sympatico.ca>
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 6:29 PM
Subject: [DrugWar] Warning: “Emery Seeds” DEA TRAP

I have also heard reports of attempted ‘phishing’ scams as well…

http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/4483.html

Warning: “Emery Seeds” DEA TRAP
by Jodie Giesz-Ramsay (11 Aug, 2005)

WARNING: Emery Seeds Scams may get you into trouble.

We would like to express concern for all American and Canadian citizens. We have received a few worried emails from people who have received messages appearing to be from Marc Emery Direct.

These are FAKE and DANGEROUS.

FAKE! DO NOT RESPOND!
FAKE! DO NOT RESPOND!

Please refrain from buying seeds at any and all outlets and online businesses, whether in Canada or the USA. The US government and DEA may not be done what they have started here, and many people can still be implicated.

If you received this same type of letter shown, YOU MAY BE IN DANGER. The Government may be trying to get you to “admit” through responding that you ordered seeds.

PLEASE BE EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS. We would warn any large-scale growers to IMMEDIATELY CEASE YOUR OPERATION.

DO NOT GIVE ANY INFORMATION TO THIS GROUP! WE BELIEVE IT IS DEA TRYING TO DO A MASSIVE BUST ON GROWERS.

We call for everyone to be extremely cautious when dealing with marijuana seeds, and to be on the lookout for any scams or stings seeking donations or information.

Emery Seeds is closed for good.
There is nothing to send out.
There are no refunds.
There are no records.

There is possibly a scammer or a government group taking mail we never received, and sending out a FAKE notice. We must warn you to NOT RESPOND.

We have NOT sent out any information to our customers, as we do not retain their records. PLEASE BE WARY!

Please report any scams to us immediately, at Jodie_Giesz@hotmail.com, Jodie@cannabisculture.com, or Marc@cannabisculture.com.

The only ways to contribute to our aid is through the steps outlined here.

DON’T RESPOND to any mail or email claims from anyone posing as Marc Emery Direct! We will convey all legitimate information to our people through Cannabis Culture Online and the Marc Emery Direct Seeds website

This image was sent to me by someone with major concerns. IGNORE THESE TYPES OF MESSAGES!

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] (OT) Re: [Ibogaine] Bush approves unlimited prescribing of Suboxone?
Date: August 15, 2005 at 1:25:39 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

THE KENAI KLOWN<

Out of curiosity Ron, what’s a “kenai” klown?
😉
Seriously, I’ve never seen that word.

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 9:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Bush approves unlimited prescribing of Suboxone?

keep studying Preston, you are my cliff notes, KOKO, THE KENAI KLOWN
—– Original Message —– From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 8:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Bush approves unlimited prescribing of Suboxone?

oh, thanks Howard, but the brochure that came with the advert for bup/nalwhatever it is says, for a whole page, don’t take with liver problems or damaged liver whatsoever. It’s not the opiate in the bup I’m worried about, it’s the stuff that makes one sick IF trying to boot the stuff, as well as other weird things I keep hearing about the stuff, about how sick folk stay while on it, etc.

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: HSLotsof@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 8:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Bush approves unlimited prescribing of Suboxone?

In a message dated 8/14/05 5:37:47 PM, ptpeet@nyc.rr.com writes:

When I could sit and tell one of the docs at my pain specialists’ office that I used opiates partly due to Hep C and more importantly because they work very effectively for pain, and not wanting to use anything more toxic, like Bup, prefering not to risk such toxic stuff on my liver, he STILL told me “here’s a brochure for Bup/Nal, and I think you should think about switching to it,” I’m amazed that the propaganda against opiates is so great that even a doc who should know better didn’t/doesn’t. That stuff scares the heck outta me, as do those pushing it.

Buprenorphine is an opioid having both agonist and antagonist actions. The manufacturer is Reckitt Benckiser and its use in the treatment of opioid dependence disorders was the result of a collaborative research and development agreement (CRDA) between NIDA and Reckitt Benckiser.  A principal advantage of buprenorphine over methadone is that it can be dispensed by a doctor writing a prescription rather than having to be dispensed out of a designated clinic as is methadone for the treatment of chemical dependence.  Both drugs can be Rxd for pain. A key issue of NIDA not choosing to develop ibogaine was their concurrent CRDA for buprenorphine development.

You might want to take a look at www.ibogaine.org/nycibogaforum.ppt which is a powerpoint slide presentation titled, Patient Medication Acceptability and Treatment Options:
Ibogaine. Methadone. Buprenorphine.

If you don’t have a PowerPoint reader you can get one free from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=D1649C22-B51F-4910-93FC-4CF2832D3342&displaylang=en

Howard

Howard

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From: HSLotsof@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Bush approves unlimited prescribing of Suboxone?
Date: August 14, 2005 at 11:21:50 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

In a message dated 8/14/05 10:04:13 PM, rwd3@cox.net writes:

WRITE YOU OFF LIST?  ONLY WITH YOUR PERMISSION.  KOKO

Always permitted.

Howard

From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Bush approves unlimited prescribing of Suboxone?
Date: August 14, 2005 at 10:03:04 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

RANDY:
KEEP ON QUOTING THE PEE WEESTER.  CAN’T GO WRONG IMHO.
YOU’RE A STRONG SUITE IN MY BOOK AND I ENJOY YOUR POSTS. MAYBE I’VE MISKEYED AND GOT YOU PEGGED FOR SURVIVALIST LIKE MYSELF OR JUST A GUN LOVER AND NONE OF THIS IS REAL.  WRITE ME ANYTME OFF LIST IF I CAN HELP..YEAH, LIKE I CAN’T EVEN WIND MY FREAKING WRISTWATCH. KOKO, I’D BE A LOT OF HELP
—– Original Message —–
From: BiscuitBoy714@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 8:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Bush approves unlimited prescribing of Suboxone?

I watched the sun come up over the hills of KY this mornin’. It fucking rocked. This is a beautiful spot in the world. Anyway after reading this post about bupe I find myself ambivilent. I’m glad that more addicts can get help when they need it, I just don’t trust this bupe stuff  for some reason. It seems to be as bad or worse than methadone to get off of. I tried it for two weeks and felt like hell the whole time. Maybe I dissolved it wrong or something. I did what it said to do. Whatever, the whole thing just strikes me funny. I wonder about who is on the board and who makes money on the sale of this substance. It is a patented drug right? What drug company makes it and who is controlling this company? I’m paranoid but it might be worth looking into. They’s gonna be sellin’ the shit outta this stuff real soon. Maybe we should all buy some stock in it. And by the way, this is on the street for sale too.       “I must be first to get my medication, I’m ALLWAY’S first”……….(Pee Wee Herman)         Randy

From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Bush approves unlimited prescribing of Suboxone?
Date: August 14, 2005 at 9:55:42 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

YOU’RE ALWAYS THERE FOR US HOWARD. EVER A DRUGSTORE COWBOY?   NOT THAT YOU NEED A RESUME BUILDER.   I HAVE SOME RATHER UNSOPHISTICATED , SOPHISTICATED QUESTIONS FOR A SLACKER LIKE MYSELF, NOT THAT YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MY RESEARCH. I READ TONS A DAY, JUST NOTHING BUT LAW WHICH IS A JEALOUS MISTRESS, GOT TO FIND TIME FOR THE LITTLE STUFF. WRITE YOU OFF LIST?  ONLY WITH YOUR PERMISSION.  KOKO
—– Original Message —–
From: HSLotsof@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 7:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Bush approves unlimited prescribing of Suboxone?

In a message dated 8/14/05 5:37:47 PM, ptpeet@nyc.rr.com writes:

When I could sit and tell one of the docs at my pain specialists’ office that I used opiates partly due to Hep C and more importantly because they work very effectively for pain, and not wanting to use anything more toxic, like Bup, prefering not to risk such toxic stuff on my liver, he STILL told me “here’s a brochure for Bup/Nal, and I think you should think about switching to it,” I’m amazed that the propaganda against opiates is so great that even a doc who should know better didn’t/doesn’t. That stuff scares the heck outta me, as do those pushing it.

Buprenorphine is an opioid having both agonist and antagonist actions. The manufacturer is Reckitt Benckiser and its use in the treatment of opioid dependence disorders was the result of a collaborative research and development agreement (CRDA) between NIDA and Reckitt Benckiser.  A principal advantage of buprenorphine over methadone is that it can be dispensed by a doctor writing a prescription rather than having to be dispensed out of a designated clinic as is methadone for the treatment of chemical dependence.  Both drugs can be Rxd for pain. A key issue of NIDA not choosing to develop ibogaine was their concurrent CRDA for buprenorphine development.

You might want to take a look at www.ibogaine.org/nycibogaforum.ppt which is a powerpoint slide presentation titled, Patient Medication Acceptability and Treatment Options:
Ibogaine. Methadone. Buprenorphine.

If you don’t have a PowerPoint reader you can get one free from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=D1649C22-B51F-4910-93FC-4CF2832D3342&displaylang=en

Howard

Howard

From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] ignore this email, just testing,.
Date: August 14, 2005 at 9:48:31 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

IT IS ANNOYING AS WHEN IT GETS KICKED BACK, I THINK SOMEONE’S WRITING ME LIKE A PRETTY GIRL.  OH, THE HEARBREAK OF A DRUGGIE..KOKO, THE KENAI KLOWN
—– Original Message —–
From: Kirk
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 7:52 PM
Subject: [Ibogaine] ignore this email, just testing,.

Ok ya had to look didn’t ya nosey bugggers!!
Lol trying to sort annoying email problem
Kirk

From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Bush approves unlimited prescribing of Suboxone?
Date: August 14, 2005 at 9:37:52 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

keep studying Preston, you are my cliff notes, KOKO, THE KENAI KLOWN
—– Original Message —– From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 8:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Bush approves unlimited prescribing of Suboxone?

oh, thanks Howard, but the brochure that came with the advert for bup/nalwhatever it is says, for a whole page, don’t take with liver problems or damaged liver whatsoever. It’s not the opiate in the bup I’m worried about, it’s the stuff that makes one sick IF trying to boot the stuff, as well as other weird things I keep hearing about the stuff, about how sick folk stay while on it, etc.

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: HSLotsof@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 8:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Bush approves unlimited prescribing of Suboxone?

In a message dated 8/14/05 5:37:47 PM, ptpeet@nyc.rr.com writes:

When I could sit and tell one of the docs at my pain specialists’ office that I used opiates partly due to Hep C and more importantly because they work very effectively for pain, and not wanting to use anything more toxic, like Bup, prefering not to risk such toxic stuff on my liver, he STILL told me “here’s a brochure for Bup/Nal, and I think you should think about switching to it,” I’m amazed that the propaganda against opiates is so great that even a doc who should know better didn’t/doesn’t. That stuff scares the heck outta me, as do those pushing it.

Buprenorphine is an opioid having both agonist and antagonist actions. The manufacturer is Reckitt Benckiser and its use in the treatment of opioid dependence disorders was the result of a collaborative research and development agreement (CRDA) between NIDA and Reckitt Benckiser.  A principal advantage of buprenorphine over methadone is that it can be dispensed by a doctor writing a prescription rather than having to be dispensed out of a designated clinic as is methadone for the treatment of chemical dependence.  Both drugs can be Rxd for pain. A key issue of NIDA not choosing to develop ibogaine was their concurrent CRDA for buprenorphine development.

You might want to take a look at www.ibogaine.org/nycibogaforum.ppt which is a powerpoint slide presentation titled, Patient Medication Acceptability and Treatment Options:
Ibogaine. Methadone. Buprenorphine.

If you don’t have a PowerPoint reader you can get one free from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=D1649C22-B51F-4910-93FC-4CF2832D3342&displaylang=en

Howard

Howard

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Bush approves unlimited prescribing of Suboxone?
Date: August 14, 2005 at 9:22:26 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

oh, thanks Howard, but the brochure that came with the advert for bup/nalwhatever it is says, for a whole page, don’t take with liver problems or damaged liver whatsoever. It’s not the opiate in the bup I’m worried about, it’s the stuff that makes one sick IF trying to boot the stuff, as well as other weird things I keep hearing about the stuff, about how sick folk stay while on it, etc.

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: HSLotsof@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 8:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Bush approves unlimited prescribing of Suboxone?

In a message dated 8/14/05 5:37:47 PM, ptpeet@nyc.rr.com writes:

When I could sit and tell one of the docs at my pain specialists’ office that I used opiates partly due to Hep C and more importantly because they work very effectively for pain, and not wanting to use anything more toxic, like Bup, prefering not to risk such toxic stuff on my liver, he STILL told me “here’s a brochure for Bup/Nal, and I think you should think about switching to it,” I’m amazed that the propaganda against opiates is so great that even a doc who should know better didn’t/doesn’t. That stuff scares the heck outta me, as do those pushing it.

Buprenorphine is an opioid having both agonist and antagonist actions. The manufacturer is Reckitt Benckiser and its use in the treatment of opioid dependence disorders was the result of a collaborative research and development agreement (CRDA) between NIDA and Reckitt Benckiser.  A principal advantage of buprenorphine over methadone is that it can be dispensed by a doctor writing a prescription rather than having to be dispensed out of a designated clinic as is methadone for the treatment of chemical dependence.  Both drugs can be Rxd for pain. A key issue of NIDA not choosing to develop ibogaine was their concurrent CRDA for buprenorphine development.

You might want to take a look at www.ibogaine.org/nycibogaforum.ppt which is a powerpoint slide presentation titled, Patient Medication Acceptability and Treatment Options:
Ibogaine. Methadone. Buprenorphine.

If you don’t have a PowerPoint reader you can get one free from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=D1649C22-B51F-4910-93FC-4CF2832D3342&displaylang=en

Howard

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From: Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz>
Subject: [Ibogaine] ignore this email, just testing,.
Date: August 14, 2005 at 8:52:30 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Ok ya had to look didn’t ya nosey bugggers!!
Lol trying to sort annoying email problem
Kirk

From: HSLotsof@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Bush approves unlimited prescribing of Suboxone?
Date: August 14, 2005 at 8:09:57 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

In a message dated 8/14/05 5:37:47 PM, ptpeet@nyc.rr.com writes:

When I could sit and tell one of the docs at my pain specialists’ office that I used opiates partly due to Hep C and more importantly because they work very effectively for pain, and not wanting to use anything more toxic, like Bup, prefering not to risk such toxic stuff on my liver, he STILL told me “here’s a brochure for Bup/Nal, and I think you should think about switching to it,” I’m amazed that the propaganda against opiates is so great that even a doc who should know better didn’t/doesn’t. That stuff scares the heck outta me, as do those pushing it.

Buprenorphine is an opioid having both agonist and antagonist actions. The manufacturer is Reckitt Benckiser and its use in the treatment of opioid dependence disorders was the result of a collaborative research and development agreement (CRDA) between NIDA and Reckitt Benckiser.  A principal advantage of buprenorphine over methadone is that it can be dispensed by a doctor writing a prescription rather than having to be dispensed out of a designated clinic as is methadone for the treatment of chemical dependence.  Both drugs can be Rxd for pain. A key issue of NIDA not choosing to develop ibogaine was their concurrent CRDA for buprenorphine development.

You might want to take a look at www.ibogaine.org/nycibogaforum.ppt which is a powerpoint slide presentation titled, Patient Medication Acceptability and Treatment Options:
Ibogaine. Methadone. Buprenorphine.

If you don’t have a PowerPoint reader you can get one free from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=D1649C22-B51F-4910-93FC-4CF2832D3342&displaylang=en

Howard

Howard

From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Bush approves unlimited prescribing of Suboxone?
Date: August 14, 2005 at 5:37:23 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Randy wrote >I just don’t trust this bupe stuff  for some reason. It seems to be as bad or worse than methadone to get off of.<

When I could sit and tell one of the docs at my pain specialists’ office that I used opiates partly due to Hep C and more importantly because they work very effectively for pain, and not wanting to use anything more toxic, like Bup, prefering not to risk such toxic stuff on my liver, he STILL told me “here’s a brochure for Bup/Nal, and I think you should think about switching to it,” I’m amazed that the propaganda against opiates is so great that even a doc who should know better didn’t/doesn’t. That stuff scares the heck outta me, as do those pushing it.

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.
—– Original Message —–
From: BiscuitBoy714@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 9:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Bush approves unlimited prescribing of Suboxone?

I watched the sun come up over the hills of KY this mornin’. It fucking rocked. This is a beautiful spot in the world. Anyway after reading this post about bupe I find myself ambivilent. I’m glad that more addicts can get help when they need it, I just don’t trust this bupe stuff  for some reason. It seems to be as bad or worse than methadone to get off of. I tried it for two weeks and felt like hell the whole time. Maybe I dissolved it wrong or something. I did what it said to do. Whatever, the whole thing just strikes me funny. I wonder about who is on the board and who makes money on the sale of this substance. It is a patented drug right? What drug company makes it and who is controlling this company? I’m paranoid but it might be worth looking into. They’s gonna be sellin’ the shit outta this stuff real soon. Maybe we should all buy some stock in it. And by the way, this is on the street for sale too.       “I must be first to get my medication, I’m ALLWAY’S first”……….(Pee Wee Herman)         Randy

From: Dana Beal <dana@phantom.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] I’m on Air America Monday nite
Date: August 14, 2005 at 1:56:46 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Hey, everyone, I’ll be on AIR AMERICA at 10:30 EST tomorrow nite, Monday the 15th, guest of the Mike Malloy Show. Catch me on one of their 67 stations, or listen to the Webcast at http://www.airamericaradio.com/listen –for interesting stuff on the Yippies, Ibogaine, Marc Emery and the World wide movement.

Dana/cnw

From: BiscuitBoy714@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Bush approves unlimited prescribing of Suboxone?
Date: August 14, 2005 at 9:02:16 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I watched the sun come up over the hills of KY this mornin’. It fucking rocked. This is a beautiful spot in the world. Anyway after reading this post about bupe I find myself ambivilent. I’m glad that more addicts can get help when they need it, I just don’t trust this bupe stuff  for some reason. It seems to be as bad or worse than methadone to get off of. I tried it for two weeks and felt like hell the whole time. Maybe I dissolved it wrong or something. I did what it said to do. Whatever, the whole thing just strikes me funny. I wonder about who is on the board and who makes money on the sale of this substance. It is a patented drug right? What drug company makes it and who is controlling this company? I’m paranoid but it might be worth looking into. They’s gonna be sellin’ the shit outta this stuff real soon. Maybe we should all buy some stock in it. And by the way, this is on the street for sale too.       “I must be first to get my medication, I’m ALLWAY’S first”……….(Pee Wee Herman)         Randy

From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Gallo Research Center studies cause and treatment of alcohol, drug addiction
Date: August 13, 2005 at 11:53:17 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

now you’re making sense to a senseless fool.  KOKO the Kenai Klown.  All bs aside,  one day,  b/4 i lose it all, i hope to thank the wild bunch for doing the core stuff i can’t which I am certain will play into significant stuff I am unable to understand at the moment but will soon be revealed to me.  thank you.  need all the help I can get at the momenent. i’m a factory fluke right now. rd in real time
—– Original Message —– From: <slowone@hush.ai>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 8:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Gallo Research Center studies cause and treatment of alcohol, drug addiction

“Ablation of the inferior olive affords protection against ibogaine-
induced neurotoxicity leading to the interpretation that ibogaine
itself is not directly toxic to Purkinje cells.”

I.e. the only known form of ibogaine-induced nerve damage is the
result of a cascade of effects. I wonder if ablation of the
inferior olive would affect ibogaine’s ability to interrupt
addiction. Addiction interruption could even be the result of a
different cascade of effects (rather than directly caused by the
ibogaine). Someday science may sort these things out.. hopefully in
my lifetime. Thanks for posting this, Howard.

On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 12:42:43 -0700 HSLotsof@aol.com wrote:
Administration of a non-NMDA antagonist, GYKI 52466, increases
excitotoxic
Purkinje cell degeneration caused by ibogaine.

O’Hearn E, Molliver ME
.
Department of Neurology, The Johns Hopkins University School of
Medicine,
Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. eohearn@jhmi.edu
Ibogaine is a tremorigenic hallucinogen that has been proposed for

clinical
use in treating addiction. We previously reported that ibogaine,
administered
systemically, produces degeneration of a subset of Purkinje cells
in the
cerebellum, primarily within the vermis. Ablation of the inferior
olive affords
protection against ibogaine-induced neurotoxicity leading to the
interpretation
that ibogaine itself is not directly toxic to Purkinje cells. We
postulated that
ibogaine produces sustained excitation of inferior olivary neurons

that leads
to excessive glutamate release at climbing fiber terminals,
causing
subsequent excitotoxic injury to Purkinje cells. The neuronal
degeneration induced by
ibogaine provides an animal model for studying excitotoxic injury
in order to
analyze the contribution of glutamate receptors to this injury and

to evaluate
neuroprotective strategies. Since non-N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)
receptors
mediate Purkinje cell excitation by climbing fibers, we
hypothesized that
1-4-aminophenyl-methyl-7,8-methylenedioxy-5H-2,3-benzodiazepine
(GYKI-52466), which
antagonizes non-NMDA receptors, may have a neuroprotective effect
by blocking
glutamatergic excitation at climbing fiber synapses. To test this
hypothesis,
rats were administered systemic ibogaine plus GYKI-52466 and the
degree of
neuronal injury was analyzed in cerebellar sections. The results
indicate that
the AMPA antagonist GYKI-52466 (10 mg/kg i.p. x 3) does not
protect against
Purkinje cell injury at the doses used. Rather, co-administration
of GYKI-52466
with ibogaine produces increased toxicity evidenced by more
extensive Purkinje
cell degeneration. Several hypotheses that may underlie this
result are
discussed. Although the reason for the increased toxicity found in

this study is not
fully explained, the present results show that a non-NMDA
antagonist can
produce increased excitotoxic injury under some conditions.
Therefore, caution
should be exercised before employing glutamate antagonists to
reduce the risk of
neuronal damage in human clinical disorders. Moreover, the
contribution of
different glutamate receptors to excitotoxic injury is complex and

merits further
analysis

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogiane related news in July MAPS newsletter
Date: August 13, 2005 at 11:33:27 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

—– Original Message —– From: <slowone@hush.ai>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 3:06 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogiane related news in July MAPS newsletter

I believe that ibogaine might interrupt any deeply engrained
pattern of behavior. Possibly this is related to the function of
the area of the brain that is damaged by super high doses in rats:
cells in the cerebellum that control the patterns of coordinated
muscle behaviours that we call locomotion, I believe. Which I’m
guessing explains the ataxia that people feel on ibogaine and
possibly some of the heart failures. Under this hypothesis I’ll add
that ibogaine tends to take out the patterns of dysfunctional
behaviors first because stress brings out weakness.

On Sat, 06 Aug 2005 20:34:08 -0700 Dana Beal <dana@phantom.com>
wrote:
Hmmm… Well, I’m only stating the well-known fact that ibogaine
doesn’t seem to affect marijuana like it does heroin, cocaine,
speed,
cigarettes, etc. I’m not going to get didactic here about
neuro-mechanism. The point is that the nMDA antagonism of the
cannabidiol cancels out the build-up of tolerance to THC. Very
important for MMJ patients. And this Morgenthau staffer doesn”t
get
it. You should hear what they did t o this patient!

O well.

Dana/cnw

On Aug 6, 2005, at 11:19 PM, Matthew Shriver wrote:

From: Dana Beal [mailto:dana@phantom.com]
Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 4:31 PM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogiane related news in July MAPS
newsletter

We had some one from the conference at Alex Grey’s would bugged

Patrick to get her a dose of ibogaine to–get this!–treat her
pot
dependency.

I just had to comment on this. I gather from the tone that you

consider marijuana addiction to be a sort of non-existent
ailment. I
know you didn’t actually say that so I may be misreading you.
But I
know people who have gone to great lengths to stop smoking pot,
even
to the extent of substituting harder drugs like heroin. And I
would
say that there is no question that such a thing as marijuana
addiction
exists. If addiction is defined by an inability to control your

actions by exercising your own will, than anyone who smokes pot
and
wants to stop but cannot is addicted.

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From: <slowone@hush.ai>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Gallo Research Center studies cause and treatment of alcohol, drug addiction
Date: August 13, 2005 at 9:29:54 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

“Ablation of the inferior olive affords protection against ibogaine-
induced neurotoxicity leading to the interpretation that ibogaine
itself is not directly toxic to Purkinje cells.”

I.e. the only known form of ibogaine-induced nerve damage is the
result of a cascade of effects. I wonder if ablation of the
inferior olive would affect ibogaine’s ability to interrupt
addiction. Addiction interruption could even be the result of a
different cascade of effects (rather than directly caused by the
ibogaine). Someday science may sort these things out.. hopefully in
my lifetime. Thanks for posting this, Howard.

On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 12:42:43 -0700 HSLotsof@aol.com wrote:
Administration of a non-NMDA antagonist, GYKI 52466, increases
excitotoxic
Purkinje cell degeneration caused by ibogaine.

O’Hearn E, Molliver ME
.
Department of Neurology, The Johns Hopkins University School of
Medicine,
Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. eohearn@jhmi.edu
Ibogaine is a tremorigenic hallucinogen that has been proposed for

clinical
use in treating addiction. We previously reported that ibogaine,
administered
systemically, produces degeneration of a subset of Purkinje cells
in the
cerebellum, primarily within the vermis. Ablation of the inferior
olive affords
protection against ibogaine-induced neurotoxicity leading to the
interpretation
that ibogaine itself is not directly toxic to Purkinje cells. We
postulated that
ibogaine produces sustained excitation of inferior olivary neurons

that leads
to excessive glutamate release at climbing fiber terminals,
causing
subsequent excitotoxic injury to Purkinje cells. The neuronal
degeneration induced by
ibogaine provides an animal model for studying excitotoxic injury
in order to
analyze the contribution of glutamate receptors to this injury and

to evaluate
neuroprotective strategies. Since non-N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)
receptors
mediate Purkinje cell excitation by climbing fibers, we
hypothesized that
1-4-aminophenyl-methyl-7,8-methylenedioxy-5H-2,3-benzodiazepine
(GYKI-52466), which
antagonizes non-NMDA receptors, may have a neuroprotective effect
by blocking
glutamatergic excitation at climbing fiber synapses. To test this
hypothesis,
rats were administered systemic ibogaine plus GYKI-52466 and the
degree of
neuronal injury was analyzed in cerebellar sections. The results
indicate that
the AMPA antagonist GYKI-52466 (10 mg/kg i.p. x 3) does not
protect against
Purkinje cell injury at the doses used. Rather, co-administration
of GYKI-52466
with ibogaine produces increased toxicity evidenced by more
extensive Purkinje
cell degeneration. Several hypotheses that may underlie this
result are
discussed. Although the reason for the increased toxicity found in

this study is not
fully explained, the present results show that a non-NMDA
antagonist can
produce increased excitotoxic injury under some conditions.
Therefore, caution
should be exercised before employing glutamate antagonists to
reduce the risk of
neuronal damage in human clinical disorders. Moreover, the
contribution of
different glutamate receptors to excitotoxic injury is complex and

merits further
analysis

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From: <slowone@hush.ai>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine]
Date: August 13, 2005 at 3:00:47 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hey Matt, welcome to the next stage. I don’t know the kicking
stage, but this one I’m familiar with. I second the suggestions
about finding some help, getting proactively involved in something
good, and (was this mentioned?) exercise and good diet. Plus you
can get anger out by bellowing into a pillow, smashing bottles into
a trash can, and the like. In the way of doing something good, if
you can find a way to help others this can really help. In the end
we all rely one each other, and the feeling of this, relying on a
therapist, having others rely on you, it all adds up to a life in
some strange way that dawns slowly amongst the storms. Nurture your
enjoyment of what simple pleasures are available to you – food,
water, air, freedom, whatever 🙂

On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 09:29:02 -0700 mcorcoran
<mcorcoran27@yahoo.com> wrote:
I’m having a very hard time lately. Not because i have a desire to

use but because i have no idea how to live. Now being opiate free,

my rage is totally out of control. I’m so disatisfied with life, i

go back and forth between angry or lathargic most of the time and
when the anger takes control i become completely nuts.
Last weekend a friend of mine and my sister screwed me over in a
way that most people would consider unforgivable. After letting
these feelings of betrayal consume me over the next couple of days

I snapped like i always seem to these days went to the friends
house early yesterday morning and kicked his door off the hinges
pulled him out of bed and kicked the shit out of him. I couldn’t
stop myself. He was in the hospital all day yesterday and is a
mess (fortunately) i dont think he’s gonna press charges but my
hand is broken so i’m kind fucked anyway. Everyone i know says
that he deserved what he got and maybe he did although i feel
terrible and the first thing i did when i woke up this morning was

cry. but what is most desturbing thing about this whole ordeal is
that i’m sick to my stomach thinking how far this rage is taking
me. its like since i havent been medicating i’ve turned into a
totally differnt kind of nut and quite frankly i dont like high
mark but i think he might have
been much less of an asshole and maybe even less crazy on some
level.
I dont know what to do. i feel like i’m always behind the 8 ball
in every important area of my life. the longer i’ve been straight
the more of a mess my life seems to become and its not supposed to

be like this. i need to get out of this city for starters and
since i can’t seem to be able to make any kind of plan to do that
i sit angry, satanent and pissed off and thats not a good place
for anyone to be.
Any sugestions?

Preston Peet <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
did you see “What the bleep do we know”?
there are some interesting animations about addiction.
go slowly but firmly, recover your hijacked brain chemistry.
keep tapering benzos. I know nothing about bup.<

Literallly just finished a book published by the Disinformation
Company
(same folks putting out my books) called “Beyond the Bleep,” by
Alexandra
Bruce, and it explains a lot of the theories proposed and
discussed in this
movie mentioned above. I haven’t yet seen the film, but a three
hour version
is supposedly in the works for Theatrical release later this year,

and a
bigger DVD version for early 2006. It sounds like a film I do want

to see,
and yes, they do discuss, in some parts apparently, addictive
behavior, and
not just to drugs but to others things too, including even
emotions.

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is

often
mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient
Civilizations,
Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —–
From: “Germán DC”
To:
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 9:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl & Bupe

Ron,
are you tapering benzos?
you can do it slowly, but firmly little by little.
you can do it, you can.

Life is a hard task I agree, but we are here… must be a reason

beyond
our
pain.
did you see “What the bleep do we know”?
there are some interesting animations about addiction.
go slowly but firmly, recover your hijacked brain chemistry.
keep tapering benzos. I know nothing about bup.

From your posts I realized that the worst (talking about legal
medecin)
thing,
the thing that has hurt me the most, were benzos which were
prescribed to
me
at 16 y.o. my doctor said:
“is better for you to take 2mg Valium now, that have an stomach
ulcer at
30.” ,
he was a good man, and iīm sure he tried to “save me” from worst

things to
happen…
well I took 2mg a few times, inmediately started to see how much

mgs could
I
take before my tongue refused to obey me. That was around 35mg.
At that
time
I couldnīt run, I could do nothing physically demanding. Even in

my worst
moment of heavy (cocaine) addiction I wasnīt closer to that
state of “body
impediment”, I mean you donīt feel the benzos but they are there

all the
time, disturbing functions.
I never, never, never ralate my physycal condition to valium.
It was mixed with some other moments of my life.
I remember I couldnīt do a 300 mts run, I never realized why…
until
your
posts.
Thank you for that, one more piece of my “life puzzle” in place.

Expel the terrorist from your brain with diplomacy.
Violence is absolutely contraindicated.
No rages. Cryng is better.
When the mind takes control the heart starts to shut.
Be back to your heartbeat, again and again.
Slowly.
You can.

regards
gdc.

—– Original Message —–
From: “Ron Davis”
To:
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 1:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl & Bupe

Howard:
I was caught on the oxy train and did not want anything to do
with meth.
bup wasn’t approved for treating dependency but I found a
clinic that
sold
it and rx’d it for “pain” management. It was sold as non
addicting or
light
compared to other drugs. I read the lit in the packages and it
stated
w/ds
were light. I was also introduced to benzos at the same time,
all new
stuff
for me. I just knew I had to lose the oxys b.4it killed me. I
now know
bup
is way bad, most providers won’t touch you, my stint w/ IBO
damn near
killed
me although Tommy, the provider was great. I d/n realize what a

number I
had done on myself. I think I need 3 weeks to clear myself at
my age and
only had 10 days b/c of work. I fear for my life and
profession.
Anything
you can throw my way would greatly be appreciated, I.a. titrate

schedules,
etc.I think I’m screwed and want to live again. Can’t do IBO
b/c c/no get
a
short acting opiate in the bible belt and job requirements. I
truly fear
for my life. This body is beat. God help me and the others,
wish I could
go
to Sara’s as she has the handle on this poison. That’s my story

. Life is
a
chore, hope it sheds insight into your work and saves my arse.
I was
desparate. Help if you can, advice, etc. I’m here by my own
hand,
probably
die by it. Don’t mean to be a downer for the list, just telling

a story
that
may help others. Help is needed. rwd
—– Original Message —–
From:
To:
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 12:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl & Bupe

In a message dated 8/10/05 10:09:13 AM, rwd3@cox.net writes:

<< After several yrs. of riding the bup train, IM, I have
found it to
be
a
wolf in sheep’s clothing. I loathe the day the Doc told me it

wasn’t
addicting,
blah, blah…it has a vicious bite on withdrawal..short term
only…I’m
late
by several years. It has kicked me arse many times..strickly
harm
reduction
to coin a phrase used by one of our learned members. ron >>

Hi Ron,

Language is important here. Any professional these days would

not use
the
term addicting as it has no scientific/academic/medical
formal
recognition. The
drug may not be addicting but, its use over time certainly
causes
dependence
and withdrawal you bet. I am going to look into this further
in the
methadone/buprenorphine side of my world.

I wouldn’t mind list comments on this subject.

Best regards.

Howard

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From: Dana Beal <dana@phantom.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Forwarded from a yippie@ibogahouse
Date: August 13, 2005 at 1:57:51 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Cc: Robert.Weppler@vch.ca
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

From: Robert.Weppler@vch.ca
Subject: Information!!!!!!!

Hi I hope this letter actually makes it to Dana’s eyes.
Hi my name is Robert Weppler and I have been influenced by you since before I was a teen. And I did not even know it. LOL

Through friends in the early 80’s I was exposed to the power of punk and the Anti-racist movement. My two fisted bibles were Maximum R&R and Overthrow.

Later I was lucky enough to buy a copy of the Black Listed news and began to know the history of the youth movement I was involved in.
Marches against Cruise missile testing and Legalizing Pot opened me up to the power of the people.
Thanks to the School stoppers news. My friends and I put out a school zone called NO and by May day 87 we closed the whole school with a Sit In.

Well fast forward through the rest of those evil days and I find my self in the Down town east side strung out and bitter at the beginning of a new millennium.
After finding the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users I became interested in organizing and working with my peers to fight this War on Freedom and genocide of the Poor called the War on Drugs.
In 2001 I became president of this group and began to work with Marc Emory in helping establish the Iboga House up here.
Although there was some problems around safety and success protocols, you know how demanding we can be.LOL
The house has been a minor miracle. Especially hopeful with MAPS involvement.

Since Marcs insane arrest last month on behalf of the DEA some of are worried how this is going to affect the house and any free treatments that were in the works.

Well I just wanted to write and thank you for the long and inspiring work that you have done.

I also am wondering how to get back issues or re-prints of the Yipster Times and Overthrow.
We need their great news again.

Love and Solidarity
Robert Weppler
Peer 2 Peer
Vancouver Union of Drug Users
No one do Voodoo like VUDU

Robert:

Anyone show you a copy of “Report on the Staten Island Project: THE IBOGAINE STORY”?

It’s kind of a sequel to BLACKLISTED NEWS.

I can you copies of both for Ibogatherapy house or VUDU, if you want.

Do you have a copy of Ben DeLoenen’s video?

Dana/cnw

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From: “Matthew Shriver” <matt@itsupport.net>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl & Bupe
Date: August 13, 2005 at 11:18:10 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I’ve never had the misfortune of getting strung out on benzos.  But I can tell you why you want short acting opiates to detox, because the withdrawal is shorter.  Longer acting opiates have a longer withdrawal and when you take your final dose, the length between that dose and feeling normal is crucial for long term abstinence.  I kicked heroin probably a dozen times, with and without medications to help, and for me the hardest part, other than the first few days of panicking about what was to come, was always after I pretty much felt better physically, usually in the second week.  Because it was right about then that the darkest, ugliest depressions would just knock my legs out from under me, until I broke down and went out and scored some relief.  My only experience with actually kicking methadone was by way of ibo so I can’t compare it completely.  But I can say that three days without methadone was really fucking uncomfortable, not that heroin withdrawal was a walk in the park, but the methadone withdrawal was definitely worse.
Matt
From: Ron Davis [mailto:rwd3@cox.net] 
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 10:46 PM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl & Bupe

Howard:
Please help me out here if you can.  In most drug tapers, benzos e.g. one looks for a long lasting drug for the taper so one doesn’t hit the peeks and valleys  so often and have to keep dosing.  allows for a smoother transition and some other stuff you probably can explain.  In opiates, , with IBO, one looks for short acting drugs, like heroin, which will clear the system faster and do some other stuff you can probably explain.  Why the inconsitent theories on product?  All tailored toward the end sought via the method?  I’m a bit confused , just a bit but won’t beat myself up yet, ron   snipe, punch, whup and thanks, hope it all made sense, if it didn’t , don’t tell anyone, let’s see if they’re smart enough to figure it out, can’t find spellcheck, shite   —– Original Message —–
From: HSLotsof@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 11:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl & Bupe

In a message dated 8/12/05 9:23:04 AM, skrupa20022002@yahoo.com writes:
Ron <i did online pain management to get on short acting , a little more expensive but not more than the street, I am also 52 , you can do it if that is what your intention is, best wishes -shell
Shell,

Exactly which drug do you mean by short acting?

Howard

From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] re: show me the honey and reply
Date: August 13, 2005 at 11:11:20 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I second that; however, if participating in the list is supposed to be a teaching /learning activity ( and it may not) and a spiritual discipline (and it may not), then we must be united in our cause, and  share the wanting to achieve the end.  at times the teacher is actually the student. of course , this presupposes there is structure as there has to be an agreement of the methodology used( and there may not) and the open sanctioning that a spiritual path / discipline is just that, which means there may be no end in sight as we  or rather i should say,  i slither along, trying to become a better person.  on the other hand, it may not be a spiritual discipline, or i may not have defined it properly, which is probably correct since i have AADD, can’t read, can’t type, can’t hold a thought and should be getting a “dumb check” each month.  I’ll go Pro Se and sue under the American Disabilities Act.  Not making light of those who really need this invaluable tool before Bush and co. take it back.  KOKO, THE KENAI KLOWN
—– Original Message —– From: “Ms Iboga” <ms_iboga@yahoo.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 8:15 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] re: show me the honey

Rerun,

There is very little beating around the bush on this
list.  However, I am noticing that some people seem to
think that everything should easily fall into their
laps.  They don’t do any research, and expect others
to bend over backwards to help them out.

In case you don’t already know- this is NOT the way
life works, and if you think otherwise, you’re in for
a few surprises.

I had to work and do a lot of research to find ibo and
get treated.  Why should it be any different for
anyone else?  Do an internet search for ibogaine
suppliers.  Go to some of the ibo informational
websites and look under ‘suppliers’.

There is a certain amount of risk in self-treatment,
and this could be one of the reasons people don’t
actively volunteer suppliers.  If you had done a bit
more research, you would have likely realized this.

Life does not owe you a favour- YOU owe YOURSELF a
favour, so get busy.

Julie

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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] (OT) Re: [Ibogaine] what the bleep
Date: August 13, 2005 at 10:54:52 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hey Ron- it’s good to hear another voice from you!!  I detect a nice
and warped sense of humour lurking in there, just waiting to spring
forth on the likes of us psychonauts…keep it twisted!
love to you
tink

On 8/13/05, Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:
I can’t freaking believe the first post i open, precoffee, pre everything i
need to make my body  and what’s left of my southern fried brain is
preston’s and company.  HELP, ANYTHING WILL BE ACCEPTED except c-4 and the
likes or other means which may inadvertently cause harm to others if used in
any fashion.
i’ll ponder while working on me generator that has tripled in price despite
corporate assurances there will be no price gauging in fla. and neither the
feds nor the state  will go after these buggers under any theory. ok, maybe
i exaggerated to make a point.  i need that movie, script, book, reviews to
get up to speed, then i’ll learn how to type and use spellcheck.  thanks to
all, must start beating myself  in an ungodly way in case it gets ugly.
ok, here’s a way to start some shite this a.m. in case no one wants to go
deep enough to discuss this issue/nonissue… i need a good signature block
or maybe come back under another name and address and post my paltry
credentials and make sure everyone knows it, so when i rant under the other
name, it’s credible.  won’t work?
you guys are too slick for that aren’t you?  it’s still early and my mind is
expanding as i hunt and peck.  ron, a.k.a. KOKO , THE KENAI, GLOBE TROTTING,
KLOWN  (for all yuz geo. freaks that are still intrigued by the Rubberband
Man commercials).  rumor has it Percy Sledge or his personal rep. is going
for the dough.                                               From: “Preston
Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 6:12 PM
Subject: [Ibogaine] (OT) Re: [Ibogaine] what the bleep

We’re also told that when Columbus came to America, the natives literally
couldn’t see his ships. They couldn’t think outside the box of Indian
life.<

Yeah, “Beyond the ‘Bleep'” called this “the old canard,” which I heartily
agree with. What  stupid idea, but apparently some people believe that.
I found Beyond the Bleep to be a very interesting book, which examines
each presenter of the film, their background, what their pet theories are,
whether they acutally are using what could be called “testable” science or
simply making extraordinary claims (like JZKnight actually) with no
provable substance whatsoever.
Still, I’m very intrigued by the whole quantum physics thing, and was
very happy to have read this book. Thanks for posting this review

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often
mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations,
Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —–
From: “Boris Leshinsky” <bleshins@bigpond.net.au>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 1:52 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] what the bleep

did you see “What the bleep do we know”?
there are some interesting animations about addiction.
go slowly but firmly, recover your hijacked brain chemistry.
keep tapering benzos. I know nothing about bup.<

Literallly just finished a book published by the Disinformation Company
(same folks putting out my books) called “Beyond the Bleep,” by Alexandra
Bruce, and it explains a lot of the theories proposed and discussed in
this
movie mentioned above. I haven’t yet seen the film, but a three hour
version
is supposedly in the works for Theatrical release later this year, and a
bigger DVD version for early 2006. It sounds like a film I do want to
see,
and yes, they do discuss, in some parts apparently, addictive behavior,
and
not just to drugs but to others things too, including even emotions.

that book really good (looked it up on Amazon), will have to check it out.
This film has been mentioned on pretty much every mailing list and forum I
am on I (and thats a few), its certainly kicking up a bit of a storm.

here’s an interesting article about I found quite illuminating:
from salon.com

“Bleep” of faith
An indie film gets buzz and a big rollout. But “What the Bleep Do We
Know!?” uses questionable on-screen experts — and appears to be an
infomercial for a controversial New Age sect.

– – – – – – – – – – – –
By John Gorenfeld

Sept. 16, 2004 | Last week, the national release of the independent film
“What the Bleep Do We Know!?” seemed to be just the latest success story
in the Year of the Documentary — a little movie that could, launched into
60 theaters across the country by Samuel Goldwyn Films after selling out
small theaters for months. The film’s co-director, William Arntz, has
called it “a film for the religious left,” an answer to “The Passion of
the Christ.” It presents itself as the thinking rebel’s alternative to
Hollywood pabulum: a heady stew of drama and documentary, starring
Oscar-winning actress Marlee Matlin as a Xanax-addled photographer who
discovers joy when she learns that quantum mechanics makes spiritual
wonders possible.

But the film — buoyed by a slew of stories in regional and national
outlets (including Salon) about its supposed grassroots success — has
largely avoided much skepticism. And as the distributors launched a
national advertising campaign, on NPR’s “All Things Considered” among
other outlets, and earned respectable reviews from a number of critics
(the San Francisco Examiner calls it a “smart film,” and Roger Ebert,
while not thrilled, gave it a thoughtful two and a half stars), their
movie has managed to avoid much scrutiny of what, exactly, it’s really
about — and who is behind it.

That has meant little attention has been given to either the film’s
agenda, or its questionable use of supposed experts. At least one
scientist prominently interviewed in the film now says his words were
taken out of context. And two other key subjects in the film are not fully
identified: a theologian who, the film fails to divulge, is a former
priest who left the Catholic Church after allegations of sexual abuse; and
a mysterious woman identified only as Judy “JZ” Knight, who is actually a
sect leader claiming to channel a 35,000-year-old warrior spirit named
Ramtha. [/b]The film’s three co-directors are among those who follow
Ramtha and look to Knight’s channeled maxims to decipher the mysteries of
life.[/b] These Ramtha followers reportedly number in the thousands. But
critics call the sect a cult.

In the movie, the 58-year-old Knight, whose accent is as thick as her
mascara, makes the boldest statements — pronounced with long, rolling
R’s — about particles and God. “We have grrreat technology. But we still
have this ugly, superrrstitious, backwahds cohncept of Gahd,” she says,
adding that “the height of arrrrrrogance is the belief of those who would
see Gahd in their own image.” Musing on the unity of consciousness and
matter, she reminds us that “it only takes a fantasy for a man to have a
harrrd-on.” In her normal mode, Knight speaks the plain talk of her native
Roswell, N.M., but in the manly presence of Ramtha, said to have conquered
the continent neighboring Atlantis, Knight’s jaw juts and her voice
deepens into something magisterial and brash. Her Ramtha’s School of
Enlightenment, on a $2 million compound based in Yelm, Wash., boasts
followers — including celebrities like actress Shirley MacLaine (who
attended Knight’s seminars in the late ’80s) and “Dynasty” star Linda
Evans — willing to pay up to $1,600 for a seminar.

Reached by Salon, Meyer Gottlieb, president of Samuel Goldwyn Films, says
he’s seen “Bleep” about eight times. Its fledgling distribution company
Roadside Attractions had its first real hit earlier this year when it
launched festival favorite documentary “Super Size Me” and is hoping for a
similar sleeper hit with ” Bleep.” Asked what he thought of the expressed
desire by filmmaker Mark Vicente (on a Ramtha Web site,
BeyondTheOrdinary.net) for his viewers to emerge from his movie in an
“almost trance-like state,” Gottlieb only laughed.

“The question is, Is this movie promoting a cult?” he said. “The only
thing we’re interested in from a marketing perspective is creating a cult
status for the film … cults, from my perspective, they deal with groups
and leaders and that stuff. This movie is about individual thinking.
Individual control over your future — and your own reality.”

But not everyone involved in the movie has good things to say about that
message.

David Albert, a professor at the Columbia University physics department,
has accused the filmmakers of warping his ideas to fit a spiritual agenda.
“I don’t think it’s quite right to say I was ‘tricked’ into appearing,” he
said in a statement reposted by a critic on “What the Bleep’s” Internet
forum, “but it is certainly the case that I was edited in such a way as to
completely suppress my actual views about the matters the movie discusses.
I am, indeed, profoundly unsympathetic to attempts at linking quantum
mechanics with consciousness. Moreover, I explained all that, at great
length, on camera, to the producers of the film … Had I known that I
would have been so radically misrepresented in the movie, I would
certainly not have agreed to be filmed.”

“I certainly do not subscribe to the ‘Ramtha School on Enlightenment,’
whatever that is!” he finished. Albert provided Salon with an excerpt from
a piece he’s writing on the subject, in which he says, in part, “I’m
unwittingly made to sound as if (maybe) I endorse its thesis.”

When told of Albert’s complaints, Gottlieb said, “I certainly don’t see
it,” but acknowledged he’s “not into the science 100 percent.” At press
time, the filmmakers issued an angry “Open Letter to the U.S. Media” in
which it attacked the “intellectual smugness and superiority” of its
critics. (You can download the PDF file here.)

Knight’s role as the voice of Ramtha is the most striking — but hardly
the only — omission of the film, which could easily be interpreted as a
full-blown infomercial for Ramtha. Two other on-screen experts are not
identified as Ramtha associates: Dr. Joe Dispenza, chiropractor and
mystic, listed as a student on the Ramtha Web site; and a man identified
only as “Dr. Miceal Ledwith.”

Ledwith (at one time Monsignor Michael Ledwith) was once on track to be
the next archbishop of Dublin, but the theologian stepped down as
president of Maynooth College in 1994, after a complaint that he had
sexually harassed a young seminarian. It was later revealed that Ledwith
had allegedly paid an six-figure sum to a man who accused him of sexual
abuse. Ledwith has maintained his innocence but left Ireland for the more
placid confines of Monterey, Calif. On the “Bleep” Web site, Ledwith’s
relationship with the Catholic Church is only alluded to in a claim that
he was once “charged with advising the Holy See on theological matters,”
but he is not identified as ever having been a priest, or even as a
lecturer at the Ramtha school. According to a Ramtha Web site, Ledwith has
joined “Ramtha’s core of appointed teachers.” (The Ramtha school and
Ledwith have not responded to requests for interviews. The “Bleep” Web
site recommends that journalists contact an independent publicist, but the
movie previously listed as its P.R. contact Pavel Mikoloski, also director
of public affairs for Ramtha’s school.)

Later in the film, a “scientist” explains that, thanks to the strangeness
quivering below the subatomic level, meditating monks have lowered the
crime rate in Washington, D.C. But not until the end of the film do we
learn that the scientist making this claim, John Hagelin — who once ran
for president — conducted the research while teaching (until 1999) at
Maharishi University , the school named for the Beatles’ guru. In JZ
Knight’s own publications, Ramtha’s existence, too, is frequently
explained in terms of quantum mechanics.

Funding for the $5 million “Bleep,” according to various published
interviews with the film’s creators, comes not from Ramtha but the
software fortunes of director Arntz, who designed the job-management
application AutoSys. Now popular in Unix environments, the program sold
for more than $14 million in 1995. ( Eerily, the startup money for AutoSys
was also of Atlantean origin, or so the original investor claimed. A 1999
piece in Wired by David Diamond described the life and suicide of
Frederick Lenz III, a guru in his own right, who called himself not Ramtha
but Rama. The software mogul told those who rendezvoused with Rama that
he’d taught meditation classes on Atlantis. Later, Lenz said his students
were bent on his murder, and he plunged himself into the waters of Long
Island Sound with a $30,000 watch on his wrist and 150 tabs of Valium in
his bloodstream.)

On the film’s Web site FAQ, the filmmakers answer the question of whether
“Bleep” is a recruitment film coyly, stating that “the short answer is no.
During the making of the film [originally to be titled ‘Sacred Science’]
it was decided that what was important was the message, not the
messenger —  whoever that may be. Some people may be inspired to check
out RSE, and some people may be inspired to major at MIT in quantum
teleportation.” (At press time, MIT was not yet offering such a major.)

.Ramtha’s School of Enlightenment had previously promoted itself in its
own films, but those had a lower budget. One was “Bleep” director Mark
Vicente’s 2002 “Where Angels Fear to Thread.” Its trailer (available here)
introduces Ramtha in the fashion of “Lord of the Rings,” swinging a blade
and raising a goblet to “the challenge of being an individual.”

“Bleep” is a much slicker introduction. Its success relies heavily on word
of mouth, accelerated by the use of “Bleep Teams” organized by Captured
Light Industries, the production house set up by Arntz to create “Bleep.”
(The film’s other production house, Lord of the Wind, is named for Ramtha
himself.)

Heading the Bay Area street team is Kathy Vaquilar, who organized regular
“Bleep” events in at least two cities a week during August. On Saturday,
Aug. 14, she helped organize a discussion in Berkeley that featured a
Ramtha representative, Cindy, “who told us more about the film’s
background, how it got started, and about the school,” she posted on the
“What the Bleep” forum the next day, when the movement was spreading to
nearby Walnut Creek. The next night, a meeting was slated for San
Francisco.

Vaquilar told Salon that she coordinates the “Bleep” campaign with a
representative of Captured Light. “I don’t know that much about the Ramtha
school,” she wrote in an e-mail to Salon, and hastens to defend its role.
Knight, she writes, “was only used as an interview subject. What is taught
at the school might seem weird to most mainstream people, but for those
who study or read the same materials on their own without any connection
to the school or to JZ Knight, their stuff is not considered unusual, but
rather part of what’s already cutting edge.”

That edge is something Vaquilar is familiar with. In August she promoted
the film at the Bay Area’s UFO expo in Santa Clara, serving double duty
with the International Contact Support Network, which comforts those who
say they’ve encountered extraterrestrials. Vaquilar herself has written
about meeting insectoids, who treated her fairly well; but Knight,
speaking in the voice of Ramtha, has warned her own followers of the “Gray
Men,” a clique of hostile off-worlders controlling Earth’s banks.

On the surface, the movie doesn’t seem to be targeting the E.T.-obsessed;
in fact, it seems to follow in the footsteps of Carl Sagan’s “Cosmos” by
asking us to thrill to the tapestry of space-time. But it has very little
patience for Enlightenment concepts like measurable results and scientific
proof. In the new science of “Bleep,” symbolized by disembodied equations
and CG bubbles flying at us like stars at warp speed, we’re past all that.

We’re also told that when Columbus came to America, the natives literally
couldn’t see his ships. They couldn’t think outside the box of Indian
life. And in a subway that seems like one of many conceits borrowed from
the “Matrix” movies (whose metaphor has similarly been borrowed by David
Icke, the British author who says the world is controlled by lizard men),
the heroine learns that you can see chi energy particles of love, that
they’ve been captured in photographs of water blessed by Buddhists. At
this juncture Matlin hears a voice in her ear: “Makes you wonder, doesn’t
it?” It’s Quark, the greedy alien from “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine”!
Actually, it’s the guy who plays him, Armin Shimerman, as one of several
mysterious strangers guiding her to the truth.

The impression left from sitting through a screening of “What the Bleep”
is that a lot of people enjoy hearing their griping about religious
fundamentalists reflected back to them, backed by science. There’s also
plenty of stroking of lefty values; Ramtha has declared that all world
religions have in common “the suppression of women,” adding, with the
brashness surely fashionable in the 33rd century B.C., “No woman who had
an abortion has sinned against God. Fuck all those assholes who tell you
that.” On the other hand, papers from Knight’s 1992 divorce case with
Jeffrey Knight hint that Ramtha is an ancient homophobe, who allegedly
declared that AIDS was Mother Nature’s way of “getting rid of”
homosexuality and told Jeffrey Knight he should reject modern medicine and
overcome the disease using the school’s breathing techniques, according to
court testimony. Tom Szimhart, a “deprogrammer” who testified on behalf of
Knight’s husband (who eventually died of the disease) called the Ramtha
school a cult with an anti-scientific bent.

The “backward” religion of Christianity, Ramtha explains in the movie,
doesn’t appreciate how the parables of Jesus are explained by photon waves
and probability — just as creationists suggest that the latest
archaeological science can explain Noah’s Ark and a very young Grand
Canyon. The cumulative effect of “What the Bleep” — whose co-director,
Betsy Chasse, produced the evangelical teen comedy “Extreme Days”
(2000) — makes you wonder if it isn’t as fundamentalist as the
Christianity and Islam that Ramtha inveighs against.

Even the father of the Isn’t the Universe Amazing genre, the late Sagan,
called Ramtha out. He opened his 1997 book “The Demon-Haunted World:
Science as a Candle in the Dark” by asking why, if Ramtha is 35,000 years
old, he gives us only “banal homilies” (sample: “I have come to help you
over the ditch … It is called the ditch of limitation”) instead of
telling us, say, about the currency, technology, social order and use of
birth control in prehistoric Lemuria — a country popularized by Madame
Blavatsky, the turn-of-the-20th-century psychic. Sagan’s argument, which
couldn’t be further from the movie’s, is that science has exposed so many
natural wonders, there’s no need to gild the lily with gray aliens,
telepaths and the spirits of Cro-Magnon shoguns roaming the Evergreen
State.

Needless to say the book isn’t on the film’s reading list, which instead
suggests reading the works of Ramtha

—————
the United Church of Religious Science, of all things, has released this
attack on the film, which is also an interesting read:

http://religious-science.com/askland0405-science.pdf
(or from:)
http://www.religious-science.com/message-board-forum/viewtopic.php?t=49

“Report on the Perversion of Science to Support Mysticism”

Purpose: To assist in retarding the spread of pseudo-science and
misinformation, to present topics currently circulating our churches and
to encourage critical thinking.

Addressing the topics of:

Page 3 – Opening Quotes
Page 4 – Introduction and Address to the Religious Science Community
Page 5 – Responsibility and Reputation of Church Leaders
Page 6 – Defining Critical Thinking
Page 7 – What Is Science?
Page 9 – What The Bleep Do We Know movie
Page 11 – JZ Knight aka Ramtha
Page 17 – What The Bleep Do They Know? – Expert Resumes
Page 18 – David McCarthy – A Letter to Current Members of Ramtha’s School
Page 19 – Masaru Emoto Water Healing
Page 23 – Christopher Columbus Historical Facts
Page 24 – The Maharishi Effect
Page 26 – Sai Baba
Page 36 – Manifestations
Page 44 – Architecture Retaining Positive or Negative Energies
Page 45 – One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge
Page 46 – What The Bleep Do We Know Receives Pigasus Award
Page 46 – Anticipation of Flawed Logic Responses
Page 48 – Closing Remarks

With writings and excerpts provided by Ernest Holmes, Robert L. Park,
James Randi, Dr. Kathryn Turner (Director of Education, United Church of
Religious Science), the Google Answers research team, Columbia University
athematics Department and others notated and credited.

A copy of this report is available free of charge E-mail Conrad Askland at
askland@aol.com
Please include name and mailing address
Or download a PDF copy at www.Religious-Science.com
Author’s Note: There are frequent references in this report to “RSE” which
stands for the Ramtha School of Enlightenment led by JZ Knight, aka
“Ramtha”. RSE has NO affiliation with Religious Science, Science of Mind
or the teachings of Ernest Holmes. Sometimes Religious Science will be
referred to as “RS” or the United Church of Religious Science as “UCRS”.
Please make note of this very important distinction.

This report released April 20, 2005

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] (OT) Re: [Ibogaine] what the bleep
Date: August 13, 2005 at 10:47:58 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I can’t freaking believe the first post i open, precoffee, pre everything i need to make my body  and what’s left of my southern fried brain is preston’s and company.  HELP, ANYTHING WILL BE ACCEPTED except c-4 and the likes or other means which may inadvertently cause harm to others if used in any fashion.
i’ll ponder while working on me generator that has tripled in price despite corporate assurances there will be no price gauging in fla. and neither the feds nor the state  will go after these buggers under any theory. ok, maybe i exaggerated to make a point.  i need that movie, script, book, reviews to get up to speed, then i’ll learn how to type and use spellcheck.  thanks to all, must start beating myself  in an ungodly way in case it gets ugly. ok, here’s a way to start some shite this a.m. in case no one wants to go deep enough to discuss this issue/nonissue… i need a good signature block or maybe come back under another name and address and post my paltry credentials and make sure everyone knows it, so when i rant under the other name, it’s credible.  won’t work?
you guys are too slick for that aren’t you?  it’s still early and my mind is expanding as i hunt and peck.  ron, a.k.a. KOKO , THE KENAI, GLOBE TROTTING, KLOWN  (for all yuz geo. freaks that are still intrigued by the Rubberband Man commercials).  rumor has it Percy Sledge or his personal rep. is going for the dough.                                               From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 6:12 PM
Subject: [Ibogaine] (OT) Re: [Ibogaine] what the bleep

>We’re also told that when Columbus came to America, the natives literally >couldn’t see his ships. They couldn’t think outside the box of Indian >life.<

Yeah, “Beyond the ‘Bleep'” called this “the old canard,” which I heartily agree with. What  stupid idea, but apparently some people believe that.
I found Beyond the Bleep to be a very interesting book, which examines each presenter of the film, their background, what their pet theories are, whether they acutally are using what could be called “testable” science or simply making extraordinary claims (like JZKnight actually) with no provable substance whatsoever.
Still, I’m very intrigued by the whole quantum physics thing, and was very happy to have read this book. Thanks for posting this review

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
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—– Original Message —– From: “Boris Leshinsky” <bleshins@bigpond.net.au>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 1:52 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] what the bleep

>did you see “What the bleep do we know”?
there are some interesting animations about addiction.
go slowly but firmly, recover your hijacked brain chemistry.
keep tapering benzos. I know nothing about bup.<

Literallly just finished a book published by the Disinformation Company
(same folks putting out my books) called “Beyond the Bleep,” by Alexandra
Bruce, and it explains a lot of the theories proposed and discussed in this
movie mentioned above. I haven’t yet seen the film, but a three hour version
is supposedly in the works for Theatrical release later this year, and a
bigger DVD version for early 2006. It sounds like a film I do want to see,
and yes, they do discuss, in some parts apparently, addictive behavior, and
not just to drugs but to others things too, including even emotions.

that book really good (looked it up on Amazon), will have to check it out.
This film has been mentioned on pretty much every mailing list and forum I am on I (and thats a few), its certainly kicking up a bit of a storm.

here’s an interesting article about I found quite illuminating:
from salon.com

“Bleep” of faith
An indie film gets buzz and a big rollout. But “What the Bleep Do We Know!?” uses questionable on-screen experts — and appears to be an infomercial for a controversial New Age sect.

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By John Gorenfeld

Sept. 16, 2004 | Last week, the national release of the independent film “What the Bleep Do We Know!?” seemed to be just the latest success story in the Year of the Documentary — a little movie that could, launched into 60 theaters across the country by Samuel Goldwyn Films after selling out small theaters for months. The film’s co-director, William Arntz, has called it “a film for the religious left,” an answer to “The Passion of the Christ.” It presents itself as the thinking rebel’s alternative to Hollywood pabulum: a heady stew of drama and documentary, starring Oscar-winning actress Marlee Matlin as a Xanax-addled photographer who discovers joy when she learns that quantum mechanics makes spiritual wonders possible.

But the film — buoyed by a slew of stories in regional and national outlets (including Salon) about its supposed grassroots success — has largely avoided much skepticism. And as the distributors launched a national advertising campaign, on NPR’s “All Things Considered” among other outlets, and earned respectable reviews from a number of critics (the San Francisco Examiner calls it a “smart film,” and Roger Ebert, while not thrilled, gave it a thoughtful two and a half stars), their movie has managed to avoid much scrutiny of what, exactly, it’s really about — and who is behind it.

That has meant little attention has been given to either the film’s agenda, or its questionable use of supposed experts. At least one scientist prominently interviewed in the film now says his words were taken out of context. And two other key subjects in the film are not fully identified: a theologian who, the film fails to divulge, is a former priest who left the Catholic Church after allegations of sexual abuse; and a mysterious woman identified only as Judy “JZ” Knight, who is actually a sect leader claiming to channel a 35,000-year-old warrior spirit named Ramtha. [/b]The film’s three co-directors are among those who follow Ramtha and look to Knight’s channeled maxims to decipher the mysteries of life.[/b] These Ramtha followers reportedly number in the thousands. But critics call the sect a cult.

In the movie, the 58-year-old Knight, whose accent is as thick as her mascara, makes the boldest statements — pronounced with long, rolling R’s — about particles and God. “We have grrreat technology. But we still have this ugly, superrrstitious, backwahds cohncept of Gahd,” she says, adding that “the height of arrrrrrogance is the belief of those who would see Gahd in their own image.” Musing on the unity of consciousness and matter, she reminds us that “it only takes a fantasy for a man to have a harrrd-on.” In her normal mode, Knight speaks the plain talk of her native Roswell, N.M., but in the manly presence of Ramtha, said to have conquered the continent neighboring Atlantis, Knight’s jaw juts and her voice deepens into something magisterial and brash. Her Ramtha’s School of Enlightenment, on a $2 million compound based in Yelm, Wash., boasts followers — including celebrities like actress Shirley MacLaine (who attended Knight’s seminars in the late ’80s) and “Dynasty” star Linda Evans — willing to pay up to $1,600 for a seminar.

Reached by Salon, Meyer Gottlieb, president of Samuel Goldwyn Films, says he’s seen “Bleep” about eight times. Its fledgling distribution company Roadside Attractions had its first real hit earlier this year when it launched festival favorite documentary “Super Size Me” and is hoping for a similar sleeper hit with ” Bleep.” Asked what he thought of the expressed desire by filmmaker Mark Vicente (on a Ramtha Web site, BeyondTheOrdinary.net) for his viewers to emerge from his movie in an “almost trance-like state,” Gottlieb only laughed.

“The question is, Is this movie promoting a cult?” he said. “The only thing we’re interested in from a marketing perspective is creating a cult status for the film … cults, from my perspective, they deal with groups and leaders and that stuff. This movie is about individual thinking. Individual control over your future — and your own reality.”

But not everyone involved in the movie has good things to say about that message.

David Albert, a professor at the Columbia University physics department, has accused the filmmakers of warping his ideas to fit a spiritual agenda. “I don’t think it’s quite right to say I was ‘tricked’ into appearing,” he said in a statement reposted by a critic on “What the Bleep’s” Internet forum, “but it is certainly the case that I was edited in such a way as to completely suppress my actual views about the matters the movie discusses. I am, indeed, profoundly unsympathetic to attempts at linking quantum mechanics with consciousness. Moreover, I explained all that, at great length, on camera, to the producers of the film … Had I known that I would have been so radically misrepresented in the movie, I would certainly not have agreed to be filmed.”

“I certainly do not subscribe to the ‘Ramtha School on Enlightenment,’ whatever that is!” he finished. Albert provided Salon with an excerpt from a piece he’s writing on the subject, in which he says, in part, “I’m unwittingly made to sound as if (maybe) I endorse its thesis.”

When told of Albert’s complaints, Gottlieb said, “I certainly don’t see it,” but acknowledged he’s “not into the science 100 percent.” At press time, the filmmakers issued an angry “Open Letter to the U.S. Media” in which it attacked the “intellectual smugness and superiority” of its critics. (You can download the PDF file here.)

Knight’s role as the voice of Ramtha is the most striking — but hardly the only — omission of the film, which could easily be interpreted as a full-blown infomercial for Ramtha. Two other on-screen experts are not identified as Ramtha associates: Dr. Joe Dispenza, chiropractor and mystic, listed as a student on the Ramtha Web site; and a man identified only as “Dr. Miceal Ledwith.”

Ledwith (at one time Monsignor Michael Ledwith) was once on track to be the next archbishop of Dublin, but the theologian stepped down as president of Maynooth College in 1994, after a complaint that he had sexually harassed a young seminarian. It was later revealed that Ledwith had allegedly paid an six-figure sum to a man who accused him of sexual abuse. Ledwith has maintained his innocence but left Ireland for the more placid confines of Monterey, Calif. On the “Bleep” Web site, Ledwith’s relationship with the Catholic Church is only alluded to in a claim that he was once “charged with advising the Holy See on theological matters,” but he is not identified as ever having been a priest, or even as a lecturer at the Ramtha school. According to a Ramtha Web site, Ledwith has joined “Ramtha’s core of appointed teachers.” (The Ramtha school and Ledwith have not responded to requests for interviews. The “Bleep” Web site recommends that journalists contact an independent publicist, but the movie previously listed as its P.R. contact Pavel Mikoloski, also director of public affairs for Ramtha’s school.)

Later in the film, a “scientist” explains that, thanks to the strangeness quivering below the subatomic level, meditating monks have lowered the crime rate in Washington, D.C. But not until the end of the film do we learn that the scientist making this claim, John Hagelin — who once ran for president — conducted the research while teaching (until 1999) at Maharishi University , the school named for the Beatles’ guru. In JZ Knight’s own publications, Ramtha’s existence, too, is frequently explained in terms of quantum mechanics.

Funding for the $5 million “Bleep,” according to various published interviews with the film’s creators, comes not from Ramtha but the software fortunes of director Arntz, who designed the job-management application AutoSys. Now popular in Unix environments, the program sold for more than $14 million in 1995. ( Eerily, the startup money for AutoSys was also of Atlantean origin, or so the original investor claimed. A 1999 piece in Wired by David Diamond described the life and suicide of Frederick Lenz III, a guru in his own right, who called himself not Ramtha but Rama. The software mogul told those who rendezvoused with Rama that he’d taught meditation classes on Atlantis. Later, Lenz said his students were bent on his murder, and he plunged himself into the waters of Long Island Sound with a $30,000 watch on his wrist and 150 tabs of Valium in his bloodstream.)

On the film’s Web site FAQ, the filmmakers answer the question of whether “Bleep” is a recruitment film coyly, stating that “the short answer is no. During the making of the film [originally to be titled ‘Sacred Science’] it was decided that what was important was the message, not the messenger —  whoever that may be. Some people may be inspired to check out RSE, and some people may be inspired to major at MIT in quantum teleportation.” (At press time, MIT was not yet offering such a major.)

.Ramtha’s School of Enlightenment had previously promoted itself in its own films, but those had a lower budget. One was “Bleep” director Mark Vicente’s 2002 “Where Angels Fear to Thread.” Its trailer (available here) introduces Ramtha in the fashion of “Lord of the Rings,” swinging a blade and raising a goblet to “the challenge of being an individual.”

“Bleep” is a much slicker introduction. Its success relies heavily on word of mouth, accelerated by the use of “Bleep Teams” organized by Captured Light Industries, the production house set up by Arntz to create “Bleep.” (The film’s other production house, Lord of the Wind, is named for Ramtha himself.)

Heading the Bay Area street team is Kathy Vaquilar, who organized regular “Bleep” events in at least two cities a week during August. On Saturday, Aug. 14, she helped organize a discussion in Berkeley that featured a Ramtha representative, Cindy, “who told us more about the film’s background, how it got started, and about the school,” she posted on the “What the Bleep” forum the next day, when the movement was spreading to nearby Walnut Creek. The next night, a meeting was slated for San Francisco.

Vaquilar told Salon that she coordinates the “Bleep” campaign with a representative of Captured Light. “I don’t know that much about the Ramtha school,” she wrote in an e-mail to Salon, and hastens to defend its role. Knight, she writes, “was only used as an interview subject. What is taught at the school might seem weird to most mainstream people, but for those who study or read the same materials on their own without any connection to the school or to JZ Knight, their stuff is not considered unusual, but rather part of what’s already cutting edge.”

That edge is something Vaquilar is familiar with. In August she promoted the film at the Bay Area’s UFO expo in Santa Clara, serving double duty with the International Contact Support Network, which comforts those who say they’ve encountered extraterrestrials. Vaquilar herself has written about meeting insectoids, who treated her fairly well; but Knight, speaking in the voice of Ramtha, has warned her own followers of the “Gray Men,” a clique of hostile off-worlders controlling Earth’s banks.

On the surface, the movie doesn’t seem to be targeting the E.T.-obsessed; in fact, it seems to follow in the footsteps of Carl Sagan’s “Cosmos” by asking us to thrill to the tapestry of space-time. But it has very little patience for Enlightenment concepts like measurable results and scientific proof. In the new science of “Bleep,” symbolized by disembodied equations and CG bubbles flying at us like stars at warp speed, we’re past all that.

We’re also told that when Columbus came to America, the natives literally couldn’t see his ships. They couldn’t think outside the box of Indian life. And in a subway that seems like one of many conceits borrowed from the “Matrix” movies (whose metaphor has similarly been borrowed by David Icke, the British author who says the world is controlled by lizard men), the heroine learns that you can see chi energy particles of love, that they’ve been captured in photographs of water blessed by Buddhists. At this juncture Matlin hears a voice in her ear: “Makes you wonder, doesn’t it?” It’s Quark, the greedy alien from “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine”! Actually, it’s the guy who plays him, Armin Shimerman, as one of several mysterious strangers guiding her to the truth.

The impression left from sitting through a screening of “What the Bleep” is that a lot of people enjoy hearing their griping about religious fundamentalists reflected back to them, backed by science. There’s also plenty of stroking of lefty values; Ramtha has declared that all world religions have in common “the suppression of women,” adding, with the brashness surely fashionable in the 33rd century B.C., “No woman who had an abortion has sinned against God. Fuck all those assholes who tell you that.” On the other hand, papers from Knight’s 1992 divorce case with Jeffrey Knight hint that Ramtha is an ancient homophobe, who allegedly declared that AIDS was Mother Nature’s way of “getting rid of” homosexuality and told Jeffrey Knight he should reject modern medicine and overcome the disease using the school’s breathing techniques, according to court testimony. Tom Szimhart, a “deprogrammer” who testified on behalf of Knight’s husband (who eventually died of the disease) called the Ramtha school a cult with an anti-scientific bent.

The “backward” religion of Christianity, Ramtha explains in the movie, doesn’t appreciate how the parables of Jesus are explained by photon waves and probability — just as creationists suggest that the latest archaeological science can explain Noah’s Ark and a very young Grand Canyon. The cumulative effect of “What the Bleep” — whose co-director, Betsy Chasse, produced the evangelical teen comedy “Extreme Days” (2000) — makes you wonder if it isn’t as fundamentalist as the Christianity and Islam that Ramtha inveighs against.

Even the father of the Isn’t the Universe Amazing genre, the late Sagan, called Ramtha out. He opened his 1997 book “The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark” by asking why, if Ramtha is 35,000 years old, he gives us only “banal homilies” (sample: “I have come to help you over the ditch … It is called the ditch of limitation”) instead of telling us, say, about the currency, technology, social order and use of birth control in prehistoric Lemuria — a country popularized by Madame Blavatsky, the turn-of-the-20th-century psychic. Sagan’s argument, which couldn’t be further from the movie’s, is that science has exposed so many natural wonders, there’s no need to gild the lily with gray aliens, telepaths and the spirits of Cro-Magnon shoguns roaming the Evergreen State.

Needless to say the book isn’t on the film’s reading list, which instead suggests reading the works of Ramtha

—————
the United Church of Religious Science, of all things, has released this attack on the film, which is also an interesting read:

http://religious-science.com/askland0405-science.pdf
(or from:)
http://www.religious-science.com/message-board-forum/viewtopic.php?t=49

“Report on the Perversion of Science to Support Mysticism”

Purpose: To assist in retarding the spread of pseudo-science and misinformation, to present topics currently circulating our churches and to encourage critical thinking.

Addressing the topics of:

Page 3 – Opening Quotes
Page 4 – Introduction and Address to the Religious Science Community
Page 5 – Responsibility and Reputation of Church Leaders
Page 6 – Defining Critical Thinking
Page 7 – What Is Science?
Page 9 – What The Bleep Do We Know movie
Page 11 – JZ Knight aka Ramtha
Page 17 – What The Bleep Do They Know? – Expert Resumes
Page 18 – David McCarthy – A Letter to Current Members of Ramtha’s School
Page 19 – Masaru Emoto Water Healing
Page 23 – Christopher Columbus Historical Facts
Page 24 – The Maharishi Effect
Page 26 – Sai Baba
Page 36 – Manifestations
Page 44 – Architecture Retaining Positive or Negative Energies
Page 45 – One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge
Page 46 – What The Bleep Do We Know Receives Pigasus Award
Page 46 – Anticipation of Flawed Logic Responses
Page 48 – Closing Remarks

With writings and excerpts provided by Ernest Holmes, Robert L. Park, James Randi, Dr. Kathryn Turner (Director of Education, United Church of Religious Science), the Google Answers research team, Columbia University athematics Department and others notated and credited.

A copy of this report is available free of charge E-mail Conrad Askland at askland@aol.com
Please include name and mailing address
Or download a PDF copy at www.Religious-Science.com
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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Bush approves unlimited prescribing of Suboxone?
Date: August 13, 2005 at 10:47:00 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I know that that was how it WAS, but I heard that they appealled and
won unlimited dealer’s(okay, presciber’s) rights through >gag< Bush,
at the beginning of the week.  Doesn’t “ask your Doctor about….”
make them dealers?  For everything?
grumble
I need coffee and red bull
thank you shelley!!! How are ya, anyhoo?
love
tink

On 8/13/05, shelley krupa <skrupa20022002@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi Tink & all ,yes an md that is authorized to deal ,I mean prescibe bup can
only have 30 patients so he can give them the attention they need,hah-shell

tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com> wrote:
A friend of mine called yesterday and asked me if suboxone was the
same as buprenorphine, and after explaining the differences between
suboxone and subutex, etc, she told me that our illurstious president
(choke-gag-vomit) had lifted the 30 patient per establishment
prescription limit and extended the FDA approval so that buprenorphine
could be more widely distributed. Does any one know more about this??
love
tink

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From: shelley krupa <skrupa20022002@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl & Bupe
Date: August 13, 2005 at 10:15:43 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hi Howard ,what I meant is hydrocodone, I was trying to encourage ron that if he wanted to get on short acting opiates so he can detox quicker with ibogaine, that they are available online rather than going thru a pain amangement doc that doesnt seem to make it happen for him.

HSLotsof@aol.com wrote:

In a message dated 8/12/05 9:23:04 AM, skrupa20022002@yahoo.com writes:

Ron <i did online pain management to get on short acting , a little more expensive but not more than the street, I am also 52 , you can do it if that is what your intention is, best wishes -shell

Shell,

Exactly which drug do you mean by short acting?

Howard
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From: shelley krupa <skrupa20022002@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Bush approves unlimited prescribing of Suboxone?
Date: August 13, 2005 at 10:06:40 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hi Tink & all ,yes an md that is authorized to deal ,I mean prescibe bup can only have 30 patients so he can give them the attention they need,hah-shell

tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com> wrote:
A friend of mine called yesterday and asked me if suboxone was the
same as buprenorphine, and after explaining the differences between
suboxone and subutex, etc, she told me that our illurstious president
(choke-gag-vomit) had lifted the 30 patient per establishment
prescription limit and extended the FDA approval so that buprenorphine
could be more widely distributed. Does any one know more about this??
love
tink

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From: Ms Iboga <ms_iboga@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] re: show me the honey
Date: August 13, 2005 at 9:15:27 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Rerun,

There is very little beating around the bush on this
list.  However, I am noticing that some people seem to
think that everything should easily fall into their
laps.  They don’t do any research, and expect others
to bend over backwards to help them out.

In case you don’t already know- this is NOT the way
life works, and if you think otherwise, you’re in for
a few surprises.

I had to work and do a lot of research to find ibo and
get treated.  Why should it be any different for
anyone else?  Do an internet search for ibogaine
suppliers.  Go to some of the ibo informational
websites and look under ‘suppliers’.

There is a certain amount of risk in self-treatment,
and this could be one of the reasons people don’t
actively volunteer suppliers.  If you had done a bit
more research, you would have likely realized this.

Life does not owe you a favour- YOU owe YOURSELF a
favour, so get busy.

Julie

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl & Bupe
Date: August 13, 2005 at 12:46:26 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Howard:
Please help me out here if you can.  In most drug tapers, benzos e.g. one looks for a long lasting drug for the taper so one doesn’t hit the peeks and valleys  so often and have to keep dosing.  allows for a smoother transition and some other stuff you probably can explain.  In opiates, , with IBO, one looks for short acting drugs, like heroin, which will clear the system faster and do some other stuff you can probably explain.  Why the inconsitent theories on product?  All tailored toward the end sought via the method?  I’m a bit confused , just a bit but won’t beat myself up yet, ron   snipe, punch, whup and thanks, hope it all made sense, if it didn’t , don’t tell anyone, let’s see if they’re smart enough to figure it out, can’t find spellcheck, shite   —– Original Message —–
From: HSLotsof@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 11:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl & Bupe

In a message dated 8/12/05 9:23:04 AM, skrupa20022002@yahoo.com writes:

Ron <i did online pain management to get on short acting , a little more expensive but not more than the street, I am also 52 , you can do it if that is what your intention is, best wishes -shell

Shell,

Exactly which drug do you mean by short acting?

Howard

From: HSLotsof@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl & Bupe
Date: August 13, 2005 at 12:28:31 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

In a message dated 8/12/05 9:23:04 AM, skrupa20022002@yahoo.com writes:

Ron <i did online pain management to get on short acting , a little more expensive but not more than the street, I am also 52 , you can do it if that is what your intention is, best wishes -shell

Shell,

Exactly which drug do you mean by short acting?

Howard

From: HSLotsof@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fw: Anniversary of methadone treatment for addiction. Untold savings in lives, suffering and spending.
Date: August 13, 2005 at 12:21:22 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Ah,

For a perfect world Preston!

Howard

In a message dated 8/12/05 7:49:44 PM, ptpeet@nyc.rr.com writes:

I actually agree with you Howard, but in a perfect world who would need
methadone? We’d have legal opium and heroin. AND plenty of ibogaine too.
;-))

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

—– Original Message —–
From: <HSLotsof@aol.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fw: Anniversary of methadone treatment for
addiction. Untold savings in lives, suffering and spending.

Hi Preston,

On this date in the US there are 215,000 people taken our of harms way of
the
police for opoid use by their participation on methadone maintenance.  That
certainly is cause for celebration.  I saw your posting of Andrew Byrne’s
email
and called up Dr. Dole who has been quite supportive of and interested in
ibogaine to wish him a happy 40th.

Howard

In a message dated 8/12/05 2:05:15 AM, ptpeet@nyc.rr.com writes:

<< Oh boy, what a day for celebration, eh?

Peace and love,

Preston Peet

From: Andrew Byrne

To: ajbyrne@ozemail.com.au

Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 9:20 PM

Subject: Anniversary of methadone treatment for addiction. Untold savings in
lives, suffering and spending.

Dear Readers,

It is 40 years on 23rd August since the first report of methadone treatment
for addiction.  Dole and Nyswander’s seminal paper (below) is one of the
most
cited in the medical literature.  It stands as a model for all medical
researchers, being a funded trial in a clinical research ward.  Although
essentially a
simple report of 24 Manhattan heroin addicts treated with a new intensive
protocol utilising supervised oral daily methadone, it effectively defined
the
field for decades with its foresight and thoroughness.  Having only two
early
drop-outs, the 22 successful patients are described in detail, including
hospital ward induction, average daily doses over 100mg, daily urine testing
and, in
addition to routine physical examinations, radio-iodine thyroid tests and
bone
marrow findings.  These pioneers also tested for physical coordination to
determine safety at home and in the work place.  Patients were even given
laxatives for the ubiquitous constipation.

From: BarrStb@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] re: show me the honey
Date: August 13, 2005 at 12:18:18 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Jerry, thanx maybe I spend too much time reading all these posts and not searching the great beyond guess ill break out of my mindvox rut  will check it out over and out. Rerun

From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] re: show me the honey
Date: August 12, 2005 at 11:55:42 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

i second that emotion from the US. rwd3
—– Original Message —–
From: BarrStb@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 3:55 PM
Subject: [Ibogaine] re: show me the honey

IM in Canada and it still eludes me,thoug NA is not my bag I no longer want my bag to be my bag! If it is not illegal here then those who no need to stop beating round the bush and provide in plain English ware this humane herb is available through, in country that does not persecute for receiving or consuming, YOU know who you are HELP!!!
freedom to all, Rerun

From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] RE: Ron, sweetheart….
Date: August 12, 2005 at 11:50:27 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I’m rusting, here’s my timely response…will get the flick asap.  shame i can’t speed it up into “fly years”, ron, arms’s tired from whuppin’ meself
—– Original Message —– From: “Boris Leshinsky” <bleshins@bigpond.net.au>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 11:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] RE: Ron, sweetheart….

Ron, you a fan of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy at all?

Check out the movie, there’s a character in there you remind me off, although i just can’t put my finger on it.. who could it be?

check it out anyhow, might make you smile!

*Just jokes mate, its therapeutic to have a laugh at yourself every now and again*  😉

“Do you want me to sit in the corner and rust, or just fall apart where I’m standing?”

—- Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:
thanks, that lifts my sinking self esteem a little
—– Original Message —– From: “Vector Vector” <vector620022002@yahoo.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 2:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] RE: Ron, sweetheart….

> Ron someone signed up to the list found the usual 300 messages in their
> mailbox a day later and freaked out, they signed off. I wouldn’t take
> it personally they happened to post after one of your messages I doubt
> they left because you’re depressed.
>
> .:vector:.
>
> — Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:
>
>> thanks for the thoughts, yeah, cynical, depraved, pan sexual, lawyer?
>>  just
>> a guy in a cheap suit helping guys in cheaper suits get outta places
>> I use
>> to frequent all to frequently.  they beat me up cuz it’s my fault
>> they’re
>> there, not the law or the snitch and then i beat myself up here for
>> you
>> guys. man, i hope i’m not chasing people away, pray i could put a
>> positive
>> spin on my sitch.  no way I’d take a shot at Preston,  the guy’s
>> great, his
>> posts are great…..look at me as the darkside of the spectrum,  i
>> add
>> balance to the rah , rah  crowd,  i’ll try to do better.  thanks for
>> having
>> me around and the thoughts.  really, i’ve got no problems compared to
>> a
>> member who pm’d me and said he’d whipped leukemia..really, it’s a
>> priveldge
>> to know folks actually read my whinning, thanks for bringing me back
>> although i’ll probably spin off again, ron  oh, yeah, i have a roof,
>> slithered out of the gutter and landed it, do have food, no bank
>> acct. and
>> borrowed computer but i ain’t pulling copper pipe out of run down
>> buildings
>> and selling it for a fix. can’t get the self esteem out of the
>> basement no
>> matter how many i get out of jail.  again, thanks for having me, tell
>> me
>> when i should go—– Original Message —– >> From: “Krista Vaughan” <krista.vaughan@gmail.com>
>> To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 12:44 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] RE: Ron, sweetheart….
>>
>>
>> I wanted to second everything in this msg 🙂
>>
>> Ron aren’t you a lawyer who at least has a roof over their head,
>> enough food, enough money for all your prescription drugs and a
>> computer with a internet connection? This puts you far ahead of most
>> street junkies.
>>
>> Didn’t you just do ibogaine a little while ago?
>>
>> Not to put you down in any way (you’re great at doing that to
>> yourself, even if I hated you I could never do half the job you do on
>> yourself). Ron, addiction is a big part of your problem and a lot of
>> people’s to be sure, but have you ever considered doing anything at
>> all after ibogaine? Finding a group you can relate to, counseling, or
>> nothing at all related to drugs exactly but finding some kind of
>> self-image improvement program or book, anything!
>>
>> I know you can’t do any of those things because your family is sick
>> or
>> dying, your job is too hard and it’s better to keep beating yourself
>> up for no reason 😉 or any number of excuses you will come up with.
>>
>> Ron, you’re ok. Go look in the mirror, I’m good enough, I’m smart
>> enough, I’m ok. You are loved, try to love yourself only a little
>> bit,
>> we promise not to tell anyone.
>>
>> KV
>>
>> On 8/2/05, Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz> wrote:
>> > Ron, hope you are doing ok.
>> > Have you ever thought of doing some (dog forgive me for using the
>> “lingo’
>> > but I feel it is needed here..) kind of positivity program?
>> Changing your
>> > word speak, self image etc etc. You sound terminally cynical and
>> negative.
>> > I think your last email to Preston was humorous, but to be honest
>> was hard
>> > to tell….. no offence dear Ron, really!
>> > I just feel that you have gotten stuck in this position of
>> everything is
>> > bad
>> > no matter what…and even to the point of affecting other people to
>> leave
>> > this list?  Come on Ron, you expressed a valid opinion.. I think it
>> was
>> > coinky dinks.. if not…. it doesn’t matter, although I totally
>> UNDERSTAND
>> > getting dumped on for your posts to here!! But all I have to do
>> there is
>> > re-read the Welcome Mat and I feel ok again~! *kiss hugs to
>> Patrick, who
>> > really truly does understand ;o)*
>> > Ron ron ron ron ron……i just wanna grab ya and show ya that it
>> really
>> > isn’t all bad.,….. I have my days… that’s what it’s all about..
>> I hate
>> > them,. But I have to force myself to look at the good the beautiful
>> the
>> > awesomely neat that IS around us all. It’s there take a
>> look………
>> > If I find something I feel might help your state of mind I’ll send
>> it, cos
>> > I
>> > feel this is what keeps you where you are… not the drugs….they
>> are a
>> > symptom to deeper shit well duh ok that might be obvious more
>> obivious
>> > here?
>> > And im just guessing (and trying to see the pyter screen over a
>> huge fat
>> > fluffy ct tail.. …. nosey buggers aint they??? Haaaaa GO WAY
>> snowballs,
>> > I
>> > don’t want to see them1!!! LMAO)
>> > Urh yeh sorry
>> > Love to you Ron, really., keep posting….that much I have learnt.
>> > Hugs
>> > Kirk xxxxxxx
>> >
>>
>>
>>
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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Bush approves unlimited prescribing of Suboxone?
Date: August 12, 2005 at 10:06:58 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

that guy will do anything short of what’s right. hell, the voter’s would probably give him a 3rd term if they could.  maybe if we could find the source, start our own “elimination team” ..no that’s a veiled threat and I would never threaten the President  or any member of our gov’t . didn’t the sermon on the mount throw a monkey wrench into this line of thinking for all of the believers and wall straddlers?  i’ll watch and suffer as i have been for however many yrs. it has been. the cynic, the self acclaimed basher, jar’s half empty, jaundiced eyed, totally off keyed, jester of the list, wishing no one harm, inviting digs and snipes, ron..freaking freely within the confines of the patriot act[*J ]
—– Original Message —– From: “tink” <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 11:54 AM
Subject: [Ibogaine] Bush approves unlimited prescribing of Suboxone?

A friend of mine called yesterday and asked me if suboxone was the
same as buprenorphine, and after explaining the differences between
suboxone and subutex, etc, she told me that our illurstious president
(choke-gag-vomit) had lifted the 30 patient per establishment
prescription limit and extended the FDA approval so that buprenorphine
could be more widely distributed.  Does any one know more about this??
love
tink

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Gallo Research Center studies cause and treatment of alcohol, drug addiction
Date: August 12, 2005 at 9:59:31 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

this will be the crux of the next cross exam of some poor cop who made a bad stop and field tested something that was “presumptively contraband” . i love to read you guys when you’re on a roll.  wish i was in the loop. i know..25 yrs. of post grad , 25 yrs. of externship and a large helping of good luck. ron
—– Original Message —– From: “Boris Leshinsky” <bleshins@bigpond.net.au>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 10:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Gallo Research Center studies cause and treatment of alcohol, drug addiction

—- Eye of the Bhogi <freedomroot@gmail.com> wrote:
From the piece on Gallo funding of addiction research:  “But its side
effects, including hallucinations, which made it popular in the 1960s
drug culture, and evidence of toxicity to certain nerve cells in
rodent studies have discouraged studies of its clinical potential
against drug and alcohol addiction.”

Howard or someone else scientific:  is the nerve cell toxicity related
to the hallucinations?  What do we do to our nerves with chemical
abuse anyway?  thanks, rachel

The nerve toxicity is related to dosage levels, apparently. Came across this trying to find an answer to my previous question.

In the study below, in rats, no observable damage* with a 25mg/kg dose.
At 50mg/kg 2 out 6 rats showed partial damage.
75mg/kg and 100mg/kg dosages caused more serious damage, area of damage apparently proportional to the dosage increase.
*Damage being “neurodegeneration of Purkinje cells and gliosis of Bergmann astrocytes in the cerebella”

“Toxicological Sciences 57, 95-101 (2000)
Copyright © 2000 by the Society of Toxicology
Neurotoxicology
A Dose-Response Study of Ibogaine-Induced Neuropathology in the Rat Cerebellum
Zengjun Xu*, Louis W. Chang*,{dagger}, William Slikker, Jr.{dagger},{ddagger}, Syed F. Ali{dagger},{ddagger}, Robert L. Rountree{ddagger} and Andrew C. Scallet{dagger},{ddagger},1

* Department of Pathology and {dagger} Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205; and {ddagger} Division of Neurotoxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, Arkansas 72079

Ibogaine (IBO) is an indole alkaloid from the West African shrub, Tabernanthe iboga. It is structurally related to harmaline, and both these compounds are rigid analogs of melatonin. IBO has both psychoactive and stimulant properties. In single-blind trials with humans, it ameliorated withdrawal symptoms and interrupted the addiction process. However, IBO also produced neurodegeneration of Purkinje cells and gliosis of Bergmann astrocytes in the cerebella of rats given even a single dose (100 mg/kg, ip). Here, we treated rats (n = 6 per group) with either a single ip injection of saline or with 25 mg/kg, 50 mg/kg, 75 mg/kg, or 100 mg/kg of IBO. As biomarkers of cerebellar neurotoxicity, we specifically labeled degenerating neurons and axons with silver, astrocytes with antisera to glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), and Purkinje neurons with antisera to calbindin. All rats of the 100-mg/kg group showed the same pattern of cerebellar damage previously described: multiple bands of degenerating Purkinje neurons. All rats of the 75-mg/ kg group had neurodegeneration similar to the 100-mg/kg group, but the bands appeared to be narrower. Only 2 of 6 rats that received 50 mg/kg were affected; despite few degenerating neuronal perikarya, cerebella from these rats did contain patches of astrocytosis similar to those observed with 75 or 100 mg/kg IBO. These observations affirm the usefulness of GFAP immunohistochemistry as a sensitive biomarker of neurotoxicity. None of the sections from the 25-mg/kg rats, however stained, were distinguishable from saline controls, indicating that this dose level may be considered as a no-observable-adverse-effect level (NOAEL).

Key Words: ibogaine; Purkinje neuron; Bergmann astrocyte; neurodegeneration; calbindin; GFAP; NOAEL; cerebellum.”

Boris

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From: jerry harville <jharville@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] re: show me the honey
Date: August 12, 2005 at 8:43:42 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Rerun,   It should take about 30 min to find the places that send the rootbark and the HCI.Try a Google search for “ethnobotainicals ibogaine eboka”. You have one supplier right in Canada that will come up within the first 3 or 4 pages. I am not trying to be smart, but seek and yea shall find. But you have to seek and knock before the door will open. Its really easy if you follow the search like I said. Best regards, Jerry

BarrStb@aol.com wrote:
IM in Canada and it still eludes me,thoug NA is not my bag I no longer want my bag to be my bag! If it is not illegal here then those who no need to stop beating round the bush and provide in plain English ware this humane herb is available through, in country that does not persecute for receiving or consuming, YOU know who you are HELP!!!
freedom to all, Rerun

From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fw: Anniversary of methadone treatment for addiction. Untold savings in lives, suffering and spending.
Date: August 12, 2005 at 7:49:20 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I actually agree with you Howard, but in a perfect world who would need methadone? We’d have legal opium and heroin. AND plenty of ibogaine too.
;-))

Peace and love,
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Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fw: Anniversary of methadone treatment for addiction. Untold savings in lives, suffering and spending.

Hi Preston,

On this date in the US there are 215,000 people taken our of harms way of the
police for opoid use by their participation on methadone maintenance.  That
certainly is cause for celebration.  I saw your posting of Andrew Byrne’s email
and called up Dr. Dole who has been quite supportive of and interested in
ibogaine to wish him a happy 40th.

Howard

In a message dated 8/12/05 2:05:15 AM, ptpeet@nyc.rr.com writes:

<< Oh boy, what a day for celebration, eh?

Peace and love,

Preston Peet

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mistaken for madness”

Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com

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Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”

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Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)

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—– Original Message —–
From: Andrew Byrne

To: ajbyrne@ozemail.com.au

Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 9:20 PM

Subject: Anniversary of methadone treatment for addiction. Untold savings in
lives, suffering and spending.

Dear Readers,

It is 40 years on 23rd August since the first report of methadone treatment
for addiction.  Dole and Nyswander’s seminal paper (below) is one of the most
cited in the medical literature.  It stands as a model for all medical
researchers, being a funded trial in a clinical research ward.  Although essentially a
simple report of 24 Manhattan heroin addicts treated with a new intensive
protocol utilising supervised oral daily methadone, it effectively defined the
field for decades with its foresight and thoroughness.  Having only two early
drop-outs, the 22 successful patients are described in detail, including
hospital ward induction, average daily doses over 100mg, daily urine testing and, in
addition to routine physical examinations, radio-iodine thyroid tests and bone
marrow findings.  These pioneers also tested for physical coordination to
determine safety at home and in the work place.  Patients were even given
laxatives for the ubiquitous constipation.

By 1970 Australian addicts were being offered similar treatment due to the
frontier work of Dr Stella Dalton.  The treatment is now available in virtually
every western country and is being introduced into some parts of the third
world.

The JAMA paper speaks for itself.  It remains a lasting tribute to its
authors and acknowledged contributors:

Published in Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) on 23 August
1965

A Medical Treatment for Diacetylmorphine (Heroin) Addiction

A Clinical Trial With Methadone Hydrochloride

Vincent P. Dole, MD, and Marie Nyswander, MD

A group of 22 patients, previously addicted to diacetylmorphine (heroin),
have been stabilized with oral methadone hydrochloride. This medication appears
to have two useful effects: (1) relief of narcotic hunger, and (2) induction of
sufficient tolerance to block the euphoric effect of an average illegal dose
of diacetylmorphine. With this medication, and a comprehensive program of
rehabilitation, patients have shown marked improvement; they have returned to
school, obtained jobs, and have become reconciled with their families. Medical and
psychometric tests have disclosed no signs of toxicity, apart from
constipation. This treatment requires careful medical supervision and many social
services. In our opinion, both the medication and the supporting program are
essential.

The question of “maintenance treatment” of addicts is one that is often
argued but seldom clearly defined. If this procedure is conceived as no more than
an unsupervised distribution of narcotic drugs to addicts for
self-administration of doses and at times of their choosing, then few physicians could accept
it as proper medical practice. An uncontrolled supply of drugs would trap
confirmed addicts in a closed world of drug taking, and tend to spread addiction.
This procedure certainly would not qualify as “maintenance” in a medical sense.
Uncontrolled distribution is mentioned here only to reject it, and to
emphasize the distinction between distribution and medical prescription. The question
at issue in the present study was whether a narcotic medicine, prescribed by
physicians as part of a treatment program, could help in the return of addict
patients to normal society.

No definitive study of medical maintenance has yet been reported. The Council
on Mental Health of the American Medical Association, after a thorough review
of evidence available in 1957,1 concluded that “The advisability of
establishing clinics or some equivalent system to dispense opiates to addicts cannot be
settled on the basis of objective facts. Any position taken is necessarily
based in part on opinion, and on this question opinions are divided.” With
respect to previous trials of maintenance treatment, the Council found that
“Assessment of the operations of the narcotic dispensor between 1919 and 1923 is
difficult because of the paucity of published material. Much of the small amount
of data that is available is not sufficiently objective to be of great value in
formulating any clear-cut opinion of the purpose of the clinics, the way in
which they operated, or the results attained.” No new studies bearing on the
question of maintenance treatment have appeared in the eight years since this
report was published. Meanwhile, various medical and legal committees have
called for additional research.2,6

See also page 673 [‘Dependence on Barbiturates and Other Sedative Drugs’]

The present study, conducted under the auspices of the departments of health
and hospitals, New York city, has yielded encouraging results; patients who
before treatment appeared hopelessly addicted are now engaged in useful
occupations and are not using diacetylmorphine (heroin). As measured by social
performance, these patients have ceased to be addicts. It must be emphasized that thi
s paper is only a progress report, based on treatment of 22 patients for
periods of 1 to 15 months. Such limited study obviously does not establish a new
treatment for general application. The results, however, appear sufficiently
promising to justify further trial of the procedure on a larger scale.

Procedure

The patients admitted to the program to date were men, aged 19 to 37,
“mainline” diacetylmorphine users for several years with history of failure of
withdrawal treatment. They have reported no substantial addictions to other agents
(although most of them had used barbiturates or tranquilizers when narcotic
drugs were unavailable), and they were not psychotic. Patients came from the
streets, from drug withdrawal units, from referrals by social agencies and
physicians who had heard of the program, and from recruitment of addicted friends by
patients under treatment. Further details of their history are given in the
Table.

Division of Program Into Three Phases.-PHASE 1.-The addict patients were
stabilized with methadone hydrochloride in an unlocked hospital ward, given a
complete medical workup, psychiatric evaluation, a review of family and housing
problems, and job-placement study. After the first week of they were free to
leave the ward for school, libraries, shopping, and various amusements-usually,
but not always, with one of the staff. Patients lacking a high school diploma
started in classes that prepare students for a high school equivalency
certificate. For the present study the time in this initial phase was arbitrarily set
at six weeks.

During this phase of hospitalization, the treatment unit was kept small (four
to nine patients). This was felt necessary because most patients started the
treatment with serious anxieties and doubts. The limitation of patient load
allowed the staff to individualize the daily ward activities and deal with the
special problems of each patient.

PHASE 2.-This began when subjects left the hospital and became outpatients,
returning every day for methadone medication. They were asked to drink their
medication in the presence of a clinic nurse, and to leave a daily urine
specimen for analysis. When indicated, this rule has been relaxed; reliable patients
who have been on the program for several months have been given enough
medication for a weekend at home or a short trip. Continued contact with the hospital
staff was provided as required. The most important services needed during
this phase of treatment were help in obtaining jobs, housing, and education.

PHASE 3.-This phase is the goal of treatment, the stage in which an ex-addict
has become a socially normal, self-supporting person. The two patients who
are considered to have arrived at this phase are still receiving maintenance
medication since the physicians in charge of their treatment feel that withdrawal
at this time would be premature. Supervision of their medication is as
careful as in phase 2; the only distinction between patients in phases 2 and 3 is in
the degree of social advancement.

PHASE 1A.-This phase designates a special group of four patients who are
being maintained on high doses under close and continuing observation to reveal
any delayed toxic effects of methadone (Table). So far, none have been found.
These patients live on a metabolic ward, and so are still classified in phase 1,
but as measured by social adjustment they have progressed to phase 2 or 3,
since all are either employed or going to school. The ward serves mainly as
their residence, which they are free to leave as they wish subject only to the
general routine of hospital activities.

Narcotic Medication.-Patients have differed markedly in tolerance to
narcotics at the beginning of treatment, and in the rate with which they have adapted
to increasing doses of medication. Individualization of treatment thus has
been necessary. A rough estimate of initial tolerance was made from each new
patient’s history of drug usage, with allowance for exaggeration since addicts
coming to a maintenance program usually fear that physicians will not prescribe
enough medication, and with recognition of the fact that the number of “bags”
used by an addict is not a reliable measure of narcotic tolerance. The
diacetylmorphine content of a “bag” obtained on the street today is low and variable.
This estimate provided a guide to initial dosage, but the only sure way to
measure tolerance is to observe the reaction to test doses of narcotic drugs. The
schedule, therefore, differed for each patient.

On admission patients usually have shown mild or moderately severe symptoms
of abstinence, the last shot of diacetylmorphine having been taken some hours
before. These patients were relieved promptly by one or two doses of morphine
sulfate (10 mg) or dihydromorphone (Dilaudid) hydrochloride (4 mg), given
intramuscularly, and then started on oral methadone hydrochloride therapy (10 to 20
mg, twice daily). Patients coming to treatment without symptoms were started
on a regimen of methadone without other medication, but were watched carefully
for appearance of symptoms after admission. After the first 24 hours most
patients could be maintained comfortably on the oral medication alone. The dose
of methadone hydrochloride was increased gradually over the next four weeks to
stabilization level (50 to 150 mg/ day). Two patients in whom tolerance at the
expected rate failed to develop have been held at lower doses (Table). With
some patients, treated early in the study, the buildup of dosage was too rapid;
they became overly sedated for a few days, and two of them had transient
episodes of urinary retention and abdominal distention. Other patients, given too
little, have become abstinent, exhibiting malaise, nausea, sweating,
lacrimation, and restlessness. With more accurate prescription, patients have not
become euphoric, sedated, or sick from abstinence at any stage of treatment. They
have simply felt normal, and have not asked for more medication.

After the patients reached maintenance level, the morning and evening doses
were combined by progressive reduction of the evening medication with an equal
addition to the methadone taken in the morning. After discharge from the
hospital patients could thus be maintained by a single daily visit to the
outpatient clinic. The patients who have had difficulty in spanning a 24-hour period
with a single dose have been given medication to take at home; this has been a
minor problem, limited to those who could visit the clinic only in the evening.
In all cases it has been made clear to the patients (and accepted by them as
a condition of treatment) that the amount of medication and the dosage
schedule were the responsibility of the medical staff. Physicians did not discuss
dosage with the patients, although of course they listened carefully to any
report of symptoms that might suggest excess or lack of medication.

Laboratory Control.-The urine of every patient was collected daily in the
hospital and at each clinic visit, to be analyzed for methadone, morphine (the
chief metabolite of diacetylmorphine), and quinine (a regular constituent of the
street “bag”). The thin layer chromatographic method of Cochin and Daly7 was
used, after preliminary extraction of the alkaloids from urine with cation
exchange resin. The sensitivity of the procedure was such that it would give a
definite positive if a patient had taken an average “bag” of diacetylmorphine
during the preceding 24 hours.

Results

The most dramatic effect of this treatment has been the disappearance of
narcotic hunger. All of the patients previously had made efforts to remain
drug-free after withdrawal, but were unable to resist the craving. Drug hunger became
intolerable for most of them shortly after discharge from withdrawal unit and
return to their neighborhood. It became especially severe when they were
exposed to emotional stress. With methadone maintenance, however, patients found
that they could meet addict friends, and even watch them inject
diacetylmorphine, without great difficulty. They have tolerated frustrating episodes without
feeling a need for diacetylmorphine. They have stopped dreaming about drugs,
and seldom talk about drugs when together. Patients have even become so
indifferent to narcotics as to forget to take a scheduled dose of medication when
busy at home.

The extent to which the patients have ceased to behave as addicts, and their
reliability in reporting illegal drug use, were verified by the results of
urinanalysis. Negative results in almost all analyses showed that use of
diacetylmorphine has been rare and sporadic, although the patients have had ample
exposure to addict friends and pushers. Remarkably, the episodes of drug taking
were reported by the patients spontaneously, and their reports have correlated
with the laboratory evidence.

An interesting phenomenon, which has been seen in several patients, was the
production of symptoms typical of drug deficiency by acute emotional stress.
Anxiety in some susceptible patients caused malaise, nausea, yawning, and
sweating, indistinguishable from the effects of abstinence, even though the patients
were being maintained on large doses of medication. After experiencing relief
with reassurance but without additional medication, susceptible patients have
become less alarmed by these symptoms, and the episodes have occurred less
frequently. In two other patients symptoms suggesting abstinence have appeared
in the course of mild respiratory-tract infections. These symptoms, not
associated with anxiety, were difficult to evaluate, but in any event disappeared in
a few days without need for increase in medication. These observations suggest
that the effectiveness of methadone can vary with changes in psychological
and metabolic state.

The degree of tolerance established by methadone was titrated in six patients
by giving diacetylmorphine, morphine, dilaudid, or methadone intravenously in
a double-blind study. The drugs were given in randomized order and various
doses six hours after the last administration of methadone. Stabilization with
methadone, as here described, was found to make patients refractory to 40 to 80
mg diacetylmorphine (which would cost $10 to $25 if purchased on the street).
Larger amounts were not systematically tested; probably blocking would extend
to greater doses since two patients with high tolerance showed little
reaction to intravenous injection of 200 mg of diacetylmorphine-a huge amount,
possibly enough to kill a nontolerant individual.

Unscheduled, but perhaps necessary, experiments in drug usage were made by
four patients. These subjects found that they did not “get high” when “shooting”
diacetylmorphine with addict friends on the street. Both the patients and
their friends were astounded at their lack of reaction to the drug. They
discontinued these unrewarding experiments without need for disciplinary measures, and
have discouraged other patients from repeating the experiment. So long as
patients take methadone as scheduled, they apparently cannot feel the euphoria of
an addict taking a street bag of diacetylmorphine.

Complications.-The chief medical problem has been constipation. The tonus of
the sigmoid and the defecation reflex remain depressed even in patients with
high tolerance to the narcotic effects of methadone, while the motility of the
upper gastrointestinal tract appears to be unaffected. Five patients, given a
barium sulfate meal and followed with daily x-ray examinations for a week,
showed normal or only slightly delayed passage of barium through the small
intestine, but in three of the five, the evacuation of barium from the colon was
abnormally slow. Fecal impaction has occurred when patients have made no effort
to defecate for several days. Patients therefore were instructed to take a
hydrophilic colloid every day, and a supplementary laxative or enema if bowels
have not moved for three days. With these precautions patients have had no
further difficulty.

Apart from constipation, patients have shown no major ill effects ascribable
to use of methadone. The tendency of addicts to leukocytosis (9,000 to 14,000
white blood cells/cu mm with 60% to 80% polymorphonuclear cells10 continued,
apparently unaffected by this medication. Bone marrow biopsies in four patients
after eight months of treatment were normal. No effect of methadone on renal
function was disclosed by repeated urinanalyses. Liver-function tests, when
originally normal, remained so. Results of basal metabolic rate, thyroid uptake
of sodium iodide I 131, red blood cell uptake of labelled triiodothyronine,
and plasma protein-bound iodine were normal in three patients who had been
stabilized on methadone hydrochloride (100 to 150 mg/day) for four to six months.
Some patients have reported excess sweating in hot weather, but no one has been
unable to work for this reason. Mental and neuromuscular functions appear
unaffected. Patients have performed well in school and at various jobs. Studies
of motor skill (accuracy in tracking moving targets) showed normal
coordination. We have not yet been able to find a medical or psychological test capable of
distinguishing patients on methadone therapy from normal controls. They can,
of course, be distinguished by urinanalysis.

There has been no problem so far in holding patients. Only two of the
patients who started treatment have been discharged. These uncooperative and
disruptive psychopaths were transfered to withdrawal units. Two others who were
admitted specifically for tolerance tests at an early stage of the study were
returned (as originally planned) to the withdrawal unit from which they came; both
subsequently have asked to return to the program. A fifth patient signed out
after only four days on the ward, and also asked to return.

Comment

Previous efforts to treat addict patients with narcotic medication have been
handicapped by lack of sufficiently long-acting agents. The Council’s report
noted that in 1919 to 1923 experience, “in all instances it was eventually
found necessary to give drugs to addicts for self-administration.” This is
inherent in the pharmacology of parenterally administered morphine, which was used in
these clinics and would probably apply to other agents with short periods of
action such as diacetylmorphine, dihydromorphine, or meperidine. If addict
patients are to be maintained with any of these drugs, they would need several
injections per day; otherwise they would return to the street for additional
drugs.

Projected into large-scale treatment, a medical use of short-acting narcotic
drugs would require dispensaries staffed to give thousands of injections per
day, with rooms or park benches in the neighborhood for addicts to wait between
shots. Alternatively, physicians would have to yield control of drug
administration to the addicts themselves. Neither alternative is acceptable. With
methadone, however, the situation is much different since patients can be
stabilized with a single daily dose, taken orally, under medical control. Maintenance
of patients with methadone is no more difficult than maintaining diabetics
with oral hypoglycemic agents, and in both cases the patient should be able to
live a normal life.

We believe that methadone has contributed in an essential way to the
favorable results, although it is quite clear that giving of medicine has been only
part of the program. This drug appears to relieve narcotic hunger, and thus free
the patient for other interests, as well as protect him against readdiction
to diacetylmorphine by establishing a pharmacological block. A previous attempt
by one of us (M.N.) to treat addict patients without narcotic medication
ended in failure. Other clinics, attempting to rehabilitate patients after
withdrawal, have had equally poor results. These, however, are indirect arguments.
When the treatment program is sufficiently well established, the necessary
control studies with social support, but without medication, must be made.

This study was supported by the Health Research Council grant U-1501 of New
York city, and by the National Association for Prevention of Addiction to Nar
cotics.

Major contributions to this investigation were made by the following: Mary
Jeanne Kreek, MD, bone marrow biopsies and tests of narcotic tolerance; Joyce
Lowinson. MD. and George Lowen, MD, expansion of the program at Manhattan
General Hospital; Nathan Poker, MD, measurements of intestinal motility; David
Becker, MD, and Eugene Furth, MD. tests for thyroid function; and Norman Gordon,
MD, Alan Warner, and Ann Henderson, measurements of motor skills of patients and
ratings with intelligence tests and mood scales.

Generic and Trade Names of Drug

Sodium iodide I 131-Iodotope-1 131, Oriodide-131, Radiocaps131,
Theriodide-131, Tracervial-131.

References:

1. Council on Mental Health: Report on Narcotic Addiction, JAM/i
165:1707-1713 (Nov 30); 1834-1841 cDec 7 1968-1974 (Dec 14) 1957.

2. Joint Committee of American Bar Association and American Medical
Association of Narcotic Drugs. Interim and Final Reports: Drug Addiction: Crime or
Disease? Bloomington, MD: Indiana University Press, 1961.

3. Presidents Advisory Commission on Narcotic and Drug Abuse. Appendix 1.
Final Report, US Government Printing Office. Nov 1963.

4. New York Academy of Medicine, Committee on Public Health: Report on Drug
Addiction: II, Bull NY Aced Med 39:417-473 (July) 1963.

5. Eldridge, W.B.: Narcotics and Law, Chicago: American Bar Foundation, 1962.

6. National Council on Crime and Delinquency. Advisory Council of Judges.
Narcotics Law Violations: Policy Statement, New York. 1964.

7. Cochin. J.. and Daly, ,J.: Rapid Identification of Analgesic Drugs in
Urine With Thin-Layer Chromatography, Experientia 18:294-295 (June 15) 1962.

8. Light. AB., and Torrance. E.G.: Opium Addiction: VI. Effects of Abrupt
Withdrawal Followed by Readministration of Morphine in Human Addicts With
Spectral Reference to Composition of Blood, Circulation, and Metabolism, Arch Intern
Med 44:1-16 (July) 1929.

9. Ishell, H.. et al: Liability of Addiction of 6-Dimethylamino-

4.4-diphenyl-3-heptanone (Methadon, “Amidone” or “10820”) in Man. Arch Intern
Med 82:362-392 (Oct) 1948.

10. Berle, B., and Nyswander, M.: Ambulatory Withdrawal Treatment of Heroin
Addicts, New York J Med 64:1846-1848 (July) 1964.

Citation:

Dole VP, Nyswander ME. A medical treatment for diacetylmorphine (heroin)
addiction. J Amer Med Assoc 1965;193:646-50

Table 1. (legend) see attached xls file.

Maintenance Therapy of Ex-Addicts With Methadone Hydrochloride, Summary of
First

15 Months (February 1964 to May 1965).

*For comparison with other treatment series, patients classified into three
groups: Western European ancestry (E), Puerto Rican and Cuban (F), and Negro
(N).

~ Age first used diacetylmorphine (FD); age at admission (A).

d Number of admissions to Federal Hospital-Lexington, Ky (F), state
hospitals-Manhattan State, Central Islip (S), municipal hospital -Manhattan General,
Metropolitan, Riverside (M), private clinics and groups, including Synanon (P).

§ All but two patients were employed at time of admission. Job indicated is
best position ever held,

Time in Army (A), Navy (N), Marines (M), or Air Force (AF).

¶ Dose methadone hydrochloride given orally, mg/day.

# Phases of treatment: la-four patients, residents on metabolic ward of
Rockefeller Institute; 1-new patients being stabilized on methadone therapy, they
sleep in hospital but may leave during day for school, shopping, or job;
2-patients newly discharged, living at home or rooming house, needing social support
; 3-ambulatory patients who are self-supporting.

** High school equivalency status: If not a high school graduate, each
patient was encouraged to enroll in night school to prepare for high school
equivalency certificate. Those who have completed this course, passed examination, and
received certificate are indicated by ‘Cert’; those now in night school
indicated by NS.”

Posted by Andrew Byrne, Sydney addiction doctor.  >>

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] (OT) Re: [Ibogaine] what the bleep
Date: August 12, 2005 at 7:12:34 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

We’re also told that when Columbus came to America, the natives literally couldn’t see his ships. They couldn’t think outside the box of Indian life.<

Yeah, “Beyond the ‘Bleep'” called this “the old canard,” which I heartily agree with. What  stupid idea, but apparently some people believe that.
I found Beyond the Bleep to be a very interesting book, which examines each presenter of the film, their background, what their pet theories are, whether they acutally are using what could be called “testable” science or simply making extraordinary claims (like JZKnight actually) with no provable substance whatsoever.
Still, I’m very intrigued by the whole quantum physics thing, and was very happy to have read this book. Thanks for posting this review

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: “Boris Leshinsky” <bleshins@bigpond.net.au>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 1:52 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] what the bleep

>did you see “What the bleep do we know”?
there are some interesting animations about addiction.
go slowly but firmly, recover your hijacked brain chemistry.
keep tapering benzos. I know nothing about bup.<

Literallly just finished a book published by the Disinformation Company
(same folks putting out my books) called “Beyond the Bleep,” by Alexandra
Bruce, and it explains a lot of the theories proposed and discussed in this
movie mentioned above. I haven’t yet seen the film, but a three hour version
is supposedly in the works for Theatrical release later this year, and a
bigger DVD version for early 2006. It sounds like a film I do want to see,
and yes, they do discuss, in some parts apparently, addictive behavior, and
not just to drugs but to others things too, including even emotions.

that book really good (looked it up on Amazon), will have to check it out.
This film has been mentioned on pretty much every mailing list and forum I am on I (and thats a few), its certainly kicking up a bit of a storm.

here’s an interesting article about I found quite illuminating:
from salon.com

“Bleep” of faith
An indie film gets buzz and a big rollout. But “What the Bleep Do We Know!?” uses questionable on-screen experts — and appears to be an infomercial for a controversial New Age sect.

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By John Gorenfeld

Sept. 16, 2004 | Last week, the national release of the independent film “What the Bleep Do We Know!?” seemed to be just the latest success story in the Year of the Documentary — a little movie that could, launched into 60 theaters across the country by Samuel Goldwyn Films after selling out small theaters for months. The film’s co-director, William Arntz, has called it “a film for the religious left,” an answer to “The Passion of the Christ.” It presents itself as the thinking rebel’s alternative to Hollywood pabulum: a heady stew of drama and documentary, starring Oscar-winning actress Marlee Matlin as a Xanax-addled photographer who discovers joy when she learns that quantum mechanics makes spiritual wonders possible.

But the film — buoyed by a slew of stories in regional and national outlets (including Salon) about its supposed grassroots success — has largely avoided much skepticism. And as the distributors launched a national advertising campaign, on NPR’s “All Things Considered” among other outlets, and earned respectable reviews from a number of critics (the San Francisco Examiner calls it a “smart film,” and Roger Ebert, while not thrilled, gave it a thoughtful two and a half stars), their movie has managed to avoid much scrutiny of what, exactly, it’s really about — and who is behind it.

That has meant little attention has been given to either the film’s agenda, or its questionable use of supposed experts. At least one scientist prominently interviewed in the film now says his words were taken out of context. And two other key subjects in the film are not fully identified: a theologian who, the film fails to divulge, is a former priest who left the Catholic Church after allegations of sexual abuse; and a mysterious woman identified only as Judy “JZ” Knight, who is actually a sect leader claiming to channel a 35,000-year-old warrior spirit named Ramtha. [/b]The film’s three co-directors are among those who follow Ramtha and look to Knight’s channeled maxims to decipher the mysteries of life.[/b] These Ramtha followers reportedly number in the thousands. But critics call the sect a cult.

In the movie, the 58-year-old Knight, whose accent is as thick as her mascara, makes the boldest statements — pronounced with long, rolling R’s — about particles and God. “We have grrreat technology. But we still have this ugly, superrrstitious, backwahds cohncept of Gahd,” she says, adding that “the height of arrrrrrogance is the belief of those who would see Gahd in their own image.” Musing on the unity of consciousness and matter, she reminds us that “it only takes a fantasy for a man to have a harrrd-on.” In her normal mode, Knight speaks the plain talk of her native Roswell, N.M., but in the manly presence of Ramtha, said to have conquered the continent neighboring Atlantis, Knight’s jaw juts and her voice deepens into something magisterial and brash. Her Ramtha’s School of Enlightenment, on a $2 million compound based in Yelm, Wash., boasts followers — including celebrities like actress Shirley MacLaine (who attended Knight’s seminars in the late ’80s) and “Dynasty” star Linda Evans — willing to pay up to $1,600 for a seminar.

Reached by Salon, Meyer Gottlieb, president of Samuel Goldwyn Films, says he’s seen “Bleep” about eight times. Its fledgling distribution company Roadside Attractions had its first real hit earlier this year when it launched festival favorite documentary “Super Size Me” and is hoping for a similar sleeper hit with ” Bleep.” Asked what he thought of the expressed desire by filmmaker Mark Vicente (on a Ramtha Web site, BeyondTheOrdinary.net) for his viewers to emerge from his movie in an “almost trance-like state,” Gottlieb only laughed.

“The question is, Is this movie promoting a cult?” he said. “The only thing we’re interested in from a marketing perspective is creating a cult status for the film … cults, from my perspective, they deal with groups and leaders and that stuff. This movie is about individual thinking. Individual control over your future — and your own reality.”

But not everyone involved in the movie has good things to say about that message.

David Albert, a professor at the Columbia University physics department, has accused the filmmakers of warping his ideas to fit a spiritual agenda. “I don’t think it’s quite right to say I was ‘tricked’ into appearing,” he said in a statement reposted by a critic on “What the Bleep’s” Internet forum, “but it is certainly the case that I was edited in such a way as to completely suppress my actual views about the matters the movie discusses. I am, indeed, profoundly unsympathetic to attempts at linking quantum mechanics with consciousness. Moreover, I explained all that, at great length, on camera, to the producers of the film … Had I known that I would have been so radically misrepresented in the movie, I would certainly not have agreed to be filmed.”

“I certainly do not subscribe to the ‘Ramtha School on Enlightenment,’ whatever that is!” he finished. Albert provided Salon with an excerpt from a piece he’s writing on the subject, in which he says, in part, “I’m unwittingly made to sound as if (maybe) I endorse its thesis.”

When told of Albert’s complaints, Gottlieb said, “I certainly don’t see it,” but acknowledged he’s “not into the science 100 percent.” At press time, the filmmakers issued an angry “Open Letter to the U.S. Media” in which it attacked the “intellectual smugness and superiority” of its critics. (You can download the PDF file here.)

Knight’s role as the voice of Ramtha is the most striking — but hardly the only — omission of the film, which could easily be interpreted as a full-blown infomercial for Ramtha. Two other on-screen experts are not identified as Ramtha associates: Dr. Joe Dispenza, chiropractor and mystic, listed as a student on the Ramtha Web site; and a man identified only as “Dr. Miceal Ledwith.”

Ledwith (at one time Monsignor Michael Ledwith) was once on track to be the next archbishop of Dublin, but the theologian stepped down as president of Maynooth College in 1994, after a complaint that he had sexually harassed a young seminarian. It was later revealed that Ledwith had allegedly paid an six-figure sum to a man who accused him of sexual abuse. Ledwith has maintained his innocence but left Ireland for the more placid confines of Monterey, Calif. On the “Bleep” Web site, Ledwith’s relationship with the Catholic Church is only alluded to in a claim that he was once “charged with advising the Holy See on theological matters,” but he is not identified as ever having been a priest, or even as a lecturer at the Ramtha school. According to a Ramtha Web site, Ledwith has joined “Ramtha’s core of appointed teachers.” (The Ramtha school and Ledwith have not responded to requests for interviews. The “Bleep” Web site recommends that journalists contact an independent publicist, but the movie previously listed as its P.R. contact Pavel Mikoloski, also director of public affairs for Ramtha’s school.)

Later in the film, a “scientist” explains that, thanks to the strangeness quivering below the subatomic level, meditating monks have lowered the crime rate in Washington, D.C. But not until the end of the film do we learn that the scientist making this claim, John Hagelin — who once ran for president — conducted the research while teaching (until 1999) at Maharishi University , the school named for the Beatles’ guru. In JZ Knight’s own publications, Ramtha’s existence, too, is frequently explained in terms of quantum mechanics.

Funding for the $5 million “Bleep,” according to various published interviews with the film’s creators, comes not from Ramtha but the software fortunes of director Arntz, who designed the job-management application AutoSys. Now popular in Unix environments, the program sold for more than $14 million in 1995. ( Eerily, the startup money for AutoSys was also of Atlantean origin, or so the original investor claimed. A 1999 piece in Wired by David Diamond described the life and suicide of Frederick Lenz III, a guru in his own right, who called himself not Ramtha but Rama. The software mogul told those who rendezvoused with Rama that he’d taught meditation classes on Atlantis. Later, Lenz said his students were bent on his murder, and he plunged himself into the waters of Long Island Sound with a $30,000 watch on his wrist and 150 tabs of Valium in his bloodstream.)

On the film’s Web site FAQ, the filmmakers answer the question of whether “Bleep” is a recruitment film coyly, stating that “the short answer is no. During the making of the film [originally to be titled ‘Sacred Science’] it was decided that what was important was the message, not the messenger —  whoever that may be. Some people may be inspired to check out RSE, and some people may be inspired to major at MIT in quantum teleportation.” (At press time, MIT was not yet offering such a major.)

.Ramtha’s School of Enlightenment had previously promoted itself in its own films, but those had a lower budget. One was “Bleep” director Mark Vicente’s 2002 “Where Angels Fear to Thread.” Its trailer (available here) introduces Ramtha in the fashion of “Lord of the Rings,” swinging a blade and raising a goblet to “the challenge of being an individual.”

“Bleep” is a much slicker introduction. Its success relies heavily on word of mouth, accelerated by the use of “Bleep Teams” organized by Captured Light Industries, the production house set up by Arntz to create “Bleep.” (The film’s other production house, Lord of the Wind, is named for Ramtha himself.)

Heading the Bay Area street team is Kathy Vaquilar, who organized regular “Bleep” events in at least two cities a week during August. On Saturday, Aug. 14, she helped organize a discussion in Berkeley that featured a Ramtha representative, Cindy, “who told us more about the film’s background, how it got started, and about the school,” she posted on the “What the Bleep” forum the next day, when the movement was spreading to nearby Walnut Creek. The next night, a meeting was slated for San Francisco.

Vaquilar told Salon that she coordinates the “Bleep” campaign with a representative of Captured Light. “I don’t know that much about the Ramtha school,” she wrote in an e-mail to Salon, and hastens to defend its role. Knight, she writes, “was only used as an interview subject. What is taught at the school might seem weird to most mainstream people, but for those who study or read the same materials on their own without any connection to the school or to JZ Knight, their stuff is not considered unusual, but rather part of what’s already cutting edge.”

That edge is something Vaquilar is familiar with. In August she promoted the film at the Bay Area’s UFO expo in Santa Clara, serving double duty with the International Contact Support Network, which comforts those who say they’ve encountered extraterrestrials. Vaquilar herself has written about meeting insectoids, who treated her fairly well; but Knight, speaking in the voice of Ramtha, has warned her own followers of the “Gray Men,” a clique of hostile off-worlders controlling Earth’s banks.

On the surface, the movie doesn’t seem to be targeting the E.T.-obsessed; in fact, it seems to follow in the footsteps of Carl Sagan’s “Cosmos” by asking us to thrill to the tapestry of space-time. But it has very little patience for Enlightenment concepts like measurable results and scientific proof. In the new science of “Bleep,” symbolized by disembodied equations and CG bubbles flying at us like stars at warp speed, we’re past all that.

We’re also told that when Columbus came to America, the natives literally couldn’t see his ships. They couldn’t think outside the box of Indian life. And in a subway that seems like one of many conceits borrowed from the “Matrix” movies (whose metaphor has similarly been borrowed by David Icke, the British author who says the world is controlled by lizard men), the heroine learns that you can see chi energy particles of love, that they’ve been captured in photographs of water blessed by Buddhists. At this juncture Matlin hears a voice in her ear: “Makes you wonder, doesn’t it?” It’s Quark, the greedy alien from “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine”! Actually, it’s the guy who plays him, Armin Shimerman, as one of several mysterious strangers guiding her to the truth.

The impression left from sitting through a screening of “What the Bleep” is that a lot of people enjoy hearing their griping about religious fundamentalists reflected back to them, backed by science. There’s also plenty of stroking of lefty values; Ramtha has declared that all world religions have in common “the suppression of women,” adding, with the brashness surely fashionable in the 33rd century B.C., “No woman who had an abortion has sinned against God. Fuck all those assholes who tell you that.” On the other hand, papers from Knight’s 1992 divorce case with Jeffrey Knight hint that Ramtha is an ancient homophobe, who allegedly declared that AIDS was Mother Nature’s way of “getting rid of” homosexuality and told Jeffrey Knight he should reject modern medicine and overcome the disease using the school’s breathing techniques, according to court testimony. Tom Szimhart, a “deprogrammer” who testified on behalf of Knight’s husband (who eventually died of the disease) called the Ramtha school a cult with an anti-scientific bent.

The “backward” religion of Christianity, Ramtha explains in the movie, doesn’t appreciate how the parables of Jesus are explained by photon waves and probability — just as creationists suggest that the latest archaeological science can explain Noah’s Ark and a very young Grand Canyon. The cumulative effect of “What the Bleep” — whose co-director, Betsy Chasse, produced the evangelical teen comedy “Extreme Days” (2000) — makes you wonder if it isn’t as fundamentalist as the Christianity and Islam that Ramtha inveighs against.

Even the father of the Isn’t the Universe Amazing genre, the late Sagan, called Ramtha out. He opened his 1997 book “The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark” by asking why, if Ramtha is 35,000 years old, he gives us only “banal homilies” (sample: “I have come to help you over the ditch … It is called the ditch of limitation”) instead of telling us, say, about the currency, technology, social order and use of birth control in prehistoric Lemuria — a country popularized by Madame Blavatsky, the turn-of-the-20th-century psychic. Sagan’s argument, which couldn’t be further from the movie’s, is that science has exposed so many natural wonders, there’s no need to gild the lily with gray aliens, telepaths and the spirits of Cro-Magnon shoguns roaming the Evergreen State.

Needless to say the book isn’t on the film’s reading list, which instead suggests reading the works of Ramtha

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the United Church of Religious Science, of all things, has released this attack on the film, which is also an interesting read:

http://religious-science.com/askland0405-science.pdf
(or from:)
http://www.religious-science.com/message-board-forum/viewtopic.php?t=49

“Report on the Perversion of Science to Support Mysticism”

Purpose: To assist in retarding the spread of pseudo-science and misinformation, to present topics currently circulating our churches and to encourage critical thinking.

Addressing the topics of:

Page 3 – Opening Quotes
Page 4 – Introduction and Address to the Religious Science Community
Page 5 – Responsibility and Reputation of Church Leaders
Page 6 – Defining Critical Thinking
Page 7 – What Is Science?
Page 9 – What The Bleep Do We Know movie
Page 11 – JZ Knight aka Ramtha
Page 17 – What The Bleep Do They Know? – Expert Resumes
Page 18 – David McCarthy – A Letter to Current Members of Ramtha’s School
Page 19 – Masaru Emoto Water Healing
Page 23 – Christopher Columbus Historical Facts
Page 24 – The Maharishi Effect
Page 26 – Sai Baba
Page 36 – Manifestations
Page 44 – Architecture Retaining Positive or Negative Energies
Page 45 – One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge
Page 46 – What The Bleep Do We Know Receives Pigasus Award
Page 46 – Anticipation of Flawed Logic Responses
Page 48 – Closing Remarks

With writings and excerpts provided by Ernest Holmes, Robert L. Park, James Randi, Dr. Kathryn Turner (Director of Education, United Church of Religious Science), the Google Answers research team, Columbia University athematics Department and others notated and credited.

A copy of this report is available free of charge E-mail Conrad Askland at askland@aol.com
Please include name and mailing address
Or download a PDF copy at www.Religious-Science.com
Author’s Note: There are frequent references in this report to “RSE” which stands for the Ramtha School of Enlightenment led by JZ Knight, aka “Ramtha”. RSE has NO affiliation with Religious Science, Science of Mind or the teachings of Ernest Holmes. Sometimes Religious Science will be referred to as “RS” or the United Church of Religious Science as “UCRS”. Please make note of this very important distinction.

This report released April 20, 2005

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From: HSLotsof@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fw: Anniversary of methadone treatment for addiction. Untold savings in lives, suffering and spending.
Date: August 12, 2005 at 1:05:18 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hi Preston,

On this date in the US there are 215,000 people taken our of harms way of the
police for opoid use by their participation on methadone maintenance.  That
certainly is cause for celebration.  I saw your posting of Andrew Byrne’s email
and called up Dr. Dole who has been quite supportive of and interested in
ibogaine to wish him a happy 40th.

Howard

In a message dated 8/12/05 2:05:15 AM, ptpeet@nyc.rr.com writes:

<< Oh boy, what a day for celebration, eh?

Peace and love,

Preston Peet

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mistaken for madness”

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From: Andrew Byrne

To: ajbyrne@ozemail.com.au

Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 9:20 PM

Subject: Anniversary of methadone treatment for addiction. Untold savings in
lives, suffering and spending.

Dear Readers,

It is 40 years on 23rd August since the first report of methadone treatment
for addiction.  Dole and Nyswander’s seminal paper (below) is one of the most
cited in the medical literature.  It stands as a model for all medical
researchers, being a funded trial in a clinical research ward.  Although essentially a
simple report of 24 Manhattan heroin addicts treated with a new intensive
protocol utilising supervised oral daily methadone, it effectively defined the
field for decades with its foresight and thoroughness.  Having only two early
drop-outs, the 22 successful patients are described in detail, including
hospital ward induction, average daily doses over 100mg, daily urine testing and, in
addition to routine physical examinations, radio-iodine thyroid tests and bone
marrow findings.  These pioneers also tested for physical coordination to
determine safety at home and in the work place.  Patients were even given
laxatives for the ubiquitous constipation.

By 1970 Australian addicts were being offered similar treatment due to the
frontier work of Dr Stella Dalton.  The treatment is now available in virtually
every western country and is being introduced into some parts of the third
world.

The JAMA paper speaks for itself.  It remains a lasting tribute to its
authors and acknowledged contributors:

Published in Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) on 23 August
1965

A Medical Treatment for Diacetylmorphine (Heroin) Addiction

A Clinical Trial With Methadone Hydrochloride

Vincent P. Dole, MD, and Marie Nyswander, MD

A group of 22 patients, previously addicted to diacetylmorphine (heroin),
have been stabilized with oral methadone hydrochloride. This medication appears
to have two useful effects: (1) relief of narcotic hunger, and (2) induction of
sufficient tolerance to block the euphoric effect of an average illegal dose
of diacetylmorphine. With this medication, and a comprehensive program of
rehabilitation, patients have shown marked improvement; they have returned to
school, obtained jobs, and have become reconciled with their families. Medical and
psychometric tests have disclosed no signs of toxicity, apart from
constipation. This treatment requires careful medical supervision and many social
services. In our opinion, both the medication and the supporting program are
essential.

The question of “maintenance treatment” of addicts is one that is often
argued but seldom clearly defined. If this procedure is conceived as no more than
an unsupervised distribution of narcotic drugs to addicts for
self-administration of doses and at times of their choosing, then few physicians could accept
it as proper medical practice. An uncontrolled supply of drugs would trap
confirmed addicts in a closed world of drug taking, and tend to spread addiction.
This procedure certainly would not qualify as “maintenance” in a medical sense.
Uncontrolled distribution is mentioned here only to reject it, and to
emphasize the distinction between distribution and medical prescription. The question
at issue in the present study was whether a narcotic medicine, prescribed by
physicians as part of a treatment program, could help in the return of addict
patients to normal society.

No definitive study of medical maintenance has yet been reported. The Council
on Mental Health of the American Medical Association, after a thorough review
of evidence available in 1957,1 concluded that “The advisability of
establishing clinics or some equivalent system to dispense opiates to addicts cannot be
settled on the basis of objective facts. Any position taken is necessarily
based in part on opinion, and on this question opinions are divided.” With
respect to previous trials of maintenance treatment, the Council found that
“Assessment of the operations of the narcotic dispensor between 1919 and 1923 is
difficult because of the paucity of published material. Much of the small amount
of data that is available is not sufficiently objective to be of great value in
formulating any clear-cut opinion of the purpose of the clinics, the way in
which they operated, or the results attained.” No new studies bearing on the
question of maintenance treatment have appeared in the eight years since this
report was published. Meanwhile, various medical and legal committees have
called for additional research.2,6

See also page 673 [‘Dependence on Barbiturates and Other Sedative Drugs’]

The present study, conducted under the auspices of the departments of health
and hospitals, New York city, has yielded encouraging results; patients who
before treatment appeared hopelessly addicted are now engaged in useful
occupations and are not using diacetylmorphine (heroin). As measured by social
performance, these patients have ceased to be addicts. It must be emphasized that thi
s paper is only a progress report, based on treatment of 22 patients for
periods of 1 to 15 months. Such limited study obviously does not establish a new
treatment for general application. The results, however, appear sufficiently
promising to justify further trial of the procedure on a larger scale.

Procedure

The patients admitted to the program to date were men, aged 19 to 37,
“mainline” diacetylmorphine users for several years with history of failure of
withdrawal treatment. They have reported no substantial addictions to other agents
(although most of them had used barbiturates or tranquilizers when narcotic
drugs were unavailable), and they were not psychotic. Patients came from the
streets, from drug withdrawal units, from referrals by social agencies and
physicians who had heard of the program, and from recruitment of addicted friends by
patients under treatment. Further details of their history are given in the
Table.

Division of Program Into Three Phases.-PHASE 1.-The addict patients were
stabilized with methadone hydrochloride in an unlocked hospital ward, given a
complete medical workup, psychiatric evaluation, a review of family and housing
problems, and job-placement study. After the first week of they were free to
leave the ward for school, libraries, shopping, and various amusements-usually,
but not always, with one of the staff. Patients lacking a high school diploma
started in classes that prepare students for a high school equivalency
certificate. For the present study the time in this initial phase was arbitrarily set
at six weeks.

During this phase of hospitalization, the treatment unit was kept small (four
to nine patients). This was felt necessary because most patients started the
treatment with serious anxieties and doubts. The limitation of patient load
allowed the staff to individualize the daily ward activities and deal with the
special problems of each patient.

PHASE 2.-This began when subjects left the hospital and became outpatients,
returning every day for methadone medication. They were asked to drink their
medication in the presence of a clinic nurse, and to leave a daily urine
specimen for analysis. When indicated, this rule has been relaxed; reliable patients
who have been on the program for several months have been given enough
medication for a weekend at home or a short trip. Continued contact with the hospital
staff was provided as required. The most important services needed during
this phase of treatment were help in obtaining jobs, housing, and education.

PHASE 3.-This phase is the goal of treatment, the stage in which an ex-addict
has become a socially normal, self-supporting person. The two patients who
are considered to have arrived at this phase are still receiving maintenance
medication since the physicians in charge of their treatment feel that withdrawal
at this time would be premature. Supervision of their medication is as
careful as in phase 2; the only distinction between patients in phases 2 and 3 is in
the degree of social advancement.

PHASE 1A.-This phase designates a special group of four patients who are
being maintained on high doses under close and continuing observation to reveal
any delayed toxic effects of methadone (Table). So far, none have been found.
These patients live on a metabolic ward, and so are still classified in phase 1,
but as measured by social adjustment they have progressed to phase 2 or 3,
since all are either employed or going to school. The ward serves mainly as
their residence, which they are free to leave as they wish subject only to the
general routine of hospital activities.

Narcotic Medication.-Patients have differed markedly in tolerance to
narcotics at the beginning of treatment, and in the rate with which they have adapted
to increasing doses of medication. Individualization of treatment thus has
been necessary. A rough estimate of initial tolerance was made from each new
patient’s history of drug usage, with allowance for exaggeration since addicts
coming to a maintenance program usually fear that physicians will not prescribe
enough medication, and with recognition of the fact that the number of “bags”
used by an addict is not a reliable measure of narcotic tolerance. The
diacetylmorphine content of a “bag” obtained on the street today is low and variable.
This estimate provided a guide to initial dosage, but the only sure way to
measure tolerance is to observe the reaction to test doses of narcotic drugs. The
schedule, therefore, differed for each patient.

On admission patients usually have shown mild or moderately severe symptoms
of abstinence, the last shot of diacetylmorphine having been taken some hours
before. These patients were relieved promptly by one or two doses of morphine
sulfate (10 mg) or dihydromorphone (Dilaudid) hydrochloride (4 mg), given
intramuscularly, and then started on oral methadone hydrochloride therapy (10 to 20
mg, twice daily). Patients coming to treatment without symptoms were started
on a regimen of methadone without other medication, but were watched carefully
for appearance of symptoms after admission. After the first 24 hours most
patients could be maintained comfortably on the oral medication alone. The dose
of methadone hydrochloride was increased gradually over the next four weeks to
stabilization level (50 to 150 mg/ day). Two patients in whom tolerance at the
expected rate failed to develop have been held at lower doses (Table). With
some patients, treated early in the study, the buildup of dosage was too rapid;
they became overly sedated for a few days, and two of them had transient
episodes of urinary retention and abdominal distention. Other patients, given too
little, have become abstinent, exhibiting malaise, nausea, sweating,
lacrimation, and restlessness. With more accurate prescription, patients have not
become euphoric, sedated, or sick from abstinence at any stage of treatment. They
have simply felt normal, and have not asked for more medication.

After the patients reached maintenance level, the morning and evening doses
were combined by progressive reduction of the evening medication with an equal
addition to the methadone taken in the morning. After discharge from the
hospital patients could thus be maintained by a single daily visit to the
outpatient clinic. The patients who have had difficulty in spanning a 24-hour period
with a single dose have been given medication to take at home; this has been a
minor problem, limited to those who could visit the clinic only in the evening.
In all cases it has been made clear to the patients (and accepted by them as
a condition of treatment) that the amount of medication and the dosage
schedule were the responsibility of the medical staff. Physicians did not discuss
dosage with the patients, although of course they listened carefully to any
report of symptoms that might suggest excess or lack of medication.

Laboratory Control.-The urine of every patient was collected daily in the
hospital and at each clinic visit, to be analyzed for methadone, morphine (the
chief metabolite of diacetylmorphine), and quinine (a regular constituent of the
street “bag”). The thin layer chromatographic method of Cochin and Daly7 was
used, after preliminary extraction of the alkaloids from urine with cation
exchange resin. The sensitivity of the procedure was such that it would give a
definite positive if a patient had taken an average “bag” of diacetylmorphine
during the preceding 24 hours.

Results

The most dramatic effect of this treatment has been the disappearance of
narcotic hunger. All of the patients previously had made efforts to remain
drug-free after withdrawal, but were unable to resist the craving. Drug hunger became
intolerable for most of them shortly after discharge from withdrawal unit and
return to their neighborhood. It became especially severe when they were
exposed to emotional stress. With methadone maintenance, however, patients found
that they could meet addict friends, and even watch them inject
diacetylmorphine, without great difficulty. They have tolerated frustrating episodes without
feeling a need for diacetylmorphine. They have stopped dreaming about drugs,
and seldom talk about drugs when together. Patients have even become so
indifferent to narcotics as to forget to take a scheduled dose of medication when
busy at home.

The extent to which the patients have ceased to behave as addicts, and their
reliability in reporting illegal drug use, were verified by the results of
urinanalysis. Negative results in almost all analyses showed that use of
diacetylmorphine has been rare and sporadic, although the patients have had ample
exposure to addict friends and pushers. Remarkably, the episodes of drug taking
were reported by the patients spontaneously, and their reports have correlated
with the laboratory evidence.

An interesting phenomenon, which has been seen in several patients, was the
production of symptoms typical of drug deficiency by acute emotional stress.
Anxiety in some susceptible patients caused malaise, nausea, yawning, and
sweating, indistinguishable from the effects of abstinence, even though the patients
were being maintained on large doses of medication. After experiencing relief
with reassurance but without additional medication, susceptible patients have
become less alarmed by these symptoms, and the episodes have occurred less
frequently. In two other patients symptoms suggesting abstinence have appeared
in the course of mild respiratory-tract infections. These symptoms, not
associated with anxiety, were difficult to evaluate, but in any event disappeared in
a few days without need for increase in medication. These observations suggest
that the effectiveness of methadone can vary with changes in psychological
and metabolic state.

The degree of tolerance established by methadone was titrated in six patients
by giving diacetylmorphine, morphine, dilaudid, or methadone intravenously in
a double-blind study. The drugs were given in randomized order and various
doses six hours after the last administration of methadone. Stabilization with
methadone, as here described, was found to make patients refractory to 40 to 80
mg diacetylmorphine (which would cost $10 to $25 if purchased on the street).
Larger amounts were not systematically tested; probably blocking would extend
to greater doses since two patients with high tolerance showed little
reaction to intravenous injection of 200 mg of diacetylmorphine-a huge amount,
possibly enough to kill a nontolerant individual.

Unscheduled, but perhaps necessary, experiments in drug usage were made by
four patients. These subjects found that they did not “get high” when “shooting”
diacetylmorphine with addict friends on the street. Both the patients and
their friends were astounded at their lack of reaction to the drug. They
discontinued these unrewarding experiments without need for disciplinary measures, and
have discouraged other patients from repeating the experiment. So long as
patients take methadone as scheduled, they apparently cannot feel the euphoria of
an addict taking a street bag of diacetylmorphine.

Complications.-The chief medical problem has been constipation. The tonus of
the sigmoid and the defecation reflex remain depressed even in patients with
high tolerance to the narcotic effects of methadone, while the motility of the
upper gastrointestinal tract appears to be unaffected. Five patients, given a
barium sulfate meal and followed with daily x-ray examinations for a week,
showed normal or only slightly delayed passage of barium through the small
intestine, but in three of the five, the evacuation of barium from the colon was
abnormally slow. Fecal impaction has occurred when patients have made no effort
to defecate for several days. Patients therefore were instructed to take a
hydrophilic colloid every day, and a supplementary laxative or enema if bowels
have not moved for three days. With these precautions patients have had no
further difficulty.

Apart from constipation, patients have shown no major ill effects ascribable
to use of methadone. The tendency of addicts to leukocytosis (9,000 to 14,000
white blood cells/cu mm with 60% to 80% polymorphonuclear cells10 continued,
apparently unaffected by this medication. Bone marrow biopsies in four patients
after eight months of treatment were normal. No effect of methadone on renal
function was disclosed by repeated urinanalyses. Liver-function tests, when
originally normal, remained so. Results of basal metabolic rate, thyroid uptake
of sodium iodide I 131, red blood cell uptake of labelled triiodothyronine,
and plasma protein-bound iodine were normal in three patients who had been
stabilized on methadone hydrochloride (100 to 150 mg/day) for four to six months.
Some patients have reported excess sweating in hot weather, but no one has been
unable to work for this reason. Mental and neuromuscular functions appear
unaffected. Patients have performed well in school and at various jobs. Studies
of motor skill (accuracy in tracking moving targets) showed normal
coordination. We have not yet been able to find a medical or psychological test capable of
distinguishing patients on methadone therapy from normal controls. They can,
of course, be distinguished by urinanalysis.

There has been no problem so far in holding patients. Only two of the
patients who started treatment have been discharged. These uncooperative and
disruptive psychopaths were transfered to withdrawal units. Two others who were
admitted specifically for tolerance tests at an early stage of the study were
returned (as originally planned) to the withdrawal unit from which they came; both
subsequently have asked to return to the program. A fifth patient signed out
after only four days on the ward, and also asked to return.

Comment

Previous efforts to treat addict patients with narcotic medication have been
handicapped by lack of sufficiently long-acting agents. The Council’s report
noted that in 1919 to 1923 experience, “in all instances it was eventually
found necessary to give drugs to addicts for self-administration.” This is
inherent in the pharmacology of parenterally administered morphine, which was used in
these clinics and would probably apply to other agents with short periods of
action such as diacetylmorphine, dihydromorphine, or meperidine. If addict
patients are to be maintained with any of these drugs, they would need several
injections per day; otherwise they would return to the street for additional
drugs.

Projected into large-scale treatment, a medical use of short-acting narcotic
drugs would require dispensaries staffed to give thousands of injections per
day, with rooms or park benches in the neighborhood for addicts to wait between
shots. Alternatively, physicians would have to yield control of drug
administration to the addicts themselves. Neither alternative is acceptable. With
methadone, however, the situation is much different since patients can be
stabilized with a single daily dose, taken orally, under medical control. Maintenance
of patients with methadone is no more difficult than maintaining diabetics
with oral hypoglycemic agents, and in both cases the patient should be able to
live a normal life.

We believe that methadone has contributed in an essential way to the
favorable results, although it is quite clear that giving of medicine has been only
part of the program. This drug appears to relieve narcotic hunger, and thus free
the patient for other interests, as well as protect him against readdiction
to diacetylmorphine by establishing a pharmacological block. A previous attempt
by one of us (M.N.) to treat addict patients without narcotic medication
ended in failure. Other clinics, attempting to rehabilitate patients after
withdrawal, have had equally poor results. These, however, are indirect arguments.
When the treatment program is sufficiently well established, the necessary
control studies with social support, but without medication, must be made.

This study was supported by the Health Research Council grant U-1501 of New
York city, and by the National Association for Prevention of Addiction to Nar
cotics.

Major contributions to this investigation were made by the following: Mary
Jeanne Kreek, MD, bone marrow biopsies and tests of narcotic tolerance; Joyce
Lowinson. MD. and George Lowen, MD, expansion of the program at Manhattan
General Hospital; Nathan Poker, MD, measurements of intestinal motility; David
Becker, MD, and Eugene Furth, MD. tests for thyroid function; and Norman Gordon,
MD, Alan Warner, and Ann Henderson, measurements of motor skills of patients and
ratings with intelligence tests and mood scales.

Generic and Trade Names of Drug

Sodium iodide I 131-Iodotope-1 131, Oriodide-131, Radiocaps131,
Theriodide-131, Tracervial-131.

References:

1. Council on Mental Health: Report on Narcotic Addiction, JAM/i
165:1707-1713 (Nov 30); 1834-1841 cDec 7 1968-1974 (Dec 14) 1957.

2. Joint Committee of American Bar Association and American Medical
Association of Narcotic Drugs. Interim and Final Reports: Drug Addiction: Crime or
Disease? Bloomington, MD: Indiana University Press, 1961.

3. Presidents Advisory Commission on Narcotic and Drug Abuse. Appendix 1.
Final Report, US Government Printing Office. Nov 1963.

4. New York Academy of Medicine, Committee on Public Health: Report on Drug
Addiction: II, Bull NY Aced Med 39:417-473 (July) 1963.

5. Eldridge, W.B.: Narcotics and Law, Chicago: American Bar Foundation, 1962.

6. National Council on Crime and Delinquency. Advisory Council of Judges.
Narcotics Law Violations: Policy Statement, New York. 1964.

7. Cochin. J.. and Daly, ,J.: Rapid Identification of Analgesic Drugs in
Urine With Thin-Layer Chromatography, Experientia 18:294-295 (June 15) 1962.

8. Light. AB., and Torrance. E.G.: Opium Addiction: VI. Effects of Abrupt
Withdrawal Followed by Readministration of Morphine in Human Addicts With
Spectral Reference to Composition of Blood, Circulation, and Metabolism, Arch Intern
Med 44:1-16 (July) 1929.

9. Ishell, H.. et al: Liability of Addiction of 6-Dimethylamino-

4.4-diphenyl-3-heptanone (Methadon, “Amidone” or “10820”) in Man. Arch Intern
Med 82:362-392 (Oct) 1948.

10. Berle, B., and Nyswander, M.: Ambulatory Withdrawal Treatment of Heroin
Addicts, New York J Med 64:1846-1848 (July) 1964.

Citation:

Dole VP, Nyswander ME. A medical treatment for diacetylmorphine (heroin)
addiction. J Amer Med Assoc 1965;193:646-50

Table 1. (legend) see attached xls file.

Maintenance Therapy of Ex-Addicts With Methadone Hydrochloride, Summary of
First

15 Months (February 1964 to May 1965).

*For comparison with other treatment series, patients classified into three
groups: Western European ancestry (E), Puerto Rican and Cuban (F), and Negro
(N).

~ Age first used diacetylmorphine (FD); age at admission (A).

d Number of admissions to Federal Hospital-Lexington, Ky (F), state
hospitals-Manhattan State, Central Islip (S), municipal hospital -Manhattan General,
Metropolitan, Riverside (M), private clinics and groups, including Synanon (P).

§ All but two patients were employed at time of admission. Job indicated is
best position ever held,

Time in Army (A), Navy (N), Marines (M), or Air Force (AF).

¶ Dose methadone hydrochloride given orally, mg/day.

# Phases of treatment: la-four patients, residents on metabolic ward of
Rockefeller Institute; 1-new patients being stabilized on methadone therapy, they
sleep in hospital but may leave during day for school, shopping, or job;
2-patients newly discharged, living at home or rooming house, needing social support
; 3-ambulatory patients who are self-supporting.

** High school equivalency status: If not a high school graduate, each
patient was encouraged to enroll in night school to prepare for high school
equivalency certificate. Those who have completed this course, passed examination, and
received certificate are indicated by ‘Cert’; those now in night school
indicated by NS.”

Posted by Andrew Byrne, Sydney addiction doctor.  >>

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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Bush approves unlimited prescribing of Suboxone?
Date: August 12, 2005 at 12:54:35 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

A friend of mine called yesterday and asked me if suboxone was the
same as buprenorphine, and after explaining the differences between
suboxone and subutex, etc, she told me that our illurstious president
(choke-gag-vomit) had lifted the 30 patient per establishment
prescription limit and extended the FDA approval so that buprenorphine
could be more widely distributed.  Does any one know more about this??
love
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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fw: Anniversary of methadone treatment for addiction. Untold savings in lives, suffering and spending.
Date: August 12, 2005 at 12:50:25 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Ubiquitous constipation.
ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
love tink

On 8/12/05, Preston Peet <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com> wrote:

Oh boy, what a day for celebration, eh?

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—– Original Message —–
From: Andrew Byrne
To: ajbyrne@ozemail.com.au
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 9:20 PM
Subject: Anniversary of methadone treatment for addiction. Untold savings in
lives, suffering and spending.

Dear Readers,

It is 40 years on 23rd August since the first report of methadone treatment
for addiction.  Dole and Nyswander’s seminal paper (below) is one of the
most cited in the medical literature.  It stands as a model for all medical
researchers, being a funded trial in a clinical research ward.  Although
essentially a simple report of 24 Manhattan heroin addicts treated with a
new intensive protocol utilising supervised oral daily methadone, it
effectively defined the field for decades with its foresight and
thoroughness.  Having only two early drop-outs, the 22 successful patients
are described in detail, including hospital ward induction, average daily
doses over 100mg, daily urine testing and, in addition to routine physical
examinations, radio-iodine thyroid tests and bone marrow findings.  These
pioneers also tested for physical coordination to determine safety at home
and in the work place.  Patients were even given laxatives for the
ubiquitous constipation.

By 1970 Australian addicts were being offered similar treatment due to the
frontier work of Dr Stella Dalton.  The treatment is now available in
virtually every western country and is being introduced into some parts of
the third world.

The JAMA paper speaks for itself.  It remains a lasting tribute to its
authors and acknowledged contributors:

Published in Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) on 23 August
1965

A Medical Treatment for Diacetylmorphine (Heroin) Addiction

A Clinical Trial With Methadone Hydrochloride

Vincent P. Dole, MD, and Marie Nyswander, MD

A group of 22 patients, previously addicted to diacetylmorphine (heroin),
have been stabilized with oral methadone hydrochloride. This medication
appears to have two useful effects: (1) relief of narcotic hunger, and (2)
induction of sufficient tolerance to block the euphoric effect of an average
illegal dose of diacetylmorphine. With this medication, and a comprehensive
program of rehabilitation, patients have shown marked improvement; they have
returned to school, obtained jobs, and have become reconciled with their
families. Medical and psychometric tests have disclosed no signs of
toxicity, apart from constipation. This treatment requires careful medical
supervision and many social services. In our opinion, both the medication
and the supporting program are essential.

The question of “maintenance treatment” of addicts is one that is often
argued but seldom clearly defined. If this procedure is conceived as no more
than an unsupervised distribution of narcotic drugs to addicts for
self-administration of doses and at times of their choosing, then few
physicians could accept it as proper medical practice. An uncontrolled
supply of drugs would trap confirmed addicts in a closed world of drug
taking, and tend to spread addiction. This procedure certainly would not
qualify as “maintenance” in a medical sense. Uncontrolled distribution is
mentioned here only to reject it, and to emphasize the distinction between
distribution and medical prescription. The question at issue in the present
study was whether a narcotic medicine, prescribed by physicians as part of a
treatment program, could help in the return of addict patients to normal
society.

No definitive study of medical maintenance has yet been reported. The
Council on Mental Health of the American Medical Association, after a
thorough review of evidence available in 1957,1 concluded that “The
advisability of establishing clinics or some equivalent system to dispense
opiates to addicts cannot be settled on the basis of objective facts. Any
position taken is necessarily based in part on opinion, and on this question
opinions are divided.” With respect to previous trials of maintenance
treatment, the Council found that “Assessment of the operations of the
narcotic dispensor between 1919 and 1923 is difficult because of the paucity
of published material. Much of the small amount of data that is available is
not sufficiently objective to be of great value in formulating any clear-cut
opinion of the purpose of the clinics, the way in which they operated, or
the results attained.” No new studies bearing on the question of maintenance
treatment have appeared in the eight years since this report was published.
Meanwhile, various medical and legal committees have called for additional
research.2,6

See also page 673 [‘Dependence on Barbiturates and Other Sedative Drugs’]

The present study, conducted under the auspices of the departments of health
and hospitals, New York city, has yielded encouraging results; patients who
before treatment appeared hopelessly addicted are now engaged in useful
occupations and are not using diacetylmorphine (heroin). As measured by
social performance, these patients have ceased to be addicts. It must be
emphasized that this paper is only a progress report, based on treatment of
22 patients for periods of 1 to 15 months. Such limited study obviously does
not establish a new treatment for general application. The results, however,
appear sufficiently promising to justify further trial of the procedure on a
larger scale.

Procedure

The patients admitted to the program to date were men, aged 19 to 37,
“mainline” diacetylmorphine users for several years with history of failure
of withdrawal treatment. They have reported no substantial addictions to
other agents (although most of them had used barbiturates or tranquilizers
when narcotic drugs were unavailable), and they were not psychotic. Patients
came from the streets, from drug withdrawal units, from referrals by social
agencies and physicians who had heard of the program, and from recruitment
of addicted friends by patients under treatment. Further details of their
history are given in the Table.

Division of Program Into Three Phases.—PHASE 1.—The addict patients were
stabilized with methadone hydrochloride in an unlocked hospital ward, given
a complete medical workup, psychiatric evaluation, a review of family and
housing problems, and job-placement study. After the first week of they were
free to leave the ward for school, libraries, shopping, and various
amusements—usually, but not always, with one of the staff. Patients lacking
a high school diploma started in classes that prepare students for a high
school equivalency certificate. For the present study the time in this
initial phase was arbitrarily set at six weeks.

During this phase of hospitalization, the treatment unit was kept small
(four to nine patients). This was felt necessary because most patients
started the treatment with serious anxieties and doubts. The limitation of
patient load allowed the staff to individualize the daily ward activities
and deal with the special problems of each patient.

PHASE 2.—This began when subjects left the hospital and became outpatients,
returning every day for methadone medication. They were asked to drink their
medication in the presence of a clinic nurse, and to leave a daily urine
specimen for analysis. When indicated, this rule has been relaxed; reliable
patients who have been on the program for several months have been given
enough medication for a weekend at home or a short trip. Continued contact
with the hospital staff was provided as required. The most important
services needed during this phase of treatment were help in obtaining jobs,
housing, and education.

PHASE 3.—This phase is the goal of treatment, the stage in which an
ex-addict has become a socially normal, self-supporting person. The two
patients who are considered to have arrived at this phase are still
receiving maintenance medication since the physicians in charge of their
treatment feel that withdrawal at this time would be premature. Supervision
of their medication is as careful as in phase 2; the only distinction
between patients in phases 2 and 3 is in the degree of social advancement.

PHASE 1A.—This phase designates a special group of four patients who are
being maintained on high doses under close and continuing observation to
reveal any delayed toxic effects of methadone (Table). So far, none have
been found. These patients live on a metabolic ward, and so are still
classified in phase 1, but as measured by social adjustment they have
progressed to phase 2 or 3, since all are either employed or going to
school. The ward serves mainly as their residence, which they are free to
leave as they wish subject only to the general routine of hospital
activities.

Narcotic Medication.—Patients have differed markedly in tolerance to
narcotics at the beginning of treatment, and in the rate with which they
have adapted to increasing doses of medication. Individualization of
treatment thus has been necessary. A rough estimate of initial tolerance was
made from each new patient’s history of drug usage, with allowance for
exaggeration since addicts coming to a maintenance program usually fear that
physicians will not prescribe enough medication, and with recognition of the
fact that the number of “bags” used by an addict is not a reliable measure
of narcotic tolerance. The diacetylmorphine content of a “bag” obtained on
the street today is low and variable. This estimate provided a guide to
initial dosage, but the only sure way to measure tolerance is to observe the
reaction to test doses of narcotic drugs. The schedule, therefore, differed
for each patient.

On admission patients usually have shown mild or moderately severe symptoms
of abstinence, the last shot of diacetylmorphine having been taken some
hours before. These patients were relieved promptly by one or two doses of
morphine sulfate (10 mg) or dihydromorphone (Dilaudid) hydrochloride (4 mg),
given intramuscularly, and then started on oral methadone hydrochloride
therapy (10 to 20 mg, twice daily). Patients coming to treatment without
symptoms were started on a regimen of methadone without other medication,
but were watched carefully for appearance of symptoms after admission. After
the first 24 hours most patients could be maintained comfortably on the oral
medication alone. The dose of methadone hydrochloride was increased
gradually over the next four weeks to stabilization level (50 to 150 mg/
day). Two patients in whom tolerance at the expected rate failed to develop
have been held at lower doses (Table). With some patients, treated early in
the study, the buildup of dosage was too rapid; they became overly sedated
for a few days, and two of them had transient episodes of urinary retention
and abdominal distention. Other patients, given too little, have become
abstinent, exhibiting malaise, nausea, sweating, lacrimation, and
restlessness. With more accurate prescription, patients have not become
euphoric, sedated, or sick from abstinence at any stage of treatment. They
have simply felt normal, and have not asked for more medication.

After the patients reached maintenance level, the morning and evening doses
were combined by progressive reduction of the evening medication with an
equal addition to the methadone taken in the morning. After discharge from
the hospital patients could thus be maintained by a single daily visit to
the outpatient clinic. The patients who have had difficulty in spanning a
24-hour period with a single dose have been given medication to take at
home; this has been a minor problem, limited to those who could visit the
clinic only in the evening. In all cases it has been made clear to the
patients (and accepted by them as a condition of treatment) that the amount
of medication and the dosage schedule were the responsibility of the medical
staff. Physicians did not discuss dosage with the patients, although of
course they listened carefully to any report of symptoms that might suggest
excess or lack of medication.

Laboratory Control.—The urine of every patient was collected daily in the
hospital and at each clinic visit, to be analyzed for methadone, morphine
(the chief metabolite of diacetylmorphine), and quinine (a regular
constituent of the street “bag”). The thin layer chromatographic method of
Cochin and Daly7 was used, after preliminary extraction of the alkaloids
from urine with cation exchange resin. The sensitivity of the procedure was
such that it would give a definite positive if a patient had taken an
average “bag” of diacetylmorphine during the preceding 24 hours.

Results

The most dramatic effect of this treatment has been the disappearance of
narcotic hunger. All of the patients previously had made efforts to remain
drug-free after withdrawal, but were unable to resist the craving. Drug
hunger became intolerable for most of them shortly after discharge from
withdrawal unit and return to their neighborhood. It became especially
severe when they were exposed to emotional stress. With methadone
maintenance, however, patients found that they could meet addict friends,
and even watch them inject diacetylmorphine, without great difficulty. They
have tolerated frustrating episodes without feeling a need for
diacetylmorphine. They have stopped dreaming about drugs, and seldom talk
about drugs when together. Patients have even become so indifferent to
narcotics as to forget to take a scheduled dose of medication when busy at
home.

The extent to which the patients have ceased to behave as addicts, and their
reliability in reporting illegal drug use, were verified by the results of
urinanalysis. Negative results in almost all analyses showed that use of
diacetylmorphine has been rare and sporadic, although the patients have had
ample exposure to addict friends and pushers. Remarkably, the episodes of
drug taking were reported by the patients spontaneously, and their reports
have correlated with the laboratory evidence.

An interesting phenomenon, which has been seen in several patients, was the
production of symptoms typical of drug deficiency by acute emotional stress.
Anxiety in some susceptible patients caused malaise, nausea, yawning, and
sweating, indistinguishable from the effects of abstinence, even though the
patients were being maintained on large doses of medication. After
experiencing relief with reassurance but without additional medication,
susceptible patients have become less alarmed by these symptoms, and the
episodes have occurred less frequently. In two other patients symptoms
suggesting abstinence have appeared in the course of mild respiratory-tract
infections. These symptoms, not associated with anxiety, were difficult to
evaluate, but in any event disappeared in a few days without need for
increase in medication. These observations suggest that the effectiveness of
methadone can vary with changes in psychological and metabolic state.

The degree of tolerance established by methadone was titrated in six
patients by giving diacetylmorphine, morphine, dilaudid, or methadone
intravenously in a double-blind study. The drugs were given in randomized
order and various doses six hours after the last administration of
methadone. Stabilization with methadone, as here described, was found to
make patients refractory to 40 to 80 mg diacetylmorphine (which would cost
$10 to $25 if purchased on the street). Larger amounts were not
systematically tested; probably blocking would extend to greater doses since
two patients with high tolerance showed little reaction to intravenous
injection of 200 mg of diacetylmorphine—a huge amount, possibly enough to
kill a nontolerant individual.

Unscheduled, but perhaps necessary, experiments in drug usage were made by
four patients. These subjects found that they did not “get high” when
“shooting” diacetylmorphine with addict friends on the street. Both the
patients and their friends were astounded at their lack of reaction to the
drug. They discontinued these unrewarding experiments without need for
disciplinary measures, and have discouraged other patients from repeating
the experiment. So long as patients take methadone as scheduled, they
apparently cannot feel the euphoria of an addict taking a street bag of
diacetylmorphine.

Complications.—The chief medical problem has been constipation. The tonus of
the sigmoid and the defecation reflex remain depressed even in patients with
high tolerance to the narcotic effects of methadone, while the motility of
the upper gastrointestinal tract appears to be unaffected. Five patients,
given a barium sulfate meal and followed with daily x-ray examinations for a
week, showed normal or only slightly delayed passage of barium through the
small intestine, but in three of the five, the evacuation of barium from the
colon was abnormally slow. Fecal impaction has occurred when patients have
made no effort to defecate for several days. Patients therefore were
instructed to take a hydrophilic colloid every day, and a supplementary
laxative or enema if bowels have not moved for three days. With these
precautions patients have had no further difficulty.

Apart from constipation, patients have shown no major ill effects ascribable
to use of methadone. The tendency of addicts to leukocytosis (9,000 to
14,000 white blood cells/cu mm with 60% to 80% polymorphonuclear cells10
continued, apparently unaffected by this medication. Bone marrow biopsies in
four patients after eight months of treatment were normal. No effect of
methadone on renal function was disclosed by repeated urinanalyses.
Liver-function tests, when originally normal, remained so. Results of basal
metabolic rate, thyroid uptake of sodium iodide I 131, red blood cell uptake
of labelled triiodothyronine, and plasma protein-bound iodine were normal in
three patients who had been stabilized on methadone hydrochloride (100 to
150 mg/day) for four to six months. Some patients have reported excess
sweating in hot weather, but no one has been unable to work for this reason.
Mental and neuromuscular functions appear unaffected. Patients have
performed well in school and at various jobs. Studies of motor skill
(accuracy in tracking moving targets) showed normal coordination. We have
not yet been able to find a medical or psychological test capable of
distinguishing patients on methadone therapy from normal controls. They can,
of course, be distinguished by urinanalysis.

There has been no problem so far in holding patients. Only two of the
patients who started treatment have been discharged. These uncooperative and
disruptive psychopaths were transfered to withdrawal units. Two others who
were admitted specifically for tolerance tests at an early stage of the
study were returned (as originally planned) to the withdrawal unit from
which they came; both subsequently have asked to return to the program. A
fifth patient signed out after only four days on the ward, and also asked to
return.

Comment

Previous efforts to treat addict patients with narcotic medication have been
handicapped by lack of sufficiently long-acting agents. The Council’s report
noted that in 1919 to 1923 experience, “in all instances it was eventually
found necessary to give drugs to addicts for self-administration.” This is
inherent in the pharmacology of parenterally administered morphine, which
was used in these clinics and would probably apply to other agents with
short periods of action such as diacetylmorphine, dihydromorphine, or
meperidine. If addict patients are to be maintained with any of these drugs,
they would need several injections per day; otherwise they would return to
the street for additional drugs.

Projected into large-scale treatment, a medical use of short-acting narcotic
drugs would require dispensaries staffed to give thousands of injections per
day, with rooms or park benches in the neighborhood for addicts to wait
between shots. Alternatively, physicians would have to yield control of drug
administration to the addicts themselves. Neither alternative is acceptable.
With methadone, however, the situation is much different since patients can
be stabilized with a single daily dose, taken orally, under medical control.
Maintenance of patients with methadone is no more difficult than maintaining
diabetics with oral hypoglycemic agents, and in both cases the patient
should be able to live a normal life.

We believe that methadone has contributed in an essential way to the
favorable results, although it is quite clear that giving of medicine has
been only part of the program. This drug appears to relieve narcotic hunger,
and thus free the patient for other interests, as well as protect him
against readdiction to diacetylmorphine by establishing a pharmacological
block. A previous attempt by one of us (M.N.) to treat addict patients
without narcotic medication ended in failure. Other clinics, attempting to
rehabilitate patients after withdrawal, have had equally poor results.
These, however, are indirect arguments. When the treatment program is
sufficiently well established, the necessary control studies with social
support, but without medication, must be made.

This study was supported by the Health Research Council grant U-1501 of New
York city, and by the National Association for Prevention of Addiction to
Narcotics.

Major contributions to this investigation were made by the following: Mary
Jeanne Kreek, MD, bone marrow biopsies and tests of narcotic tolerance;
Joyce Lowinson. MD. and George Lowen, MD, expansion of the program at
Manhattan General Hospital; Nathan Poker, MD, measurements of intestinal
motility; David Becker, MD, and Eugene Furth, MD. tests for thyroid
function; and Norman Gordon, MD, Alan Warner, and Ann Henderson,
measurements of motor skills of patients and ratings with intelligence tests
and mood scales.

Generic and Trade Names of Drug

Sodium iodide I 131—Iodotope-1 131, Oriodide-131, Radiocaps131,
Theriodide-131, Tracervial-131.

References:

1. Council on Mental Health: Report on Narcotic Addiction, JAM/i
165:1707-1713 (Nov 30); 1834-1841 cDec 7 1968-1974 (Dec 14) 1957.

2. Joint Committee of American Bar Association and American Medical
Association of Narcotic Drugs. Interim and Final Reports: Drug Addiction:
Crime or Disease? Bloomington, MD: Indiana University Press, 1961.

3. Presidents Advisory Commission on Narcotic and Drug Abuse. Appendix 1.
Final Report, US Government Printing Office. Nov 1963.

4. New York Academy of Medicine, Committee on Public Health: Report on Drug
Addiction: II, Bull NY Aced Med 39:417-473 (July) 1963.

5. Eldridge, W.B.: Narcotics and Law, Chicago: American Bar Foundation,
1962.

6. National Council on Crime and Delinquency. Advisory Council of Judges.
Narcotics Law Violations: Policy Statement, New York. 1964.

7. Cochin. J.. and Daly, ,J.: Rapid Identification of Analgesic Drugs in
Urine With Thin-Layer Chromatography, Experientia 18:294-295 (June 15) 1962.

8. Light. AB., and Torrance. E.G.: Opium Addiction: VI. Effects of Abrupt
Withdrawal Followed by Readministration of Morphine in Human Addicts With
Spectral Reference to Composition of Blood, Circulation, and Metabolism,
Arch Intern Med 44:1-16 (July) 1929.

9. Ishell, H.. et al: Liability of Addiction of 6-Dimethylamino-

4.4-diphenyl-3-heptanone (Methadon, “Amidone” or “10820”) in Man. Arch
Intern Med 82:362-392 (Oct) 1948.

10. Berle, B., and Nyswander, M.: Ambulatory Withdrawal Treatment of Heroin
Addicts, New York J Med 64:1846-1848 (July) 1964.

Citation:

Dole VP, Nyswander ME. A medical treatment for diacetylmorphine (heroin)
addiction. J Amer Med Assoc 1965;193:646-50

Table 1. (legend) see attached xls file.

Maintenance Therapy of Ex-Addicts With Methadone Hydrochloride, Summary of
First

15 Months (February 1964 to May 1965).

*For comparison with other treatment series, patients classified into three
groups: Western European ancestry (E), Puerto Rican and Cuban (F), and Negro
(N).

~ Age first used diacetylmorphine (FD); age at admission (A).

ð Number of admissions to Federal Hospital—Lexington, Ky (F), state
hospitals—Manhattan State, Central Islip (S), municipal hospital —Manhattan
General, Metropolitan, Riverside (M), private clinics and groups, including
Synanon (P).

§ All but two patients were employed at time of admission. Job indicated is
best position ever held,

Time in Army (A), Navy (N), Marines (M), or Air Force (AF).

¶ Dose methadone hydrochloride given orally, mg/day.

# Phases of treatment: la—four patients, residents on metabolic ward of
Rockefeller Institute; 1—new patients being stabilized on methadone therapy,
they sleep in hospital but may leave during day for school, shopping, or
job; 2—patients newly discharged, living at home or rooming house, needing
social support; 3—ambulatory patients who are self-supporting.

** High school equivalency status: If not a high school graduate, each
patient was encouraged to enroll in night school to prepare for high school
equivalency certificate. Those who have completed this course, passed
examination, and received certificate are indicated by ‘Cert’; those now in
night school indicated by NS.”

Posted by Andrew Byrne, Sydney addiction doctor.

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From: Dana Beal <dana@phantom.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] watch this
Date: August 12, 2005 at 10:44:08 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

On Aug 11, 2005, at 9:17 PM, tink wrote:

THANK YOU DANA
where do we write to?
tink

From Saturday, Sept 10 to Sept 16, Global Marijuana March Affiliates are holding protests at their local Canadian Embassy or Consulate appealing to the Canadian government not to capitulate to the outrageous U.S. demand that they extradite Marc Emery to the U.S. to face life in prison or a possible death sentence for actions that are not even crimes under Canadian Law. We appeal to everyone on the Ibogaine list to consider whether you can help organize an additional protest with other groups in yr area.

So far 11 Cities are signed up to take some kind of action–Join them Now!:

Auckland
Detroit
Halifax
Honolulu
London
New York
Oslo
Paris
Prague
Vancouver
Warsaw

Marc Emery  is the only major marijuana proponent to start the first Ibogaine clinic in Canada after witnessing its miraculous effect on his son, a junkie. We cannot allow the U.S., under the rubric of the War on Terror, the seize our leaders around the world and bring them back to the U.S. to face life in prison or the Death Penalty.

Sept 10 is when they’re doing a big protest in Vancouver. It can really make a difference if we can all coordinate something with our Vancouver people, because most Canadians do not want to give Marc up! (It’s a sovereignty issue.) The list of Canadian Embassies and Consulates around the world can be found at http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/world/embassies/menu-en.asp

Get back to me; it is important that the ibogaine network be seen as being able to react globally and do something effective the next time the Forces of Darkness try something like this.

Dana/cnw/212-677-4899

From: Ms Iboga <ms_iboga@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] JULIE
Date: August 12, 2005 at 9:36:54 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hi Matt,

Thank you for the kind words….hope you are well!

Julie

matthew zielinski <mattzielinski@hotmail.com> wrote:

Hey Julie
im so happy to see u back on the list!!!……and im even more delighted to know u are still clean!!!!
Keep it up girl and stop lurking and start posting
Love
Matt

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From: shelley krupa <skrupa20022002@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl & Bupe
Date: August 12, 2005 at 9:22:06 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Ron <i did online pain management to get on short acting , a little more expensive but not more than the street, I am also 52 , you can do it if that is what your intention is, best wishes -shell

Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:
Howard:
I was caught on the oxy train and did not want anything to do with meth.
bup wasn’t approved for treating dependency but I found a clinic that sold
it and rx’d it for “pain” management. It was sold as non addicting or light
compared to other drugs. I read the lit in the packages and it stated w/ds
were light. I was also introduced to benzos at the same time, all new stuff
for me. I just knew I had to lose the oxys b.4it killed me. I now know bup
is way bad, most providers won’t touch you, my stint w/ IBO damn near killed
me although Tommy, the provider was great. I d/n realize what a number I
had done on myself. I think I need 3 weeks to clear myself at my age and
only had 10 days b/c of work. I fear for my life and profession. Anything
you can throw my way would greatly be appreciated, I.a. titrate schedules,
etc.I think I’m screwed and want to live again. Can’t do IBO b/c c/no get a
short acting opiate in the bible belt and job requirements. I truly fear
for my life. This body is beat. God help me and the others, wish I could go
to Sara’s as she has the handle on this poison. That’s my story . Life is a
chore, hope it sheds insight into your work and saves my arse. I was
desparate. Help if you can, advice, etc. I’m here by my own hand, probably
die by it. Don’t mean to be a downer for the list, just telling a story that
may help others. Help is needed. rwd
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From:
To:
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 12:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl & Bupe

>
> In a message dated 8/10/05 10:09:13 AM, rwd3@cox.net writes:
>
> << After several yrs. of riding the bup train, IM, I have found it to be a
> wolf in sheep’s clothing. I loathe the day the Doc told me it wasn’t
> addicting,
> blah, blah…it has a vicious bite on withdrawal..short term only…I’m
> late
> by several years. It has kicked me arse many times..strickly harm
> reduction
> to coin a phrase used by one of our learned members. ron >>
>
> Hi Ron,
>
> Language is important here. Any professional these days would not use the
> term addicting as it has no scientific/academic/medical formal
> recognition. The
> drug may not be addicting but, its use over time certainly causes
> dependence
> and withdrawal you bet. I am going to look into this further in the
> methadone/buprenorphine side of my world.
>
> I wouldn’t mind list comments on this subject.
>
> Best regards.
>
> Howard
>
>
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From: “Jasen Chamoun” <jasenhappy@optusnet.com.au>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine]
Date: August 12, 2005 at 3:21:26 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hey Mark,

Mate I understand the anger part. When I came off I could have gone either way. I would walk around the house roaring and screaming frustration out. I think it is
quite normal for anger and frustration to come up after many years of keeping it at a tolerable level with your drug of choice.

I would literaly roar,..arrrrrrgh,…farrrrrrrrrrk,..arrrrrrrrrgh,..not blaming anyone or anything just letting it all out. Even though I was pretty much at peace most of the time
I would sometimes experience the opposite of peace and get angry,..not knowing why I was angry. I feel it is a part of the process of healing.

At the chance that it may help,…this is what I did. I made sure I had an outlet,..gym,..going out dancing and dancing and dancing,..punching bags,..socialising
any way I could. I would listen to loud music,..I would allow myself to cry and laugh. Take Magnesium! it helps to calm us,..well it helps me anyway.

Only a real man knows how to cry. We were the downtrodden and we are awakenening,..rising up,..get the f*ck off me you arseholes,..stop treading on me. I am what I am and I am living life, this is what I have chosen to experience.

We have experienced something that most people cannot understand.

The force is with you,  love, Jasen
From: “Jasen Chamoun” <jasenhappy@optusnet.com.au>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Gallo Research Center studies cause and treatment of alcohol, drug addiction
Date: August 12, 2005 at 2:35:04 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

—– Original Message —–
From: HSLotsof@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 3:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Gallo Research Center studies cause and treatment of alcohol, drug addiction

In a message dated 8/11/05 11:35:22 PM, bleshins@bigpond.net.au writes:

—- HSLotsof@aol.com wrote:

Since non-N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors
> mediate Purkinje cell excitation by climbing fibers, we hypothesized that
> 1-4-aminophenyl-methyl-7,8-methylenedioxy-5H-2,3-benzodiazepine (GYKI-52466), which
> antagonizes non-NMDA receptors, may have a neuroprotective effect by blocking
> glutamatergic excitation at climbing fiber synapses. To test this hypothesis,
> rats were administered systemic ibogaine plus GYKI-52466 and the degree of
> neuronal injury was analyzed in cerebellar sections. The results indicate that
> the AMPA antagonist GYKI-52466 (10 mg/kg i.p. x 3) does not protect against
> Purkinje cell injury at the doses used. Rather, co-administration of GYKI-52466
> with ibogaine produces increased toxicity evidenced by more extensive Purkinje
> cell degeneration.

Does the above property extend to other benzodiazepines?
ie. could taking Valium with Ibogaine lead to greater brain damage?
Or am I completely off the mark here?

Boris,

If it is not stated it should not be presumed.  For example, I was researching benzodiazepine potentiation of opioid analgesia and thought there would be a good deal of work but not only were there few papers on he issue, they were divided as to outcome: potentiate or antagonize.  Molliver’s  work is very complex stuff for us lay people and none of us are taking 100 mg/kg of ibogaine or the doses of whatever exotic benzodiazepine he is reporting on SO, there is no data to go on when it comes to therapeutic doses of ibogaine and therapeutic doses of benzodiazepines in combination except that they have been used for decades without overt signs of toxicity.  That does not mean that Molliver could not discover them to be neurotoxic.  But, be skeptical.  Low dose ibogaine in combination with low dose valium class drugs are widely used.

Howard

From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Mark’s stuff
Date: August 12, 2005 at 2:27:51 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Said with the love I’m sure is about the same I feel Mark. Seek someone to speak to. A mutual friend gave me a name and number of someone who is ibo friendly and apparently a sympathetic ear for folk like us- of course I haven’t called him yet either, but you sound like you really might need to call him a bit sooner even than I. Please think about doing so. I have his number if you need it and don’t already have it, so call or write me off-list and I’ll give it to you right away. But you gotta contact me first. Please.

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

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Editor http://www.drugwar.com
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—– Original Message —– From: HSLotsof@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 1:23 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine]

In a message dated 8/11/05 12:29:51 PM, mcorcoran27@yahoo.com writes:

I’m having a very hard time lately. Not because i have a desire to use but because i have no idea how to live. Now being opiate free, my rage is totally out of control. I’m so disatisfied with life, i go back and forth between angry or lathargic most of the time and when the anger takes control i become completely nuts.

Last weekend a friend of mine and my sister screwed me over in a way that most people would consider unforgivable. After letting these feelings of betrayal consume me over the next couple of days I snapped like i always seem to these days went to the friends house early yesterday morning and kicked his door off the hinges pulled him out of bed and kicked the shit out of him. I couldn’t stop myself. He was in the hospital all day yesterday and is a mess (fortunately) i dont think he’s gonna press charges but my hand is broken so i’m kind fucked anyway. Everyone i know says that he deserved what he got and maybe he did although i feel terrible and the first thing i did when i woke up this morning was cry. but what is most desturbing thing about this whole ordeal is that i’m sick to my stomach thinking how far this rage is taking me. its like since i havent been medicating i’ve turned into a totally differnt kind of nut and quite frankly i dont like high mark but i think he might have been much less of an asshole and maybe even less crazy on some level.

I dont know what to do. i feel like i’m always behind the 8 ball in every important area of my life. the longer i’ve been straight the more of a mess my life seems to become and its not supposed to be like this. i need to get out of this city for starters and since i can’t seem to be able to make any kind of plan to do that i sit angry, satanent and pissed off and thats not a good place for anyone to be.

Any sugestions?

Mark,

When I take this report in light of your earlier report where your face was beaten to a pulp in brooklyn I can only say you are in a lot of trouble that is completely out of my ability to assist except to say you should be in the hands of a very competent therapist, psychiatrist, shaman or nganga. And I don’t means someone of a half assed quality. The class of folks you need are one in a thousand or better class if we are lucky.  If you don’t get help I fear the next post by or about you could easily tell of us of your death. or a serious tradgedy  Get it together man.  This is serious stuff.

Howard

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From: Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine]
Date: August 12, 2005 at 2:22:27 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Jerry,
Have you read the series,  Conversations with God? (Neale Donald Walshe)  if you haven’t, I think from your experience that you would love these books!
And maybe they’d help you too, Mark. Please note, there’s nothing “generally Christian” about these books…. So don’t let the titles put you off.. if you know what I mean J I do wish you all the best on our journey, Mark….and I look forward to hearing how you learnt to live “clean”.  It will be an amazing story for everyone here I am sure. Just know that you’re ok.. and I’m sending huge warm fuzzies you way.
Luff lite n lafta
Kirsty dawn xxx
From: jerry harville [mailto:jharville@sbcglobal.net] 
Sent: Friday, 12 August 2005 11:50 a.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine]

Mark,

About the rage and feelings of being out of control. I can only say that when I cleaned up after years of using, I was very angry. I was lucky I was able to go to a few sessions with a good shrink. I got to deal with childhood sex abuse issues.I really did not think that I had any such things in my past.I know it sounds crazy but I could have passed a lie detector test cause these things were so deeply buried. Talk about anger!! I was mad at God.Really mad. I never had believed in god before I got clean.When I did come to know him I was mad as hell at what he had allowed to happen to me. I was nine years old! I was scared to confront god cause I bought into the punishing big guy in the sky deal.But I was either going to kill someone or….
Anyway I yelled and screamed and damned him for what he did.I have a sister that is 11 years younger than me.I am not going to say that I heard words from god.I will say this.What came to me very clearly was a question.The question was.Did you ever think that I let these things happed to you because you were strong enough to live through it? Did you think that because you were the child that had the bad things happen to you, it did not happen to your little sister? Anyhow I think that I was really lucky to get some divine understanding.I cried for the first time in almost 20 years. I am in no way saying that what happened to me happened to you. I would never in a million years.

What got me to respond to you was the thing you said about crying after you beat the guy up.In my humble opinion the fact that you cried makes me know that there is a lot of hope for you! I believe that some of us either cry or die.Please do not take offense at my talk of god.It is just the word I use for the force that others call many other names but is the same for all humanity.Please try and cry some more! Do whatever it takes to get in touch with the feelings that bring that out.I came up in Pontiac Michigan and was taught tough guys don’t show emotions. I was wrong.I think that the closer you get to god, the more you will cry.I think god is love and I could handle a lot of shit, jail, fights, OD’s…….. But the one thing I still have a real hard time taking is Love! Sounds silly.Sorry to go on and on but I think you have a very good chance.If I can help in anyway please email me off list. Bless you All, Jerry

Preston Peet <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
Mark wrote >I’m having a very hard time lately. Not because i have a desire 
to use but because i have no idea how to live. Now being opiate free, my 
rage is totally out of control. I’m so disatisfied with life, i go back and 
forth between angry or lathargic most of the time and when the anger takes 
control i become completely nuts.<

Right there with you Mark.

Suggestions? I don’t know Mark. I wish I could give you the answer, but it’s 
not coming to me. If I think of something other than “I feel for you” I’ll 
send it on but for now that’s about all I have for you.
Remember to breath, and count to ten before making ANY decision.


Peace and love,
Preston

”Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often 
mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, 
Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– 
From: mcorcoran
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 12:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine]


I’m having a very hard time lately. Not because i have a desire to use but 
because i have no idea how to live. Now being opiate free, my rage is 
totally out of control. I’m so disatisfied with life, i go back and forth 
between angry or lathargic most of the time and when the anger takes control 
i become completely nuts.
Last weekend a friend of mine and my sister screwed me over in a way that 
most people would consider unforgivable. After letting these feelings of 
betrayal consume me over the next couple of days I snapped like i always 
seem to these days went to the friends house early yesterday morning and 
kicked his door off the hinges pulled him out of bed and kicked the shit out 
of him. I couldn’t stop myself. He was in the hospital all day yesterday and 
is a mess (fortunately) i dont think he’s gonna press charges but my hand is 
broken so i’m kind fucked anyway. Everyone i know says that he deserved what 
he got and maybe he did although i feel terrible and the first thing i did 
when i woke up this morning was cry. but what is most desturbing thing about 
this whole ordeal is that i’m sick to my stomach thinking how far this rage 
is taking me. its like since i havent been medicating i’ve turned into a 
totally differnt kind of nut and quite frankly i dont like high mark but i 
think h! e might have been much less of an asshole and maybe even less crazy 
on some level.
I dont know what to do. i feel like i’m always behind the 8 ball in every 
important area of my life. the longer i’ve been straight the more of a mess 
my life seems to become and its not supposed to be like this. i need to get 
out of this city for starters and since i can’t seem to be able to make any 
kind of plan to do that i sit angry, satanent and pissed off and thats not a 
good place for anyone to be.
Any sugestions?

Preston Peet wrote:
>did you see “What the bleep do we know”?
there are some interesting animations about addiction.
go slowly but firmly, recover your hijacked brain chemistry.
keep tapering benzos. I know nothing about bup.<

Literallly just finished a book published by the Disinformation Company
(same folks putting out my books) called “Beyond the Bleep,” by Alexandra
Bruce, and it explains a lot of the theories proposed and discussed in this
movie mentioned above. I haven’t yet seen the film, but a three hour version
is supposedly in the works for Theatrical release later this year, and a
bigger DVD version for early 2006. It sounds like a film I do want to see,
and yes, they do discuss, in some parts apparently, addictive behavior, and
not just to drugs but to others things too, including even emotions.

Peace and love,
Preston

”Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often
mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations,
Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– 
From: “Germán DC”
To:
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 9:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl & Bupe


> Ron,
> are you tapering benzos?
> you can do it slowly, but firmly little by little.
> you can do it, you can.
>
> Life is a hard task I agree, but we are here… must be a reason beyond
> our
! > pain.
> did you see “What the bleep do we know”?
> there are some interesting animations about addiction.
> go slowly but firmly, recover your hijacked brain chemistry.
> keep tapering benzos. I know nothing about bup.
>
> From your posts I realized that the worst (talking about legal medecin)
> thing,
> the thing that has hurt me the most, were benzos which were prescribed to
> me
> at 16 y.o. my doctor said:
> “is better for you to take 2mg Valium now, that have an stomach ulcer at
> 30.” ,
> he was a good man, and i´m sure he tried to “save me” from worst things to
> happen…
> well I took 2mg a few times, inmediately started to see how much mgs could
> I
> take before my tongue refused to obey me. That was around 35mg. At that
> time
> I couldn´t run, I could do nothing physically demanding. Even in my worst
> moment of heavy (cocaine) addiction I ! wasn´t closer to that state of 
> “body
> impediment”, I mean you don´t feel the benzos but they are there all the
> time, disturbing functions.
> I never, never, never ralate my physycal condition to valium.
> It was mixed with some other moments of my life.
> I remember I couldn´t do a 300 mts run, I never realized why… until
> your
> posts.
> Thank you for that, one more piece of my “life puzzle” in place.
>
> Expel the terrorist from your brain with diplomacy.
> Violence is absolutely contraindicated.
> No rages. Cryng is better.
> When the mind takes control the heart starts to shut.
> Be back to your heartbeat, again and again.
> Slowly.
> You can.
>
> regards
> gdc.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> —– Original Message —– 
> From: “Ron Davis”
> To:
&g! t; Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 1:17 AM
> Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl & Bupe
>
>
>> Howard:
>> I was caught on the oxy train and did not want anything to do with meth.
>> bup wasn’t approved for treating dependency but I found a clinic that
>> sold
>> it and rx’d it for “pain” management. It was sold as non addicting or
> light
>> compared to other drugs. I read the lit in the packages and it stated
> w/ds
>> were light. I was also introduced to benzos at the same time, all new
> stuff
>> for me. I just knew I had to lose the oxys b.4it killed me. I now know
> bup
>> is way bad, most providers won’t touch you, my stint w/ IBO damn near
> killed
>> me although Tommy, the provider was great. I d/n realize what a number I
>> had done on myself. I think I need 3 weeks to clear myself at my age and
>> only had ! 10 days b/c of work. I fear for my life and profession.
>> Anything
>> you can throw my way would greatly be appreciated, I.a. titrate
>> schedules,
>> etc.I think I’m screwed and want to live again. Can’t do IBO b/c c/no get
> a
>> short acting opiate in the bible belt and job requirements. I truly fear
>> for my life. This body is beat. God help me and the others, wish I could
> go
>> to Sara’s as she has the handle on this poison. That’s my story . Life is
> a
>> chore, hope it sheds insight into your work and saves my arse. I was
>> desparate. Help if you can, advice, etc. I’m here by my own hand,
>> probably
>> die by it. Don’t mean to be a downer for the list, just telling a story
> that
>> may help others. Help is needed. rwd
>> —– Original Message —– 
>> From:
>> To:
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 12:01 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl & Bupe
>>
>>
>> >
>> > In a message dated 8/10/05 10:09:13 AM, rwd3@cox.net writes:
>> >
>> > << After several yrs. of riding the bup train, IM, I have found it to
>> > be
> a
>> > wolf in sheep’s clothing. I loathe the day the Doc told me it wasn’t
>> > addicting,
>> > blah, blah…it has a vicious bite on withdrawal..short term only…I’m
>> > late
>> > by several years. It has kicked me arse many times..strickly harm
>> > reduction
>> > to coin a phrase used by one of our learned members. ron >>
>> >
>> > Hi Ron,
>> >
>> > Language is important here. Any professional these days would not use
> the
>&! gt; > term addicting as it has no scientific/academic/medical formal
>> > recognition. The
>> > drug may not be addicting but, its use over time certainly causes
>> > dependence
>> > and withdrawal you bet. I am going to look into this further in the
>> > methadone/buprenorphine side of my world.
>> >
>> > I wouldn’t mind list comments on this subject.
>> >
>> > Best regards.
>> >
>> > Howard
>> >
>> >
>> >
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From: Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] old negative claims about M. Emory
Date: August 12, 2005 at 2:15:07 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Don’t know anything about it at all…. but my Captain senses are telling me
that it couldah just been a ruse by the “other side” to stir up trouble? But
really….. I have no idea..,.
It happens all the time…
Luff
Kirk

—–Original Message—–
From: Preston Peet [mailto:ptpeet@nyc.rr.com]
Sent: Friday, 12 August 2005 6:01 p.m.
To: drugwar@mindvox.com; ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] old negative claims about M. Emory

HI all,
A couple or few year back, I remember a fairly small brouhaha arose when

Emory “apparently” or “supposedly” threatened to give authorities (of where
I do not know, Canadian or US, I do not know) information about certain
buyers of his seeds. I do NOT know all the info, and I am NOT supporting the

US feds trying to bring him to serve ANY time in a US jail, but still, I
want to know the source of the rumor(s) and if there was any basis to them
whawsoever. If they’re false, I want to know that too. So, if anyone knows
what I’m talking about, please help me out. Thanks.

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often
mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Fw: Anniversary of methadone treatment for addiction. Untold savings in lives, suffering and spending.
Date: August 12, 2005 at 2:04:35 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>, <drugwar@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Oh boy, what a day for celebration, eh?

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

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—– Original Message —–
From: Andrew Byrne
To: ajbyrne@ozemail.com.au
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 9:20 PM
Subject: Anniversary of methadone treatment for addiction. Untold savings in lives, suffering and spending.

Dear Readers,

It is 40 years on 23rd August since the first report of methadone treatment for addiction.  Dole and Nyswander’s seminal paper (below) is one of the most cited in the medical literature.  It stands as a model for all medical researchers, being a funded trial in a clinical research ward.  Although essentially a simple report of 24 Manhattan heroin addicts treated with a new intensive protocol utilising supervised oral daily methadone, it effectively defined the field for decades with its foresight and thoroughness.  Having only two early drop-outs, the 22 successful patients are described in detail, including hospital ward induction, average daily doses over 100mg, daily urine testing and, in addition to routine physical examinations, radio-iodine thyroid tests and bone marrow findings.  These pioneers also tested for physical coordination to determine safety at home and in the work place.  Patients were even given laxatives for the ubiquitous constipation.

By 1970 Australian addicts were being offered similar treatment due to the frontier work of Dr Stella Dalton.  The treatment is now available in virtually every western country and is being introduced into some parts of the third world.

The JAMA paper speaks for itself.  It remains a lasting tribute to its authors and acknowledged contributors:

Published in Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) on 23 August 1965

A Medical Treatment for Diacetylmorphine (Heroin) Addiction

A Clinical Trial With Methadone Hydrochloride

Vincent P. Dole, MD, and Marie Nyswander, MD

A group of 22 patients, previously addicted to diacetylmorphine (heroin), have been stabilized with oral methadone hydrochloride. This medication appears to have two useful effects: (1) relief of narcotic hunger, and (2) induction of sufficient tolerance to block the euphoric effect of an average illegal dose of diacetylmorphine. With this medication, and a comprehensive program of rehabilitation, patients have shown marked improvement; they have returned to school, obtained jobs, and have become reconciled with their families. Medical and psychometric tests have disclosed no signs of toxicity, apart from constipation. This treatment requires careful medical supervision and many social services. In our opinion, both the medication and the supporting program are essential.

The question of “maintenance treatment” of addicts is one that is often argued but seldom clearly defined. If this procedure is conceived as no more than an unsupervised distribution of narcotic drugs to addicts for self-administration of doses and at times of their choosing, then few physicians could accept it as proper medical practice. An uncontrolled supply of drugs would trap confirmed addicts in a closed world of drug taking, and tend to spread addiction. This procedure certainly would not qualify as “maintenance” in a medical sense. Uncontrolled distribution is mentioned here only to reject it, and to emphasize the distinction between distribution and medical prescription. The question at issue in the present study was whether a narcotic medicine, prescribed by physicians as part of a treatment program, could help in the return of addict patients to normal society.

No definitive study of medical maintenance has yet been reported. The Council on Mental Health of the American Medical Association, after a thorough review of evidence available in 1957,1 concluded that “The advisability of establishing clinics or some equivalent system to dispense opiates to addicts cannot be settled on the basis of objective facts. Any position taken is necessarily based in part on opinion, and on this question opinions are divided.” With respect to previous trials of maintenance treatment, the Council found that “Assessment of the operations of the narcotic dispensor between 1919 and 1923 is difficult because of the paucity of published material. Much of the small amount of data that is available is not sufficiently objective to be of great value in formulating any clear-cut opinion of the purpose of the clinics, the way in which they operated, or the results attained.” No new studies bearing on the question of maintenance treatment have appeared in the eight years since this report was published. Meanwhile, various medical and legal committees have called for additional research.2,6

See also page 673 [‘Dependence on Barbiturates and Other Sedative Drugs’]

The present study, conducted under the auspices of the departments of health and hospitals, New York city, has yielded encouraging results; patients who before treatment appeared hopelessly addicted are now engaged in useful occupations and are not using diacetylmorphine (heroin). As measured by social performance, these patients have ceased to be addicts. It must be emphasized that this paper is only a progress report, based on treatment of 22 patients for periods of 1 to 15 months. Such limited study obviously does not establish a new treatment for general application. The results, however, appear sufficiently promising to justify further trial of the procedure on a larger scale.

Procedure
The patients admitted to the program to date were men, aged 19 to 37, “mainline” diacetylmorphine users for several years with history of failure of withdrawal treatment. They have reported no substantial addictions to other agents (although most of them had used barbiturates or tranquilizers when narcotic drugs were unavailable), and they were not psychotic. Patients came from the streets, from drug withdrawal units, from referrals by social agencies and physicians who had heard of the program, and from recruitment of addicted friends by patients under treatment. Further details of their history are given in the Table.

Division of Program Into Three Phases.—PHASE 1.—The addict patients were stabilized with methadone hydrochloride in an unlocked hospital ward, given a complete medical workup, psychiatric evaluation, a review of family and housing problems, and job-placement study. After the first week of they were free to leave the ward for school, libraries, shopping, and various amusements—usually, but not always, with one of the staff. Patients lacking a high school diploma started in classes that prepare students for a high school equivalency certificate. For the present study the time in this initial phase was arbitrarily set at six weeks.

During this phase of hospitalization, the treatment unit was kept small (four to nine patients). This was felt necessary because most patients started the treatment with serious anxieties and doubts. The limitation of patient load allowed the staff to individualize the daily ward activities and deal with the special problems of each patient.

PHASE 2.—This began when subjects left the hospital and became outpatients, returning every day for methadone medication. They were asked to drink their medication in the presence of a clinic nurse, and to leave a daily urine specimen for analysis. When indicated, this rule has been relaxed; reliable patients who have been on the program for several months have been given enough medication for a weekend at home or a short trip. Continued contact with the hospital staff was provided as required. The most important services needed during this phase of treatment were help in obtaining jobs, housing, and education.

PHASE 3.—This phase is the goal of treatment, the stage in which an ex-addict has become a socially normal, self-supporting person. The two patients who are considered to have arrived at this phase are still receiving maintenance medication since the physicians in charge of their treatment feel that withdrawal at this time would be premature. Supervision of their medication is as careful as in phase 2; the only distinction between patients in phases 2 and 3 is in the degree of social advancement.

PHASE 1A.—This phase designates a special group of four patients who are being maintained on high doses under close and continuing observation to reveal any delayed toxic effects of methadone (Table). So far, none have been found. These patients live on a metabolic ward, and so are still classified in phase 1, but as measured by social adjustment they have progressed to phase 2 or 3, since all are either employed or going to school. The ward serves mainly as their residence, which they are free to leave as they wish subject only to the general routine of hospital activities.

Narcotic Medication.—Patients have differed markedly in tolerance to narcotics at the beginning of treatment, and in the rate with which they have adapted to increasing doses of medication. Individualization of treatment thus has been necessary. A rough estimate of initial tolerance was made from each new patient’s history of drug usage, with allowance for exaggeration since addicts coming to a maintenance program usually fear that physicians will not prescribe enough medication, and with recognition of the fact that the number of “bags” used by an addict is not a reliable measure of narcotic tolerance. The diacetylmorphine content of a “bag” obtained on the street today is low and variable. This estimate provided a guide to initial dosage, but the only sure way to measure tolerance is to observe the reaction to test doses of narcotic drugs. The schedule, therefore, differed for each patient.

On admission patients usually have shown mild or moderately severe symptoms of abstinence, the last shot of diacetylmorphine having been taken some hours before. These patients were relieved promptly by one or two doses of morphine sulfate (10 mg) or dihydromorphone (Dilaudid) hydrochloride (4 mg), given intramuscularly, and then started on oral methadone hydrochloride therapy (10 to 20 mg, twice daily). Patients coming to treatment without symptoms were started on a regimen of methadone without other medication, but were watched carefully for appearance of symptoms after admission. After the first 24 hours most patients could be maintained comfortably on the oral medication alone. The dose of methadone hydrochloride was increased gradually over the next four weeks to stabilization level (50 to 150 mg/ day). Two patients in whom tolerance at the expected rate failed to develop have been held at lower doses (Table). With some patients, treated early in the study, the buildup of dosage was too rapid; they became overly sedated for a few days, and two of them had transient episodes of urinary retention and abdominal distention. Other patients, given too little, have become abstinent, exhibiting malaise, nausea, sweating, lacrimation, and restlessness. With more accurate prescription, patients have not become euphoric, sedated, or sick from abstinence at any stage of treatment. They have simply felt normal, and have not asked for more medication.

After the patients reached maintenance level, the morning and evening doses were combined by progressive reduction of the evening medication with an equal addition to the methadone taken in the morning. After discharge from the hospital patients could thus be maintained by a single daily visit to the outpatient clinic. The patients who have had difficulty in spanning a 24-hour period with a single dose have been given medication to take at home; this has been a minor problem, limited to those who could visit the clinic only in the evening. In all cases it has been made clear to the patients (and accepted by them as a condition of treatment) that the amount of medication and the dosage schedule were the responsibility of the medical staff. Physicians did not discuss dosage with the patients, although of course they listened carefully to any report of symptoms that might suggest excess or lack of medication.

Laboratory Control.—The urine of every patient was collected daily in the hospital and at each clinic visit, to be analyzed for methadone, morphine (the chief metabolite of diacetylmorphine), and quinine (a regular constituent of the street “bag”). The thin layer chromatographic method of Cochin and Daly7 was used, after preliminary extraction of the alkaloids from urine with cation exchange resin. The sensitivity of the procedure was such that it would give a definite positive if a patient had taken an average “bag” of diacetylmorphine during the preceding 24 hours.

Results
The most dramatic effect of this treatment has been the disappearance of narcotic hunger. All of the patients previously had made efforts to remain drug-free after withdrawal, but were unable to resist the craving. Drug hunger became intolerable for most of them shortly after discharge from withdrawal unit and return to their neighborhood. It became especially severe when they were exposed to emotional stress. With methadone maintenance, however, patients found that they could meet addict friends, and even watch them inject diacetylmorphine, without great difficulty. They have tolerated frustrating episodes without feeling a need for diacetylmorphine. They have stopped dreaming about drugs, and seldom talk about drugs when together. Patients have even become so indifferent to narcotics as to forget to take a scheduled dose of medication when busy at home.

The extent to which the patients have ceased to behave as addicts, and their reliability in reporting illegal drug use, were verified by the results of urinanalysis. Negative results in almost all analyses showed that use of diacetylmorphine has been rare and sporadic, although the patients have had ample exposure to addict friends and pushers. Remarkably, the episodes of drug taking were reported by the patients spontaneously, and their reports have correlated with the laboratory evidence.

An interesting phenomenon, which has been seen in several patients, was the production of symptoms typical of drug deficiency by acute emotional stress. Anxiety in some susceptible patients caused malaise, nausea, yawning, and sweating, indistinguishable from the effects of abstinence, even though the patients were being maintained on large doses of medication. After experiencing relief with reassurance but without additional medication, susceptible patients have become less alarmed by these symptoms, and the episodes have occurred less frequently. In two other patients symptoms suggesting abstinence have appeared in the course of mild respiratory-tract infections. These symptoms, not associated with anxiety, were difficult to evaluate, but in any event disappeared in a few days without need for increase in medication. These observations suggest that the effectiveness of methadone can vary with changes in psychological and metabolic state.

The degree of tolerance established by methadone was titrated in six patients by giving diacetylmorphine, morphine, dilaudid, or methadone intravenously in a double-blind study. The drugs were given in randomized order and various doses six hours after the last administration of methadone. Stabilization with methadone, as here described, was found to make patients refractory to 40 to 80 mg diacetylmorphine (which would cost $10 to $25 if purchased on the street). Larger amounts were not systematically tested; probably blocking would extend to greater doses since two patients with high tolerance showed little reaction to intravenous injection of 200 mg of diacetylmorphine—a huge amount, possibly enough to kill a nontolerant individual.

Unscheduled, but perhaps necessary, experiments in drug usage were made by four patients. These subjects found that they did not “get high” when “shooting” diacetylmorphine with addict friends on the street. Both the patients and their friends were astounded at their lack of reaction to the drug. They discontinued these unrewarding experiments without need for disciplinary measures, and have discouraged other patients from repeating the experiment. So long as patients take methadone as scheduled, they apparently cannot feel the euphoria of an addict taking a street bag of diacetylmorphine.

Complications.—The chief medical problem has been constipation. The tonus of the sigmoid and the defecation reflex remain depressed even in patients with high tolerance to the narcotic effects of methadone, while the motility of the upper gastrointestinal tract appears to be unaffected. Five patients, given a barium sulfate meal and followed with daily x-ray examinations for a week, showed normal or only slightly delayed passage of barium through the small intestine, but in three of the five, the evacuation of barium from the colon was abnormally slow. Fecal impaction has occurred when patients have made no effort to defecate for several days. Patients therefore were instructed to take a hydrophilic colloid every day, and a supplementary laxative or enema if bowels have not moved for three days. With these precautions patients have had no further difficulty.

Apart from constipation, patients have shown no major ill effects ascribable to use of methadone. The tendency of addicts to leukocytosis (9,000 to 14,000 white blood cells/cu mm with 60% to 80% polymorphonuclear cells10 continued, apparently unaffected by this medication. Bone marrow biopsies in four patients after eight months of treatment were normal. No effect of methadone on renal function was disclosed by repeated urinanalyses. Liver-function tests, when originally normal, remained so. Results of basal metabolic rate, thyroid uptake of sodium iodide I 131, red blood cell uptake of labelled triiodothyronine, and plasma protein-bound iodine were normal in three patients who had been stabilized on methadone hydrochloride (100 to 150 mg/day) for four to six months. Some patients have reported excess sweating in hot weather, but no one has been unable to work for this reason. Mental and neuromuscular functions appear unaffected. Patients have performed well in school and at various jobs. Studies of motor skill (accuracy in tracking moving targets) showed normal coordination. We have not yet been able to find a medical or psychological test capable of distinguishing patients on methadone therapy from normal controls. They can, of course, be distinguished by urinanalysis.
There has been no problem so far in holding patients. Only two of the patients who started treatment have been discharged. These uncooperative and disruptive psychopaths were transfered to withdrawal units. Two others who were admitted specifically for tolerance tests at an early stage of the study were returned (as originally planned) to the withdrawal unit from which they came; both subsequently have asked to return to the program. A fifth patient signed out after only four days on the ward, and also asked to return.

Comment
Previous efforts to treat addict patients with narcotic medication have been handicapped by lack of sufficiently long-acting agents. The Council’s report noted that in 1919 to 1923 experience, “in all instances it was eventually found necessary to give drugs to addicts for self-administration.” This is inherent in the pharmacology of parenterally administered morphine, which was used in these clinics and would probably apply to other agents with short periods of action such as diacetylmorphine, dihydromorphine, or meperidine. If addict patients are to be maintained with any of these drugs, they would need several injections per day; otherwise they would return to the street for additional drugs.

Projected into large-scale treatment, a medical use of short-acting narcotic drugs would require dispensaries staffed to give thousands of injections per day, with rooms or park benches in the neighborhood for addicts to wait between shots. Alternatively, physicians would have to yield control of drug administration to the addicts themselves. Neither alternative is acceptable. With methadone, however, the situation is much different since patients can be stabilized with a single daily dose, taken orally, under medical control. Maintenance of patients with methadone is no more difficult than maintaining diabetics with oral hypoglycemic agents, and in both cases the patient should be able to live a normal life.

We believe that methadone has contributed in an essential way to the favorable results, although it is quite clear that giving of medicine has been only part of the program. This drug appears to relieve narcotic hunger, and thus free the patient for other interests, as well as protect him against readdiction to diacetylmorphine by establishing a pharmacological block. A previous attempt by one of us (M.N.) to treat addict patients without narcotic medication ended in failure. Other clinics, attempting to rehabilitate patients after withdrawal, have had equally poor results. These, however, are indirect arguments. When the treatment program is sufficiently well established, the necessary control studies with social support, but without medication, must be made.

This study was supported by the Health Research Council grant U-1501 of New York city, and by the National Association for Prevention of Addiction to Narcotics.

Major contributions to this investigation were made by the following: Mary Jeanne Kreek, MD, bone marrow biopsies and tests of narcotic tolerance; Joyce Lowinson. MD. and George Lowen, MD, expansion of the program at Manhattan General Hospital; Nathan Poker, MD, measurements of intestinal motility; David Becker, MD, and Eugene Furth, MD. tests for thyroid function; and Norman Gordon, MD, Alan Warner, and Ann Henderson, measurements of motor skills of patients and ratings with intelligence tests and mood scales.

Generic and Trade Names of Drug
Sodium iodide I 131—Iodotope-1 131, Oriodide-131, Radiocaps131, Theriodide-131, Tracervial-131.

References:
1. Council on Mental Health: Report on Narcotic Addiction, JAM/i 165:1707-1713 (Nov 30); 1834-1841 cDec 7 1968-1974 (Dec 14) 1957.
2. Joint Committee of American Bar Association and American Medical Association of Narcotic Drugs. Interim and Final Reports: Drug Addiction: Crime or Disease? Bloomington, MD: Indiana University Press, 1961.
3. Presidents Advisory Commission on Narcotic and Drug Abuse. Appendix 1. Final Report, US Government Printing Office. Nov 1963.
4. New York Academy of Medicine, Committee on Public Health: Report on Drug Addiction: II, Bull NY Aced Med 39:417-473 (July) 1963.
5. Eldridge, W.B.: Narcotics and Law, Chicago: American Bar Foundation, 1962.
6. National Council on Crime and Delinquency. Advisory Council of Judges. Narcotics Law Violations: Policy Statement, New York. 1964.
7. Cochin. J.. and Daly, ,J.: Rapid Identification of Analgesic Drugs in Urine With Thin-Layer Chromatography, Experientia 18:294-295 (June 15) 1962.
8. Light. AB., and Torrance. E.G.: Opium Addiction: VI. Effects of Abrupt Withdrawal Followed by Readministration of Morphine in Human Addicts With Spectral Reference to Composition of Blood, Circulation, and Metabolism, Arch Intern Med 44:1-16 (July) 1929.
9. Ishell, H.. et al: Liability of Addiction of 6-Dimethylamino-
4.4-diphenyl-3-heptanone (Methadon, “Amidone” or “10820”) in Man. Arch Intern Med 82:362-392 (Oct) 1948.
10. Berle, B., and Nyswander, M.: Ambulatory Withdrawal Treatment of Heroin Addicts, New York J Med 64:1846-1848 (July) 1964.

Citation:
Dole VP, Nyswander ME. A medical treatment for diacetylmorphine (heroin) addiction. J Amer Med Assoc 1965;193:646-50
Table 1. (legend) see attached xls file.

Maintenance Therapy of Ex-Addicts With Methadone Hydrochloride, Summary of First
15 Months (February 1964 to May 1965).

*For comparison with other treatment series, patients classified into three groups: Western European ancestry (E), Puerto Rican and Cuban (F), and Negro (N).

~ Age first used diacetylmorphine (FD); age at admission (A).

ð Number of admissions to Federal Hospital—Lexington, Ky (F), state hospitals—Manhattan State, Central Islip (S), municipal hospital —Manhattan General, Metropolitan, Riverside (M), private clinics and groups, including Synanon (P).

§ All but two patients were employed at time of admission. Job indicated is best position ever held,

Time in Army (A), Navy (N), Marines (M), or Air Force (AF).

¶ Dose methadone hydrochloride given orally, mg/day.

# Phases of treatment: la—four patients, residents on metabolic ward of Rockefeller Institute; 1—new patients being stabilized on methadone therapy, they sleep in hospital but may leave during day for school, shopping, or job; 2—patients newly discharged, living at home or rooming house, needing social support; 3—ambulatory patients who are self-supporting.

** High school equivalency status: If not a high school graduate, each patient was encouraged to enroll in night school to prepare for high school equivalency certificate. Those who have completed this course, passed examination, and received certificate are indicated by ‘Cert’; those now in night school indicated by NS.”

Posted by Andrew Byrne, Sydney addiction doctor.

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] old negative claims about M. Emory
Date: August 12, 2005 at 2:00:54 AM EDT
To: <drugwar@mindvox.com>, <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

HI all,
A couple or few year back, I remember a fairly small brouhaha arose when Emory “apparently” or “supposedly” threatened to give authorities (of where I do not know, Canadian or US, I do not know) information about certain buyers of his seeds. I do NOT know all the info, and I am NOT supporting the US feds trying to bring him to serve ANY time in a US jail, but still, I want to know the source of the rumor(s) and if there was any basis to them whawsoever. If they’re false, I want to know that too. So, if anyone knows what I’m talking about, please help me out. Thanks.

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

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From: Boris Leshinsky <bleshins@bigpond.net.au>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] what the bleep
Date: August 12, 2005 at 1:52:08 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

did you see “What the bleep do we know”?
there are some interesting animations about addiction.
go slowly but firmly, recover your hijacked brain chemistry.
keep tapering benzos. I know nothing about bup.<

Literallly just finished a book published by the Disinformation Company
(same folks putting out my books) called “Beyond the Bleep,” by Alexandra
Bruce, and it explains a lot of the theories proposed and discussed in this
movie mentioned above. I haven’t yet seen the film, but a three hour version
is supposedly in the works for Theatrical release later this year, and a
bigger DVD version for early 2006. It sounds like a film I do want to see,
and yes, they do discuss, in some parts apparently, addictive behavior, and
not just to drugs but to others things too, including even emotions.

that book really good (looked it up on Amazon), will have to check it out.
This film has been mentioned on pretty much every mailing list and forum I am on I (and thats a few), its certainly kicking up a bit of a storm.

here’s an interesting article about I found quite illuminating:
from salon.com

“Bleep” of faith
An indie film gets buzz and a big rollout. But “What the Bleep Do We Know!?” uses questionable on-screen experts — and appears to be an infomercial for a controversial New Age sect.

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By John Gorenfeld

Sept. 16, 2004 | Last week, the national release of the independent film “What the Bleep Do We Know!?” seemed to be just the latest success story in the Year of the Documentary — a little movie that could, launched into 60 theaters across the country by Samuel Goldwyn Films after selling out small theaters for months. The film’s co-director, William Arntz, has called it “a film for the religious left,” an answer to “The Passion of the Christ.” It presents itself as the thinking rebel’s alternative to Hollywood pabulum: a heady stew of drama and documentary, starring Oscar-winning actress Marlee Matlin as a Xanax-addled photographer who discovers joy when she learns that quantum mechanics makes spiritual wonders possible.

But the film — buoyed by a slew of stories in regional and national outlets (including Salon) about its supposed grassroots success — has largely avoided much skepticism. And as the distributors launched a national advertising campaign, on NPR’s “All Things Considered” among other outlets, and earned respectable reviews from a number of critics (the San Francisco Examiner calls it a “smart film,” and Roger Ebert, while not thrilled, gave it a thoughtful two and a half stars), their movie has managed to avoid much scrutiny of what, exactly, it’s really about — and who is behind it.

That has meant little attention has been given to either the film’s agenda, or its questionable use of supposed experts. At least one scientist prominently interviewed in the film now says his words were taken out of context. And two other key subjects in the film are not fully identified: a theologian who, the film fails to divulge, is a former priest who left the Catholic Church after allegations of sexual abuse; and a mysterious woman identified only as Judy “JZ” Knight, who is actually a sect leader claiming to channel a 35,000-year-old warrior spirit named Ramtha. [/b]The film’s three co-directors are among those who follow Ramtha and look to Knight’s channeled maxims to decipher the mysteries of life.[/b] These Ramtha followers reportedly number in the thousands. But critics call the sect a cult.

In the movie, the 58-year-old Knight, whose accent is as thick as her mascara, makes the boldest statements — pronounced with long, rolling R’s — about particles and God. “We have grrreat technology. But we still have this ugly, superrrstitious, backwahds cohncept of Gahd,” she says, adding that “the height of arrrrrrogance is the belief of those who would see Gahd in their own image.” Musing on the unity of consciousness and matter, she reminds us that “it only takes a fantasy for a man to have a harrrd-on.” In her normal mode, Knight speaks the plain talk of her native Roswell, N.M., but in the manly presence of Ramtha, said to have conquered the continent neighboring Atlantis, Knight’s jaw juts and her voice deepens into something magisterial and brash. Her Ramtha’s School of Enlightenment, on a $2 million compound based in Yelm, Wash., boasts followers — including celebrities like actress Shirley MacLaine (who attended Knight’s seminars in the late ’80s) and “Dynasty” star Linda Evans — willing to pay up to $1,600 for a seminar.

Reached by Salon, Meyer Gottlieb, president of Samuel Goldwyn Films, says he’s seen “Bleep” about eight times. Its fledgling distribution company Roadside Attractions had its first real hit earlier this year when it launched festival favorite documentary “Super Size Me” and is hoping for a similar sleeper hit with ” Bleep.” Asked what he thought of the expressed desire by filmmaker Mark Vicente (on a Ramtha Web site, BeyondTheOrdinary.net) for his viewers to emerge from his movie in an “almost trance-like state,” Gottlieb only laughed.

“The question is, Is this movie promoting a cult?” he said. “The only thing we’re interested in from a marketing perspective is creating a cult status for the film … cults, from my perspective, they deal with groups and leaders and that stuff. This movie is about individual thinking. Individual control over your future — and your own reality.”

But not everyone involved in the movie has good things to say about that message.

David Albert, a professor at the Columbia University physics department, has accused the filmmakers of warping his ideas to fit a spiritual agenda. “I don’t think it’s quite right to say I was ‘tricked’ into appearing,” he said in a statement reposted by a critic on “What the Bleep’s” Internet forum, “but it is certainly the case that I was edited in such a way as to completely suppress my actual views about the matters the movie discusses. I am, indeed, profoundly unsympathetic to attempts at linking quantum mechanics with consciousness. Moreover, I explained all that, at great length, on camera, to the producers of the film … Had I known that I would have been so radically misrepresented in the movie, I would certainly not have agreed to be filmed.”

“I certainly do not subscribe to the ‘Ramtha School on Enlightenment,’ whatever that is!” he finished. Albert provided Salon with an excerpt from a piece he’s writing on the subject, in which he says, in part, “I’m unwittingly made to sound as if (maybe) I endorse its thesis.”

When told of Albert’s complaints, Gottlieb said, “I certainly don’t see it,” but acknowledged he’s “not into the science 100 percent.” At press time, the filmmakers issued an angry “Open Letter to the U.S. Media” in which it attacked the “intellectual smugness and superiority” of its critics. (You can download the PDF file here.)

Knight’s role as the voice of Ramtha is the most striking — but hardly the only — omission of the film, which could easily be interpreted as a full-blown infomercial for Ramtha. Two other on-screen experts are not identified as Ramtha associates: Dr. Joe Dispenza, chiropractor and mystic, listed as a student on the Ramtha Web site; and a man identified only as “Dr. Miceal Ledwith.”

Ledwith (at one time Monsignor Michael Ledwith) was once on track to be the next archbishop of Dublin, but the theologian stepped down as president of Maynooth College in 1994, after a complaint that he had sexually harassed a young seminarian. It was later revealed that Ledwith had allegedly paid an six-figure sum to a man who accused him of sexual abuse. Ledwith has maintained his innocence but left Ireland for the more placid confines of Monterey, Calif. On the “Bleep” Web site, Ledwith’s relationship with the Catholic Church is only alluded to in a claim that he was once “charged with advising the Holy See on theological matters,” but he is not identified as ever having been a priest, or even as a lecturer at the Ramtha school. According to a Ramtha Web site, Ledwith has joined “Ramtha’s core of appointed teachers.” (The Ramtha school and Ledwith have not responded to requests for interviews. The “Bleep” Web site recommends that journalists contact an independent publicist, but the movie previously listed as its P.R. contact Pavel Mikoloski, also director of public affairs for Ramtha’s school.)

Later in the film, a “scientist” explains that, thanks to the strangeness quivering below the subatomic level, meditating monks have lowered the crime rate in Washington, D.C. But not until the end of the film do we learn that the scientist making this claim, John Hagelin — who once ran for president — conducted the research while teaching (until 1999) at Maharishi University , the school named for the Beatles’ guru. In JZ Knight’s own publications, Ramtha’s existence, too, is frequently explained in terms of quantum mechanics.

Funding for the $5 million “Bleep,” according to various published interviews with the film’s creators, comes not from Ramtha but the software fortunes of director Arntz, who designed the job-management application AutoSys. Now popular in Unix environments, the program sold for more than $14 million in 1995. ( Eerily, the startup money for AutoSys was also of Atlantean origin, or so the original investor claimed. A 1999 piece in Wired by David Diamond described the life and suicide of Frederick Lenz III, a guru in his own right, who called himself not Ramtha but Rama. The software mogul told those who rendezvoused with Rama that he’d taught meditation classes on Atlantis. Later, Lenz said his students were bent on his murder, and he plunged himself into the waters of Long Island Sound with a $30,000 watch on his wrist and 150 tabs of Valium in his bloodstream.)

On the film’s Web site FAQ, the filmmakers answer the question of whether “Bleep” is a recruitment film coyly, stating that “the short answer is no. During the making of the film [originally to be titled ‘Sacred Science’] it was decided that what was important was the message, not the messenger — whoever that may be. Some people may be inspired to check out RSE, and some people may be inspired to major at MIT in quantum teleportation.” (At press time, MIT was not yet offering such a major.)

.Ramtha’s School of Enlightenment had previously promoted itself in its own films, but those had a lower budget. One was “Bleep” director Mark Vicente’s 2002 “Where Angels Fear to Thread.” Its trailer (available here) introduces Ramtha in the fashion of “Lord of the Rings,” swinging a blade and raising a goblet to “the challenge of being an individual.”

“Bleep” is a much slicker introduction. Its success relies heavily on word of mouth, accelerated by the use of “Bleep Teams” organized by Captured Light Industries, the production house set up by Arntz to create “Bleep.” (The film’s other production house, Lord of the Wind, is named for Ramtha himself.)

Heading the Bay Area street team is Kathy Vaquilar, who organized regular “Bleep” events in at least two cities a week during August. On Saturday, Aug. 14, she helped organize a discussion in Berkeley that featured a Ramtha representative, Cindy, “who told us more about the film’s background, how it got started, and about the school,” she posted on the “What the Bleep” forum the next day, when the movement was spreading to nearby Walnut Creek. The next night, a meeting was slated for San Francisco.

Vaquilar told Salon that she coordinates the “Bleep” campaign with a representative of Captured Light. “I don’t know that much about the Ramtha school,” she wrote in an e-mail to Salon, and hastens to defend its role. Knight, she writes, “was only used as an interview subject. What is taught at the school might seem weird to most mainstream people, but for those who study or read the same materials on their own without any connection to the school or to JZ Knight, their stuff is not considered unusual, but rather part of what’s already cutting edge.”

That edge is something Vaquilar is familiar with. In August she promoted the film at the Bay Area’s UFO expo in Santa Clara, serving double duty with the International Contact Support Network, which comforts those who say they’ve encountered extraterrestrials. Vaquilar herself has written about meeting insectoids, who treated her fairly well; but Knight, speaking in the voice of Ramtha, has warned her own followers of the “Gray Men,” a clique of hostile off-worlders controlling Earth’s banks.

On the surface, the movie doesn’t seem to be targeting the E.T.-obsessed; in fact, it seems to follow in the footsteps of Carl Sagan’s “Cosmos” by asking us to thrill to the tapestry of space-time. But it has very little patience for Enlightenment concepts like measurable results and scientific proof. In the new science of “Bleep,” symbolized by disembodied equations and CG bubbles flying at us like stars at warp speed, we’re past all that.

We’re also told that when Columbus came to America, the natives literally couldn’t see his ships. They couldn’t think outside the box of Indian life. And in a subway that seems like one of many conceits borrowed from the “Matrix” movies (whose metaphor has similarly been borrowed by David Icke, the British author who says the world is controlled by lizard men), the heroine learns that you can see chi energy particles of love, that they’ve been captured in photographs of water blessed by Buddhists. At this juncture Matlin hears a voice in her ear: “Makes you wonder, doesn’t it?” It’s Quark, the greedy alien from “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine”! Actually, it’s the guy who plays him, Armin Shimerman, as one of several mysterious strangers guiding her to the truth.

The impression left from sitting through a screening of “What the Bleep” is that a lot of people enjoy hearing their griping about religious fundamentalists reflected back to them, backed by science. There’s also plenty of stroking of lefty values; Ramtha has declared that all world religions have in common “the suppression of women,” adding, with the brashness surely fashionable in the 33rd century B.C., “No woman who had an abortion has sinned against God. Fuck all those assholes who tell you that.” On the other hand, papers from Knight’s 1992 divorce case with Jeffrey Knight hint that Ramtha is an ancient homophobe, who allegedly declared that AIDS was Mother Nature’s way of “getting rid of” homosexuality and told Jeffrey Knight he should reject modern medicine and overcome the disease using the school’s breathing techniques, according to court testimony. Tom Szimhart, a “deprogrammer” who testified on behalf of Knight’s husband (who eventually died of the disease) called the Ramtha school a cult with an anti-scientific bent.

The “backward” religion of Christianity, Ramtha explains in the movie, doesn’t appreciate how the parables of Jesus are explained by photon waves and probability — just as creationists suggest that the latest archaeological science can explain Noah’s Ark and a very young Grand Canyon. The cumulative effect of “What the Bleep” — whose co-director, Betsy Chasse, produced the evangelical teen comedy “Extreme Days” (2000) — makes you wonder if it isn’t as fundamentalist as the Christianity and Islam that Ramtha inveighs against.

Even the father of the Isn’t the Universe Amazing genre, the late Sagan, called Ramtha out. He opened his 1997 book “The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark” by asking why, if Ramtha is 35,000 years old, he gives us only “banal homilies” (sample: “I have come to help you over the ditch … It is called the ditch of limitation”) instead of telling us, say, about the currency, technology, social order and use of birth control in prehistoric Lemuria — a country popularized by Madame Blavatsky, the turn-of-the-20th-century psychic. Sagan’s argument, which couldn’t be further from the movie’s, is that science has exposed so many natural wonders, there’s no need to gild the lily with gray aliens, telepaths and the spirits of Cro-Magnon shoguns roaming the Evergreen State.

Needless to say the book isn’t on the film’s reading list, which instead suggests reading the works of Ramtha

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the United Church of Religious Science, of all things, has released this attack on the film, which is also an interesting read:

http://religious-science.com/askland0405-science.pdf
(or from:)
http://www.religious-science.com/message-board-forum/viewtopic.php?t=49

“Report on the Perversion of Science to Support Mysticism”

Purpose: To assist in retarding the spread of pseudo-science and misinformation, to present topics currently circulating our churches and to encourage critical thinking.

Addressing the topics of:

Page 3 – Opening Quotes
Page 4 – Introduction and Address to the Religious Science Community
Page 5 – Responsibility and Reputation of Church Leaders
Page 6 – Defining Critical Thinking
Page 7 – What Is Science?
Page 9 – What The Bleep Do We Know movie
Page 11 – JZ Knight aka Ramtha
Page 17 – What The Bleep Do They Know? – Expert Resumes
Page 18 – David McCarthy – A Letter to Current Members of Ramtha’s School
Page 19 – Masaru Emoto Water Healing
Page 23 – Christopher Columbus Historical Facts
Page 24 – The Maharishi Effect
Page 26 – Sai Baba
Page 36 – Manifestations
Page 44 – Architecture Retaining Positive or Negative Energies
Page 45 – One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge
Page 46 – What The Bleep Do We Know Receives Pigasus Award
Page 46 – Anticipation of Flawed Logic Responses
Page 48 – Closing Remarks

With writings and excerpts provided by Ernest Holmes, Robert L. Park, James Randi, Dr. Kathryn Turner (Director of Education, United Church of Religious Science), the Google Answers research team, Columbia University athematics Department and others notated and credited.

A copy of this report is available free of charge E-mail Conrad Askland at askland@aol.com
Please include name and mailing address
Or download a PDF copy at www.Religious-Science.com
Author’s Note: There are frequent references in this report to “RSE” which stands for the Ramtha School of Enlightenment led by JZ Knight, aka “Ramtha”. RSE has NO affiliation with Religious Science, Science of Mind or the teachings of Ernest Holmes. Sometimes Religious Science will be referred to as “RS” or the United Church of Religious Science as “UCRS”. Please make note of this very important distinction.

This report released April 20, 2005

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From: HSLotsof@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine]
Date: August 12, 2005 at 1:23:54 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

In a message dated 8/11/05 12:29:51 PM, mcorcoran27@yahoo.com writes:

I’m having a very hard time lately. Not because i have a desire to use but because i have no idea how to live. Now being opiate free, my rage is totally out of control. I’m so disatisfied with life, i go back and forth between angry or lathargic most of the time and when the anger takes control i become completely nuts.

Last weekend a friend of mine and my sister screwed me over in a way that most people would consider unforgivable. After letting these feelings of betrayal consume me over the next couple of days I snapped like i always seem to these days went to the friends house early yesterday morning and kicked his door off the hinges pulled him out of bed and kicked the shit out of him. I couldn’t stop myself. He was in the hospital all day yesterday and is a mess (fortunately) i dont think he’s gonna press charges but my hand is broken so i’m kind fucked anyway. Everyone i know says that he deserved what he got and maybe he did although i feel terrible and the first thing i did when i woke up this morning was cry. but what is most desturbing thing about this whole ordeal is that i’m sick to my stomach thinking how far this rage is taking me. its like since i havent been medicating i’ve turned into a totally differnt kind of nut and quite frankly i dont like high mark but i think he might have been much less of an asshole and maybe even less crazy on some level.

I dont know what to do. i feel like i’m always behind the 8 ball in every important area of my life. the longer i’ve been straight the more of a mess my life seems to become and its not supposed to be like this. i need to get out of this city for starters and since i can’t seem to be able to make any kind of plan to do that i sit angry, satanent and pissed off and thats not a good place for anyone to be.

Any sugestions?

Mark,

When I take this report in light of your earlier report where your face was beaten to a pulp in brooklyn I can only say you are in a lot of trouble that is completely out of my ability to assist except to say you should be in the hands of a very competent therapist, psychiatrist, shaman or nganga. And I don’t means someone of a half assed quality. The class of folks you need are one in a thousand or better class if we are lucky.  If you don’t get help I fear the next post by or about you could easily tell of us of your death. or a serious tradgedy  Get it together man.  This is serious stuff.

Howard

From: HSLotsof@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Gallo Research Center studies cause and treatment of alcohol, drug addiction
Date: August 12, 2005 at 1:13:43 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

In a message dated 8/11/05 11:35:22 PM, bleshins@bigpond.net.au writes:

—- HSLotsof@aol.com wrote:

Since non-N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors
> mediate Purkinje cell excitation by climbing fibers, we hypothesized that
> 1-4-aminophenyl-methyl-7,8-methylenedioxy-5H-2,3-benzodiazepine (GYKI-52466), which
> antagonizes non-NMDA receptors, may have a neuroprotective effect by blocking
> glutamatergic excitation at climbing fiber synapses. To test this hypothesis,
> rats were administered systemic ibogaine plus GYKI-52466 and the degree of
> neuronal injury was analyzed in cerebellar sections. The results indicate that
> the AMPA antagonist GYKI-52466 (10 mg/kg i.p. x 3) does not protect against
> Purkinje cell injury at the doses used. Rather, co-administration of GYKI-52466
> with ibogaine produces increased toxicity evidenced by more extensive Purkinje
> cell degeneration.

Does the above property extend to other benzodiazepines?
ie. could taking Valium with Ibogaine lead to greater brain damage?
Or am I completely off the mark here?

Boris,

If it is not stated it should not be presumed.  For example, I was researching benzodiazepine potentiation of opioid analgesia and thought there would be a good deal of work but not only were there few papers on he issue, they were divided as to outcome: potentiate or antagonize.  Molliver’s  work is very complex stuff for us lay people and none of us are taking 100 mg/kg of ibogaine or the doses of whatever exotic benzodiazepine he is reporting on SO, there is no data to go on when it comes to therapeutic doses of ibogaine and therapeutic doses of benzodiazepines in combination except that they have been used for decades without overt signs of toxicity.  That does not mean that Molliver could not discover them to be neurotoxic.  But, be skeptical.  Low dose ibogaine in combination with low dose valium class drugs are widely used.

Howard

From: Boris Leshinsky <bleshins@bigpond.net.au>
Subject: [Ibogaine] ibogaine neurotoxicity
Date: August 12, 2005 at 12:09:52 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I just looked this up for myself, and here’s what I found.

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the following from
http://userpages.umbc.edu/~jfreed1/Ibogaine.html


Of more importance to the general population than these isolated incidents, are recent reports of ibogaine neurotoxicity. There are, however, some discrepancies among these reports. Dhahir (1971) found no pathological changes in the liver, kidney, heart or brain of the rat following chronic intraperitoneal ibogaine administration (10 mg/kg for 30 days, and 40 mg/kg for 12 days.) Likewise, Sanchez-Ramos and Mash (1994) found no evidence of gross pathology in African green monkeys given ibogaine in oral doses of 5 – 25 mg/kg for four consecutive days.

In higher doses, though, ibogaine has been shown to cause definitive neurotoxic effects. At a single intraperitoneal dose of 100 mg/kg, ibogaine was shown to cause marked degeneration of Purkinje cells and activation of microglia in discrete radial bands of the rat cerebellar cortex (O’Hearn and Molliver, 1997). In support of these findings, Xu et al (2000) found that degeneration of Purkinje cells was visible at intraperitoneal doses beginning at 75 mg/kg, showing increasing damage at 100 mg/kg. This study revealed that the neurotoxicity of ibogaine is dose-dependent, a finding also supported by other investigations (Molinari, Maisonneuve, and Glick, 1996).

O’Hearn and Molliver (1997) propose that ibogaine is not directly toxic to Purkinje cells, but rather causes Purkinje cell degeneration through sustained activation of the olivocerebellar projection. Scallet et al (1996) reported that activation of serotonin receptors in the forebrain is the initial site of ibogaine neurotoxicity. Cortifugal axons could then stimulate the inferior olive and its excitotoxic climbiner-fiber pathway to the cerebellum (Xu et al, 2000). This lends support to O’Hearn and Molliver’s theory of trans-synaptic excitoxicity mediated by the olivocerebllar projection.

In light of these findings, a number of researchers have recently been studying the effects of a synthetic congener of ibogaine, 18-methoxycoronaradine, more commonly known as 18-MC. Similar to ibogaine, 18-MC decreases levels of extracellular dopamine in the nucleus accumbens (Szumlinksi, Maisonneuve, and Glick, 2000). Likewise, 18-MC has similar effects to ibogaine on the attenuation of morphine and cocaine self-administration (Glick et al, 1996) and alcohol intake (Rezvani et al, 1997). However, unlike ibogaine, 18-MC is non-tremorigenic, does not induce brachycardia, nor does it cause damage to Purkinje cells, or the brain in general (Glick et al, 1996; Molinari, Maisonneuve, and Glick, 1996; Glick, Maisonneuve, and Szumlinski, 2000). FDA protocol studies of human toxicity had been approved and were underway at the University of Miami, under the direction of neurologist Deborah Mash, but the trials were discontinued due to lack of funding. However, should future studies deem ibogaine too hazardous for clinical use, 18-MC could represent a viable alternative.
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Summary on Ibogaine Neurotoxicity from the Ibogaine Dossier:
http://www.ibogaine.org/neurotoxicity.html

IBOGAINE NEUROTOXICITY

Michael Bosman
Editor, The Ibogaine Dossier (retired)

Revised August 26, 2001
Howard S. Lotsof
Ibogaine Consultant

Concern has been expressed regarding ibogaine neurotoxicity.

However, an intra-peritoneal dose of 40 mg/kg for 12 days, or 10 mg/kg for 30 days caused no significant pathologic findings in rat heart, liver, kidneys, and brain. (Dhahir 1971) No neurotoxicity was observed after 5-25 mg/kg ibogaine for 4 days per os in African green monkeys. (Sanchez-Ramos 1994)

While O’Hearn and Molliver describe that ibogaine and harmaline have selective neurotoxic effects, leading to degeneration of Purkinje cells in the cerebellar vermis, (O’Hearn 1993a, 1993b) Molinari et al. subsequently report that ibogaine induced neurotoxicity is dose-dependent, not causing pathological changes at therapeutic doses in the rat. (Molinari 1996)

Glick shows that 18-methoxy-coronaridine, a novel, synthetic iboga alkaloid congener, mimics ibogaine’s effects on drug self-administration without evidence of cerebellar toxicity at a high dose (100 mg/kg). (Glick 1996) Popik states that ibogaine exhibits neuroprotective properties in cultures of cerebellar granule cell neurons. (Popik 1995)

Further, to the matter of neurotoxicity, Helsley shows no significant differences in Purkinje cell numbers between ibogaine and control groups (Helsley 1997) while Xu in work jointly performed at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and the Division of Neurotoxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, an FDA laboratory showed no neurotoxicity above controls at human therapeutic doses of 25 mg/kg of ibogaine in the rat. (Xu 2000)
Literature

1. Methods for the detection and determination of ibogaine in biological materials. Dhahir, H.I., Jain, N.C. and Forney, R.B. J Forensic Sci 16:103-108, 1971.
2. Ibogaine research update: phase I human study. Sanchez-Ramos, J. and Mash, D.C. Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies 4:11, 1994.
3. Ibogaine induces glial activation in parasagittal zones of the cerebellum. O’Hearn, E., Long, D.B. and Molliver, M.E. Neuroreport 4:299-302, 1993.
4. Degeneration of Purkinje cells in parasagittal zones of the cerebellar vermis after treatment with ibogaine or harmaline. O’Hearn, E. and Molliver, M.E. Neuroscience 55:303-310, 1993.
5. Ibogaine neurotoxicity: a re-evaluation. Molinari, H.H., Maisonneuve, I.M. and Glick, S.D. Brain Res 737:255-262, 1996.
6. 18 Methoxycoronaridine, a Nontoxic Iboga Alkaloid Congener: Effects on Morphine and Cocaine Self Administration and on Mesolimbic Dopamine Release in Rats. Glick, S.D., Kuehne, M.E., Maisonneuve, I.M., Bandarage, U.K. and Molinari, H.H. Brain Res 719:29-35, 1996.
7. NMDA Antagonist Properties of the Putative Antiaddictive Drug, Ibogaine. Popik, P., Layer, R.T., Fossom, L.H., et al. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 275:753-760, 1995.
8. Effects of Chronic Ibogaine Treatment on Cerebellar Purkinje Cells in the Rat. Helsley, S., Dlugos C.A., Pentney R.J., Rabin R.A., Winter J.C. Brain Reseach 759(2):306-308, 1997.
9. A Dose-Response Study of Ibogaine-Induced Neuropathology in the Rat Cerelellum. Xu Z., Chang L.W., Slikker W. Jr., Ali S.F., Rountee R.L., Scallet A.C. Toxicol Sci 57(1):95-101,2000.

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and from http://www.ibogainetreatment.com FAQ:

Toxicity:

Medication Development of Ibogaine as a Pharmacotherapy for Drug
Dependence,Deborah C. Mash, Craid A. Kovera, Billy E. Buck, Michael D. Norenberg,
Paul Shapshak W. Lee Hearn and Juan Sanchez-Ramos, (1998) Ann. NY AScad Sci,
844:274-291.

“…toxicological studies conducted in primates have demonstrated that
oral ibogaine administration, given at doses (5 x 25 mg kg) recommended for
the treatment of cocaine and opiate dependence appear to be safe and free of
behavioral or cerebellar toxicity.”

In the same paper the authors discuss the autopsy of a patient dying of
natural causes who had received four ibogaine treatments of between 10
mg/kg and 29 mg/kg. “There were no degenerative changes seen in the
cerebellum; cerebellar Purkinje cells were normal and there was no evidence of any
significant cytopathology or neurodegeneration in any other brain area

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From: Boris Leshinsky <bleshins@bigpond.net.au>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Gallo Research Center studies cause and treatment of alcohol, drug addiction
Date: August 11, 2005 at 11:48:03 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

—- Eye of the Bhogi <freedomroot@gmail.com> wrote:
From the piece on Gallo funding of addiction research:  “But its side
effects, including hallucinations, which made it popular in the 1960s
drug culture, and evidence of toxicity to certain nerve cells in
rodent studies have discouraged studies of its clinical potential
against drug and alcohol addiction.”

Howard or someone else scientific:  is the nerve cell toxicity related
to the hallucinations?  What do we do to our nerves with chemical
abuse anyway?  thanks, rachel

The nerve toxicity is related to dosage levels, apparently. Came across this trying to find an answer to my previous question.

In the study below, in rats, no observable damage* with a 25mg/kg dose.
At 50mg/kg 2 out 6 rats showed partial damage.
75mg/kg and 100mg/kg dosages caused more serious damage, area of damage apparently proportional to the dosage increase.
*Damage being “neurodegeneration of Purkinje cells and gliosis of Bergmann astrocytes in the cerebella”

“Toxicological Sciences 57, 95-101 (2000)
Copyright © 2000 by the Society of Toxicology
Neurotoxicology
A Dose-Response Study of Ibogaine-Induced Neuropathology in the Rat Cerebellum
Zengjun Xu*, Louis W. Chang*,{dagger}, William Slikker, Jr.{dagger},{ddagger}, Syed F. Ali{dagger},{ddagger}, Robert L. Rountree{ddagger} and Andrew C. Scallet{dagger},{ddagger},1

* Department of Pathology and {dagger} Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205; and {ddagger} Division of Neurotoxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, Arkansas 72079

Ibogaine (IBO) is an indole alkaloid from the West African shrub, Tabernanthe iboga. It is structurally related to harmaline, and both these compounds are rigid analogs of melatonin. IBO has both psychoactive and stimulant properties. In single-blind trials with humans, it ameliorated withdrawal symptoms and interrupted the addiction process. However, IBO also produced neurodegeneration of Purkinje cells and gliosis of Bergmann astrocytes in the cerebella of rats given even a single dose (100 mg/kg, ip). Here, we treated rats (n = 6 per group) with either a single ip injection of saline or with 25 mg/kg, 50 mg/kg, 75 mg/kg, or 100 mg/kg of IBO. As biomarkers of cerebellar neurotoxicity, we specifically labeled degenerating neurons and axons with silver, astrocytes with antisera to glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), and Purkinje neurons with antisera to calbindin. All rats of the 100-mg/kg group showed the same pattern of cerebellar damage previously described: multiple bands of degenerating Purkinje neurons. All rats of the 75-mg/ kg group had neurodegeneration similar to the 100-mg/kg group, but the bands appeared to be narrower. Only 2 of 6 rats that received 50 mg/kg were affected; despite few degenerating neuronal perikarya, cerebella from these rats did contain patches of astrocytosis similar to those observed with 75 or 100 mg/kg IBO. These observations affirm the usefulness of GFAP immunohistochemistry as a sensitive biomarker of neurotoxicity. None of the sections from the 25-mg/kg rats, however stained, were distinguishable from saline controls, indicating that this dose level may be considered as a no-observable-adverse-effect level (NOAEL).

Key Words: ibogaine; Purkinje neuron; Bergmann astrocyte; neurodegeneration; calbindin; GFAP; NOAEL; cerebellum.”

Boris

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From: Boris Leshinsky <bleshins@bigpond.net.au>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Gallo Research Center studies cause and treatment of alcohol, drug addiction
Date: August 11, 2005 at 11:34:43 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

—- HSLotsof@aol.com wrote:

Since non-N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors
mediate Purkinje cell excitation by climbing fibers, we hypothesized that
1-4-aminophenyl-methyl-7,8-methylenedioxy-5H-2,3-benzodiazepine (GYKI-52466), which
antagonizes non-NMDA receptors, may have a neuroprotective effect by blocking
glutamatergic excitation at climbing fiber synapses. To test this hypothesis,
rats were administered systemic ibogaine plus GYKI-52466 and the degree of
neuronal injury was analyzed in cerebellar sections. The results indicate that
the AMPA antagonist GYKI-52466 (10 mg/kg i.p. x 3) does not protect against
Purkinje cell injury at the doses used. Rather, co-administration of GYKI-52466
with ibogaine produces increased toxicity evidenced by more extensive Purkinje
cell degeneration.

Does the above property extend to other benzodiazepines?
ie. could taking Valium with Ibogaine lead to greater brain damage?
Or am I completely off the mark here?

cheers
Boris

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Fw: [DrugWar] Warning: “Emery Seeds” DEA TRAP
Date: August 11, 2005 at 10:49:11 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hi all,
Please pass this around to anyone and everyone you think might actually need/want/should see the following notice. It’s important.
Freakin’ DEA/ONDCP/US Government is completely off its rocker nowadays, and getting more off all the time, so PLEASE all, watch your backs and BE CAREFUL!

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
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Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: “Tim Meehan” <tim_meehan@sympatico.ca>
To: “CCC” <ccc-members@yahoogroups.com>; “NDPot” <ndpot@drugsense.org>; “DRCTalk” <drctalk@drcnet.org>; “Drugwar” <drugwar@mindvox.com>; <maindesk@cp.org>; “Pierre Bourque” <pierre@bourque.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 6:29 PM
Subject: [DrugWar] Warning: “Emery Seeds” DEA TRAP

I have also heard reports of attempted ‘phishing’ scams as well…

http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/4483.html

Warning: “Emery Seeds” DEA TRAP
by Jodie Giesz-Ramsay (11 Aug, 2005)

WARNING: Emery Seeds Scams may get you into trouble.

We would like to express concern for all American and Canadian citizens. We have received a few worried emails from people who have received messages appearing to be from Marc Emery Direct.

These are FAKE and DANGEROUS.

FAKE! DO NOT RESPOND!
FAKE! DO NOT RESPOND!

Please refrain from buying seeds at any and all outlets and online businesses, whether in Canada or the USA. The US government and DEA may not be done what they have started here, and many people can still be implicated.

If you received this same type of letter shown, YOU MAY BE IN DANGER. The Government may be trying to get you to “admit” through responding that you ordered seeds.

PLEASE BE EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS. We would warn any large-scale growers to IMMEDIATELY CEASE YOUR OPERATION.

DO NOT GIVE ANY INFORMATION TO THIS GROUP! WE BELIEVE IT IS DEA TRYING TO DO A MASSIVE BUST ON GROWERS.

We call for everyone to be extremely cautious when dealing with marijuana seeds, and to be on the lookout for any scams or stings seeking donations or information.

Emery Seeds is closed for good.
There is nothing to send out.
There are no refunds.
There are no records.

There is possibly a scammer or a government group taking mail we never received, and sending out a FAKE notice. We must warn you to NOT RESPOND.

We have NOT sent out any information to our customers, as we do not retain their records. PLEASE BE WARY!

Please report any scams to us immediately, at Jodie_Giesz@hotmail.com, Jodie@cannabisculture.com, or Marc@cannabisculture.com.

The only ways to contribute to our aid is through the steps outlined here.

DON’T RESPOND to any mail or email claims from anyone posing as Marc Emery Direct! We will convey all legitimate information to our people through Cannabis Culture Online and the Marc Emery Direct Seeds website

This image was sent to me by someone with major concerns. IGNORE THESE TYPES OF MESSAGES!

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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] way off topic but a necessity for those of us in need of ridiculous diversion
Date: August 11, 2005 at 9:51:38 PM EDT
To: vox@mindvox.com, ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Here are the pix my friend deb does –
ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.mozforum.com/index.php?showtopic=630&st=285
love to all-
tink
PS there are chickpix coming…
fake nudes rock!!

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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] watch this
Date: August 11, 2005 at 9:17:45 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

THANK YOU DANA
where do we write to?
tink

On 8/11/05, Dana Beal <dana@phantom.com> wrote:
Doesn’t sound like he’s just another “multi-millionaire pot dealer”  to
me…

(Oh…AND he plugs ibogaine!)

http://www.pot-tv.net/ram/pottvshowse3919.ram

Pot-TV

Prince of Pot: Marc Needs You!

THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK! DEA INVADES CANADA!

All my life I’ve felt destined to represent all the people of the
cannabis culture and now I face my greatest battle. I need your help
and your voice. I need your financial contribution. I need you to
write the Canadian Justice Minister.

I am not afraid. I am proud of all my extensive work on behalf of
this wonderful culture. I have fought our oppression with full
cognizance that consequences of arousing the DEA are dire. But I am
unbowed. I am unapologetic. It is a revolution to overgrow the
government, to liberate our people from the gulags.

Marijuana is the most beautiful plant ever bequeathed to the people,
and the marijuana people are my people, and I am extraordinarily
honored to be your spokesperson.

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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Fwd: Mars and the Perseid Meteor Shower
Date: August 11, 2005 at 9:16:53 PM EDT
To: vox@mindvox.com, ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: SpaceWeather. com <swlist@spaceweather.com>
Date: Aug 11, 2005 10:44 AM
Subject: Mars and the Perseid Meteor Shower
To: “SpaceWeather. com” <swlist@spaceweather.com>

Space Weather News for August 11, 2005
http://spaceweather.com

The Perseid meteor shower is underway.  The shower’s broad peak
extends from August 11th through 13th, with August 12th being best.
If you get away from bright city lights and watch the sky between
local midnight and dawn on Friday morning, August 12th, you can expect
to see dozens to hundreds of meteors.

The planet Mars is out during the Perseid meteor shower, too.  It’s
that bright red “star” high in the eastern sky before dawn.  Many
Perseid meteors will appear to fly past Mars on Friday morning–a
pretty sight.

And speaking of Mars, beware the Mars Hoax.  A rumor about the red
planet continues to spread via email.  The message claims that Mars
will come so close to Earth on August 27th that it looks as big as the
full Moon.  In fact, Mars is approaching Earth for a close encounter
in October–not August.  October’s close approach will indeed be
beautiful, but Mars will never rival the Moon.

Get the full story, plus sky maps, pictures of Perseids, and solar
activity updates at Spaceweather.com.

You are currently subscribed to spaceweather as: tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com.

To unsubscribe click here:
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From: jerry harville <jharville@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine]
Date: August 11, 2005 at 7:50:10 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Mark,

About the rage and feelings of being out of control. I can only say that when I cleaned up after years of using, I was very angry. I was lucky I was able to go to a few sessions with a good shrink. I got to deal with childhood sex abuse issues.I really did not think that I had any such things in my past.I know it sounds crazy but I could have passed a lie detector test cause these things were so deeply buried. Talk about anger!! I was mad at God.Really mad. I never had believed in god before I got clean.When I did come to know him I was mad as hell at what he had allowed to happen to me. I was nine years old! I was scared to confront god cause I bought into the punishing big guy in the sky deal.But I was either going to kill someone or….
Anyway I yelled and screamed and damned him for what he did.I have a sister that is 11 years younger than me.I am not going to say that I heard words from god.I will say this.What came to me very clearly was a question.The question was.Did you ever think that I let these things happed to you because you were strong enough to live through it? Did you think that because you were the child that had the bad things happen to you, it did not happen to your little sister? Anyhow I think that I was really lucky to get some divine understanding.I cried for the first time in almost 20 years. I am in no way saying that what happened to me happened to you. I would never in a million years.

What got me to respond to you was the thing you said about crying after you beat the guy up.In my humble opinion the fact that you cried makes me know that there is a lot of hope for you! I believe that some of us either cry or die.Please do not take offense at my talk of god.It is just the word I use for the force that others call many other names but is the same for all humanity.Please try and cry some more! Do whatever it takes to get in touch with the feelings that bring that out.I came up in Pontiac Michigan and was taught tough guys don’t show emotions. I was wrong.I think that the closer you get to god, the more you will cry.I think god is love and I could handle a lot of shit, jail, fights, OD’s…….. But the one thing I still have a real hard time taking is Love! Sounds silly.Sorry to go on and on but I think you have a very good chance.If I can help in anyway please email me off list. Bless you All, Jerry

Preston Peet <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
Mark wrote >I’m having a very hard time lately. Not because i have a desire
to use but because i have no idea how to live. Now being opiate free, my
rage is totally out of control. I’m so disatisfied with life, i go back and
forth between angry or lathargic most of the time and when the anger takes
control i become completely nuts.<

Right there with you Mark.

Suggestions? I don’t know Mark. I wish I could give you the answer, but it’s
not coming to me. If I think of something other than “I feel for you” I’ll
send it on but for now that’s about all I have for you.
Remember to breath, and count to ten before making ANY decision.

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often
mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations,
Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —–
From: mcorcoran
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 12:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine]

I’m having a very hard time lately. Not because i have a desire to use but
because i have no idea how to live. Now being opiate free, my rage is
totally out of control. I’m so disatisfied with life, i go back and forth
between angry or lathargic most of the time and when the anger takes control
i become completely nuts.
Last weekend a friend of mine and my sister screwed me over in a way that
most people would consider unforgivable. After letting these feelings of
betrayal consume me over the next couple of days I snapped like i always
seem to these days went to the friends house early yesterday morning and
kicked his door off the hinges pulled him out of bed and kicked the shit out
of him. I couldn’t stop myself. He was in the hospital all day yesterday and
is a mess (fortunately) i dont think he’s gonna press charges but my hand is
broken so i’m kind fucked anyway. Everyone i know says that he deserved what
he got and maybe he did although i feel terrible and the first thing i did
when i woke up this morning was cry. but what is most desturbing thing about
this whole ordeal is that i’m sick to my stomach thinking how far this rage
is taking me. its like since i havent been medicating i’ve turned into a
totally differnt kind of nut and quite frankly i dont like high mark but i
think h! e might have been much less of an asshole and maybe even less crazy
on some level.
I dont know what to do. i feel like i’m always behind the 8 ball in every
important area of my life. the longer i’ve been straight the more of a mess
my life seems to become and its not supposed to be like this. i need to get
out of this city for starters and since i can’t seem to be able to make any
kind of plan to do that i sit angry, satanent and pissed off and thats not a
good place for anyone to be.
Any sugestions?

Preston Peet wrote:
>did you see “What the bleep do we know”?
there are some interesting animations about addiction.
go slowly but firmly, recover your hijacked brain chemistry.
keep tapering benzos. I know nothing about bup.<

Literallly just finished a book published by the Disinformation Company
(same folks putting out my books) called “Beyond the Bleep,” by Alexandra
Bruce, and it explains a lot of the theories proposed and discussed in this
movie mentioned above. I haven’t yet seen the film, but a three hour version
is supposedly in the works for Theatrical release later this year, and a
bigger DVD version for early 2006. It sounds like a film I do want to see,
and yes, they do discuss, in some parts apparently, addictive behavior, and
not just to drugs but to others things too, including even emotions.

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often
mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations,
Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —–
From: “Germán DC”
To:
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 9:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl & Bupe

> Ron,
> are you tapering benzos?
> you can do it slowly, but firmly little by little.
> you can do it, you can.
>
> Life is a hard task I agree, but we are here… must be a reason beyond
> our
! > pain.
> did you see “What the bleep do we know”?
> there are some interesting animations about addiction.
> go slowly but firmly, recover your hijacked brain chemistry.
> keep tapering benzos. I know nothing about bup.
>
> From your posts I realized that the worst (talking about legal medecin)
> thing,
> the thing that has hurt me the most, were benzos which were prescribed to
> me
> at 16 y.o. my doctor said:
> “is better for you to take 2mg Valium now, that have an stomach ulcer at
> 30.” ,
> he was a good man, and i´m sure he tried to “save me” from worst things to
> happen…
> well I took 2mg a few times, inmediately started to see how much mgs could
> I
> take before my tongue refused to obey me. That was around 35mg. At that
> time
> I couldn´t run, I could do nothing physically demanding. Even in my worst
> moment of heavy (cocaine) addiction I ! wasn´t closer to that state of
> “body
> impediment”, I mean you don´t feel the benzos but they are there all the
> time, disturbing functions.
> I never, never, never ralate my physycal condition to valium.
> It was mixed with some other moments of my life.
> I remember I couldn´t do a 300 mts run, I never realized why… until
> your
> posts.
> Thank you for that, one more piece of my “life puzzle” in place.
>
> Expel the terrorist from your brain with diplomacy.
> Violence is absolutely contraindicated.
> No rages. Cryng is better.
> When the mind takes control the heart starts to shut.
> Be back to your heartbeat, again and again.
> Slowly.
> You can.
>
> regards
> gdc.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> —– Original Message —–
> From: “Ron Davis”
> To:
&g! t; Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 1:17 AM
> Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl & Bupe
>
>
>> Howard:
>> I was caught on the oxy train and did not want anything to do with meth.
>> bup wasn’t approved for treating dependency but I found a clinic that
>> sold
>> it and rx’d it for “pain” management. It was sold as non addicting or
> light
>> compared to other drugs. I read the lit in the packages and it stated
> w/ds
>> were light. I was also introduced to benzos at the same time, all new
> stuff
>> for me. I just knew I had to lose the oxys b.4it killed me. I now know
> bup
>> is way bad, most providers won’t touch you, my stint w/ IBO damn near
> killed
>> me although Tommy, the provider was great. I d/n realize what a number I
>> had done on myself. I think I need 3 weeks to clear myself at my age and
>> only had ! 10 days b/c of work. I fear for my life and profession.
>> Anything
>> you can throw my way would greatly be appreciated, I.a. titrate
>> schedules,
>> etc.I think I’m screwed and want to live again. Can’t do IBO b/c c/no get
> a
>> short acting opiate in the bible belt and job requirements. I truly fear
>> for my life. This body is beat. God help me and the others, wish I could
> go
>> to Sara’s as she has the handle on this poison. That’s my story . Life is
> a
>> chore, hope it sheds insight into your work and saves my arse. I was
>> desparate. Help if you can, advice, etc. I’m here by my own hand,
>> probably
>> die by it. Don’t mean to be a downer for the list, just telling a story
> that
>> may help others. Help is needed. rwd
>> —– Original Message —–
>> From:
>> To:
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 12:01 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl & Bupe
>>
>>
>> >
>> > In a message dated 8/10/05 10:09:13 AM, rwd3@cox.net writes:
>> >
>> > << After several yrs. of riding the bup train, IM, I have found it to
>> > be
> a
>> > wolf in sheep’s clothing. I loathe the day the Doc told me it wasn’t
>> > addicting,
>> > blah, blah…it has a vicious bite on withdrawal..short term only…I’m
>> > late
>> > by several years. It has kicked me arse many times..strickly harm
>> > reduction
>> > to coin a phrase used by one of our learned members. ron >>
>> >
>> > Hi Ron,
>> >
>> > Language is important here. Any professional these days would not use
> the
>&! gt; > term addicting as it has no scientific/academic/medical formal
>> > recognition. The
>> > drug may not be addicting but, its use over time certainly causes
>> > dependence
>> > and withdrawal you bet. I am going to look into this further in the
>> > methadone/buprenorphine side of my world.
>> >
>> > I wouldn’t mind list comments on this subject.
>> >
>> > Best regards.
>> >
>> > Howard
>> >
>> >
>> >
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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine]
Date: August 11, 2005 at 6:39:17 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Mark wrote >I’m having a very hard time lately. Not because i have a desire to use but because i have no idea how to live. Now being opiate free, my rage is totally out of control. I’m so disatisfied with life, i go back and forth between angry or lathargic most of the time and when the anger takes control i become completely nuts.<

Right there with you Mark.

Suggestions? I don’t know Mark. I wish I could give you the answer, but it’s not coming to me. If I think of something other than “I feel for you” I’ll send it on but for now that’s about all I have for you.
Remember to breath, and count to ten before making ANY decision.

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: mcorcoran
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 12:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine]

I’m having a very hard time lately. Not because i have a desire to use but because i have no idea how to live. Now being opiate free, my rage is totally out of control. I’m so disatisfied with life, i go back and forth between angry or lathargic most of the time and when the anger takes control i become completely nuts.
Last weekend a friend of mine and my sister screwed me over in a way that most people would consider unforgivable. After letting these feelings of betrayal consume me over the next couple of days I snapped like i always seem to these days went to the friends house early yesterday morning and kicked his door off the hinges pulled him out of bed and kicked the shit out of him. I couldn’t stop myself. He was in the hospital all day yesterday and is a mess (fortunately) i dont think he’s gonna press charges but my hand is broken so i’m kind fucked anyway. Everyone i know says that he deserved what he got and maybe he did although i feel terrible and the first thing i did when i woke up this morning was cry. but what is most desturbing thing about this whole ordeal is that i’m sick to my stomach thinking how far this rage is taking me. its like since i havent been medicating i’ve turned into a totally differnt kind of nut and quite frankly i dont like high mark but i think h! e might have been much less of an asshole and maybe even less crazy on some level.
I dont know what to do. i feel like i’m always behind the 8 ball in every important area of my life. the longer i’ve been straight the more of a mess my life seems to become and its not supposed to be like this. i need to get out of this city for starters and since i can’t seem to be able to make any kind of plan to do that i sit angry, satanent and pissed off and thats not a good place for anyone to be.
Any sugestions?

Preston Peet <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
did you see “What the bleep do we know”?
there are some interesting animations about addiction.
go slowly but firmly, recover your hijacked brain chemistry.
keep tapering benzos. I know nothing about bup.<

Literallly just finished a book published by the Disinformation Company
(same folks putting out my books) called “Beyond the Bleep,” by Alexandra
Bruce, and it explains a lot of the theories proposed and discussed in this
movie mentioned above. I haven’t yet seen the film, but a three hour version
is supposedly in the works for Theatrical release later this year, and a
bigger DVD version for early 2006. It sounds like a film I do want to see,
and yes, they do discuss, in some parts apparently, addictive behavior, and
not just to drugs but to others things too, including even emotions.

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often
mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations,
Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: “Germán DC”
To:
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 9:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl & Bupe

Ron,
are you tapering benzos?
you can do it slowly, but firmly little by little.
you can do it, you can.

Life is a hard task I agree, but we are here… must be a reason beyond
our
! > pain.
did you see “What the bleep do we know”?
there are some interesting animations about addiction.
go slowly but firmly, recover your hijacked brain chemistry.
keep tapering benzos. I know nothing about bup.

From your posts I realized that the worst (talking about legal medecin)
thing,
the thing that has hurt me the most, were benzos which were prescribed to
me
at 16 y.o. my doctor said:
“is better for you to take 2mg Valium now, that have an stomach ulcer at
30.” ,
he was a good man, and i´m sure he tried to “save me” from worst things to
happen…
well I took 2mg a few times, inmediately started to see how much mgs could
I
take before my tongue refused to obey me. That was around 35mg. At that
time
I couldn´t run, I could do nothing physically demanding. Even in my worst
moment of heavy (cocaine) addiction I ! wasn´t closer to that state of “body
impediment”, I mean you don´t feel the benzos but they are there all the
time, disturbing functions.
I never, never, never ralate my physycal condition to valium.
It was mixed with some other moments of my life.
I remember I couldn´t do a 300 mts run, I never realized why… until
your
posts.
Thank you for that, one more piece of my “life puzzle” in place.

Expel the terrorist from your brain with diplomacy.
Violence is absolutely contraindicated.
No rages. Cryng is better.
When the mind takes control the heart starts to shut.
Be back to your heartbeat, again and again.
Slowly.
You can.

regards
gdc.

—– Original Message —– From: “Ron Davis”
To:
&g! t; Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 1:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl & Bupe

Howard:
I was caught on the oxy train and did not want anything to do with meth.
bup wasn’t approved for treating dependency but I found a clinic that
sold
it and rx’d it for “pain” management. It was sold as non addicting or
light
compared to other drugs. I read the lit in the packages and it stated
w/ds
were light. I was also introduced to benzos at the same time, all new
stuff
for me. I just knew I had to lose the oxys b.4it killed me. I now know
bup
is way bad, most providers won’t touch you, my stint w/ IBO damn near
killed
me although Tommy, the provider was great. I d/n realize what a number I
had done on myself. I think I need 3 weeks to clear myself at my age and
only had ! 10 days b/c of work. I fear for my life and profession.
Anything
you can throw my way would greatly be appreciated, I.a. titrate
schedules,
etc.I think I’m screwed and want to live again. Can’t do IBO b/c c/no get
a
short acting opiate in the bible belt and job requirements. I truly fear
for my life. This body is beat. God help me and the others, wish I could
go
to Sara’s as she has the handle on this poison. That’s my story . Life is
a
chore, hope it sheds insight into your work and saves my arse. I was
desparate. Help if you can, advice, etc. I’m here by my own hand,
probably
die by it. Don’t mean to be a downer for the list, just telling a story
that
may help others. Help is needed. rwd
—– Original Message —– From:
To:
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 12:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl & Bupe

>
> In a message dated 8/10/05 10:09:13 AM, rwd3@cox.net writes:
>
> << After several yrs. of riding the bup train, IM, I have found it to
> be
a
> wolf in sheep’s clothing. I loathe the day the Doc told me it wasn’t
> addicting,
> blah, blah…it has a vicious bite on withdrawal..short term only…I’m
> late
> by several years. It has kicked me arse many times..strickly harm
> reduction
> to coin a phrase used by one of our learned members. ron >>
>
> Hi Ron,
>
> Language is important here. Any professional these days would not use
the
&! gt; > term addicting as it has no scientific/academic/medical formal
> recognition. The
> drug may not be addicting but, its use over time certainly causes
> dependence
> and withdrawal you bet. I am going to look into this further in the
> methadone/buprenorphine side of my world.
>
> I wouldn’t mind list comments on this subject.
>
> Best regards.
>
> Howard
>
>
>
>
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From: Dana Beal <dana@phantom.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] watch this
Date: August 11, 2005 at 4:24:37 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Doesn’t sound like he’s just another “multi-millionaire pot dealer” to me…

(Oh…AND he plugs ibogaine!)

http://www.pot-tv.net/ram/pottvshowse3919.ram

Pot-TV

Prince of Pot: Marc Needs You!

THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK! DEA INVADES CANADA!

All my life I’ve felt destined to represent all the people of the
cannabis culture and now I face my greatest battle. I need your help
and your voice. I need your financial contribution. I need you to
write the Canadian Justice Minister.

I am not afraid. I am proud of all my extensive work on behalf of
this wonderful culture. I have fought our oppression with full
cognizance that consequences of arousing the DEA are dire. But I am
unbowed. I am unapologetic. It is a revolution to overgrow the
government, to liberate our people from the gulags.

Marijuana is the most beautiful plant ever bequeathed to the people,
and the marijuana people are my people, and I am extraordinarily
honored to be your spokesperson.

From: HSLotsof@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Gallo Research Center studies cause and treatment of alcohol, drug addiction
Date: August 11, 2005 at 3:42:43 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

In a message dated 8/11/05 10:00:11 AM, freedomroot@gmail.com writes:

<< From the piece on Gallo funding of addiction research:  “But its side

effects, including hallucinations, which made it popular in the 1960s

drug culture, and evidence of toxicity to certain nerve cells in

rodent studies have discouraged studies of its clinical potential

against drug and alcohol addiction.”

Howard or someone else scientific:  is the nerve cell toxicity related

to the hallucinations?  What do we do to our nerves with chemical

abuse anyway?  thanks, rachel >>

This should help.  Howard

Neuroscience. 2004;127(2):373-83.

Administration of a non-NMDA antagonist, GYKI 52466, increases excitotoxic
Purkinje cell degeneration caused by ibogaine.

O’Hearn E, Molliver ME
.
Department of Neurology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,
Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. eohearn@jhmi.edu
Ibogaine is a tremorigenic hallucinogen that has been proposed for clinical
use in treating addiction. We previously reported that ibogaine, administered
systemically, produces degeneration of a subset of Purkinje cells in the
cerebellum, primarily within the vermis. Ablation of the inferior olive affords
protection against ibogaine-induced neurotoxicity leading to the interpretation
that ibogaine itself is not directly toxic to Purkinje cells. We postulated that
ibogaine produces sustained excitation of inferior olivary neurons that leads
to excessive glutamate release at climbing fiber terminals, causing
subsequent excitotoxic injury to Purkinje cells. The neuronal degeneration induced by
ibogaine provides an animal model for studying excitotoxic injury in order to
analyze the contribution of glutamate receptors to this injury and to evaluate
neuroprotective strategies. Since non-N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors
mediate Purkinje cell excitation by climbing fibers, we hypothesized that
1-4-aminophenyl-methyl-7,8-methylenedioxy-5H-2,3-benzodiazepine (GYKI-52466), which
antagonizes non-NMDA receptors, may have a neuroprotective effect by blocking
glutamatergic excitation at climbing fiber synapses. To test this hypothesis,
rats were administered systemic ibogaine plus GYKI-52466 and the degree of
neuronal injury was analyzed in cerebellar sections. The results indicate that
the AMPA antagonist GYKI-52466 (10 mg/kg i.p. x 3) does not protect against
Purkinje cell injury at the doses used. Rather, co-administration of GYKI-52466
with ibogaine produces increased toxicity evidenced by more extensive Purkinje
cell degeneration. Several hypotheses that may underlie this result are
discussed. Although the reason for the increased toxicity found in this study is not
fully explained, the present results show that a non-NMDA antagonist can
produce increased excitotoxic injury under some conditions. Therefore, caution
should be exercised before employing glutamate antagonists to reduce the risk of
neuronal damage in human clinical disorders. Moreover, the contribution of
different glutamate receptors to excitotoxic injury is complex and merits further
analysis

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From: Germán DC <gcaldelas@fibertel.com.ar>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine]
Date: August 11, 2005 at 2:36:47 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hi M.
my 2 cts.

electromagnetic fields,
from within to the outside,
a hunter knows the field before the action,
you knew how to score,
how to move following your intuition chasing the dragon,
well, the dragon now it´s not in “opium shape” anymore,
it is the earth, gaia,
the earth is on a rage it´s suffering because the ones who inhabits her,
deny her, deny their own power of creation, renounce the simple fact of “interdependency”,
refuse to asume that we are traveling tru pure mistery on this EarthShip, this mother earthship. What an adventure!
the hunter needs some redemption,
needs something good for him,
now he knows that love & prosperity ARE here.
but there´s no love around him cause he had chosen for a long time a field where…well there were other things but no love.

The field is an electromagnetic one, from your within reaching the exterior,
but at the same time there´s no in or out…so, you may think to move from city to city, from town to town… from to life to life.
You can make the difference now, only must be sustain. Subtle bodies take longer that the state of mind to recover, you would be fragile for some years to come, unstable, then you must find power, peace-power, healthy-power, stability.
Finally we must learn how to live, there´s no recovery, there´s a life to be lived. You are an “action guy”, so you need to release that anger somehow, or transform it: do you know “sweat lodge” or “temazcal”?,
Excelent practice; you come out a brand new guy, it helps to mantain health in the BIG sense. It is also a Spiritual Way, a traditional place to give birth & to die. :-). [and everything in the middle]
Do it twice a month is not (it shouldn´t be) a big investment in time/money.
Around these practices there are always people with some extra-knowledge that, for sure, you´ll appreciate.
take care and mantain an active-pro-towards-justfuckingdosomethingdon´twaitfortheragetocome. It will be back.
Adrenalin cleans us, get your dose voluntarily, your body needs it, so you know it´ll find the way to dose with.

be well
gdc

—– Original Message —–
From: mcorcoran
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 1:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine]

I’m having a very hard time lately. Not because i have a desire to use but because i have no idea how to live. Now being opiate free, my rage is totally out of control. I’m so disatisfied with life, i go back and forth between angry or lathargic most of the time and when the anger takes control i become completely nuts.
Last weekend a friend of mine and my sister screwed me over in a way that most people would consider unforgivable. After letting these feelings of betrayal consume me over the next couple of days I snapped like i always seem to these days went to the friends house early yesterday morning and kicked his door off the hinges pulled him out of bed and kicked the shit out of him. I couldn’t stop myself. He was in the hospital all day yesterday and is a mess (fortunately) i dont think he’s gonna press charges but my hand is broken so i’m kind fucked anyway. Everyone i know says that he deserved what he got and maybe he did although i feel terrible and the first thing i did when i woke up this morning was cry. but what is most desturbing thing about this whole ordeal is that i’m sick to my stomach thinking how far this rage is taking me. its like since i havent been medicating i’ve turned into a totally differnt kind of nut and quite frankly i dont like high mark but i think he might have been much less of an asshole and maybe even less crazy on some level.
I dont know what to do. i feel like i’m always behind the 8 ball in every important area of my life. the longer i’ve been straight the more of a mess my life seems to become and its not supposed to be like this. i need to get out of this city for starters and since i can’t seem to be able to make any kind of plan to do that i sit angry, satanent and pissed off and thats not a good place for anyone to be.
Any sugestions?

Preston Peet <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
>did you see “What the bleep do we know”?
there are some interesting animations about addiction.
go slowly but firmly, recover your hijacked brain chemistry.
keep tapering benzos. I know nothing about bup.<

Literallly just finished a book published by the Disinformation Company
(same folks putting out my books) called “Beyond the Bleep,” by Alexandra
Bruce, and it explains a lot of the theories proposed and discussed in this
movie mentioned above. I haven’t yet seen the film, but a three hour version
is supposedly in the works for Theatrical release later this year, and a
bigger DVD version for early 2006. It sounds like a film I do want to see,
and yes, they do discuss, in some parts apparently, addictive behavior, and
not just to drugs but to others things too, including even emotions.

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often
mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations,
Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —–
From: “Germán DC”
To:
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 9:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl & Bupe

> Ron,
> are you tapering benzos?
> you can do it slowly, but firmly little by little.
> you can do it, you can.
>
> Life is a hard task I agree, but we are here… must be a reason beyond
> our
> pain.
> did you see “What the bleep do we know”?
> there are some interesting animations about addiction.
> go slowly but firmly, recover your hijacked brain chemistry.
> keep tapering benzos. I know nothing about bup.
>
> From your posts I realized that the worst (talking about legal medecin)
> thing,
> the thing that has hurt me the most, were benzos which were prescribed to
> me
> at 16 y.o. my doctor said:
> “is better for you to take 2mg Valium now, that have an stomach ulcer at
> 30.” ,
> he was a good man, and i´m sure he tried to “save me” from worst things to
> happen…
> well I took 2mg a few times, inmediately started to see how much mgs could
> I
> take before my tongue refused to obey me. That was around 35mg. At that
> time
> I couldn´t run, I could do nothing physically demanding. Even in my worst
> moment of heavy (cocaine) addiction I wasn´t closer to that state of “body
> impediment”, I mean you don´t feel the benzos but they are there all the
> time, disturbing functions.
> I never, never, never ralate my physycal condition to valium.
> It was mixed with some other moments of my life.
> I remember I couldn´t do a 300 mts run, I never realized why… until
> your
> posts.
> Thank you for that, one more piece of my “life puzzle” in place.
>
> Expel the terrorist from your brain with diplomacy.
> Violence is absolutely contraindicated.
> No rages. Cryng is better.
> When the mind takes control the heart starts to shut.
> Be back to your heartbeat, again and again.
> Slowly.
> You can.
>
> regards
> gdc.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> —– Original Message —–
> From: “Ron Davis”
> To:
> Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 1:17 AM
> Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl & Bupe
>
>
>> Howard:
>> I was caught on the oxy train and did not want anything to do with meth.
>> bup wasn’t approved for treating dependency but I found a clinic that
>> sold
>> it and rx’d it for “pain” management. It was sold as non addicting or
> light
>> compared to other drugs. I read the lit in the packages and it stated
> w/ds
>> were light. I was also introduced to benzos at the same time, all new
> stuff
>> for me. I just knew I had to lose the oxys b.4it killed me. I now know
> bup
>> is way bad, most providers won’t touch you, my stint w/ IBO damn near
> killed
>> me although Tommy, the provider was great. I d/n realize what a number I
>> had done on myself. I think I need 3 weeks to clear myself at my age and
>> only had 10 days b/c of work. I fear for my life and profession.
>> Anything
>> you can throw my way would greatly be appreciated, I.a. titrate
>> schedules,
>> etc.I think I’m screwed and want to live again. Can’t do IBO b/c c/no get
> a
>> short acting opiate in the bible belt and job requirements. I truly fear
>> for my life. This body is beat. God help me and the others, wish I could
> go
>> to Sara’s as she has the handle on this poison. That’s my story . Life is
> a
>> chore, hope it sheds insight into your work and saves my arse. I was
>> desparate. Help if you can, advice, etc. I’m here by my own hand,
>> probably
>> die by it. Don’t mean to be a downer for the list, just telling a story
> that
>> may help others. Help is needed. rwd
>> —– Original Message —–
>> From:
>> To:
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 12:01 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl & Bupe
>>
>>
>> >
>> > In a message dated 8/10/05 10:09:13 AM, rwd3@cox.net writes:
>> >
>> > << After several yrs. of riding the bup train, IM, I have found it to
>> > be
> a
>> > wolf in sheep’s clothing. I loathe the day the Doc told me it wasn’t
>> > addicting,
>> > blah, blah…it has a vicious bite on withdrawal..short term only…I’m
>> > late
>> > by several years. It has kicked me arse many times..strickly harm
>> > reduction
>> > to coin a phrase used by one of our learned members. ron >>
>> >
>> > Hi Ron,
>> >
>> > Language is important here. Any professional these days would not use
> the
>> > term addicting as it has no scientific/academic/medical formal
>> > recognition. The
>> > drug may not be addicting but, its use over time certainly causes
>> > dependence
>> > and withdrawal you bet. I am going to look into this further in the
>> > methadone/buprenorphine side of my world.
>> >
>> > I wouldn’t mind list comments on this subject.
>> >
>> > Best regards.
>> >
>> > Howard
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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From: “Nick Sandberg” <nick227@tiscali.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine]
Date: August 11, 2005 at 1:04:11 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hi M,

I suggest you check out the options from the world of therapy. The feeling and expression of anger is the body’s natural reaction to a sense of invasion. Often we have a lot of feelings, judgments and conditioning around anger but it is actually a natural and healthy thing to be angry. However, it is necessary to work with it in a proper therapeutic setting so that you can get the benefit of what your body is trying to do and not end up attacking someone or getting stuck in a lot of guilt and struggling to repress your own feelings.

When the body starts to open up more from a previously compacted state, it is quite common for feelings of extreme anger and rage to come up, sometimes triggered by things that are quite out of proportion to the level of feeling. For sure, this can be very scary and there is often the feeling that you don’t know yourself any more and don’t know what you’re capable of. It is important to get yourself into a place where you can talk about what’s going on for you to others without being judged and where you can work energetically with releasing the feelings and allowing the expansion that is trying to happen. The experience of frequent anger or rage is always a sign that the body is trying to expand energetically.

It is important to recognize what is going on for you and be responsible for it. I suggest you do what you can to check out therapists in your area, either one-to-one guys or people who work with groups. Explain what is happening for you and ask if they can work with you. Maybe ask to come along for an interview or a trial so you can be sure it’s right for you.

This is what I would suggest. Feel free to contact me off list if you like.

All the best

Nick

—–Original Message—–
From: mcorcoran [mailto:mcorcoran27@yahoo.com]
Sent: 11 August 2005 17:29
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine]

I’m having a very hard time lately. Not because i have a desire to use but because i have no idea how to live. Now being opiate free, my rage is totally out of control. I’m so disatisfied with life, i go back and forth between angry or lathargic most of the time and when the anger takes control i become completely nuts.
Last weekend a friend of mine and my sister screwed me over in a way that most people would consider unforgivable. After letting these feelings of betrayal consume me over the next couple of days I snapped like i always seem to these days went to the friends house early yesterday morning and kicked his door off the hinges pulled him out of bed and kicked the shit out of him. I couldn’t stop myself. He was in the hospital all day yesterday and is a mess (fortunately) i dont think he’s gonna press charges but my hand is broken so i’m kind fucked anyway. Everyone i know says that he deserved what he got and maybe he did although i feel terrible and the first thing i did when i woke up this morning was cry. but what is most desturbing thing about this whole ordeal is that i’m sick to my stomach thinking how far this rage is taking me. its like since i havent been medicating i’ve turned into a totally differnt kind of nut and quite frankly i dont like high mark but i think he might have been much less of an asshole and maybe even less crazy on some level.
I dont know what to do. i feel like i’m always behind the 8 ball in every important area of my life. the longer i’ve been straight the more of a mess my life seems to become and its not supposed to be like this. i need to get out of this city for starters and since i can’t seem to be able to make any kind of plan to do that i sit angry, satanent and pissed off and thats not a good place for anyone to be.
Any sugestions?

Preston Peet <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
>did you see “What the bleep do we know”?
there are some interesting animations about addiction.
go slowly but firmly, recover your hijacked brain chemistry.
keep tapering benzos. I know nothing about bup.<

Literallly just finished a book published by the Disinformation Company
(same folks putting out my books) called “Beyond the Bleep,” by Alexandra
Bruce, and it explains a lot of the theories proposed and discussed in this
movie mentioned above. I haven’t yet seen the film, but a three hour version
is supposedly in the works for Theatrical release later this year, and a
bigger DVD version for early 2006. It sounds like a film I do want to see,
and yes, they do discuss, in some parts apparently, addictive behavior, and
not just to drugs but to others things too, including even emotions.

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often
mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations,
Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —–
From: “Germán DC”
To:
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 9:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl & Bupe

> Ron,
> are you tapering benzos?
> you can do it slowly, but firmly little by little.
> you can do it, you can.
>
> Life is a hard task I agree, but we are here… must be a reason beyond
> our
> pain.
> did you see “What the bleep do we know”?
> there are some interesting animations about addiction.
> go slowly but firmly, recover your hijacked brain chemistry.
> keep tapering benzos. I know nothing about bup.
>
> From your posts I realized that the worst (talking about legal medecin)
> thing,
> the thing that has hurt me the most, were benzos which were prescribed to
> me
> at 16 y.o. my doctor said:
> “is better for you to take 2mg Valium now, that have an stomach ulcer at
> 30.” ,
> he was a good man, and i´m sure he tried to “save me” from worst things to
> happen…
> well I took 2mg a few times, inmediately started to see how much mgs could
> I
> take before my tongue refused to obey me. That was around 35mg. At that
> time
> I couldn´t run, I could do nothing physically demanding. Even in my worst
> moment of heavy (cocaine) addiction I wasn´t closer to that state of “body
> impediment”, I mean you don´t feel the benzos but they are there all the
> time, disturbing functions.
> I never, never, never ralate my physycal condition to valium.
> It was mixed with some other moments of my life.
> I remember I couldn´t do a 300 mts run, I never realized why… until
> your
> posts.
> Thank you for that, one more piece of my “life puzzle” in place.
>
> Expel the terrorist from your brain with diplomacy.
> Violence is absolutely contraindicated.
> No rages. Cryng is better.
> When the mind takes control the heart starts to shut.
> Be back to your heartbeat, again and again.
> Slowly.
> You can.
>
> regards
> gdc.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> —– Original Message —–
> From: “Ron Davis”
> To:
> Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 1:17 AM
> Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl & Bupe
>
>
>> Howard:
>> I was caught on the oxy train and did not want anything to do with meth.
>> bup wasn’t approved for treating dependency but I found a clinic that
>> sold
>> it and rx’d it for “pain” management. It was sold as non addicting or
> light
>> compared to other drugs. I read the lit in the packages and it stated
> w/ds
>> were light. I was also introduced to benzos at the same time, all new
> stuff
>> for me. I just knew I had to lose the oxys b.4it killed me. I now know
> bup
>> is way bad, most providers won’t touch you, my stint w/ IBO damn near
> killed
>> me although Tommy, the provider was great. I d/n realize what a number I
>> had done on myself. I think I need 3 weeks to clear myself at my age and
>> only had 10 days b/c of work. I fear for my life and profession.
>> Anything
>> you can throw my way would greatly be appreciated, I.a. titrate
>> schedules,
>> etc.I think I’m screwed and want to live again. Can’t do IBO b/c c/no get
> a
>> short acting opiate in the bible belt and job requirements. I truly fear
>> for my life. This body is beat. God help me and the others, wish I could
> go
>> to Sara’s as she has the handle on this poison. That’s my story . Life is
> a
>> chore, hope it sheds insight into your work and saves my arse. I was
>> desparate. Help if you can, advice, etc. I’m here by my own hand,
>> probably
>> die by it. Don’t mean to be a downer for the list, just telling a story
> that
>> may help others. Help is needed. rwd
>> —– Original Message —–
>> From:
>> To:
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 12:01 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl & Bupe
>>
>>
>> >
>> > In a message dated 8/10/05 10:09:13 AM, rwd3@cox.net writes:
>> >
>> > << After several yrs. of riding the bup train, IM, I have found it to
>> > be
> a
>> > wolf in sheep’s clothing. I loathe the day the Doc told me it wasn’t
>> > addicting,
>> > blah, blah…it has a vicious bite on withdrawal..short term only…I’m
>> > late
>> > by several years. It has kicked me arse many times..strickly harm
>> > reduction
>> > to coin a phrase used by one of our learned members. ron >>
>> >
>> > Hi Ron,
>> >
>> > Language is important here. Any professional these days would not use
> the
>> > term addicting as it has no scientific/academic/medical formal
>> > recognition. The
>> > drug may not be addicting but, its use over time certainly causes
>> > dependence
>> > and withdrawal you bet. I am going to look into this further in the
>> > methadone/buprenorphine side of my world.
>> >
>> > I wouldn’t mind list comments on this subject.
>> >
>> > Best regards.
>> >
>> > Howard
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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From: mcorcoran <mcorcoran27@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine]
Date: August 11, 2005 at 12:29:02 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I’m having a very hard time lately. Not because i have a desire to use but because i have no idea how to live. Now being opiate free, my rage is totally out of control. I’m so disatisfied with life, i go back and forth between angry or lathargic most of the time and when the anger takes control i become completely nuts.
Last weekend a friend of mine and my sister screwed me over in a way that most people would consider unforgivable. After letting these feelings of betrayal consume me over the next couple of days I snapped like i always seem to these days went to the friends house early yesterday morning and kicked his door off the hinges pulled him out of bed and kicked the shit out of him. I couldn’t stop myself. He was in the hospital all day yesterday and is a mess (fortunately) i dont think he’s gonna press charges but my hand is broken so i’m kind fucked anyway. Everyone i know says that he deserved what he got and maybe he did although i feel terrible and the first thing i did when i woke up this morning was cry. but what is most desturbing thing about this whole ordeal is that i’m sick to my stomach thinking how far this rage is taking me. its like since i havent been medicating i’ve turned into a totally differnt kind of nut and quite frankly i dont like high mark but i think he might have been much less of an asshole and maybe even less crazy on some level.
I dont know what to do. i feel like i’m always behind the 8 ball in every important area of my life. the longer i’ve been straight the more of a mess my life seems to become and its not supposed to be like this. i need to get out of this city for starters and since i can’t seem to be able to make any kind of plan to do that i sit angry, satanent and pissed off and thats not a good place for anyone to be.
Any sugestions?

Preston Peet <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
>did you see “What the bleep do we know”?
there are some interesting animations about addiction.
go slowly but firmly, recover your hijacked brain chemistry.
keep tapering benzos. I know nothing about bup.<

Literallly just finished a book published by the Disinformation Company
(same folks putting out my books) called “Beyond the Bleep,” by Alexandra
Bruce, and it explains a lot of the theories proposed and discussed in this
movie mentioned above. I haven’t yet seen the film, but a three hour version
is supposedly in the works for Theatrical release later this year, and a
bigger DVD version for early 2006. It sounds like a film I do want to see,
and yes, they do discuss, in some parts apparently, addictive behavior, and
not just to drugs but to others things too, including even emotions.

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often
mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations,
Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —–
From: “Germán DC”
To:
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 9:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl & Bupe

> Ron,
> are you tapering benzos?
> you can do it slowly, but firmly little by little.
> you can do it, you can.
>
> Life is a hard task I agree, but we are here… must be a reason beyond
> our
> pain.
> did you see “What the bleep do we know”?
> there are some interesting animations about addiction.
> go slowly but firmly, recover your hijacked brain chemistry.
> keep tapering benzos. I know nothing about bup.
>
> From your posts I realized that the worst (talking about legal medecin)
> thing,
> the thing that has hurt me the most, were benzos which were prescribed to
> me
> at 16 y.o. my doctor said:
> “is better for you to take 2mg Valium now, that have an stomach ulcer at
> 30.” ,
> he was a good man, and i´m sure he tried to “save me” from worst things to
> happen…
> well I took 2mg a few times, inmediately started to see how much mgs could
> I
> take before my tongue refused to obey me. That was around 35mg. At that
> time
> I couldn´t run, I could do nothing physically demanding. Even in my worst
> moment of heavy (cocaine) addiction I wasn´t closer to that state of “body
> impediment”, I mean you don´t feel the benzos but they are there all the
> time, disturbing functions.
> I never, never, never ralate my physycal condition to valium.
> It was mixed with some other moments of my life.
> I remember I couldn´t do a 300 mts run, I never realized why… until
> your
> posts.
> Thank you for that, one more piece of my “life puzzle” in place.
>
> Expel the terrorist from your brain with diplomacy.
> Violence is absolutely contraindicated.
> No rages. Cryng is better.
> When the mind takes control the heart starts to shut.
> Be back to your heartbeat, again and again.
> Slowly.
> You can.
>
> regards
> gdc.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> —– Original Message —–
> From: “Ron Davis”
> To:
> Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 1:17 AM
> Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl & Bupe
>
>
>> Howard:
>> I was caught on the oxy train and did not want anything to do with meth.
>> bup wasn’t approved for treating dependency but I found a clinic that
>> sold
>> it and rx’d it for “pain” management. It was sold as non addicting or
> light
>> compared to other drugs. I read the lit in the packages and it stated
> w/ds
>> were light. I was also introduced to benzos at the same time, all new
> stuff
>> for me. I just knew I had to lose the oxys b.4it killed me. I now know
> bup
>> is way bad, most providers won’t touch you, my stint w/ IBO damn near
> killed
>> me although Tommy, the provider was great. I d/n realize what a number I
>> had done on myself. I think I need 3 weeks to clear myself at my age and
>> only had 10 days b/c of work. I fear for my life and profession.
>> Anything
>> you can throw my way would greatly be appreciated, I.a. titrate
>> schedules,
>> etc.I think I’m screwed and want to live again. Can’t do IBO b/c c/no get
> a
>> short acting opiate in the bible belt and job requirements. I truly fear
>> for my life. This body is beat. God help me and the others, wish I could
> go
>> to Sara’s as she has the handle on this poison. That’s my story . Life is
> a
>> chore, hope it sheds insight into your work and saves my arse. I was
>> desparate. Help if you can, advice, etc. I’m here by my own hand,
>> probably
>> die by it. Don’t mean to be a downer for the list, just telling a story
> that
>> may help others. Help is needed. rwd
>> —– Original Message —–
>> From:
>> To:
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 12:01 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl & Bupe
>>
>>
>> >
>> > In a message dated 8/10/05 10:09:13 AM, rwd3@cox.net writes:
>> >
>> > << After several yrs. of riding the bup train, IM, I have found it to
>> > be
> a
>> > wolf in sheep’s clothing. I loathe the day the Doc told me it wasn’t
>> > addicting,
>> > blah, blah…it has a vicious bite on withdrawal..short term only…I’m
>> > late
>> > by several years. It has kicked me arse many times..strickly harm
>> > reduction
>> > to coin a phrase used by one of our learned members. ron >>
>> >
>> > Hi Ron,
>> >
>> > Language is important here. Any professional these days would not use
> the
>> > term addicting as it has no scientific/academic/medical formal
>> > recognition. The
>> > drug may not be addicting but, its use over time certainly causes
>> > dependence
>> > and withdrawal you bet. I am going to look into this further in the
>> > methadone/buprenorphine side of my world.
>> >
>> > I wouldn’t mind list comments on this subject.
>> >
>> > Best regards.
>> >
>> > Howard
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl & Bupe
Date: August 11, 2005 at 11:37:55 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

did you see “What the bleep do we know”?
there are some interesting animations about addiction.
go slowly but firmly, recover your hijacked brain chemistry.
keep tapering benzos. I know nothing about bup.<

Literallly just finished a book published by the Disinformation Company (same folks putting out my books) called “Beyond the Bleep,” by Alexandra Bruce, and it explains a lot of the theories proposed and discussed in this movie mentioned above. I haven’t yet seen the film, but a three hour version is supposedly in the works for Theatrical release later this year, and a bigger DVD version for early 2006. It sounds like a film I do want to see, and yes, they do discuss, in some parts apparently, addictive behavior, and not just to drugs but to others things too, including even emotions.

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: “Germán DC” <gcaldelas@fibertel.com.ar>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 9:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl & Bupe

Ron,
are you tapering benzos?
you can do it slowly, but firmly little by little.
you can do it, you can.

Life is a hard task I agree, but we are here… must be a reason beyond our
pain.
did you see “What the bleep do we know”?
there are some interesting animations about addiction.
go slowly but firmly, recover your hijacked brain chemistry.
keep tapering benzos. I know nothing about bup.

From your posts I realized that the worst (talking about legal medecin)
thing,
the thing that has hurt me the most, were benzos which were prescribed to me
at 16 y.o. my doctor said:
“is better for you to take 2mg Valium now, that have an stomach ulcer at
30.” ,
he was a good man, and i´m sure he tried to “save me” from worst things to
happen…
well I took 2mg a few times, inmediately started to see how much mgs could I
take before my tongue refused to obey me. That was around 35mg. At that time
I couldn´t run, I could do nothing physically demanding. Even in my worst
moment of heavy (cocaine) addiction I wasn´t closer to that state of “body
impediment”, I mean you don´t feel the benzos but they are there all the
time, disturbing functions.
I never, never, never ralate my physycal condition to valium.
It was mixed with some other moments of my life.
I remember I couldn´t do a 300 mts run,  I never realized why… until your
posts.
Thank you for that, one more piece of my “life puzzle” in place.

Expel the terrorist from your brain with diplomacy.
Violence is absolutely contraindicated.
No rages. Cryng is better.
When the mind takes control the heart starts to shut.
Be back to your heartbeat, again and again.
Slowly.
You can.

regards
gdc.

—– Original Message —– From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 1:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl & Bupe

Howard:
I was caught on the oxy train  and did not want anything to do with meth.
bup wasn’t approved for treating dependency but I found a clinic that sold
it and rx’d it for “pain” management. It was sold as non addicting or
light
compared to other drugs.  I read the lit in the packages and it stated
w/ds
were light. I was also introduced to benzos at the same time, all new
stuff
for me.  I just knew I had to lose the oxys b.4it killed me.  I now know
bup
is way bad, most providers won’t touch you, my stint w/ IBO damn near
killed
me although Tommy, the provider was great.  I d/n realize what a number I
had done on myself.  I think I need 3 weeks to clear myself at my age and
only had 10 days b/c of work.  I fear for my life and profession. Anything
you can throw my way would greatly be appreciated, I.a. titrate schedules,
etc.I think I’m screwed and want to live again. Can’t do IBO b/c c/no get
a
short acting opiate in the bible belt and job requirements. I  truly fear
for my life. This body is beat. God help me and the others, wish I could
go
to Sara’s as she has the handle on this poison. That’s my story . Life is
a
chore,  hope it sheds insight into your work and saves my arse.  I was
desparate. Help if you can, advice, etc. I’m here by my own hand, probably
die by it. Don’t mean to be a downer for the list, just telling a story
that
may help others.  Help is needed. rwd
—– Original Message —– From: <HSLotsof@aol.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 12:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl & Bupe

>
> In a message dated 8/10/05 10:09:13 AM, rwd3@cox.net writes:
>
> << After several yrs. of riding the bup train, IM, I have found it to > be
a
> wolf in sheep’s clothing.  I loathe the day the Doc told me it wasn’t
> addicting,
> blah, blah…it has a vicious bite on withdrawal..short term only…I’m
> late
> by several years.  It has kicked me arse many times..strickly harm
> reduction
> to coin a phrase used by one of our learned members. ron >>
>
> Hi Ron,
>
> Language is important here.  Any professional these days would not use
the
> term addicting as it has no scientific/academic/medical formal
> recognition.  The
> drug may not be addicting but, its use over time certainly causes
> dependence
> and withdrawal you bet.  I am going to look into this further in the
> methadone/buprenorphine side of my world.
>
> I wouldn’t mind list comments on this subject.
>
> Best regards.
>
> Howard
>
>
>
>
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From: Eye of the Bhogi <freedomroot@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Gallo Research Center studies cause and treatment of alcohol, drug addiction
Date: August 11, 2005 at 9:59:45 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

From the piece on Gallo funding of addiction research:  “But its side
effects, including hallucinations, which made it popular in the 1960s
drug culture, and evidence of toxicity to certain nerve cells in
rodent studies have discouraged studies of its clinical potential
against drug and alcohol addiction.”

Howard or someone else scientific:  is the nerve cell toxicity related
to the hallucinations?  What do we do to our nerves with chemical
abuse anyway?  thanks, rachel

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From: Germán DC <gcaldelas@fibertel.com.ar>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl & Bupe
Date: August 11, 2005 at 9:36:35 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Ron,
are you tapering benzos?
you can do it slowly, but firmly little by little.
you can do it, you can.

Life is a hard task I agree, but we are here… must be a reason beyond our
pain.
did you see “What the bleep do we know”?
there are some interesting animations about addiction.
go slowly but firmly, recover your hijacked brain chemistry.
keep tapering benzos. I know nothing about bup.

From your posts I realized that the worst (talking about legal medecin)
thing,
the thing that has hurt me the most, were benzos which were prescribed to me
at 16 y.o. my doctor said:
“is better for you to take 2mg Valium now, that have an stomach ulcer at
30.” ,
he was a good man, and i´m sure he tried to “save me” from worst things to
happen…
well I took 2mg a few times, inmediately started to see how much mgs could I
take before my tongue refused to obey me. That was around 35mg. At that time
I couldn´t run, I could do nothing physically demanding. Even in my worst
moment of heavy (cocaine) addiction I wasn´t closer to that state of “body
impediment”, I mean you don´t feel the benzos but they are there all the
time, disturbing functions.
I never, never, never ralate my physycal condition to valium.
It was mixed with some other moments of my life.
I remember I couldn´t do a 300 mts run,  I never realized why… until your
posts.
Thank you for that, one more piece of my “life puzzle” in place.

Expel the terrorist from your brain with diplomacy.
Violence is absolutely contraindicated.
No rages. Cryng is better.
When the mind takes control the heart starts to shut.
Be back to your heartbeat, again and again.
Slowly.
You can.

regards
gdc.

—– Original Message —–
From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 1:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl & Bupe

Howard:
I was caught on the oxy train  and did not want anything to do with meth.
bup wasn’t approved for treating dependency but I found a clinic that sold
it and rx’d it for “pain” management. It was sold as non addicting or
light
compared to other drugs.  I read the lit in the packages and it stated
w/ds
were light. I was also introduced to benzos at the same time, all new
stuff
for me.  I just knew I had to lose the oxys b.4it killed me.  I now know
bup
is way bad, most providers won’t touch you, my stint w/ IBO damn near
killed
me although Tommy, the provider was great.  I d/n realize what a number I
had done on myself.  I think I need 3 weeks to clear myself at my age and
only had 10 days b/c of work.  I fear for my life and profession. Anything
you can throw my way would greatly be appreciated, I.a. titrate schedules,
etc.I think I’m screwed and want to live again. Can’t do IBO b/c c/no get
a
short acting opiate in the bible belt and job requirements. I  truly fear
for my life. This body is beat. God help me and the others, wish I could
go
to Sara’s as she has the handle on this poison. That’s my story . Life is
a
chore,  hope it sheds insight into your work and saves my arse.  I was
desparate. Help if you can, advice, etc. I’m here by my own hand, probably
die by it. Don’t mean to be a downer for the list, just telling a story
that
may help others.  Help is needed. rwd
—– Original Message —–
From: <HSLotsof@aol.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 12:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl & Bupe

In a message dated 8/10/05 10:09:13 AM, rwd3@cox.net writes:

<< After several yrs. of riding the bup train, IM, I have found it to be
a
wolf in sheep’s clothing.  I loathe the day the Doc told me it wasn’t
addicting,
blah, blah…it has a vicious bite on withdrawal..short term only…I’m
late
by several years.  It has kicked me arse many times..strickly harm
reduction
to coin a phrase used by one of our learned members. ron >>

Hi Ron,

Language is important here.  Any professional these days would not use
the
term addicting as it has no scientific/academic/medical formal
recognition.  The
drug may not be addicting but, its use over time certainly causes
dependence
and withdrawal you bet.  I am going to look into this further in the
methadone/buprenorphine side of my world.

I wouldn’t mind list comments on this subject.

Best regards.

Howard

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From: “matthew zielinski” <mattzielinski@hotmail.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] JULIE
Date: August 11, 2005 at 1:06:54 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hey Julie
im so happy to see u back on the list!!!……and im even more delighted to know u are still clean!!!!
Keep it up girl and stop lurking and start posting
Love
Matt

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl & Bupe
Date: August 11, 2005 at 12:17:03 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Howard:
I was caught on the oxy train  and did not want anything to do with meth. bup wasn’t approved for treating dependency but I found a clinic that sold it and rx’d it for “pain” management. It was sold as non addicting or light compared to other drugs.  I read the lit in the packages and it stated w/ds were light. I was also introduced to benzos at the same time, all new stuff for me.  I just knew I had to lose the oxys b.4it killed me.  I now know bup is way bad, most providers won’t touch you, my stint w/ IBO damn near killed me although Tommy, the provider was great.  I d/n realize what a number I had done on myself.  I think I need 3 weeks to clear myself at my age and only had 10 days b/c of work.  I fear for my life and profession. Anything you can throw my way would greatly be appreciated, I.a. titrate schedules, etc.I think I’m screwed and want to live again. Can’t do IBO b/c c/no get a short acting opiate in the bible belt and job requirements. I  truly fear for my life. This body is beat. God help me and the others, wish I could go to Sara’s as she has the handle on this poison. That’s my story . Life is a chore,  hope it sheds insight into your work and saves my arse.  I was desparate. Help if you can, advice, etc. I’m here by my own hand, probably die by it. Don’t mean to be a downer for the list, just telling a story that may help others.  Help is needed. rwd
—– Original Message —– From: <HSLotsof@aol.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 12:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl & Bupe

In a message dated 8/10/05 10:09:13 AM, rwd3@cox.net writes:

<< After several yrs. of riding the bup train, IM, I have found it to be a
wolf in sheep’s clothing.  I loathe the day the Doc told me it wasn’t addicting,
blah, blah…it has a vicious bite on withdrawal..short term only…I’m late
by several years.  It has kicked me arse many times..strickly harm reduction
to coin a phrase used by one of our learned members. ron >>

Hi Ron,

Language is important here.  Any professional these days would not use the
term addicting as it has no scientific/academic/medical formal recognition.  The
drug may not be addicting but, its use over time certainly causes dependence
and withdrawal you bet.  I am going to look into this further in the
methadone/buprenorphine side of my world.

I wouldn’t mind list comments on this subject.

Best regards.

Howard

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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] NA
Date: August 11, 2005 at 12:01:01 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Thank you, Kevyn, for putting it so succinctly.  And congrats on the 7 years
love tink

On 8/10/05, kevyn at the Cluster <kevyn@pagancluster.org> wrote:
Thanks for writing this Steve.
I have heard the bashing here before, and will certainly again. I mostly
tune it out.
Everyone has an opinoin, and they are all just, for that person.

But to speak for others, well I try not to.

I am coming up on 7 years clean. Have a great life. It is thanks to 12
steps and my choosing to change and do the work and suggestions they give.

I have heard often, that 12 steps have 100% success for anyone that is
anyone who gives 100% effort.

If you have give 100% towards the steps and suggestions, and failed, i
would like to hear from you. From what I have seen and heard, there is yet
anyone who makes that claim.

Anything can work. And some things will not work for some people, or
whatever. But closing the door on any opportunity is only limiting to
yourself.

Try Ibogaine, try 12 steps, try talking to a rock, try whatever you feel
like doing at the time. Keep trying anything, if you want to change your
life, truly want to more than anything else, I believe you will find what
you need to help support that change.

If 12 steps, or if iboga, or whatever, they are not a cure, miracle, they
are all tools but fundanmentally you are making the change. take credit,
don’t critize what works for someone else. Speak the truth of your version
of the dream, and well keep focused on it. On you. not on others or the
negative.

sorry for the rant, from the other lurker looking to always learn something
new everyday. And thanks to many of you, I have learned a great deal on this
listserve.

peace and luv
kevyn

Steve Kelley wrote:

I also am a lurker and this is my first post. I just can’t let this dis’ing
of NA continue without my 0.5 cents.

I can’t afford ibogaine. I wish I could. I began to go to NA meetings hoping
that I could find some ibogaine. I mean I see every other illegal drug in
the world on the streets, so why not and why not at NA I mean “the concept
of one addict helping another”. Anyway I found no ibogaine, but I did find a
group of clean addicts (recovering addicts, ex-junkies, non-using druggies)
or whatever you want to call them. I found a place to feel like a normal
human with a problem. Maybe NA groups vary radically from place to place but
I have never felt sidelined because I showed up nodding. I feel listened to.
I am not clean but I have moderated somewhat and I have quit spending money
that I don’t have on my habit. I don’t have a clean date and I have not chip
or keytag, but going to meetings definitely helps me keep my habit in the
rational territory.

If Julie would please send me $12,000 I will be happy to lie about NA.
Whatever to more comfortably beat this thing.

sk

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Arianna Huffington: Support Our Troops: Call a Truce in America’s Drug War
Date: August 10, 2005 at 11:16:19 PM EDT
To: “Newsroom-L” <newsroom-l@lists.netspace.org>, <drugwar@mindvox.com>, <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hi all (and please excuse the cross post to three lists- I figure it’s easier this way to send out something I find interesting and well worth addressing by the population at large, those who use the drugs, those wanting to stop using those drugs- or don’t- and the press, which reports, most often, the governments’ version of how things are/should be when it comes to currently illegal drugs),
This blog is stuffed with hyperlinks, and well worth a visit for the whole article I think. Huffington is someone I tend to like, which shouldn’t surprise most of those who’ve known me over the years.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/20050810/cm_huffpost/005382

Arianna Huffington: Support Our Troops: Call a Truce in America’s Drug War

snip-

More and more soldiers coming home from Iraq are developing mental health problems (a recent study by the Army’s Surgeon General put the number at 30 percent). Already nearly 25,000 Iraq and   Afghanistan vets have been diagnosed with psychological ailments. Because of the nature of the fighting in Iraq — constant threats, hard to discern enemy, ambiguous goals —  experts expect that number to continue to rise. And soldiers suffering from such problems are known to have higher rates of substance abuse.
So how will we respond when the young men and women we sent to stamp out Saddam’s WMD…uh, I mean, bring democracy to the people of Iraq… start getting busted for taking to drugs to deal with their troubles?
Will we “stay the course” and do what we’ve being doing for decades (a failed strategy that has our prisons bursting at the seams, with around half-a-million people doing time on drug charges)? Or will we finally come to our senses and start dealing with nonviolent drug use as a medical problem not a criminal one?

snip-

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

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From: kevyn at the Cluster <kevyn@pagancluster.org>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] NA
Date: August 10, 2005 at 10:45:48 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Thanks for writing this Steve.
I have heard the bashing here before, and will certainly again. I mostly tune it out.
Everyone has an opinoin, and they are all just, for that person.

But to speak for others, well I try not to.

I am coming up on 7 years clean. Have a great life. It is thanks to 12 steps and my choosing to change and do the work and suggestions they give.

I have heard often, that 12 steps have 100% success for anyone that is anyone who gives 100% effort.

If you have give 100% towards the steps and suggestions, and failed, i would like to hear from you. From what I have seen and heard, there is yet anyone who makes that claim.

Anything can work. And some things will not work for some people, or whatever. But closing the door on any opportunity is only limiting to yourself.

Try Ibogaine, try 12 steps, try talking to a rock, try whatever you feel like doing at the time. Keep trying anything, if you want to change your life, truly want to more than anything else, I believe you will find what you need to help support that change.

If 12 steps, or if iboga, or whatever, they are not a cure, miracle, they are all tools but fundanmentally you are making the change. take credit, don’t critize what works for someone else. Speak the truth of your version of the dream, and well keep focused on it. On you. not on others or the negative.

sorry for the rant, from the other lurker looking to always learn something new everyday. And thanks to many of you, I have learned a great deal on this listserve.

peace and luv
kevyn

Steve Kelley wrote:
I also am a lurker and this is my first post. I just can’t let this dis’ing of NA continue without my 0.5 cents.

I can’t afford ibogaine. I wish I could. I began to go to NA meetings hoping that I could find some ibogaine. I mean I see every other illegal drug in the world on the streets, so why not and why not at NA I mean “the concept of one addict helping another”. Anyway I found no ibogaine, but I did find a group of clean addicts (recovering addicts, ex-junkies, non-using druggies) or whatever you want to call them. I found a place to feel like a normal human with a problem. Maybe NA groups vary radically from place to place but I have never felt sidelined because I showed up nodding. I feel listened to. I am not clean but I have moderated somewhat and I have quit spending money that I don’t have on my habit. I don’t have a clean date and I have not chip or keytag, but going to meetings definitely helps me keep my habit in the rational territory.

If Julie would please send me $12,000 I will be happy to lie about NA. Whatever to more comfortably beat this thing.

sk

From: Vector Vector <vector620022002@yahoo.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Gallo Research Center studies cause and treatment of alcohol, drug addiction
Date: August 10, 2005 at 10:10:05 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Gallo Research Center studies cause and treatment of alcohol, drug
addiction

http://www.capitalpress.info/main.asp?SectionID=67&SubSectionID=785&ArticleID=18724&TM=80591.59

Gallo Research Center studies cause and treatment of alcohol, drug
addiction

Chip Power
California Staff Writer

With more than 4,600 employees, the Modesto-based Gallo company and its
brand lineup extends into 90 countries, making it one of the largest
wine companies in the United States.

Less visible, perhaps, is its longtime association with addiction
research at the University of San Francisco

The Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center was established in 1980 to
study basic neuroscience and the effects of alcohol and drug abuse on
the brain. And, according to its scientists, it is the only center
studying alcoholism in the United States that is based in a department
of neurology.

In the 20 years since it began, the center has swelled to a staff of
more than 150 and occupies nearly 77,000-square-feet of office space in
Emeryville, Calif.

The center’s stated goals:

n To understand the cellular, molecular, and behavioral basis of
alcoholism, alcohol abuse and drug abuse.

n To develop cellular, molecular, and behavioral technologies to
identify alcoholics and individuals at risk because of genetic
vulnerability.

n To use advances in cellular, molecular, and behavioral neuroscience
and genetics to develop new therapies.

Earlier this year, one of its studies showed that a controversial drug
acted on brain protein to cut alcohol use.

A naturally occurring hallucinogen advocated by some clinicians as a
potent anti-addiction drug was studied, confirming its ability to block
alcohol craving in rodents, and clarifying how it works in the brain,
the university said.

The new research findings about the drug Ibogaine open the way for
development of other drugs to reverse addiction without Ibogaine’s side
effects, researchers said.

Derived from a West African shrub, Ibogaine has been championed for
years by some clinicians and drug-treatment advocates impressed with
its ability to reverse withdrawal symptoms and craving for alcohol and
various drugs of abuse. It has been used by American and other
clinicians outside the United States to treat addiction. But its side
effects, including hallucinations, which made it popular in the 1960s
drug culture, and evidence of toxicity to certain nerve cells in rodent
studies have discouraged studies of its clinical potential against drug
and alcohol addiction.

The FDA has not approved use of Ibogaine in the U.S.

Scientists at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center said they
have shown definitively, in experiments with mice and rats, that
Ibogaine does reduce alcohol consumption, doing so by increasing the
level of a brain protein known as GDNF.

“By identifying the brain protein that Ibogaine regulates to reduce
alcohol consumption in rats, we have established a link between GDNF
and reversal of addiction – knowledge of a molecular mechanism that
should allow development of a new class of drugs to treat addiction
without Ibogaine’s side effects,” said Dorit Ron, PhD, UCSF associate
professor of neurology and also principal investigator at the Gallo
Center.

“If we can alter the GDNF pathway, we may well have a new treatment
against alcohol and drug addiction without the unwanted side effects of
Ibogaine,” Ron said.

The research was published in the Jan. 19 issue of “The Journal of
Neuroscience.”

Ron is co-senior author of the paper with Patricia Janak, PhD, UCSF
assistant professor of neurology and also principal investigator at the
Gallo Center.

The research also showed that Ibogaine was quite effective in
preventing relapse, or “falling off the wagon” – the vulnerability of
recovered alcoholics or addicts to return to uncontrolled drinking or
drug use when exposed to the drug of abuse months or even years after
breaking the habit.

The researchers provided alcohol to rats until they had become
“experienced” daily drinkers. They then withheld alcohol for two weeks,
which normally leads to greatly increased drinking when alcohol is
again available. When they administered Ibogaine, they found that the
heightened craving and consumption was significantly reduced.

The research was supported by funds provided by the State of California
through UCSF for medical research on alcohol and substance abuse, and
by the Department of Defense, the university said.

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] more on wireheads
Date: August 10, 2005 at 8:15:19 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hi there all,
An old friend I haven’t seen in nearly 15 years contacted me through the internet recently, having stumbled across my name on-line, and he sent me an old notebook of mine which I recieved just yesterday. Just now, looking over the old names and numbers of folk I do not remember whatsoever, I realized that in very tiny print, at the very bottom of the page, there’s this:

“When Gravity Fails” by George Alec (?) Effinger.

I’m not exactly sure of that middle name of the author, but the title is correct, and I remember there were at least a couple books in the series, starring this PI who used programs that installed temporarily in the head- it was the first place I came across the concept of wireheads- those addicted to electrical stimulation of the pleasure centers of the brain by simply plugging into a wall socket or some other electrical source. Great books.
Anyway, this was who I was trying to remember last week when we were having this discussion about wireheads.
Also, it’s VERY weird reading in this notebook poems and rants to myself, my tumultuous thoughts and turmoils with crack, which was my problem drug at that time in my life, having only played around with smoking heroin while living in Paris without ever getting a habit, and having only had my morphine habit in the hospital at that point in my life. No opiates in Florida at that time that I could ever find. Crack though, boy that stuff was everywhere, thanks to the CIA and friends.

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

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From: Dana Beal <dana@phantom.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] na
Date: August 10, 2005 at 6:26:10 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

You’re in Texas? What about the clinics in Cancun and Rosarita–$4,000 and $4,500, respectively.  AND you get to do it with a doctor, no mean consideration inasmuch as  last month some one on this list very publicly decided to go on to bupe instead of doing ibo out of concern w. bradycardia–which is obviously a lot less of a concern if yr hooked up to a heart monitor, a refinement most guerilla treatments dispense with.

Dana/cnw

On Aug 10, 2005, at 12:18 PM, Steve Kelley wrote:

Well gee whiz. Sorry for being such an idiot, Tink. Could you give me the contact information for a person who would be willing to help me with this.

 

Steve Kelley

6475 Debonaire

Montgomery, Texas 77316

936-672-4180

pwp@consolidated.net

 

From: Eye of the Bhogi <freedomroot@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] NA
Date: August 10, 2005 at 3:14:29 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Steve,

I would think you would at least get a WELCOME / Keep Coming Back
keychain?  I mean, it doesn’t glow in the dark like the one year.  But
it’s a start.   Something to sink your teeth into at a bad moment.

Glad you found a welcoming group.  Jeff had some real negative
experiences as he was getting his life together and switching from
street drugs to methadone maintenance, and the rejection he
experienced from certain ideologues was enough to turn him off the
whole shebang.

I just don’t trust the “anonymity” boundaries of groups where on the
one hand you want to share and talk, and on the other hand there’s a
room full of sick people.  Loose lips sink ships, eh?

Whatever works.  Good luck getting aligned with the medicine you need.
I wonder if that dharma saying might apply here:  When the student is
ready the teacher will appear.

lots of love, rachel


“Ibogaine is not, and never will be, a recreational drug.”  Eric Taub

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From: HSLotsof@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl & Bupe
Date: August 10, 2005 at 1:01:59 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

In a message dated 8/10/05 10:09:13 AM, rwd3@cox.net writes:

<< After several yrs. of riding the bup train, IM, I have found it to be a
wolf in sheep’s clothing.  I loathe the day the Doc told me it wasn’t addicting,
blah, blah…it has a vicious bite on withdrawal..short term only…I’m late
by several years.  It has kicked me arse many times..strickly harm reduction
to coin a phrase used by one of our learned members. ron >>

Hi Ron,

Language is important here.  Any professional these days would not use the
term addicting as it has no scientific/academic/medical formal recognition.  The
drug may not be addicting but, its use over time certainly causes dependence
and withdrawal you bet.  I am going to look into this further in the
methadone/buprenorphine side of my world.

I wouldn’t mind list comments on this subject.

Best regards.

Howard

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From: HSLotsof@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] NA
Date: August 10, 2005 at 12:56:46 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hi Steve,

Just wanted to provide my comments.  I have never been to an NA meeting,
something I should probably do just to have done it so to be able to have the
experience and I can understand some people saying it is not their cup of tea but,
it is someone’s cup of tea and I know folks both ibogaine treated and not who
have benefited from meetings.  Whatever works work and best to all.

Howard

In a message dated 8/10/05 10:08:48 AM, skcabs@consolidated.net writes:

<< I also am a lurker and this is my first post. I just can’t let this
dis’ing of NA continue without my 0.5 cents.

I can’t afford ibogaine. I wish I could. I began to go to NA meetings
hoping that I could find some ibogaine. I mean I see every other illegal
drug in the world on the streets, so why not and why not at NA I mean
“the concept of one addict helping another”. Anyway I found no ibogaine,
but I did find a group of clean addicts (recovering addicts, ex-junkies,
non-using druggies) or whatever you want to call them. I found a place
to feel like a normal human with a problem. Maybe NA groups vary
radically from place to place but I have never felt sidelined because I
showed up nodding. I feel listened to. I am not clean but I have
moderated somewhat and I have quit spending money that I don’t have on
my habit. I don’t have a clean date and I have not chip or keytag, but
going to meetings definitely helps me keep my habit in the rational
territory.

If Julie would please send me $12,000 I will be happy to lie about NA.
Whatever to more comfortably beat this thing.

sk >>

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From: “Steve Kelley” <skcabs@consolidated.net>
Subject: [Ibogaine] na
Date: August 10, 2005 at 12:18:27 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Well gee whiz. Sorry for being such an idiot, Tink. Could you give me the contact information for a person who would be willing to help me with this.

Steve Kelley
6475 Debonaire
Montgomery, Texas 77316
936-672-4180
pwp@consolidated.net
From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] NA
Date: August 10, 2005 at 11:57:40 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

and there are other options as well. If you realy want ibogaine, it’s
much like sobriety in general; you’ll get if you try hard enough.
tink

On 8/10/05, tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com> wrote:
hear hear
tink

On 8/10/05, Ms Iboga <ms_iboga@yahoo.com> wrote:
dear sk,

I”m very happy NA works for you, but I’m quite surprised to hear you went to
NA looking for ibogaine.  Seems like an exercise in futility, seeing as
though NA condemns any and ALL drug use.

And btw, you don’t have to have $12,000 to get ibo treatment, so please stop
spreading misinformation.  You can order ibogaine on the internet for
$300/gm, as I’m sure you would have discovered if you had actually done some
research, instead of just feeling sorry for yourself.  If you live in the
US, get it sent to Canada or Mexico, and stop perpetuating this ‘powerless’
crap that is so prevalent in NA.  It’s truly nauseating.

smiles,

Julie

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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] NA
Date: August 10, 2005 at 11:56:37 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

hear hear
tink

On 8/10/05, Ms Iboga <ms_iboga@yahoo.com> wrote:
dear sk,

I”m very happy NA works for you, but I’m quite surprised to hear you went to
NA looking for ibogaine.  Seems like an exercise in futility, seeing as
though NA condemns any and ALL drug use.

And btw, you don’t have to have $12,000 to get ibo treatment, so please stop
spreading misinformation.  You can order ibogaine on the internet for
$300/gm, as I’m sure you would have discovered if you had actually done some
research, instead of just feeling sorry for yourself.  If you live in the
US, get it sent to Canada or Mexico, and stop perpetuating this ‘powerless’
crap that is so prevalent in NA.  It’s truly nauseating.

smiles,

Julie

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From: Ms Iboga <ms_iboga@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] NA
Date: August 10, 2005 at 11:46:18 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

dear sk,

I”m very happy NA works for you, but I’m quite surprised to hear you went to NA looking for ibogaine.  Seems like an exercise in futility, seeing as though NA condemns any and ALL drug use.

And btw, you don’t have to have $12,000 to get ibo treatment, so please stop spreading misinformation.  You can order ibogaine on the internet for $300/gm, as I’m sure you would have discovered if you had actually done some research, instead of just feeling sorry for yourself.  If you live in the US, get it sent to Canada or Mexico, and stop perpetuating this ‘powerless’ crap that is so prevalent in NA.  It’s truly nauseating.

smiles,

Julie

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From: Dana Beal <dana@phantom.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] MDMA “Miracle Cure” for Parkinsons?
Date: August 10, 2005 at 11:12:58 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

From: writch@writch.com
Subject: MAPS: new studies show MDMA to be effective in treating parkinsons

Some of you might have heard me mentioning this a few years back.   I’ve seen anecdotal studies which indicated that MDMA (Ecstasy) was amazing in restoration of lost functionality in Parkinson’s.  In particular heard about a gymnast who was able to do backflips again after taking some.

If you think about it, it’s really pretty funny.  The ‘miracle cure’ for Parkinson’s due to successful attempts at evasion of drug law restrictions (If you recall, they had to change the drug laws to deal with Ecstasy and those things like it).

There are some clinicals, too (below and linked), for those of you who would prefer numbers to stories:

p.s., you might sign up for the MAPS forum yourself (see the bottom of the message for the link).

Begin forwarded message:

From: “Nikki”
Date: August 8, 2005 3:35:30 PM MDT
To: <MAPS_forum@maps.org>
Cc: Subject: MAPS: new studies show MDMA to be effective in treating parkinsons

August  2, 2005.  Ironically, after NIDA-funded researchers Drs. McCann and Ricaurte claimed that MDMA damaged dopamine neurons and could cause Parkinson’s disease, a claim that they later had to retract, new research ( http://u.pvnm.org/-l-x_n-I_c ) conducted at Duke University Medical Center has shown that MDMA is the most effective of 60 drugs tested in reversing the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease! This research was discussed in an article in News-Medical.Net.

http://u.pvnm.org/-l-x_n-J-J

From: News-Medical.net

Durham, N.C. —

Amphetamines, including the drug popularly known as Ecstasy, can reverse the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease in mice with an acute form of the condition, according to new research at Duke University Medical Center.

The researchers caution that the findings in animals do not suggest Parkinson’s disease patients should find relief by taking amphetamines, which are drugs of abuse with many dangerous side effects. The findings rather indicate that drugs with similar chemical attributes might offer useful alternatives to current therapies, the researchers said.

The new study also shows that amphetamines — normally thought to act by increasing dopamine concentrations in the brain — correct the behavioral abnormalities associated with Parkinson’s in mice devoid of the brain messenger. Dopamine normally acts on dopamine receptors — protein switches on the surface of neurons — to stimulate brain processes that affect movement, emotion, pleasure and mood.

Parkinson’s disease stems from the degeneration of neurons in a brain region that controls movement. That degeneration, in turn, leads to a shortage of the chemical messenger dopamine. The finding that amphetamines can alter movement independently of dopamine opens up new directions in the search for prospective anti-Parkinsonian drugs, the researchers said.

The researchers, led by James B. Duke professor of cell biology Marc Caron, Ph.D. and Assistant Research Professor Raul Gainetdinov, M.D., Ph.D., of Duke, made the discovery after testing the utility of more than 60 compounds for reversing Parkinson’s symptoms in a mouse model of the disease. Developed by the Duke team, the mice lack detectable brain levels of dopamine and experience essentially all the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease for several hours before recovering their normal behavior. Caron is also a researcher of the Duke Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy.

The team reports its findings in the August 2005 issue of Public Library of Science (PLoS) Biology. The research was sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and a donation from The Long Island Community Foundation, a division of The New York Community Trust.

“This model is exciting because it allows us to examine the potential contribution of systems other than dopamine to Parkinson’s disease,” said Caron. “We may be able to discover avenues for treatment that had never been thought about before or that were impossible to investigate.”

The new mouse model enables the researchers to acutely eliminate dopamine, exposing systems contributing to the disease that may not have been obvious before, he explained. The severity of disease symptoms in the mice also provides a very sensitive test for compounds with potential therapeutic value, the researchers said.

In the United States, at least 500,000 people suffer from Parkinson’s disease, and about 50,000 new cases are reported annually, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. These figures are expected to rise as the average age of the population increases. Symptoms of the disease include tremors, slow movement or an inability to move, rigid limbs and a shuffling gait. Progression of the disease also leads to severe impairment in cognitive function.

Dopamine replacement therapy which involves administration of the dopamine precursor, L-DOPA, remains the gold standard for Parkinson’s treatment, said Tatyana Sotnikova, Ph.D., of Duke. However, the efficacy of the therapy wanes with time, and patients often develop fluctuations in motor performance and other adverse reactions.

In the current study, the researchers treated mice unable to recycle dopamine with a drug that also prevented them from manufacturing the brain messenger. The brains of the mice therefore lack detectable levels of dopamine and the animals exhibit all the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease for up to 16 hours. Those symptoms included severely impaired movement, rigidity and tremor. When treated with L-DOPA, the symptoms disappeared as the animals resumed normal movement.

Surprisingly, the researchers reported, treating mice lacking dopamine with high doses of amphetamine derivatives including methamphetamine and MDMA, otherwise known as Ecstasy reversed those symptoms. Ecstasy was most effective at counteracting the manifestations of Parkinson’s symptoms in the mice, with the beneficial effects becoming more pronounced with increasing dose.

The researchers also report that low doses of amphetamines could, when combined with L-DOPA, potentiate minimally effective doses of L-DOPA in the mice. This could have important considerations in reducing some of the side effects of current therapy.

“The locomotor stimulating effect of amphetamine and its derivatives are classically thought to result from a massive flood of dopamine,” said Sotnikova. “However, the mice have only a tiny fraction of dopamine, which cannot be recycled, precluding a rise in dopamine as the possible mechanism.

“Taken together, the findings indicate that Ecstasy can improve movement control independently of dopamine and, most importantly provide evidence that drug activation of other neuronal pathways may be sufficient to restore movement even in the virtual absence of dopamine neurotransmission,” she added.

Amphetamines might reverse the animal’s symptoms through their effects on a different group of receptors called trace amine receptors, the researchers suggested. Recent evidence showed that amphetamines act on trace amine receptors in addition to dopamine transmission, yet little is known about their physiological role in mammals.

The current findings are particularly promising given the severity of symptoms in the mice completely lacking dopamine, said Gainetdinov. “We think that this new animal model provides a much more stringent test for potential drugs that might prove efficacious in patients with Parkinson’s disease.”

Many of the previously developed animal models of Parkinson’s disease have reduced, but detectable, levels of dopamine and do not show all the characteristics of Parkinson’s disease, making studies of potential therapeutic methods in those animals less clear, Gainetdinov said. On the other hand, animals permanently lacking dopamine cannot survive, he added.

While the results are promising, the researchers cautioned, Ecstasy’s ability to stimulate movement in the mice occurred only with high doses of the drug. Such high doses might destroy nerve tissue in normal mice and in humans, who are generally more sensitive than mice to such drugs.

“Amphetamines are controversial drugs, and there’s no reason to suggest that amphetamines themselves should be used to treat Parkinson’s,” Gainetdinov said. “However, the chemical structure of amphetamines may lead to new, amphetamine-like drugs, that might provide a more lasting and beneficial alternative to L-DOPA in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease.”

Collaborators on the study include Jean-Martin Beaulieu, Larry S. Barak and William C. Wetsel all of Duke.

From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl & Bupe
Date: August 10, 2005 at 10:11:50 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Doesn’t it last longer in the system than methadone?  It does have an
evil bite to it indeed, and for me, it wasn’t until about 4 days after
i dropped my dose, then all of a sudden, YOU ARE SICK AS FUCK!!!! and
stayed that way for a while.
Dr K has some good advice about this, for those in need…
HI DR K!!
love tink

On 8/10/05, Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:

Randy, bro’
After several yrs. of riding the bup train, IM, I have found it to be a wolf
in sheep’s clothing.  I loathe the day the Doc told me it wasn’t addicting,
blah, blah…it has a vicious bite on withdrawal..short term only…I’m late
by several years.  It has kicked me arse many times..strickly harm reduction
to coin a phrase used by one of our learned members. ron

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From: BiscuitBoy714@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 4:16 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl & Bupe

In a message dated 8/9/05 10:32:38 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com writes:

On 8/9/05, Nowwarat@aol.com <Nowwarat@aol.com> wrote:

I self medicated with bup and went into acute,severe, opiate withdrawal.
It’s for folks physically dependent below a certain level.

Nowwarat
From what I understand, if you take the suboxone correctly the nalexone
doesn’t effect you. The liturature on it says to take the tablet and let it
dissolve under yout tongue. That way the nalexone doesn’t effect you. The
nalexone is only supposed to hit you if you try and shoot it up. Well in my
opinion that is bullshit. I tried to dissolve one under my tongue once 3
days after not taking any methadone and went into withdrawal big time.
I did what the lit. said to do and it didn’t matter, I was sick as hell.
Maybe I dissolved it under my tongue wrong or something, I probably did, I
just know that going to bup after any kind of narcotic addiction should not
be taken lightly, a doctors supervision is defenitly what the situation
calls for. Tha’ts not to say that your average doc can handle it at all, so
pick a good one if you are going to try bup. I understand that bup helps a
lot of people. It’s new so all the bugs aren’t ironed out. Just my humble
opinion.     Randy

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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl & Bupe
Date: August 10, 2005 at 10:09:13 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

If you’re switching from a long acting opiate like methadone, the
induction needs to be done very slowly and with as much detoxed out of
you as possible. After almost two weeks of kicking methadone (from 120
to zero in 6 days and they left me there), they were hesitant to give
me even 2 mgs of suboxone.  There is the subutex that does NOT have
the nalozone in it, and for some one switching over, that’s probably
the best route, then switching to suboxone after you have more of the
opiates out fo your system.
When I finally did get my 2 mgs, i still felt woozy from the
insta-kick, as they used no subutex with me.  After I went up to
32mgs, it worked beautifully for me until I had to get off of the
stuff.  It’s a long detox, though not as severe as methadone, but I
felt like absolute death till I did the ibogaine again.
IF YOU TRY BUPRENORPHINE- DO IT WITH A DOCTOR!!! IT IS NOT TO FUCK WITH!!!!
Love tink

On 8/10/05, BiscuitBoy714@aol.com <BiscuitBoy714@aol.com> wrote:
In a message dated 8/9/05 10:32:38 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com writes:

On 8/9/05, Nowwarat@aol.com <Nowwarat@aol.com> wrote:

I self medicated with bup and went into acute,severe, opiate withdrawal.
It’s for folks physically dependent below a certain level.

Nowwarat
From what I understand, if you take the suboxone correctly the nalexone
doesn’t effect you. The liturature on it says to take the tablet and let it
dissolve under yout tongue. That way the nalexone doesn’t effect you. The
nalexone is only supposed to hit you if you try and shoot it up. Well in my
opinion that is bullshit. I tried to dissolve one under my tongue once 3
days after not taking any methadone and went into withdrawal big time.
I did what the lit. said to do and it didn’t matter, I was sick as hell.
Maybe I dissolved it under my tongue wrong or something, I probably did, I
just know that going to bup after any kind of narcotic addiction should not
be taken lightly, a doctors supervision is defenitly what the situation
calls for. Tha’ts not to say that your average doc can handle it at all, so
pick a good one if you are going to try bup. I understand that bup helps a
lot of people. It’s new so all the bugs aren’t ironed out. Just my humble
opinion.     Randy

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From: “Steve Kelley” <skcabs@consolidated.net>
Subject: [Ibogaine] NA
Date: August 10, 2005 at 10:07:47 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I also am a lurker and this is my first post. I just can’t let this dis’ing of NA continue without my 0.5 cents.

I can’t afford ibogaine. I wish I could. I began to go to NA meetings hoping that I could find some ibogaine. I mean I see every other illegal drug in the world on the streets, so why not and why not at NA I mean “the concept of one addict helping another”. Anyway I found no ibogaine, but I did find a group of clean addicts (recovering addicts, ex-junkies, non-using druggies) or whatever you want to call them. I found a place to feel like a normal human with a problem. Maybe NA groups vary radically from place to place but I have never felt sidelined because I showed up nodding. I feel listened to. I am not clean but I have moderated somewhat and I have quit spending money that I don’t have on my habit. I don’t have a clean date and I have not chip or keytag, but going to meetings definitely helps me keep my habit in the rational territory.

If Julie would please send me $12,000 I will be happy to lie about NA. Whatever to more comfortably beat this thing.

sk

From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl & Bupe
Date: August 10, 2005 at 10:00:28 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Randy, bro’
After several yrs. of riding the bup train, IM, I have found it to be a wolf in sheep’s clothing.  I loathe the day the Doc told me it wasn’t addicting, blah, blah…it has a vicious bite on withdrawal..short term only…I’m late by several years.  It has kicked me arse many times..strickly harm reduction to coin a phrase used by one of our learned members. ron
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From: BiscuitBoy714@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 4:16 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl & Bupe

In a message dated 8/9/05 10:32:38 AM Eastern Daylight Time, tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com writes:

On 8/9/05, Nowwarat@aol.com <Nowwarat@aol.com> wrote:
>
>I self medicated with bup and went into acute,severe, opiate withdrawal.
>It’s for folks physically dependent below a certain level.
>
>Nowwarat
From what I understand, if you take the suboxone correctly the nalexone doesn’t effect you. The liturature on it says to take the tablet and let it dissolve under yout tongue. That way the nalexone doesn’t effect you. The nalexone is only supposed to hit you if you try and shoot it up. Well in my opinion that is bullshit. I tried to dissolve one under my tongue once 3 days after not taking any methadone and went into withdrawal big time.
I did what the lit. said to do and it didn’t matter, I was sick as hell. Maybe I dissolved it under my tongue wrong or something, I probably did, I just know that going to bup after any kind of narcotic addiction should not be taken lightly, a doctors supervision is defenitly what the situation calls for. Tha’ts not to say that your average doc can handle it at all, so pick a good one if you are going to try bup. I understand that bup helps a lot of people. It’s new so all the bugs aren’t ironed out. Just my humble opinion.     Randy

From: BiscuitBoy714@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl & Bupe
Date: August 10, 2005 at 5:16:16 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

In a message dated 8/9/05 10:32:38 AM Eastern Daylight Time, tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com writes:

On 8/9/05, Nowwarat@aol.com <Nowwarat@aol.com> wrote:
>
>I self medicated with bup and went into acute,severe, opiate withdrawal.
>It’s for folks physically dependent below a certain level.
>
>Nowwarat
From what I understand, if you take the suboxone correctly the nalexone doesn’t effect you. The liturature on it says to take the tablet and let it dissolve under yout tongue. That way the nalexone doesn’t effect you. The nalexone is only supposed to hit you if you try and shoot it up. Well in my opinion that is bullshit. I tried to dissolve one under my tongue once 3 days after not taking any methadone and went into withdrawal big time.
I did what the lit. said to do and it didn’t matter, I was sick as hell. Maybe I dissolved it under my tongue wrong or something, I probably did, I just know that going to bup after any kind of narcotic addiction should not be taken lightly, a doctors supervision is defenitly what the situation calls for. Tha’ts not to say that your average doc can handle it at all, so pick a good one if you are going to try bup. I understand that bup helps a lot of people. It’s new so all the bugs aren’t ironed out. Just my humble opinion.     Randy

From: “Jasen Chamoun” <jasenhappy@optusnet.com.au>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Re:Hey girl,..Capt
Date: August 10, 2005 at 2:50:26 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hey Capt,

Who you calling a bin boy girl,..ay…ay. Ya f*cken bin bo, I love ya girl.
I bin here all the time, just not much to say that other people haven’t already said.

I sent you an email about a week ago,..did you get it?

Big brother reckons I’m to old to get into the house,..and I’m only a baby,..
welllll,..I feel like a baby, all new and all. These days I like to go out and
dance and dance and dance, at 4 in the morning I am the last one left on
the dance floor.

I understand what Jeff means about beer and for me wine also. I did not like
beer or wine whilst on the methadone but now Mmm Mmm Mmm. If I go
out I like to have a few beers,..wellll  several. To share a bottle of wine at
dinner is like   WOW, it’s such a sexy sensual thing to do. Then at other times
I will have the same 6 pack sitting in the fridge for a couple of weeks.

It has been almost nine months for me now and I feel great although my brain is
still returning to me. I got most of it  and the rest is trickling back.

You women are soooo beautiful, the flirting these days is just wonderous,..ohh
it’s like a drug talking to different woman whilst out, laughing, dancing, kissing
and sex.

Laughing ,dancing, music, kissing, sex,…it’s all so much louder these days and
it’s alllllll so good.

with love, Jasen.

—– Original Message —– From: “Kirk” <captkirk@clear.net.nz>
.

Jasen!! Where u bin boy??????  What u bin up to?? Come on come on, cough it
up!!!  Thought you musta applied for Big Brother and got in the house or
something extremely bizarre like that LOL
I think the NA group that… um.. someone was talking about should rename
it, cos it doesn’t sound like the “regular” ones at all.  It sounds much too
onto it!! Heh juss kidding ok?? Hear the laughter in my.. um.. typing!!!
Love to all a ya, whatever state you may be in.. it’s all good.
Koiky xxx

—–Original Message—–
From: Jasen Chamoun [mailto:jasenhappy@optusnet.com.au]
Sent: Tuesday, 9 August 2005 6:51 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Preston.

Hey Preston,

Mate I agree with your comment that the saying “once an addict always an
addict”
is very disempowering. Once a junkie always a junkie is such a crock of
shit. It gives
people a reason to relapse.

NA and AA works for some,..not for me or people I have known. This higher
power
that is spoken about is also within us.Why disempower ourselves by
believing it is
something seperate to us.

Are we not all gods, haven’t all the great masters that have walked the
earth all told
us the same thing.

I get so angry with religion at times as most of them cause people not to
believe, to lose
faith,..because of the way they depict their judging vengeful childish
deity. I give you free will
but if you don’t do as I say I will cast you into hell. For f*cks sake, why

can’t people see
the contradiction.

The power is also within us. Power to the people.

I love you bro’, I am glad you got through your $13 experience and are
still well. What an
experience.

with
love, Jasen.

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl
Date: August 9, 2005 at 10:49:35 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

way worse
—– Original Message —–
From: matthew zielinski
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 6:18 PM
Subject: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl

Hi all
Anybody know if the withdrawl from oxycontin is worse than wd from junk>?

Namaste<><><>Namaste
Matthew

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Fw: Alternet: Bad Medicine?
Date: August 9, 2005 at 4:25:54 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>, <drugwar@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

—– Original Message —– From: <alex@disinfo.com>
To: <metzger@disinfo.com>; <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 9:56 AM
Subject: Alternet: Bad Medicine?

This story has been forwarded to you from
http://www.alternet.org by alex@disinfo.com

More med-mar politics coverage.

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Bad Medicine?
http://www.alternet.org/story/23806

Cannabis is proven to be a fairly harmless drug — so why is the American right still waging a massive war on weed?
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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Fw: NSW Concord dependency seminar summary on benzodiazepines.
Date: August 9, 2005 at 2:52:17 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>, <drugwar@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

—– Original Message —– From: Andrew Byrne
To: ajbyrne@ozemail.com.au
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 1:04 AM
Subject: NSW Concord dependency seminar summary on benzodiazepines.

Benzodiazepine use in dependency patients.
Concord Dependency Seminar Tuesday 26th July 2005.
Presenters: Richard Hallinan and Andrew Byrne, Redfern Dependency Practice.
Summary by Dr Jenny James.

Richard Hallinan and Andrew Byrne, who are both committed to best practice in dependency medicine, presented this useful seminar on benzodiazepine use. The session began with an overview of the pharmacology of benzodiazepines, and some relevant comparisons were made with alcohol, opiates and major tranquillisers. Differences between the various benzodiazepines particularly in relation to half-lives were outlined, and indications, side effects, tolerance and withdrawal were all discussed. A handout was available detailing all of these points.

Special mention was made of benzodiazepine (BZD) use by patients on methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) and it was noted that this group of people often have particularly high levels of psychopathology and psychosocial distress, including higher rates of unemployment, incarceration, HCV, and HIV/HCV risk-taking behaviour.  BDZ users on MMT also tend to be on higher methadone doses and to have higher blood levels, although methadone concentrations adjusted for dose are actually lower in this group. The reason for this is unclear as there is no evidence that diazepam increases the clearance of methadone. One hypothesis is that there is a tendency for rapid methadone metabolisers to seek BZDs, in which case split methadone dosing might be useful. It may also be that these people are self-medicating, or <just can’t get enough of a ‘good’ thing>.

An approach to BZD abuse in MMT patients was outlined. It was suggested we make sure that psychopathology (eg anxiety and depression) is adequately treated, alcohol problems are addressed and information obtained from the Doctor Shoppers Hotline in appropriate cases.  Consideration should be given to moving from short to long acting forms of which diazepam is the most common.  Also, supervised dispensing should be considered where ‘control’ or impulsivity are problems.  It is also essential to optimise the methadone dose, being flexible about dosing times or, occasionally, split-dosing (which needs prior approval from the PSB).

Reasons for BZD use were outlined, and are important to understand when looking at treatment options. People take BZD for many reasons, including alleviation of anxiety and insomnia, self-medication of depression, self-medication of withdrawal from opiates and BZDs, to come down off stimulants, and to get an increased “buzz”.  So-called “Poly-drug users” swap from one drug like speed or heroin to another such as BZD, and may simply do this because BZDs are the cheapest or most available drug at the time. It was noted that BZDs in Australia are subsidised on the PBS, whereas they are very expensive and hard to obtain in the U.S. so it is no surprise that their use amongst the marginalized in the USA is far less.

Aims of treatment of BZD dependence were clarified within the overall context of harm reduction goals. This includes abstinence and it was pointed out that harm reduction has sometimes erroneously been seen to include legalizing drugs, which while worthy of discussion, is quite a separate issue. Our first dictum should be “Do No Harm” and we shouldn’t forget that an important part of this is just saying “no” when appropriate.

When assessing a patient for treatment we need to understand their personal history of abstinence, by asking questions such as “when were you last abstinent?”, “how many times have you achieved abstinence?”, “how did you become abstinent?”, and “what did it feel like when you were abstinent?”. We need to understand that previous abstinence may not necessarily have been a happy and stable time for every patient.

It was pointed out that the statistics regarding measurement of harm relating to BZD use are limited, but nonetheless worrying.  Doctors must weigh the harms and benefits of BZDs both in the community and in individuals (as we do with all other prescribing). PBS prescribing figures reached a peak in 1988 and have fallen since then. It is well accepted that some people function well on a small dose of diazepam, so this drug may have a useful place in legitimate treatment plans. It is gratifying that in Australia, appropriate regulation has seen the end of temazepam capsules, along with Mandrax (methaqualone and diphenhydramine), meprobamate (Miltown), bromides, barbiturates and high dose flunitrazepam, which have all vanished from scene.

Harm from BZD dependency was discussed, and includes an array of physical, social and behavioural disturbances. Special mention was made of the damage to nerves and blood supply when subjected to pressure for prolonged periods of time. This scenario can occur with overdose and increased use which leads to long periods of reduced consciousness in fixed positions. Nerve palsies, skin necrosis and the compartment syndrome can occur. Thrombosis and infections from injecting, criminal activity including prescription fraud, convulsions from withdrawals, and deepening of depression are all possible consequences of BZD use. Rates of domestic violence are probably parallel with alcohol abuse.

Treatment approaches to BZD use rely on an accurate diagnosis, which should depend on a detailed history with relevant physical examination. Urinary drug screening can be useful, along with information from pharmacists and reports from HIC services. Some unusual features of benzodiazepine users were noted, including possession of a Medicare card with a high terminal digit (8 or 9), fiddling with the position of furniture within the consulting room, talking to the GP with great familiarity and requesting the drug by specific name. The assessment of BZD use should parallel that which is done for opiate users, including the level of dependence and addressing resultant medical and social harms. Co-existent mental health issues should be treated and methadone treatment at optimal dosage. As with all other drug use, there is a spectrum of patterns of use, including non-dependent occasional use, irregular binge use, dual dependency (eg with opiates) and “pure” BZD dependency. It may be useful for the patient to keep a drug diary, as memory may fail in this patient group.

If considering regular prescribing of BZD with a view to abstinence, there are some useful “check-list” questions we can all ask ourselves. They include:
“What alternative strategies has the patient tried?”, “have I seen their drug diary?”, “what is their motivation for abstinence?”, “have I seen a UDS result?”, “have I sought information from the HIC hotline?”, “are they on optimum doses of methadone or pain treatment?”, “is treatment for mental health conditions adequate?”

Prescribed BZD must be tailored for the individual, but it was emphasized that slow reductions in doses may take months in established dependency. It is unrealistic to expect a patient with long-term BZD dependency to be able to maintain abstinence following a 2-4 week reduction regime. Diazepam is the preferred BZD to use for reduction regimes owing to its long action and familiarity. Several case histories were discussed to help illustrate management plans.

Australian Health Insurance Commission (HIC) services were also discussed. There are two separate services: firstly, “Prescription Shopping Information Service”. Doctors must first register if they wish to access any information. Doctors are given a PIN number, and can find out information on numbers of BZD PBS prescriptions and numbers of doctors seen, above a certain threshold. No information is kept on private prescriptions. Toll-free phone is 1800 631181. The second HIC service is a “voluntary agreement” print-out of PBS items available after the patient signs the consent form. Forms available from 1800 420074. These services may be useful not only because of the information they provide, but because patients know their doctors can access certain information about their BZD use.

The meeting ended after some complex but somehow familiar case histories with lively discussion about the various possible approaches.

Dr Jenny James. Daruk AMS.

Posted by Andrew Byrne ..

40th anniversary of Dole and Nyswander’s first report of methadone treatment in JAMA Aug 1965

Some terrorism facts without the opinions on ABC TV:
http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2005/s1418817.htm

My grandfather Harry Gracie’s letters from 1924 trip to Mayo Clinic:
http://bpresent.com/harry/code/mayo.htm

Benzodiazepine use in dependency patients.
Concord Dependency Seminar Tuesday 26th July 2005.
Presenters: Richard Hallinan and Andrew Byrne, Redfern Dependency Practice.
Summary by Dr Jenny James.

Richard Hallinan and Andrew Byrne, who are both committed to best practice in dependency medicine, presented this useful seminar on benzodiazepine use. The session began with an overview of the pharmacology of benzodiazepines, and some relevant comparisons were made with alcohol, opiates and major tranquillisers. Differences between the various benzodiazepines particularly in relation to half-lives were outlined, and indications, side effects, tolerance and withdrawal were all discussed. A handout was available detailing all of these points.

Special mention was made of benzodiazepine (BZD) use by patients on methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) and it was noted that this group of people often have particularly high levels of psychopathology and psychosocial distress, including higher rates of unemployment, incarceration, HCV, and HIV/HCV risk-taking behaviour.  BDZ users on MMT also tend to be on higher methadone doses and to have higher blood levels, although methadone concentrations adjusted for dose are actually lower in this group. The reason for this is unclear as there is no evidence that diazepam increases the clearance of methadone. One hypothesis is that there is a tendency for rapid methadone metabolisers to seek BZDs, in which case split methadone dosing might be useful. It may also be that these people are self-medicating, or <just can’t get enough of a ‘good’ thing>.

An approach to BZD abuse in MMT patients was outlined. It was suggested we make sure that psychopathology (eg anxiety and depression) is adequately treated, alcohol problems are addressed and information obtained from the Doctor Shoppers Hotline in appropriate cases.  Consideration should be given to moving from short to long acting forms of which diazepam is the most common.  Also, supervised dispensing should be considered where ‘control’ or impulsivity are problems.  It is also essential to optimise the methadone dose, being flexible about dosing times or, occasionally, split-dosing (which needs prior approval from the PSB).

Reasons for BZD use were outlined, and are important to understand when looking at treatment options. People take BZD for many reasons, including alleviation of anxiety and insomnia, self-medication of depression, self-medication of withdrawal from opiates and BZDs, to come down off stimulants, and to get an increased “buzz”.  So-called “Poly-drug users” swap from one drug like speed or heroin to another such as BZD, and may simply do this because BZDs are the cheapest or most available drug at the time. It was noted that BZDs in Australia are subsidised on the PBS, whereas they are very expensive and hard to obtain in the U.S. so it is no surprise that their use amongst the marginalized in the USA is far less.

Aims of treatment of BZD dependence were clarified within the overall context of harm reduction goals. This includes abstinence and it was pointed out that harm reduction has sometimes erroneously been seen to include legalizing drugs, which while worthy of discussion, is quite a separate issue. Our first dictum should be “Do No Harm” and we shouldn’t forget that an important part of this is just saying “no” when appropriate.

When assessing a patient for treatment we need to understand their personal history of abstinence, by asking questions such as “when were you last abstinent?”, “how many times have you achieved abstinence?”, “how did you become abstinent?”, and “what did it feel like when you were abstinent?”. We need to understand that previous abstinence may not necessarily have been a happy and stable time for every patient.

It was pointed out that the statistics regarding measurement of harm relating to BZD use are limited, but nonetheless worrying.  Doctors must weigh the harms and benefits of BZDs both in the community and in individuals (as we do with all other prescribing). PBS prescribing figures reached a peak in 1988 and have fallen since then. It is well accepted that some people function well on a small dose of diazepam, so this drug may have a useful place in legitimate treatment plans. It is gratifying that in Australia, appropriate regulation has seen the end of temazepam capsules, along with Mandrax (methaqualone and diphenhydramine), meprobamate (Miltown), bromides, barbiturates and high dose flunitrazepam, which have all vanished from scene.

Harm from BZD dependency was discussed, and includes an array of physical, social and behavioural disturbances. Special mention was made of the damage to nerves and blood supply when subjected to pressure for prolonged periods of time. This scenario can occur with overdose and increased use which leads to long periods of reduced consciousness in fixed positions. Nerve palsies, skin necrosis and the compartment syndrome can occur. Thrombosis and infections from injecting, criminal activity including prescription fraud, convulsions from withdrawals, and deepening of depression are all possible consequences of BZD use. Rates of domestic violence are probably parallel with alcohol abuse.

Treatment approaches to BZD use rely on an accurate diagnosis, which should depend on a detailed history with relevant physical examination. Urinary drug screening can be useful, along with information from pharmacists and reports from HIC services. Some unusual features of benzodiazepine users were noted, including possession of a Medicare card with a high terminal digit (8 or 9), fiddling with the position of furniture within the consulting room, talking to the GP with great familiarity and requesting the drug by specific name. The assessment of BZD use should parallel that which is done for opiate users, including the level of dependence and addressing resultant medical and social harms. Co-existent mental health issues should be treated and methadone treatment at optimal dosage. As with all other drug use, there is a spectrum of patterns of use, including non-dependent occasional use, irregular binge use, dual dependency (eg with opiates) and “pure” BZD dependency. It may be useful for the patient to keep a drug diary, as memory may fail in this patient group.

If considering regular prescribing of BZD with a view to abstinence, there are some useful “check-list” questions we can all ask ourselves. They include:
“What alternative strategies has the patient tried?”, “have I seen their drug diary?”, “what is their motivation for abstinence?”, “have I seen a UDS result?”, “have I sought information from the HIC hotline?”, “are they on optimum doses of methadone or pain treatment?”, “is treatment for mental health conditions adequate?”

Prescribed BZD must be tailored for the individual, but it was emphasized that slow reductions in doses may take months in established dependency. It is unrealistic to expect a patient with long-term BZD dependency to be able to maintain abstinence following a 2-4 week reduction regime. Diazepam is the preferred BZD to use for reduction regimes owing to its long action and familiarity. Several case histories were discussed to help illustrate management plans.

Australian Health Insurance Commission (HIC) services were also discussed. There are two separate services: firstly, “Prescription Shopping Information Service”. Doctors must first register if they wish to access any information. Doctors are given a PIN number, and can find out information on numbers of BZD PBS prescriptions and numbers of doctors seen, above a certain threshold. No information is kept on private prescriptions. Toll-free phone is 1800 631181. The second HIC service is a “voluntary agreement” print-out of PBS items available after the patient signs the consent form. Forms available from 1800 420074. These services may be useful not only because of the information they provide, but because patients know their doctors can access certain information about their BZD use.

The meeting ended after some complex but somehow familiar case histories with lively discussion about the various possible approaches.

Dr Jenny James. Daruk AMS.

Posted by Andrew Byrne ..

40th anniversary of Dole and Nyswander’s first report of methadone treatment in JAMA Aug 1965

Some terrorism facts without the opinions on ABC TV:
http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2005/s1418817.htm

My grandfather Harry Gracie’s letters from 1924 trip to Mayo Clinic:
http://bpresent.com/harry/code/mayo.htm

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Was MAPS & Burning Man- Question about NA
Date: August 9, 2005 at 2:50:11 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Preston is replying to her
instead of Mason or Matt.<

You musta missed something, because Krista replied to my original reply to Mason’s original post Vector.
😉

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: “Vector Vector” <vector620022002@yahoo.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 12:40 AM
Subject: [Ibogaine] Was MAPS & Burning Man- Question about NA

Reading this all one after the other, I’m confused. Mason and Matt
participate in NA (I think)? As far as I know Krista is involved with
harm reduction and has never said whether or not she is clean and never
said anything claiming to represent NA and Preston is replying to her
instead of Mason or Matt.

Compared to what used to be here years ago this is a mellow
conversation, NA people would arrive here every month back when Patrick
was writing for Heroin Times every issue and they were all angry,
threatened and ranting. I remember these endless rants from some MSC
about how everyone was in a state of relapse here already and there
were these giant sweeping conversations because Patrick used to post
and Dr. Moraes who was psychotically anti NA used to post, Steven Anker
used to post, that counseler from a methadone clinic Rick V. used to
post how NA treated his patients like shit. Then of course 50 well
written funny and longgg messages would come across how Bill Wilson got
clean from alcohol taking the belladonna cure and tripping and was a
big fan of LSD in his later years, which didn’t cause him to change his
clean date.

Since the people here now who are if not representing NA at least work
the steps and are articulate without being angry at everybody who
isn’t, I have one question for everyone from NA. To repeat who I am for
the newer people, I’m not an addict, never been one, I smoke pot, I
take some of those weirdo hallucinogens 😉 I ended up on this list back
in 2001 searching for what happened to Mindvox and ended up on
ibogaine, I’m in college and interested in social policy, drug
addiction and treatment, in a big way this list has influenced my
interests and expanded my horizons so thanks to you all over so many
years of Mindvox 🙂

My question is the quote that Matt used, ‘once a addict, always a
addict’ what does that mean to you? Does it mean that you can never
again take whatever your drug of choice was. Does it mean you can never
take any drug at all to get high, because if you smoke some pot it will
lead back to whatever you came to NA for. Does it mean that any altered
state of consciousness is in some way too dangerous for you but ok for
normal people whatever normal people means? What does that mean for
you? I’m not asking what it means for all people working the steps,
what do __you__ mean when you write it?

.:vector:.

____________________________________________________
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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Fw: [NEWSROOM-L] Debunking the Drug War
Date: August 9, 2005 at 2:48:46 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>, <drugwar@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Wow, from the NYTimes comes the following editorial. Even the big boys of the mainstream press are beginning to not only wake up but to speak out about this ridiculous waste of time, money and lives.

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: “Dean Becker” <dean@CULTURAL-BAGGAGE.COM>
To: <NEWSROOM-L@LISTS.NETSPACE.ORG>
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 12:22 AM
Subject: [NEWSROOM-L] Debunking the Drug War

Debunking the Drug War
By JOHN TIERNEY
America has a serious drug problem, but it’s not the “meth epidemic” getting
so much publicity. It’s the problem identified by William Bennett, the
former national drug czar and gambler.

“Using drugs,” he wrote, “is wrong not simply because drugs create medical
problems; it is wrong because drugs destroy one’s moral sense. People
addicted to drugs neglect their duties.”

This problem afflicts a small minority of the people who have tried
methamphetamines, but most of the law-enforcement officials and politicians
who lead the war against drugs. They’re so consumed with drugs that they’ve
lost sight of their duties…(more)

Dean Becker
Drug Truth Network/Pacifica
419 Lovett Blvd.
Houston, TX 77006
281-752-9198

http://www.drugtruth.net

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] (OT) Re: dana’s beauty/muggings/OT rant about my bad luck
Date: August 9, 2005 at 2:03:57 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Besides having just loanded me a small amount of cash about half an hour before the nugging, on a completely different topic in line with Rachel’s note about Dana:

I don’t know why anyone would think Dana is a dirty old man – he’s
just beautiful in my book.<

Dana has one of the best head shots I’ve ever seen. I mean it, it’s an awesome photo of the guy, and he should be out there getting his photo taken as an actor-man on the strength of that headshot- which I assume was taken for some speakers’ bureau of some kind of something. It’s a great photo. V also thinks the world of Dana, crazy though he might be. (Who of us here really, honestly, isn’t in someone else’s book of definitions “crazy” or just plain weird?)
;-)))

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: “Eye of the Bhogi” <freedomroot@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 11:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] muggings/OT rant about my bad luck

Mars is on the rise.  What has that freaking “God of War” game
unleashed on us all?  Sorry to hear of the violations, BBoy and PPeet.

Hung on 2nd Ave last night with my college shroomie and her sister.
Weird being on the LES in totally different company than usual.

Saw that Gem Spa of which you speak, Ron et al., but postponed an icy
treat for another night.

They are both incredibly allergic to fleas, Dana, otherwise we would
have stopped by to say hi.  But I just wasn’t sure about the kitty
situation around there.

Incredibly allergic.  Has anyone ever seen a fleabite rise up into a
semi-boil like hivey thing? Oooouch, as E.T. would say.

I don’t know why anyone would think Dana is a dirty old man – he’s
just beautiful in my book.  But I’m a double-ringed married gal,  so
maybe my mileage varies.

Jeff says there’s nothing for you to envy, Preston dahlink.   I’m a
bitchy fiend to him all the freaking time too.   Somewhat on cycle, so
to speak, but also otherwise unpredictably.  He either keeps his head
low, dodges, or consoles me with passionate embraces.  Except for
those really prickly times when I might bite.  Then he just keeps his
fingers crossed, says his prayers, and breathes quietly.   And if I
still attack, he stings back with all his Scorpio verbal might.  We’re
trying to turn the dueling moments into duets, on advice of the Guru.

I thought you might get some advice from the list, however.  It’s that
kind of forum, as Matt pointed out.

BTW, Dana, I would think it would be a **good** thing to have someone
in Morgenthau’s camp who knows the benefits of ibogaine.  Be pronoid,
not paranoid.  And besides, not all pols-for-hire are narcs-in-NA
sheepskings.  And isn’t he too old for the job now anyway??  I mean,
isn’t he gonna lose to a female candidate???

love from qns
rachy-doodle-dandy

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Re: all use equals abuse- NOT
Date: August 9, 2005 at 1:22:52 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

HI again Krista,
Did I forget to mention last night in my haste and ranting that NOT ALL DRUG USE EQUALS ABUSE?
I’m Not yelling, merely emphasizing strongly that all use is NOT abuse, or we’d have an entire nation of addicts and not one sober person, if we wanted to consider ALL the mind/mood/body altering substances we human beings use every single day- even those in the rooms, who rationalize the hell out of what tobacco use is still on-going, and most room I attended always had a fully caffinated coffee urn brewing away, quite often refilled halfway through the meeting.
So much of this stuff stems from biases- I don’t do this/that anymore and I’M happier (or say I am) so by golly so should you be and you should do my method because since it so obviously worked/s for me it should work for everyone. It’s the same exact thing with those who preach ibogaine as the end-all/be-all answer for drug addiction. For SOME, I’m sure it is. For others, well, it ain’t. And that’s cool too.
But just to reiterate, NOT ALL DRUG USE IS ABUSE, as you scribbled in your very polite email in reply to my post on the topic.

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 9:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Re: rant again MAPS and burning man attendees

>You’ve forgotten the meetings you’ve attended Preston 😉 the main
message is that all drug use is abuse and once you’re an addict, you
are always a addict.<

Those in Rational Recovery would heartily disagree with you Krista. Yes, I did get some useful stuff from attending meetings, but in the end, for ME (I’m speaking ONLY for myself here) they did not much good for me, but for a few months, they did give me a place to go to vent where there were others who understood what I was going through, whether they were accepting of me (and my continued use of methadone) or not.
Personally, I don’t like the rooms, but that’s just me. For some people, they are GREAT, and I support ANYTHING that might help just one person to a happier life, including going to NA/AA/CA/-A meetings, getting on methadone, taking ibogaine, getting a good source of good heroin (like, living in Holland or Switzerland or England where they’ve begun distributing heroin to addicts- who seem to be improving their lives simply by not having to worry about chasing their daily fix. It’s a wonderful idea, and I fully support it. I support anything that results in Harm Reduction of any kind.

In most twelve step meetings you’ll have
a hard time finding any acceptance if you are on methadone
maintenance, much less doing hallucinogens.<

Um, as I noted above, some, no, many were not at ALL happy to have me pipe up with my issues while still taking methadone, as though I was “high” and not worth listening to. It was very strange to me, and I hated it. It was one of the main reasons I stopped going- the VERY main reason was because my sponsor told me that my smoking pot was the reason I kept relapsing every month or so, and he was not going to call and check up on me anymore and until I was ready to do things his way and the NA way I was going to continue to relapse on cocaine. So I stopped going to the rooms and stopped relapsing on cocaine simultaneously, just because I couldn’t stand the idea that this guy was telling me his way was the only way- something I heared in the rooms a lot.
NA is fine for some, rotten for others, and I find sayings like, “once an addict always an addict” extremely disempowering, and a surrender to addiction actually. At least, for me that is.
I didn’t think my reply was unfriendly, only a honest reply from my heart and soul, and it wasn’t meant to offend anyone at all, including Mason himself, so if you did take offense Mason I didn’t mean it that way- I was only replying to your message honestly and meant no harm. Whatever works for each person, I heartily support, so long as it doesn’t take advantage of anyone else, or hurt anyone else, or cause undue pain, stress, ostracization, or indignity to others for their continued drug use or even abuse. All users are human being deserving of respect and love, unless they get violent against others- then they deserves whatever they get- for the VIOLENCE, not the drug use/abuse. I myself do not subscrxibe to any sort of mandatory treatment programs whatsoever:

http://www.drugwar.com/ptreatjail.shtm
Treatment or Jail- Is this Really a Choice? (Published in Disinformation’s “Everything You Know is Wrong”, edited by Russ Kick- posted August 29, 2002)
Is mandating drug users into jail really better than putting them in jail? Is either really doing any good?

Treatment or Jail- Is This Really a Choice?
by Preston Peet
(originally published in Everything You Know Is Wrong-
Disinformation Books, 2002-
edited by Russ Kick)
posted at Drugwar.com August 29, 2002

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment can easily be mistaken for madness.” –Martin (Asylum 1996-1997)[1]
Some people take drugs to escape difficult life situations. Some take drugs to assist in treating pain, physical or psychological. Some take drugs simply to get high. The reasons for taking drugs are legion. But under the War on Some Drugs prohibition, the US government has given itself the right to dictate which drugs and highs are acceptable. Now a movement is growing in the US to push those convicted of drug charges into drug treatment instead of jail.

Although US jails can be hellish and cruel, a certain percentage of people willfully continue to get high on any assortment of illicit (and licit) substances no matter what the law says. So they must be crazy or sick and therefore in need of behavior modification and mind control. In other words, drug treatment.

While living in Florida in 1987, I was arrested on a misdemeanor charge completely unrelated to drugs. Sitting in jail unable to make bail, I was taken from my cellblock one morning to meet with a man from TASC (Treatment Alternatives to Street Crime).[2] Naïve and unsuspecting, I was open with him about my drug use, listing all the drugs I had ingested up to that point in my life. It was a long list.

A week or so later, when I finally got to court, I was stunned when the same TASC evaluator stood up before the judge and told her I had a “drug problem” and needed to be placed into treatment. The judge sentenced me to a year of probation and to successful completion of the TASC program.

I fought it all the way. I was using some drugs then, abusing some others, and dealing with other problems, as well. I was told that the TASC program lasted twelve to eighteen months on average and that my probation would not be finished in twelve months unless I’d graduated from TASC. After a couple of months in the outpatient treatment program, I was being urine-tested each week–Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, then Tuesday and Thursday on alternating weeks. After dodging these testing sessions as much as possible, and repeatedly trying to fool the tests, marijuana and cocaine turned up in my urine. I was taken to see the head of the program, who told me he was notifying my probation officer and would be in court to recommend the maximum jail time for me, as I was “incorrigible and untreatable.”

Basically, he was right. I was, and still am, incorrigible but not necessarily untreatable. This doesn’t mean that I personally want or need treatment now, nor do I support treatment for others unless it is entirely voluntary. Under current US War on Some Drugs policies, how often is drug treatment really voluntary?

The Therapeutic State

“Coerced treatment is an oxymoron. Government intrusion by police and arrest is anti-treatment. I am not against treatment; I am against government-compelled treatment,” said ACLU Executive Director Ira Glasser at the Lindesmith Center-Drug Policy Foundation’s[3] international drug policy reform conference.[4] Continuing with a dire prognostication, Glasser said, “Fusing the police power of the state with medicine corrupts medicine and makes it a tool of the state. Then we get the therapeutic state and pretend that is progress. The worst danger is an ever-expanding net of social control. The ‘benevolence’ of coerced treatment is a trap. It will allow the state to define acceptable treatment, and that means abstinence and piss-testing.”

Deborah Small, Director of Public Policy and Community Outreach at Lindesmith-NYC, countered Glasser’s statements by asking, “How can you question anything that gets people out of the living death of prison? We have to engage with what is actually happening in the criminal justice system, and coerced treatment is an alternative to incarceration.”

I can personally vouch for the fact that jail is not healthy or fun, nor did spending time inside ever keep me from wanting to get high. When the judge first mandated me into treatment, I thought it was a far better choice than a trip through jail. Not by any means do I support incarceration for any drug offense (which I hadn’t been charged with at that time, anyway), but treatment at that point wasn’t better for me. It merely exacerbated my already high stress levels by focusing on immediately eradicating my drug use to the exclusion of all else, which I in turn dealt with by doing more drugs. This was when I first heard that I had a disease called “addiction,” that I had no control, that all substance use was substance abuse, that any drug use would lead me straight to jails, institutions, or death. As I wouldn’t accept this, even daring to question these assertions, I was in “denial.” Coerced drug treatment ordered by the court did nothing but prolong my legal and personal difficulties.

“In thinking about linkages between drug treatment and criminal sanctions, it is important to distinguish between questions of effectiveness and fairness,” explains a recent report from the National Academy of Sciences.[5] “Supporters of using the criminal justice system for therapeutic leverage typically view treatment participation offered to offenders as an ameliorative device–an opportunity for mitigating the sentence they would otherwise receive (i.e., probation with treatment is offered in lieu of incarceration, using the threat of incarceration for noncompliance). Others worry that programs of mandated treatment will actually have the effect of increasing the severity of punishment compared with what the offenders would otherwise have received. As an example, offenders who otherwise would have been sentenced to traditional probation could be subject to treatment conditions that create a risk of imprisonment (for noncompliance) that otherwise wouldn’t have existed. Or an offender whose case might otherwise have been dismissed could be sentenced to conditional probation. These are classic ‘net-widening’ concerns, because they widen the reach and deepen the intensity of punishment. This issue should be kept in mind in considering research on coerced treatment.”

Lock ‘Em Up, One Way of the Other

“Because when the smack begins to flow I really don’t care anymore, about all the Jim-Jims in this town, and all the politicians making crazy sounds, and everybody putting everybody else down, and all the dead bodies piled up in mounds.” –Lou Reed[6]

Reading through the statistics, the numbers of people being arrested and going on to jail in the US for drug offenses are offensive. At first glance, it would seem that putting people into treatment programs instead of sending them to jail with hardened, sometimes violent, predatory criminals simply makes good sense. At time of this writing (August 2001), the US is about to surpass one million people arrested for drug offenses this year, with someone being arrested every 20 seconds. The US is locking up nearly 648 people a day for drug offences. A new report from the US Justice Department shows the number of adult Americans under “correctional supervision” rose 2 percent in 2000. In the US, federal and state prisoners, plus those on probation or parole, now number 6.5 million.[7] The federal and state governments are spending, in 2001, approximately $19 and $20 billion, respectively, on the War on Some Drugs.[8] As with any war, this means all kinds of established profit potential in conducting all facets of this war.

With the new push for drug treatment, there comes a lucrative new business and means of control that can be instituted without giving up the profits currently pulled in by the War on Some Drugs industries. When announcing his resignation as head of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), then-US Drug Czar Gen. Barry McCaffrey bemoaned the use of war terminology in the fight against drug use, saying that perhaps when discussing the situation in the Andes, “war” is an apt term, but not when discussing efforts in US cities. This might seem an odd stance for such a stalwart proponent of US military and law enforcement involvement in waging the War on Some Drugs, but McCaffrey “agreed” on July 24, 2001, to join the board of directors at DrugAbuse Sciences Inc., “the world’s first pharmaceutical company worldwide devoted solely to developing medications for the treatment of addiction.”[9] McCaffrey’s newfound love of treatment is now explained.

“DrugAbuse Sciences has the potential to make a historic difference in the health of Americans through its understanding of treatment and its broad portfolio of new medications under development,” asserted the retired general. “They have created a company consisting of the leading medical researchers, clinicians and most exciting new product candidates. This combination offers the promise of developing highly effective medical treatment options for addictions. Addiction is a disease that costs our country over 100,000 lives and over $250 billion per year.”[10] Which is odd, as McCaffrey said only the year before, in July 2000: “Each year 52,000 Americans die from drug-related causes. The additional societal costs of drug use to the nation total over $110 billion per year.”[11]

Spouting spurious numbers to promote and justify repressive (and profitable) anti-drug policies has been a favorite ploy of prohibitionist Drug Warriors since President Nixon first uttered his declaration of a War on Drugs in 1968. As related by author Dan Baum, by 1972, “The conservative Hudson Institute estimated that New York City’s 250,000 heroin addicts were responsible for a whopping $1.7 billion in crime, which was well more than the total amount of crime in the NATION. ‘Narcotics addiction and crime are inseparable companions,’ said presidential candidate George McGovern in a speech on the Senate floor. ‘In 98 percent of the cases [the junkie] steals to pay the pusher…that translates into about $4.4 billion in crime.’ Senator Charles Percy of Illinois saw McGovern’s bid and raised him. ‘The total cost of drug-related crime in the US today is around $10 billion to $15 billion,’ he said.

“In fact, only $1.28 billion worth of property was stolen in the US in 1972, (the figure had actually fallen slightly from the previous year). That includes everything except cars, which junkies don’t usually steal because they can’t easily fence them, and embezzlement, which isn’t a junkie crime. The combined value of everything swiped in burglaries, robberies, and muggings, everything shoplifted, filched off the back of a truck, or boosted from a warehouse was $1.28 billion. Yet during the heroin panic of Nixon’s War on Drugs, junkies would be blamed for stealing as much as fifteen times the value of everything stolen in the United States.”[12] As the original fallacious numbers bandied about by prohibitionists convinced the nation to support mass-jailing of druggies, so too do they steer us toward coerced treatment today.

Is it Really Worth It?

“Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature.” –Tom Robbins[13]

According to public hearings for “Changing the Conversation: A National Plan to Improve Substance Abuse Treatment,” sponsored by the US Center for Substance Abuse Treatment: “Over the last decade, spending on substance abuse prevention and treatment has increased, albeit more slowly than overall health spending, to an estimated annual total of $12.6 billion in 1996. Of this amount, public spending is estimated at $7.6 billion…. One of the main reasons for the higher outlay in public spending is the frequently limited coverage of substance abuse treatment by private insurers. Although ’70 percent of drug users are employed and most have private health insurance, 20 percent of public treatment funds were spent on people with private health insurance in 1993, due to limitations on their policy.'”[14]

If the current “rush to rehab is indeed going to ease our nation away from the disasters of addiction, we must first determine if treatment indeed keeps addicts off drugs,” notes author and photojournalist Lonny Shavelson when discussing US treatment efforts, primarily San Francisco’s September 1997 plan of treatment on demand for any addict who said he or she was ready to stop using drugs. “If, as the data seem to show, treatment doesn’t actually keep addicts clean, this new push for rehab will simply become another dogma-based government strategy doomed to failure.

“Rehab has to work for the hardest-core of the dope fiends–those who create the vast majority of troubles we’ve artificially lumped into a single set phrase: the drug problem. The US Department of Justice has concluded that only a small percentage of the nation’s drug abusers create ‘an extraordinary proportion of crime.’ Yet those most destructive addicts are the least likely to enter or be helped by rehab. This latest push towards treatment, then, may do nothing more than get the ‘better’ addicts off drugs, leaving the hard-core troublemakers still disastrously addicted…. Those hard-core addicts (10 to 20 percent of users) have, depending on your point of view, either brought on the drug war, or are the tragic casualties of its battles. But if frenzied addictions are indeed responses to lives often complicated by irresolute ghetto-poverty or psychological disturbances, then rehab programs that fail to address these underlying conditions will barely make a dent in our nation’s drug disasters.”[15]

Rather than addressing the root causes of hardcore drug abuse, the prohibitionists have a much easier time directing attention to that most benign of plants, marijuana. The Office of National Drug Control Policy estimates the numbers of hardcore drug abusers between 1988 and 1998 at 3.2 million to 3.9 million (cocaine), 630,000 to 980,000 (heroin), and 300,00 to 400,000 (methamphetamine). With these numbers, the Warriors should be hard-pressed to justify the billions spent on the war–unless they drag pot into the picture.

“Marijuana is the gateway drug for the growth of state-mandated drug treatment. This important policy issue deserves greater public scrutiny and debate,” writes Jon Gettman, Ph.D.[16] Admissions for treatment of adolescent marijuana abuse increased 155 percent, from 30,832 in 1993 to 78,523 in 1998, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the Department of Health and Human Services. Total marijuana admissions increased 88 percent, from 111,265 in 1993 to 208,671 in 1998. Almost half of those admitted to treatment for marijuana abuse were under the age of 20.

All marijuana arrests increased 84 percent, from 380,689 in 1993 to 698,477 in 1998. Arrests for simple marijuana possession rose by 92 percent, from 310,859 in 1993 to 598,694 in 1998. Out of a reported 208,671 admissions to treatment for pot use in 1998, slightly more than half (53.4 percent) were referred by the criminal justice system, all of which goes a long way toward “explaining a great deal of the increase in marijuana treatment admissions,” notes Gettman. “Police and drug treatment specialists are caught up in an economic system. When criminal justice system referrals provide over half of admissions for treatment of marijuana abuse, it is clear that in this economic sector arrests move the market. Marijuana can be abused and the source of dependency, and these problems can be alleviated with medical treatment. Most debate focuses, with good reason, on whether the actual abuse liability of marijuana justifies arrest and criminal sanctions. A more fundamental question though is whether law enforcement and/or judicial personnel should be making medical decisions and enforcing them with the power of the state. At what point does the state dictate the treatment as well as provide the patients?”[17]

The Assassins of Youth

“The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible, and achieve it, generation after generation.” –Pearl S. Buck[18]

“With America’s Number One Drug Problem [marijuana] identified as the one teenagers are most likely to use, and every sneer, slammed door, and blast of Joan Jett pegged as evidence of a ‘drug problem,’ the War on Drugs became a powerful weapon for parents to use in their struggle with their teenagers,” writes Dan Baum about the shift in emphasis by Drug Warriors to marijuana under Carlton Turner, President Reagan’s first Drug Czar, in September 1981.[19] “Blaming drugs for kids’ troubles also worked in wider society: it obviated concern for ‘root causes’ and let parents take their own behavior off the hook. If drugs were, as the Florida pediatrician Ian McDonald liked to assert, a problem teenager’s ‘only’ problem, then parents needn’t examine their own role in their children’s troubles–divorce, career obsession, neglect- or for that matter failing wages, the need for both parents to work long hours, and slashed funding for education and after-school programs. While some nasty kids did have drug problems that required intervention, the parents of all nasty kids were urged–in magazine articles, PTA handouts, TV spots, and exhortations from the White House–to band together and ‘fight back.’ And in 1982, the most bellicose pro-parent, anti-child manifesto of them all rocketed up the best seller list: Tough Love.”[20, 21]

Saving our children is one of the most oft-quoted justifications given by rabid anti-drug warriors and supporters for continuing the War. As Arnold Trebach, chairman of the Trebach Institute, so eloquently put it at the Saving Our Children From Abusive Drug Treatment conference: “Anything for the kids. Like the phrase in Vietnam, we had to destroy the village to save it, some people say I’ve got to destroy my kid to save it.”[22] Scores of both now-adult and adolescent survivors–whose parents, under the influence of “Tough Love” philosophy and anti-drug hysteria, forced them into adolescent drug treatment programs such as Straight Inc.[23], Safe, Kids, and many more–came together to relate individual experiences of being beaten, starved, spit on, deprived of sleep, subjected to constant surveillance, and isolated from schools and communities while in these so-called treatment programs. They also tried to figure some way to stop this industry from continuing. Many of these people were forced into long-term, confrontational drug treatment over minor experimentation with drugs or natural adolescent rebellious behavior, finding themselves locked in horrific programs that aim to tear people down and rebuild them as contributing members of society (as the treatment programs define it).

“During my involvement with the Seed and Straight, extreme physical violence was not very much a part of the Program,” says survivor Ginger Warbis.[24] “Physical coercion, such as restraint, which sometimes resulted in injury and forced exercise, were. But these were not everyday occurrences. I don’t think I ever saw more than one person pinned to the floor at a time and very rarely any obvious and serious physical injury.” Until witnessing a severe incident of terror perpetrated against another Straight inmate, Warbis notes that, “I knew it was all theatre designed to intimidate and coerce sincere, internal compliance. I’d thought that eventually we’d each get out one way or another and either live as good little Straightlings or just shake it off. But I’ve come to realize that 1) the very basic thought reform methods used in these programs are extremely harmful psychologically and emotionally in themselves and 2) escalation to more extreme physical and psychological abuse is just about an eventuality under these conditions.

“The most important message that I wanted to deliver [at the conference] is that many of the most influential people in public policy, the drug war, juvenile justice and child protective services are big believers in using these very harmful methods. Some of them, I believe, should be in prison right now. Others just need a better understanding of what they’re advocating.”[25]

A few parents attending the conference said that having put their children into a confrontational therapy-based behavior modification program had “saved their kids’ lives.”

“I think the parents are sincere. But they’re confusing the issue,” says Warbis. “If you’ll remember, Brian Seeber [a parent who put his child in SAFE, yet another drug treatment program for adolescents] talked about how much his son hated him before and how much he loves him now. They’re not saving their children; they’re saving their own egos. They’re not aware of this, though, as they cloister themselves with people who constantly reassure them that they’re right and they demonize all others. I wish I’d gotten my hands on the mic to answer the question, ‘Well, what do we do if not this?’ Basically, there comes a time when you have to realize that, as a parent, you don’t have any guaranteed right to your child’s affection. They’re always your babies and you’d do anything to help or protect them; that never changes. But there comes a time when they’re also young adults who may not want your help or advice or even your company. Whatever you do you have to respect that, even when you know they’re making horrible mistakes. These people are doing great harm by crushing their children’s egos. If I could find a way to make them understand that, I’d try it on my mother. I haven’t spoken with her in years for just this reason.”

Stockbroker Stoney Burke sent his two sons, Scott and David, into treatment with Teen Help,[26] the umbrella name for a consortium of companies headquartered in St. George, Utah, that operates behavior modification camps in the US, Mexico, Western Samoa, Jamaica, and the Czech Republic. According to a news series by Lou Kilzer[27], Burke sent Scott into treatment “because ‘he was the extreme picture of what you didn’t want your kid to be at 13 years old.’ He said he sent David ‘because he wouldn’t stay with me. The court granted me custody, and he kept running back to his mother. He was not functioning properly in life.'”

The boys’ mother, Donna Burke, is suing Teen Help for its treatment of the boys while they were at its Tranquility Bay facility in Jamaica, alleging: “Both are changed from the wonderful, spontaneous young men they were before Tranquility Bay into robotic victims, afraid of any authority figure. They have lost their individuality, their spirits are broken, and their characters ruined. Instead of independent men, they are afraid, haunted by nightmares, subject to panic attacks and refuse to go anywhere near a beach.”[28]

“She may have been thinking, ‘Well maybe I’ll injure myself, hurt myself, and that way I can manipulate and get home,'” said Teen Help spokesman Ken Kay to reporter Kilzer[29], offering several possible reasons why Valerie Ann Heron, a 17-year-old Alabama girl, plunged to her death from a 35-foot-high balcony at Tranquility Bay in August 2001. Heron had been taken against her will from her parents’ home at 4:00 AM the previous day by a Teen Help “transportation team,” then shipped to Tranquility Bay, where she bolted from a room, jumped the balcony, and died. Kay refuses to entertain the notion that Heron was trying to commit suicide, while simultaneously acknowledging that Heron was not at Tranquility Bay of her own free will.

“The State Department said it received ‘credible allegations’ in 1998 of abuse against American teens at Paradise Cove [Teen Help’s facility in Western Samoa] about the time that Corey Murphy’s stay there was coming to an end,” writes Kilzer.[30] Seventeen-year-old Corey committed suicide when his mother, Laura Murphy, threatened to send him back to Teen Help, where he previously had been sequestered for 22 months. “‘The abuse alleged to have occurred includes beatings, isolation, food and water deprivation, choke-holds, kicking, punching, bondage, spraying with chemical agents, forced medication, verbal abuse and threats of further physical abuse,’ according to a September 1998 State Department cable sent from Washington to the US Embassy in Apia, Western Samoa. The State Department asked the Western Samoan government to investigate.”

Authorities in Mexico and the Czech Republic raided and closed Teen Help facilities over allegations of mistreatment and abuse, but Teen Help still exists, running a booming business elsewhere. They unfortunately are not the only ones, with scores of these programs continuing to open around the world.

Un-American Dogma

“Without deviation, progress is not possible.” –Frank Zappa[31]

I am not arguing that drug treatment never helps anyone, but I am strongly asserting that coerced drug treatment by courts and government is not the answer to incarceration for recreational, or even abusive drug use. In my own experience, I did eventually come to a point where I felt I could use help and tried numerous times without success to get myself into one drug treatment program or another, both medical and non-medical modalities. Heroin withdrawals are harsh, and while living the life of a street-bound junkie, I was unable to arrest the cycle of self-abuse on my own. At that point, my drug use was no longer simply recreational. Maintaining the financial and physical costs of my habit, inflated beyond all rhyme or reason by prohibition, was a full-time job. After detoxing more than once, normally a five-day spell, only to find I couldn’t enter immediately into any sort of long-term treatment facility, I would find myself back on the streets, homeless, jobless, and soon strung out again. The couple of long-term residential treatment programs I did experience weren’t offering the help I needed, and I soon left.

Finally, after swearing up and down for years that I would never do so, I took an opportunity presented to me while in jail on Ricker’s Island, requesting entrance to a methadone maintenance program. Substituting a legal, officially sanctioned yet much more addictive drug that didn’t get me high for an illicit other that did enabled me to avoid withdrawal symptoms (until I decided to kick methadone five years later) and remove myself from contact with the worst of the black-market dope scene.[32]

I was one of the hardcore drug abusers committing petty crimes that Drug Warrior politicians rant about when allocating ever more taxpayer money to waging the war. Yet I was not mandated into methadone maintenance; methadone did nothing to assist my successful attempt to stop using cocaine, nor did I receive treatment when I kicked methadone. Though still feeding my head on occasion, I’m no longer abusing drugs nor committing real crimes. There are undoubtedly some uses and even benefits to be had by drug abusers and those around them by offering a vast assortment of voluntary treatment options for drug abusers who desire a change.

Use of illicit drugs is the currently accepted stigma in American society. It is no longer considered socially proper or politically correct to hate one’s neighbor for their skin color or their sexual preferences (not to say it doesn’t happen), but it is perfectly okay to advocate harsh jail sentences or behavior modification for those who have an innate “drive to transcend consensus reality,” as Dr. Andrew Weil phrased it.[33]

“Hunger is not volitional. Neither are inebriative instincts and urges,” says author and researcher Dan Russell.[34] “That’s why it is not controllable by law. It’s like trying to control sex by law. It can’t be done, and has never been done. It has to do with the process of enslavement. When you take a free tribe and enslave it, if you destroy the central sacrament of its culture, it’s how you commit cultural genocide, and how to domesticate them.”

Indeed, the War on Drugs has much more to do with controlling culture than it does with health. Baum writes: “In an article titled ‘White House Stop-Drug-Use Program: Why the Emphasis Is on Marijuana,’ the magazine Government Executive profiled [Carlton] Turner and summarized his views this way: marijuana, like ‘hard-rock music, torn jeans, and sexual promiscuity,’ was a pillar of ‘the counter culture.'” Turner was quoted: “‘Point is, illegal, i.e. non-prescription, use of drugs…is not only a perverse, pervasive plague, though it is that. But drug use also is a behavioral pattern that has sort of tagged along during the present young-adult generation’s involvement in anti-military, anti-nuclear power, anti-big business, anti-authority demonstrations; of people from a myriad of different racial, religious or otherwise persuasions demanding rights or entitlements politically while refusing to accept corollary civic responsibility.'”[35]

While many countries around the world are beginning not only to debate but also to implement decriminalization and legalization of some drugs[36], and while yet others lean toward harm reduction methods to help their hardcore drug abusers and society at large[37], US police, courts, and government continue to dogmatically deem all use of currently illicit drugs, whether recreational or abusive, to be morally reprehensible and criminal, as well as a sign of a disease that requires treatment with or without the patients’ cooperation. This is simply dangerous and even, dare I say, un-American.

Endnotes

1.Jansen, Karl L.R., M.D., Ph.D. “Ketamine: Dreams and Realities.” Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (2001): 260.

2. See: <www.uwsrq.com/First_Call/7y12yg7a.HTM>.

3. Lindesmith Center-Drug Policy Foundation: Broadening the Debate on Drugs and Drug Policy <www.lindesmith.org>.

4. Held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, 30 May – 2 June 2001. “Conference Report: As Drug Reform Edges Closer to Mainstream (or Vice Versa), Fractures Emerge Over Politics of Treatment.” Week Online With DRCNet 189 (8 June 2001). <www.drcnet.org/wol/189.htmlconferencereport>.

5.Committee on Data and Research for Policy on Illegal Drugs, Charles F. Manski, John V. Pepper, and Carol V. Petrie, Editors. “Informing America’s Policy on Illegal Drugs: What We Don’t Know Keeps Hurting Us.” Committee on Law and Justice and Committee on National Statistics, National Research Council (2001): 238.

6. Reed, Lou. “Heroin.” Performed by the Velvet Underground. The Velvet Underground and Nico. Verve, 1967.

7. Unsigned. “US Jail Population Hits Record 6.5 Million.” Reuters, 26 Aug 2001.

8. For up-to-the-minute statistics, see DrugSense.org’s Drug War Clock at <www.drugsense.org/wodclock.htm>.

9. DrugAbuse Sciences, Inc. Press release. 24 July 2001 <www.drugabusesciences.com/Articles.asp?entry=123>

10. Ibid.

11. McCaffrey, Barry. Letter to Los Angeles Times 14 July 2000.

12. Baum, Dan. Smoke and Mirrors: The War on Drugs and the Politics of Failure. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1996: 69-70.

13. Craven, Cyndi. “A Journey in Word: A Collection of Quotes.” <www.spiritsong.com/quotes>.

14. “Changing the Conversation: Improving Substance Abuse Treatment: The
National Treatment Plan Initiative: Panel Reports, Public Hearings, and
Public Acknowledgements.” US Department of Health and Human Services (Nov 2000): 12. <www.natxplan.org>. For ease of reading, internal references in the quote have been left out.

15. Shavelson, Lonny. Hooked: Five Addicts Challenge Our Misguided Drug Rehab System. New York: The New Press, 2001: 7.

16. Gettman, Jon. “Marijuana and Drug Treatment: An Introduction.” From an article presented at the Saving Our Children From Abusive Drug Treatment conference held by the Trebach Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, 21-22 July 2001. For conference details, see: <trebach.org/conference.html>.

17. Ibid.

18. Op cit., Craven.

19. Op cit., Baum: 155-6.

20. Ibid.

21. York, David, Phyllis York, and Ted Wachtel. Tough Love. New York: Doubleday, 1982. See: Tough Love International <www.toughlove.org/default.htm>.

22. In Bethesda, Maryland, 21-22 July 2001. <trebach.org/conference.html>. Also see: Peet, Preston. “Drug Treatment for Teens: A Secret Shame.” High Times Online, 1 Aug 2001.

23. The man who founded Straight Inc. in 1976–Florida real estate developer and Republican power broker Melvin Sembler–was nominated in July 2001 by President Bush to be Ambassador to Italy. Sembler was Ambassador to Australia under the former President Bush, and resigned in January 2001 as head of the Republican Party’s national finance committee. Unsigned. “Florida Developer Tapped to be Ambassador to Italy.” Associated Press, 28 July 2001.

24. For more info about Warbis and adolescent treatment programs, see Anonymity Anonymous <fornits.com/anonanon>. For more treatment survivor tales also see: <pub70.ezboard.com/fstraightincsurvivors30607frm1>

25. Warbis, Ginger. Email correspondence with author, 25 July 2001.

26. Teen Help Adolescent Resources: Support for Families with Teen Challenges. <www.vpp.com/teenhelp>.

27. Kilzer, Lou. “Desperate Measures: ‘I Call it Teen Torment’.” Denver Rocky Mountain News, no month or day, 1999 <www.denver-rmn.com/desperate/site-desperate/day2/pg5-desperate.shtml>.

28. Ibid.

29. Kilzer, Lou. “Teenager Leaps to Her Death at Compound in Jamaica.” Rocky Mountain News 18 Aug 2001.

30. Kilzer, Lou. “Desperate Measures: Lost Boy.” Denver Rocky Mountain News, no day or month, 2000. <www.denver-rmn.com/desperate/site-desperate/0702desp1.shtml>.

31. Op cit., Craven.

32. For more on methadone, see: Peet, Preston. “M Is for Methadone.” Disinformation Website, 7 Feb 2001. <www.disinfo.com/pages/dossier/id838/pg1>.

33. Weil, Andrew, M.D. The Natural Mind: A New Way of Looking at Drugs and the Higher Consciousness. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1972. As noted in Jansen: 150.

34. Russell, Dan. Interview with author (Feb 2001). <www.disinfo.com/pages/article/id911/pg1>. Dan Russell is the author of Drug War: Covert Money, Power and Policy (Kalyx.com, 2000) and Shamanism and the Drug Propaganda (Kalyx.com, 1998).

35. Op cit., Baum: 154.

36. As of August 2001, Jamaica, Canada, and Great Britain were debating decriminalizing and even legalizing personal use of marijuana; Spain, Italy, Switzerland, and Portugal have decriminalized all personal possession drugs; Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, and Venezuela were calling for rational debate on regulating the commerce of drugs in order to do away with problems of violence and corruption, both results of current US-exported War on Some Drugs policy (which are much more damaging to society at large than any drug use and dependency). Even nine US states have passed laws allowing the use of medical marijuana, although the US government is insisting it will enforce federal anti-marijuana laws anyway, denying even the terminally ill legal use of marijuana.

37. Germany, Switzerland, and the Nederlands all have safe injection rooms for heroin, as does Australia. For more information on international harm reduction methods and implementations, see: <www.harmreduction.org>, especially the links section.

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
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Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: “Krista Vaughan” <krista.vaughan@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 1:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Re: rant again MAPS and burning man attendees

For someone whose background is “the rooms” and attends twelve step
meetings, his message was very thoughtful and reasonable. Scary as it
might be to contemplate what he wrote was a open minded version
version of the message that you’ll find at nearly all twelve step
meetings. There are different ways to use the steps and many examples
from this list come to mind, but for the most part his thoughts would
be considered enlightened and accepting by “recovery” standards.

You’ve forgotten the meetings you’ve attended Preston 😉 the main
message is that all drug use is abuse and once you’re an addict, you
are always a addict. By the standards of the twelve steps and our
medical establishment, especially the doctors working specifically
with addiction, what he wrote was a tame and open minded version of
the party line and all the groups he mentioned and grouped together
have in common that they are full of people who do drugs, promoting
the freedom to do all drugs. In most twelve step meetings you’ll have
a hard time finding any acceptance if you are on methadone
maintenance, much less doing hallucinogens….

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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Re: rant against MAPS and burning man attendees
Date: August 9, 2005 at 12:25:43 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeey…. evereybody’s gotta EAT!!!

On 8/9/05, Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz> wrote:
HEEHEEHEEHEE
Haaaaa
Hey, that’s funny, coming from a CHEF!!!
Kirk xxx

—–Original Message—–
From: tink [mailto:tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, 9 August 2005 3:51 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Re: rant against MAPS and burning man attendees

we love you anyway ;]
tink

On 8/8/05, shelley krupa <skrupa20022002@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hey now ,im a psych nurse ,no fair!

Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz> wrote:
Tink Wrote:-
I don’t care if you poke your eye out with a sharp stick and roll in
kitty litter. If that works for you, GREAT!!!If not, so be it.
enough of me
tink
[Capt Kirk] Hey Man, you can trust me on this one… I tried it, it
doesn’t
work. You end up being One Eyed and covered in…. stuff…….. and the
cats come piss and shit on you as well. They also get pretty irate that
you’re in their cat box in the first place…

As for Burning Man, Had a friend who went to it last year (I think..) and
she’s way way worse than any druggie…. she’s a ………PSYCH NURSE!!!
Yes
folks….a pysch nurse. It sounds like an awesome festival of talent, art,
dancing and fun. I’m going to make sure it’s something I do before I
shuffle off this Mortal Coil and go to meet me makah.
Also have another friend who goes to the festival regularly..have seen a
ton
of photos of it and he’s a ………graphics artist!!! Again, way worse
than any druggie………

Rok on
Kirk :o)

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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl
Date: August 9, 2005 at 10:32:08 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Suboxone has Naloxone in it, and if you had an amount of opiates in
your body, the naloxone would’ve tried to kick it out.  No wonder you
got acute wd symptoms. Subutex is the buprenorphine without the
naloxone, which is what your suppose to take initially, then switch to
the suboxone with blocker after your body has cleaned out the residual
opiates.  It has a ceiling effect, so you can do opiates on top, or
whatever that you want,but you won’t feel it, and you can still
overdose with out getting high at all.
I went on bupe from 120 mgs of methadone.I was on 36mgs at one point,
and it did take some adjusting to, but they also did the induction in
hosptal because of the detox from methadone down to a safe level
before they’d let me take it.  13 days of hell, but by the time they
gave me the bupe, my body was just so happy to be receiving ANYTHING
with an opiate in it, I didn’t care.
tink

On 8/9/05, Nowwarat@aol.com <Nowwarat@aol.com> wrote:

I self medicated with bup and went into acute,severe, opiate withdrawal.
It’s for folks physically dependent below a certain level.

Nowwarat

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From: “Matthew Shriver” <matt@itsupport.net>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Was MAPS & Burning Man- Question about NA
Date: August 9, 2005 at 9:22:36 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

To be clear, the quote “Once an addict, always an addict” is not any tenant
of NA belief, at least not the way it is generally used.  It is usually used
in the sense that once you’re showing all of the signs of being an addict
(dishonesty and what not) it’s pointless to try to help you because you will
always act that way.  I don’t feel like I worded that quite how I wanted but
you get the idea.  NA’s view on that is that it’s a lie, plain and simple.

As to your question, my personal opinion also happens to be inline with NA’s
view which is that, as an addict, no I don’t ever get to use my drug of
choice again. Nor do I get to use any drug to get “high”.  It’s not the
drugs per se, it’s the way we used them that differentiates the addict from
the non-addict.  But once having discovered that we are addicts, we will
never become non-addicts; that is to say we will always be at risk of
returning to our previous behavior if we are not careful.  Now whether or
not you want to say we have a disease and will always have one, or whether
you want to put another interpretation on the, “Once an addict, always an
addict” quote and call it true, well that’s all up to you.  As I stated
elsewhere, my view is that when I say I am an addict, it’s the same as
saying I have brown hair, it just is.  For me that means I have to be
careful what substances I put into my body, it doesn’t mean I’m any more or
any less than any other person on the face of the planet.

As to the whole altered states question, I think many addicts that I know in
NA would say they still pursue that to some extent, in some form.  For me
it’s through mountain biking and rock climbing.  I know a guy in NA who does
yoga in a hundred degree room every day. I have friends in NA who sky dive,
paint, write poetry, do sweat lodges.  I have also heard, without getting
names, that there are people in our fellowship who have participated in
peyote rituals with Native American Church guides (and did not change their
clean dates I might add).  My opinion on that is, again, too each his own.
But if the general fellowship knew about that last one, I can guarantee
there would be a chorus of people who would want to call it a relapse.

NA is just like any other group of human beings, filled with opinions and on
occasion, dissension.  But we are there “so that no addict seeking recovery
need die.”  I don’t think I need to conform to anything anyone else wants me
to conform to in order to be in NA. I just have to have “a desire to stop
using” which is the only requirement for membership.  Our literature also
says that “you are a member when you say you are.”  I don’t have to tow any
party lines.  And if anyone says I do, well I get to tell them to get
fucked.  Hope I answered your questions.
Matt

—–Original Message—–
From: Vector Vector [mailto:vector620022002@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 10:40 PM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] Was MAPS & Burning Man- Question about NA

My question is the quote that Matt used, ‘once a addict, always a
addict’ what does that mean to you? Does it mean that you can never
again take whatever your drug of choice was. Does it mean you can never
take any drug at all to get high, because if you smoke some pot it will
lead back to whatever you came to NA for. Does it mean that any altered
state of consciousness is in some way too dangerous for you but ok for
normal people whatever normal people means? What does that mean for
you? I’m not asking what it means for all people working the steps,
what do __you__ mean when you write it?

.:vector:.

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From: <slowone@hush.ai>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogiane related news in July MAPS newsletter
Date: August 9, 2005 at 4:06:53 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I believe that ibogaine might interrupt any deeply engrained
pattern of behavior. Possibly this is related to the function of
the area of the brain that is damaged by super high doses in rats:
cells in the cerebellum that control the patterns of coordinated
muscle behaviours that we call locomotion, I believe. Which I’m
guessing explains the ataxia that people feel on ibogaine and
possibly some of the heart failures. Under this hypothesis I’ll add
that ibogaine tends to take out the patterns of dysfunctional
behaviors first because stress brings out weakness.

On Sat, 06 Aug 2005 20:34:08 -0700 Dana Beal <dana@phantom.com>
wrote:
Hmmm… Well, I’m only stating the well-known fact that ibogaine
doesn’t seem to affect marijuana like it does heroin, cocaine,
speed,
cigarettes, etc. I’m not going to get didactic here about
neuro-mechanism. The point is that the nMDA antagonism of the
cannabidiol cancels out the build-up of tolerance to THC. Very
important for MMJ patients. And this Morgenthau staffer doesn”t
get
it. You should hear what they did t o this patient!

O well.

Dana/cnw

On Aug 6, 2005, at 11:19 PM, Matthew Shriver wrote:

From: Dana Beal [mailto:dana@phantom.com]
Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 4:31 PM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogiane related news in July MAPS
newsletter

We had some one from the conference at Alex Grey’s would bugged

Patrick to get her a dose of ibogaine to–get this!–treat her
pot
dependency.

I just had to comment on this.  I gather from the tone that you

consider marijuana addiction to be a sort of non-existent
ailment.  I
know you didn’t actually say that so I may be misreading you.
But I
know people who have gone to great lengths to stop smoking pot,
even
to the extent of substituting harder drugs like heroin.  And I
would
say that there is no question that such a thing as marijuana
addiction
exists.  If addiction is defined by an inability to control your

actions by exercising your own will, than anyone who smokes pot
and
wants to stop but cannot is addicted.

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From: Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Preston.
Date: August 9, 2005 at 3:44:08 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Jasen!! Where u bin boy??????  What u bin up to?? Come on come on, cough it
up!!!  Thought you musta applied for Big Brother and got in the house or
something extremely bizarre like that LOL
I think the NA group that… um.. someone was talking about should rename
it, cos it doesn’t sound like the “regular” ones at all.  It sounds much too
onto it!! Heh juss kidding ok?? Hear the laughter in my.. um.. typing!!!
Love to all a ya, whatever state you may be in.. it’s all good.
Koiky xxx

—–Original Message—–
From: Jasen Chamoun [mailto:jasenhappy@optusnet.com.au]
Sent: Tuesday, 9 August 2005 6:51 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Preston.

Hey Preston,

Mate I agree with your comment that the saying “once an addict always an
addict”
is very disempowering. Once a junkie always a junkie is such a crock of
shit. It gives
people a reason to relapse.

NA and AA works for some,..not for me or people I have known. This higher
power
that is spoken about is also within us.Why disempower ourselves by
believing it is
something seperate to us.

Are we not all gods, haven’t all the great masters that have walked the
earth all told
us the same thing.

I get so angry with religion at times as most of them cause people not to
believe, to lose
faith,..because of the way they depict their judging vengeful childish
deity. I give you free will
but if you don’t do as I say I will cast you into hell. For f*cks sake, why

can’t people see
the contradiction.

The power is also within us. Power to the people.

I love you bro’, I am glad you got through your $13 experience and are
still well. What an
experience.

with
love, Jasen.

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From: Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] food for thought shooting the messenger and those hallucinogen weirdos 😉
Date: August 9, 2005 at 3:42:04 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

WOOO yehhhh good one Vector.. I’m obviously a old/newbie and really
appreciated this and the last email trahmendusslee.
I loik a laff :o)
See you at Burning Man sometime huh?? I’ll be the long haired (old.. heh
scary) chick leaping round heaps just glad to be out of New Zealand for a
change lol
Luff heaps
Kirk xx

—–Original Message—–
From: Vector Vector [mailto:vector620022002@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, 9 August 2005 5:14 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] food for thought shooting the messenger and those
hallucinogen weirdos 😉

This is one of my old messages to the list from my last email account
before moving to yahoo. I’m re posting it here for my family background
and where I’m coming from please read it before moving on to my
message.

— vector6@space.com wrote:

Lets see. to give a little background I live in California, I’m
middle class I think, my grandpa fought in WWII, my dad fought in
vietnam. There’s a American Flag in front of my house, not since Sep

11, but since I was born. My grandfather is a Republican, my dad is a

Democrat but doesn’t really care. My grandpa is proud of having
served his country, my dad thinks it was a bullshit war that he got
drafted into. I don’t know anybody near my age who votes or plans to

vote or cares. Republicans are repressed conservative weird old
people, Democrats are liberal old people who did more drugs and don’t

want to get jobs. The Libertarians are morally outraged that anybody

has the gall to tell them what to do, so step off and fuck you, the
Greens wants to smoke a lot of pot and hang out. Hackers are mostly
not aware that politics exist, those that are are libertarians.
Ravers are mostly not aware that politics exist, those that are are
mostly greens. Afghanistan is over there on the other side of the
world. Washington is in the US, but it’s not the state that has
Seattle where Nirvana came from. Political parties have animals,
Republicans and Democrats have a donkey and an elephant I forget
which is which, the Libertarians have a cobra with “don’t tread on
me” written on it, I’ve no idea what the greens have, probably a
hamster with a glow in the dark pacifier living in a dayglo cage. If

you are confused what the cato institute does and really care, you
could click their “about us” button and they talk on about something

or another. Hope that helped .:vector:. Carrie Rollins wrote > > > I

clicked through some of the links under Mindvox and > most of them
I’ve seen before but this one I haven’t, > then I noticed that
drugwar also links it. What > exactly is the Cato institute? > > What

it’s saying is the same thing all the anti-drug > war people have
been saying for a long time, but it’s > doing it in a very
unemotional way. I’ve been reading > the rest of the site and I guess

it’s a Libertarian > Party site, but what they look like they want to

do is > throw the entire government into the garbage. It’s not > just

the war on drugs, they look like they disagree > with almost
everything. > > I think I’m a Democrat at least I’ve voted that way >

before, but I’m not sure things got any better under > Clinton, did
they? The Republicans want to keep the > war on drugs going why? I’m

not clear on that either. > The Libertarians just want to get rid of

the entire > government period and every site of theirs has a huge >

anti drug war section. > > Who out of all this wants to keep the war

on drugs > going??? And who is doing anything to support > ibogaine,

it doesn’t look like really anybody except > the people on this list

and what they do offlist. > > Did I miss something obvious? I’m
getting confused. > > Oh yes, Cato is http://www.cato.org > > -carrie

My dad started taking oxy for back surgery years ago. It’s years later
and he’s still taking oxy and has reached the stage where he has a
problem and has admitted it most of all to himself but to other members
of my family too.

Ibogaine is something I mention to him every time he mentions his oxy
problem and I’ll eventually get him to give it a go 🙂

My dad isn’t what I’d call closed minded but he’s not 20. He wouldn’t
spend 5 minutes listening to someone from burning man any more then
he’d spend 5 minutes listening to someone who goes to lollapalooza. I
think both are fun, I’ve been to lots of lollapaloozas and will go to
burning man one of these years.

Does this make him a close minded, stigmatizing prohibitionist pig? I
think it makes him an average 54 year old who has a drug problem with
oxy’s and would never touch ibogaine if one of those ‘weirdos’
mentioned it to him.

Nope, he wouldn’t listen to you either Preston, he’d never get past
your dress, tattoos and piercings 😉 But he wouldn’t stop me from
bringing you over to my house or being friends with you either.

Is any of this right or wrong, or wishing the world was different for
your convenience. I don’t know, i’m only thinking out loud.

.:vector:.

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From: Nowwarat@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl
Date: August 9, 2005 at 3:10:56 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I self medicated with bup and went into acute,severe, opiate withdrawal. It’s for folks physically dependent below a certain level.

Nowwarat

From: <slowone@hush.ai>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogiane related news in July MAPS newsletter
Date: August 9, 2005 at 2:50:58 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

On Sat, 06 Aug 2005 15:30:35 -0700 Dana Beal <dana@phantom.com>
wrote:

So–just say no to psychedelic tourists!

We had some one from the conference at Alex Grey’s would bugged
Patrick
to get her a dose of ibogaine to–get this!–treat her pot
dependency.
We told her it doesn’t work for that; and that anyway, if we had
any
influence in the matter, all doses of ibogaine were going to wind
up in
bona fide hard drug addicts.

I had tapered down on food for a week, fasted a day, and took some
ibogaine. There was not much effect. I decided to get up and smoke
some marijuana to see if it would help me feel the ibogaine. Due to
low blood sugar I postponed the effort of getting up. Half an hour
of idle thought later, I remembered my plan to smoke, and suddenly
looking back I saw myself reaching the end of my umbilical cord up
to put it into a light socket to seek distraction. I didn’t smoke
pot again for two years.

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From: “Jasen Chamoun” <jasenhappy@optusnet.com.au>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Preston.
Date: August 9, 2005 at 2:50:53 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hey Preston,

Mate I agree with your comment that the saying “once an addict always an addict”
is very disempowering. Once a junkie always a junkie is such a crock of shit. It gives
people a reason to relapse.

NA and AA works for some,..not for me or people I have known. This higher power
that is spoken about is also within us.Why disempower ourselves by believing it is
something seperate to us.

Are we not all gods, haven’t all the great masters that have walked the earth all told
us the same thing.

I get so angry with religion at times as most of them cause people not to believe, to lose
faith,..because of the way they depict their judging vengeful childish deity. I give you free will
but if you don’t do as I say I will cast you into hell. For f*cks sake, why can’t people see
the contradiction.

The power is also within us. Power to the people.

I love you bro’, I am glad you got through your $13 experience and are still well. What an
experience.

with love, Jasen.

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From: Vector Vector <vector620022002@yahoo.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] food for thought shooting the messenger and those hallucinogen weirdos 😉
Date: August 9, 2005 at 1:14:16 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

This is one of my old messages to the list from my last email account
before moving to yahoo. I’m re posting it here for my family background
and where I’m coming from please read it before moving on to my
message.

— vector6@space.com wrote:

Lets see. to give a little background I live in California, I’m
middle class I think, my grandpa fought in WWII, my dad fought in
vietnam. There’s a American Flag in front of my house, not since Sep

11, but since I was born. My grandfather is a Republican, my dad is a

Democrat but doesn’t really care. My grandpa is proud of having
served his country, my dad thinks it was a bullshit war that he got
drafted into. I don’t know anybody near my age who votes or plans to

vote or cares. Republicans are repressed conservative weird old
people, Democrats are liberal old people who did more drugs and don’t

want to get jobs. The Libertarians are morally outraged that anybody

has the gall to tell them what to do, so step off and fuck you, the
Greens wants to smoke a lot of pot and hang out. Hackers are mostly
not aware that politics exist, those that are are libertarians.
Ravers are mostly not aware that politics exist, those that are are
mostly greens. Afghanistan is over there on the other side of the
world. Washington is in the US, but it’s not the state that has
Seattle where Nirvana came from. Political parties have animals,
Republicans and Democrats have a donkey and an elephant I forget
which is which, the Libertarians have a cobra with “don’t tread on
me” written on it, I’ve no idea what the greens have, probably a
hamster with a glow in the dark pacifier living in a dayglo cage. If

you are confused what the cato institute does and really care, you
could click their “about us” button and they talk on about something

or another. Hope that helped .:vector:. Carrie Rollins wrote > > > I

clicked through some of the links under Mindvox and > most of them
I’ve seen before but this one I haven’t, > then I noticed that
drugwar also links it. What > exactly is the Cato institute? > > What

it’s saying is the same thing all the anti-drug > war people have
been saying for a long time, but it’s > doing it in a very
unemotional way. I’ve been reading > the rest of the site and I guess

it’s a Libertarian > Party site, but what they look like they want to

do is > throw the entire government into the garbage. It’s not > just

the war on drugs, they look like they disagree > with almost
everything. > > I think I’m a Democrat at least I’ve voted that way >

before, but I’m not sure things got any better under > Clinton, did
they? The Republicans want to keep the > war on drugs going why? I’m

not clear on that either. > The Libertarians just want to get rid of

the entire > government period and every site of theirs has a huge >

anti drug war section. > > Who out of all this wants to keep the war

on drugs > going??? And who is doing anything to support > ibogaine,

it doesn’t look like really anybody except > the people on this list

and what they do offlist. > > Did I miss something obvious? I’m
getting confused. > > Oh yes, Cato is http://www.cato.org > > -carrie

My dad started taking oxy for back surgery years ago. It’s years later
and he’s still taking oxy and has reached the stage where he has a
problem and has admitted it most of all to himself but to other members
of my family too.

Ibogaine is something I mention to him every time he mentions his oxy
problem and I’ll eventually get him to give it a go 🙂

My dad isn’t what I’d call closed minded but he’s not 20. He wouldn’t
spend 5 minutes listening to someone from burning man any more then
he’d spend 5 minutes listening to someone who goes to lollapalooza. I
think both are fun, I’ve been to lots of lollapaloozas and will go to
burning man one of these years.

Does this make him a close minded, stigmatizing prohibitionist pig? I
think it makes him an average 54 year old who has a drug problem with
oxy’s and would never touch ibogaine if one of those ‘weirdos’
mentioned it to him.

Nope, he wouldn’t listen to you either Preston, he’d never get past
your dress, tattoos and piercings 😉 But he wouldn’t stop me from
bringing you over to my house or being friends with you either.

Is any of this right or wrong, or wishing the world was different for
your convenience. I don’t know, i’m only thinking out loud.

.:vector:.

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From: Vector Vector <vector620022002@yahoo.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Was MAPS & Burning Man- Question about NA
Date: August 9, 2005 at 12:40:27 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Reading this all one after the other, I’m confused. Mason and Matt
participate in NA (I think)? As far as I know Krista is involved with
harm reduction and has never said whether or not she is clean and never
said anything claiming to represent NA and Preston is replying to her
instead of Mason or Matt.

Compared to what used to be here years ago this is a mellow
conversation, NA people would arrive here every month back when Patrick
was writing for Heroin Times every issue and they were all angry,
threatened and ranting. I remember these endless rants from some MSC
about how everyone was in a state of relapse here already and there
were these giant sweeping conversations because Patrick used to post
and Dr. Moraes who was psychotically anti NA used to post, Steven Anker
used to post, that counseler from a methadone clinic Rick V. used to
post how NA treated his patients like shit. Then of course 50 well
written funny and longgg messages would come across how Bill Wilson got
clean from alcohol taking the belladonna cure and tripping and was a
big fan of LSD in his later years, which didn’t cause him to change his
clean date.

Since the people here now who are if not representing NA at least work
the steps and are articulate without being angry at everybody who
isn’t, I have one question for everyone from NA. To repeat who I am for
the newer people, I’m not an addict, never been one, I smoke pot, I
take some of those weirdo hallucinogens 😉 I ended up on this list back
in 2001 searching for what happened to Mindvox and ended up on
ibogaine, I’m in college and interested in social policy, drug
addiction and treatment, in a big way this list has influenced my
interests and expanded my horizons so thanks to you all over so many
years of Mindvox 🙂

My question is the quote that Matt used, ‘once a addict, always a
addict’ what does that mean to you? Does it mean that you can never
again take whatever your drug of choice was. Does it mean you can never
take any drug at all to get high, because if you smoke some pot it will
lead back to whatever you came to NA for. Does it mean that any altered
state of consciousness is in some way too dangerous for you but ok for
normal people whatever normal people means? What does that mean for
you? I’m not asking what it means for all people working the steps,
what do __you__ mean when you write it?

.:vector:.

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From: Vector Vector <vector620022002@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Re: Burning Man festival
Date: August 9, 2005 at 12:27:08 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Way to go captain, that’ll show all the straight people how wrong they
are!!! 😉

Tnx, enjoying the freaks and weirdos 🙂

.:vector:.

— Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz> wrote:

http://www.chroniclesofjoy.com/index-flash-800.htm

Here’s the website of my mate that loves Burning Man.. for anyone
interested. Warning: contains dance music, nudity and……. (dun dun
dunnnnnnnnnn) WIERDOES EVERYWHEREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Heeheeheeheeheehee (takes a wee bit to load on slower puters….
patience,
it’s worth it….run mouse over til ya see the hand… contains links
to all
sorts…)
Kirk ;oP

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From: Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Re: rant against MAPS and burning man attendees
Date: August 9, 2005 at 12:03:26 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

HEEHEEHEEHEE
Haaaaa
Hey, that’s funny, coming from a CHEF!!!
Kirk xxx

—–Original Message—–
From: tink [mailto:tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, 9 August 2005 3:51 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Re: rant against MAPS and burning man attendees

we love you anyway ;]
tink

On 8/8/05, shelley krupa <skrupa20022002@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hey now ,im a psych nurse ,no fair!

Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz> wrote:
Tink Wrote:-
I don’t care if you poke your eye out with a sharp stick and roll in
kitty litter. If that works for you, GREAT!!!If not, so be it.
enough of me
tink
[Capt Kirk] Hey Man, you can trust me on this one… I tried it, it
doesn’t
work. You end up being One Eyed and covered in…. stuff…….. and the
cats come piss and shit on you as well. They also get pretty irate that
you’re in their cat box in the first place…

As for Burning Man, Had a friend who went to it last year (I think..) and
she’s way way worse than any druggie…. she’s a ………PSYCH NURSE!!!
Yes
folks….a pysch nurse. It sounds like an awesome festival of talent, art,
dancing and fun. I’m going to make sure it’s something I do before I
shuffle off this Mortal Coil and go to meet me makah.
Also have another friend who goes to the festival regularly..have seen a
ton
of photos of it and he’s a ………graphics artist!!! Again, way worse
than any druggie………

Rok on
Kirk :o)

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From: Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Re: rant against MAPS and burning man attendees
Date: August 9, 2005 at 12:03:00 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hehheheheheheh we’d prolly get on real well then ;o)  and you’d abbashlootly luff luff my mate.. she roks and reeks like the mad woman she is!! Luv her to bits and back.
Kirk xx
From: shelley krupa [mailto:skrupa20022002@yahoo.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, 9 August 2005 3:28 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Re: rant against MAPS and burning man attendees

Hey now ,im a psych nurse ,no fair!

Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz> wrote:
Tink Wrote:-
I don’t care if you poke your eye out with a sharp stick and roll in
kitty litter. If that works for you, GREAT!!!If not, so be it.
enough of me
tink
[Capt Kirk] Hey Man, you can trust me on this one… I tried it, it doesn’t
work. You end up being One Eyed and covered in…. stuff…….. and the
cats come piss and shit on you as well. They also get pretty irate that
you’re in their cat box in the first place…

As for Burning Man, Had a friend who went to it last year (I think..) and
she’s way way worse than any druggie…. she’s a ………PSYCH NURSE!!! Yes
folks….a pysch nurse. It sounds like an awesome festival of talent, art,
dancing and fun. I’m going to make sure it’s something I do before I
shuffle off this Mortal Coil and go to meet me makah.
Also have another friend who goes to the festival regularly..have seen a ton
of photos of it and he’s a ………graphics artist!!! Again, way worse
than any druggie………

Rok on
Kirk :o)






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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Re: rant against MAPS and burning man attendees
Date: August 8, 2005 at 11:50:38 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

we love you anyway ;]
tink

On 8/8/05, shelley krupa <skrupa20022002@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hey now ,im a psych nurse ,no fair!

Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz> wrote:
Tink Wrote:-
I don’t care if you poke your eye out with a sharp stick and roll in
kitty litter. If that works for you, GREAT!!!If not, so be it.
enough of me
tink
[Capt Kirk] Hey Man, you can trust me on this one… I tried it, it doesn’t
work. You end up being One Eyed and covered in…. stuff…….. and the
cats come piss and shit on you as well. They also get pretty irate that
you’re in their cat box in the first place…

As for Burning Man, Had a friend who went to it last year (I think..) and
she’s way way worse than any druggie…. she’s a ………PSYCH NURSE!!! Yes
folks….a pysch nurse. It sounds like an awesome festival of talent, art,
dancing and fun. I’m going to make sure it’s something I do before I
shuffle off this Mortal Coil and go to meet me makah.
Also have another friend who goes to the festival regularly..have seen a ton
of photos of it and he’s a ………graphics artist!!! Again, way worse
than any druggie………

Rok on
Kirk :o)

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From: shelley krupa <skrupa20022002@yahoo.com>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Re: rant against MAPS and burning man attendees
Date: August 8, 2005 at 11:27:50 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hey now ,im a psych nurse ,no fair!

Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz> wrote:
Tink Wrote:-
I don’t care if you poke your eye out with a sharp stick and roll in
kitty litter. If that works for you, GREAT!!!If not, so be it.
enough of me
tink
[Capt Kirk] Hey Man, you can trust me on this one… I tried it, it doesn’t
work. You end up being One Eyed and covered in…. stuff…….. and the
cats come piss and shit on you as well. They also get pretty irate that
you’re in their cat box in the first place…

As for Burning Man, Had a friend who went to it last year (I think..) and
she’s way way worse than any druggie…. she’s a ………PSYCH NURSE!!! Yes
folks….a pysch nurse. It sounds like an awesome festival of talent, art,
dancing and fun. I’m going to make sure it’s something I do before I
shuffle off this Mortal Coil and go to meet me makah.
Also have another friend who goes to the festival regularly..have seen a ton
of photos of it and he’s a ………graphics artist!!! Again, way worse
than any druggie………

Rok on
Kirk :o)

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From: “Matthew Shriver” <matt@itsupport.net>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Re: rant again MAPS and burning man attendees
Date: August 8, 2005 at 11:25:37 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I have been told by people who have moved here (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
that the NA is somehow special and that we are lucky.  I mean literally,
people will say that.  When I have enquired what they mean they say stuff
like “the recovery is very strong here.”  I have been to meetings in other
places but I have never hooked into the NA community anywhere else so I have
never really understood what they meant.  But I am wondering if I am seeing
something related to it here.

I don’t want to be “Mr. NA” around here or feel like I have to be in a
position to defend NA, my attitude is pretty much like Tink’s, if it works
great, if not that’s fine also.  But what I hear people describing is not
what I know as NA.  When I got to NA they told me “Take what you can use and
leave the rest.”  And they said, “If anyone ever tries to tell you they know
the one, exact, way you should work your program, run from them.”  No-one
ever gave the impression that NA was the only game in town.  They were just
adamant that it worked.

My boss is on the NA world board and when I recently talked to people in NA
about the possibility of taking ibogaine again, he was one of the most
open-minded ones of all. When I told him I had had a spiritual experience
the last time I took ibo he took it at face value. Some people had politely
dismissed my claim suggesting it was a mere drug experience.  He was one of
the few who didn’t even suggest that taking ibogaine might lead to using
other drugs again, something almost everyone else suggested.  And this is a
man who has helped write the NA basic text.  My understanding is that
open-mindedness is hugely important in recovery and so I try to be, but I
see it in my boss and other people in recovery around here.

I agree that the whole approach from the very first premise of powerlessness
is not for everyone and I wouldn’t want to force feed it to anyone.  As Tink
pointed out anyway, you gotta want to get clean before you can get clean.
Treatment centers and jail prove that.  But just for the record I want to
quote this:
“We cannot change the nature of the addict or addiction.  We can help to
change the old lie ‘Once an addict, always an addict,’ by striving to make
recovery more available.  God, help us to remember this difference.”
–The NA Basic Text page xiv
Matt

—–Original Message—–
From: Preston Peet [mailto:ptpeet@nyc.rr.com]
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 7:23 PM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Re: rant again MAPS and burning man attendees

You’ve forgotten the meetings you’ve attended Preston 😉 the main
message is that all drug use is abuse and once you’re an addict, you
are always a addict.<

Those in Rational Recovery would heartily disagree with you Krista. Yes, I
did get some useful stuff from attending meetings, but in the end, for ME
(I’m speaking ONLY for myself here) they did not much good for me, but for a

few months, they did give me a place to go to vent where there were others
who understood what I was going through, whether they were accepting of me
(and my continued use of methadone) or not.
Personally, I don’t like the rooms, but that’s just me. For some people,
they are GREAT, and I support ANYTHING that might help just one person to a
happier life, including going to NA/AA/CA/-A meetings, getting on methadone,

taking ibogaine, getting a good source of good heroin (like, living in
Holland or Switzerland or England where they’ve begun distributing heroin to

addicts- who seem to be improving their lives simply by not having to worry
about chasing their daily fix. It’s a wonderful idea, and I fully support
it. I support anything that results in Harm Reduction of any kind.

In most twelve step meetings you’ll have
a hard time finding any acceptance if you are on methadone
maintenance, much less doing hallucinogens.<

Um, as I noted above, some, no, many were not at ALL happy to have me pipe
up with my issues while still taking methadone, as though I was “high” and
not worth listening to. It was very strange to me, and I hated it. It was
one of the main reasons I stopped going- the VERY main reason was because my

sponsor told me that my smoking pot was the reason I kept relapsing every
month or so, and he was not going to call and check up on me anymore and
until I was ready to do things his way and the NA way I was going to
continue to relapse on cocaine. So I stopped going to the rooms and stopped
relapsing on cocaine simultaneously, just because I couldn’t stand the idea
that this guy was telling me his way was the only way- something I heared in

the rooms a lot.
NA is fine for some, rotten for others, and I find sayings like, “once
an addict always an addict” extremely disempowering, and a surrender to
addiction actually. At least, for me that is.
I didn’t think my reply was unfriendly, only a honest reply from my
heart and soul, and it wasn’t meant to offend anyone at all, including Mason

himself, so if you did take offense Mason I didn’t mean it that way- I was
only replying to your message honestly and meant no harm. Whatever works for

each person, I heartily support, so long as it doesn’t take advantage of
anyone else, or hurt anyone else, or cause undue pain, stress,
ostracization, or indignity to others for their continued drug use or even
abuse. All users are human being deserving of respect and love, unless they
get violent against others- then they deserves whatever they get- for the
VIOLENCE, not the drug use/abuse. I myself do not subscrxibe to any sort of
mandatory treatment programs whatsoever:

http://www.drugwar.com/ptreatjail.shtm
Treatment or Jail- Is this Really a Choice? (Published in Disinformation’s
“Everything You Know is Wrong”, edited by Russ Kick- posted August 29, 2002)
Is mandating drug users into jail really better than putting them in jail?
Is either really doing any good?

Treatment or Jail- Is This Really a Choice?
by Preston Peet
(originally published in Everything You Know Is Wrong-
Disinformation Books, 2002-
edited by Russ Kick)
posted at Drugwar.com August 29, 2002

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment can easily
be mistaken for madness.” –Martin (Asylum 1996-1997)[1]
Some people take drugs to escape difficult life situations. Some take drugs
to assist in treating pain, physical or psychological. Some take drugs
simply to get high. The reasons for taking drugs are legion. But under the
War on Some Drugs prohibition, the US government has given itself the right
to dictate which drugs and highs are acceptable. Now a movement is growing
in the US to push those convicted of drug charges into drug treatment
instead of jail.

Although US jails can be hellish and cruel, a certain percentage of people
willfully continue to get high on any assortment of illicit (and licit)
substances no matter what the law says. So they must be crazy or sick and
therefore in need of behavior modification and mind control. In other words,

drug treatment.

While living in Florida in 1987, I was arrested on a misdemeanor charge
completely unrelated to drugs. Sitting in jail unable to make bail, I was
taken from my cellblock one morning to meet with a man from TASC (Treatment
Alternatives to Street Crime).[2] Naïve and unsuspecting, I was open with
him about my drug use, listing all the drugs I had ingested up to that point

in my life. It was a long list.

A week or so later, when I finally got to court, I was stunned when the same

TASC evaluator stood up before the judge and told her I had a “drug problem”

and needed to be placed into treatment. The judge sentenced me to a year of
probation and to successful completion of the TASC program.

I fought it all the way. I was using some drugs then, abusing some others,
and dealing with other problems, as well. I was told that the TASC program
lasted twelve to eighteen months on average and that my probation would not
be finished in twelve months unless I’d graduated from TASC. After a couple
of months in the outpatient treatment program, I was being urine-tested each

week–Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, then Tuesday and Thursday on
alternating weeks. After dodging these testing sessions as much as possible,

and repeatedly trying to fool the tests, marijuana and cocaine turned up in
my urine. I was taken to see the head of the program, who told me he was
notifying my probation officer and would be in court to recommend the
maximum jail time for me, as I was “incorrigible and untreatable.”

Basically, he was right. I was, and still am, incorrigible but not
necessarily untreatable. This doesn’t mean that I personally want or need
treatment now, nor do I support treatment for others unless it is entirely
voluntary. Under current US War on Some Drugs policies, how often is drug
treatment really voluntary?

The Therapeutic State

“Coerced treatment is an oxymoron. Government intrusion by police and arrest

is anti-treatment. I am not against treatment; I am against
government-compelled treatment,” said ACLU Executive Director Ira Glasser at

the Lindesmith Center-Drug Policy Foundation’s[3] international drug policy
reform conference.[4] Continuing with a dire prognostication, Glasser said,
“Fusing the police power of the state with medicine corrupts medicine and
makes it a tool of the state. Then we get the therapeutic state and pretend
that is progress. The worst danger is an ever-expanding net of social
control. The ‘benevolence’ of coerced treatment is a trap. It will allow the

state to define acceptable treatment, and that means abstinence and
piss-testing.”

Deborah Small, Director of Public Policy and Community Outreach at
Lindesmith-NYC, countered Glasser’s statements by asking, “How can you
question anything that gets people out of the living death of prison? We
have to engage with what is actually happening in the criminal justice
system, and coerced treatment is an alternative to incarceration.”

I can personally vouch for the fact that jail is not healthy or fun, nor did

spending time inside ever keep me from wanting to get high. When the judge
first mandated me into treatment, I thought it was a far better choice than
a trip through jail. Not by any means do I support incarceration for any
drug offense (which I hadn’t been charged with at that time, anyway), but
treatment at that point wasn’t better for me. It merely exacerbated my
already high stress levels by focusing on immediately eradicating my drug
use to the exclusion of all else, which I in turn dealt with by doing more
drugs. This was when I first heard that I had a disease called “addiction,”
that I had no control, that all substance use was substance abuse, that any
drug use would lead me straight to jails, institutions, or death. As I
wouldn’t accept this, even daring to question these assertions, I was in
“denial.” Coerced drug treatment ordered by the court did nothing but
prolong my legal and personal difficulties.

“In thinking about linkages between drug treatment and criminal sanctions,
it is important to distinguish between questions of effectiveness and
fairness,” explains a recent report from the National Academy of
Sciences.[5] “Supporters of using the criminal justice system for
therapeutic leverage typically view treatment participation offered to
offenders as an ameliorative device–an opportunity for mitigating the
sentence they would otherwise receive (i.e., probation with treatment is
offered in lieu of incarceration, using the threat of incarceration for
noncompliance). Others worry that programs of mandated treatment will
actually have the effect of increasing the severity of punishment compared
with what the offenders would otherwise have received. As an example,
offenders who otherwise would have been sentenced to traditional probation
could be subject to treatment conditions that create a risk of imprisonment
(for noncompliance) that otherwise wouldn’t have existed. Or an offender
whose case might otherwise have been dismissed could be sentenced to
conditional probation. These are classic ‘net-widening’ concerns, because
they widen the reach and deepen the intensity of punishment. This issue
should be kept in mind in considering research on coerced treatment.”

Lock ‘Em Up, One Way of the Other

“Because when the smack begins to flow I really don’t care anymore, about
all the Jim-Jims in this town, and all the politicians making crazy sounds,
and everybody putting everybody else down, and all the dead bodies piled up
in mounds.” –Lou Reed[6]

Reading through the statistics, the numbers of people being arrested and
going on to jail in the US for drug offenses are offensive. At first glance,

it would seem that putting people into treatment programs instead of sending

them to jail with hardened, sometimes violent, predatory criminals simply
makes good sense. At time of this writing (August 2001), the US is about to
surpass one million people arrested for drug offenses this year, with
someone being arrested every 20 seconds. The US is locking up nearly 648
people a day for drug offences. A new report from the US Justice Department
shows the number of adult Americans under “correctional supervision” rose 2
percent in 2000. In the US, federal and state prisoners, plus those on
probation or parole, now number 6.5 million.[7] The federal and state
governments are spending, in 2001, approximately $19 and $20 billion,
respectively, on the War on Some Drugs.[8] As with any war, this means all
kinds of established profit potential in conducting all facets of this war.

With the new push for drug treatment, there comes a lucrative new business
and means of control that can be instituted without giving up the profits
currently pulled in by the War on Some Drugs industries. When announcing his

resignation as head of the White House Office of National Drug Control
Policy (ONDCP), then-US Drug Czar Gen. Barry McCaffrey bemoaned the use of
war terminology in the fight against drug use, saying that perhaps when
discussing the situation in the Andes, “war” is an apt term, but not when
discussing efforts in US cities. This might seem an odd stance for such a
stalwart proponent of US military and law enforcement involvement in waging
the War on Some Drugs, but McCaffrey “agreed” on July 24, 2001, to join the
board of directors at DrugAbuse Sciences Inc., “the world’s first
pharmaceutical company worldwide devoted solely to developing medications
for the treatment of addiction.”[9] McCaffrey’s newfound love of treatment
is now explained.

“DrugAbuse Sciences has the potential to make a historic difference in the
health of Americans through its understanding of treatment and its broad
portfolio of new medications under development,” asserted the retired
general. “They have created a company consisting of the leading medical
researchers, clinicians and most exciting new product candidates. This
combination offers the promise of developing highly effective medical
treatment options for addictions. Addiction is a disease that costs our
country over 100,000 lives and over $250 billion per year.”[10] Which is
odd, as McCaffrey said only the year before, in July 2000: “Each year 52,000

Americans die from drug-related causes. The additional societal costs of
drug use to the nation total over $110 billion per year.”[11]

Spouting spurious numbers to promote and justify repressive (and profitable)

anti-drug policies has been a favorite ploy of prohibitionist Drug Warriors
since President Nixon first uttered his declaration of a War on Drugs in
1968. As related by author Dan Baum, by 1972, “The conservative Hudson
Institute estimated that New York City’s 250,000 heroin addicts were
responsible for a whopping $1.7 billion in crime, which was well more than
the total amount of crime in the NATION. ‘Narcotics addiction and crime are
inseparable companions,’ said presidential candidate George McGovern in a
speech on the Senate floor. ‘In 98 percent of the cases [the junkie] steals
to pay the pusher…that translates into about $4.4 billion in crime.’
Senator Charles Percy of Illinois saw McGovern’s bid and raised him. ‘The
total cost of drug-related crime in the US today is around $10 billion to
$15 billion,’ he said.

“In fact, only $1.28 billion worth of property was stolen in the US
in 1972, (the figure had actually fallen slightly from the previous year).
That includes everything except cars, which junkies don’t usually steal
because they can’t easily fence them, and embezzlement, which isn’t a junkie

crime. The combined value of everything swiped in burglaries, robberies, and

muggings, everything shoplifted, filched off the back of a truck, or boosted

from a warehouse was $1.28 billion. Yet during the heroin panic of Nixon’s
War on Drugs, junkies would be blamed for stealing as much as fifteen times
the value of everything stolen in the United States.”[12] As the original
fallacious numbers bandied about by prohibitionists convinced the nation to
support mass-jailing of druggies, so too do they steer us toward coerced
treatment today.

Is it Really Worth It?

“Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober,

responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and
immature.” –Tom Robbins[13]

According to public hearings for “Changing the Conversation: A National Plan

to Improve Substance Abuse Treatment,” sponsored by the US Center for
Substance Abuse Treatment: “Over the last decade, spending on substance
abuse prevention and treatment has increased, albeit more slowly than
overall health spending, to an estimated annual total of $12.6 billion in
1996. Of this amount, public spending is estimated at $7.6 billion…. One
of the main reasons for the higher outlay in public spending is the
frequently limited coverage of substance abuse treatment by private
insurers. Although ’70 percent of drug users are employed and most have
private health insurance, 20 percent of public treatment funds were spent on

people with private health insurance in 1993, due to limitations on their
policy.'”[14]

If the current “rush to rehab is indeed going to ease our nation away from
the disasters of addiction, we must first determine if treatment indeed
keeps addicts off drugs,” notes author and photojournalist Lonny Shavelson
when discussing US treatment efforts, primarily San Francisco’s September
1997 plan of treatment on demand for any addict who said he or she was ready

to stop using drugs. “If, as the data seem to show, treatment doesn’t
actually keep addicts clean, this new push for rehab will simply become
another dogma-based government strategy doomed to failure.

“Rehab has to work for the hardest-core of the dope fiends–those who create

the vast majority of troubles we’ve artificially lumped into a single set
phrase: the drug problem. The US Department of Justice has concluded that
only a small percentage of the nation’s drug abusers create ‘an
extraordinary proportion of crime.’ Yet those most destructive addicts are
the least likely to enter or be helped by rehab. This latest push towards
treatment, then, may do nothing more than get the ‘better’ addicts off
drugs, leaving the hard-core troublemakers still disastrously addicted….
Those hard-core addicts (10 to 20 percent of users) have, depending on your
point of view, either brought on the drug war, or are the tragic casualties
of its battles. But if frenzied addictions are indeed responses to lives
often complicated by irresolute ghetto-poverty or psychological
disturbances, then rehab programs that fail to address these underlying
conditions will barely make a dent in our nation’s drug disasters.”[15]

Rather than addressing the root causes of hardcore drug abuse, the
prohibitionists have a much easier time directing attention to that most
benign of plants, marijuana. The Office of National Drug Control Policy
estimates the numbers of hardcore drug abusers between 1988 and 1998 at 3.2
million to 3.9 million (cocaine), 630,000 to 980,000 (heroin), and 300,00 to

400,000 (methamphetamine). With these numbers, the Warriors should be
hard-pressed to justify the billions spent on the war–unless they drag pot
into the picture.

“Marijuana is the gateway drug for the growth of state-mandated drug
treatment. This important policy issue deserves greater public scrutiny and
debate,” writes Jon Gettman, Ph.D.[16] Admissions for treatment of
adolescent marijuana abuse increased 155 percent, from 30,832 in 1993 to
78,523 in 1998, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration of the Department of Health and Human Services. Total
marijuana admissions increased 88 percent, from 111,265 in 1993 to 208,671
in 1998. Almost half of those admitted to treatment for marijuana abuse were

under the age of 20.

All marijuana arrests increased 84 percent, from 380,689 in 1993 to 698,477
in 1998. Arrests for simple marijuana possession rose by 92 percent, from
310,859 in 1993 to 598,694 in 1998. Out of a reported 208,671 admissions to
treatment for pot use in 1998, slightly more than half (53.4 percent) were
referred by the criminal justice system, all of which goes a long way toward

“explaining a great deal of the increase in marijuana treatment admissions,”

notes Gettman. “Police and drug treatment specialists are caught up in an
economic system. When criminal justice system referrals provide over half of

admissions for treatment of marijuana abuse, it is clear that in this
economic sector arrests move the market. Marijuana can be abused and the
source of dependency, and these problems can be alleviated with medical
treatment. Most debate focuses, with good reason, on whether the actual
abuse liability of marijuana justifies arrest and criminal sanctions. A more

fundamental question though is whether law enforcement and/or judicial
personnel should be making medical decisions and enforcing them with the
power of the state. At what point does the state dictate the treatment as
well as provide the patients?”[17]

The Assassins of Youth

“The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the
impossible, and achieve it, generation after generation.” –Pearl S.
Buck[18]

“With America’s Number One Drug Problem [marijuana] identified as the one
teenagers are most likely to use, and every sneer, slammed door, and blast
of Joan Jett pegged as evidence of a ‘drug problem,’ the War on Drugs became

a powerful weapon for parents to use in their struggle with their
teenagers,” writes Dan Baum about the shift in emphasis by Drug Warriors to

marijuana under Carlton Turner, President Reagan’s first Drug Czar, in
September 1981.[19] “Blaming drugs for kids’ troubles also worked in wider
society: it obviated concern for ‘root causes’ and let parents take their
own behavior off the hook. If drugs were, as the Florida pediatrician Ian
McDonald liked to assert, a problem teenager’s ‘only’ problem, then parents
needn’t examine their own role in their children’s troubles–divorce, career

obsession, neglect- or for that matter failing wages, the need for both
parents to work long hours, and slashed funding for education and
after-school programs. While some nasty kids did have drug problems that
required intervention, the parents of all nasty kids were urged–in magazine

articles, PTA handouts, TV spots, and exhortations from the White House–to
band together and ‘fight back.’ And in 1982, the most bellicose pro-parent,
anti-child manifesto of them all rocketed up the best seller list: Tough
Love.”[20, 21]

Saving our children is one of the most oft-quoted justifications given by
rabid anti-drug warriors and supporters for continuing the War. As Arnold
Trebach, chairman of the Trebach Institute, so eloquently put it at the
Saving Our Children From Abusive Drug Treatment conference: “Anything for
the kids. Like the phrase in Vietnam, we had to destroy the village to save
it, some people say I’ve got to destroy my kid to save it.”[22] Scores of
both now-adult and adolescent survivors–whose parents, under the influence
of “Tough Love” philosophy and anti-drug hysteria, forced them into
adolescent drug treatment programs such as Straight Inc.[23], Safe, Kids,
and many more–came together to relate individual experiences of being
beaten, starved, spit on, deprived of sleep, subjected to constant
surveillance, and isolated from schools and communities while in these
so-called treatment programs. They also tried to figure some way to stop
this industry from continuing. Many of these people were forced into
long-term, confrontational drug treatment over minor experimentation with
drugs or natural adolescent rebellious behavior, finding themselves locked
in horrific programs that aim to tear people down and rebuild them as
contributing members of society (as the treatment programs define it).

“During my involvement with the Seed and Straight, extreme physical violence

was not very much a part of the Program,” says survivor Ginger Warbis.[24]
“Physical coercion, such as restraint, which sometimes resulted in injury
and forced exercise, were. But these were not everyday occurrences. I don’t
think I ever saw more than one person pinned to the floor at a time and very

rarely any obvious and serious physical injury.” Until witnessing a severe
incident of terror perpetrated against another Straight inmate, Warbis notes

that, “I knew it was all theatre designed to intimidate and coerce sincere,
internal compliance. I’d thought that eventually we’d each get out one way
or another and either live as good little Straightlings or just shake it
off. But I’ve come to realize that 1) the very basic thought reform methods
used in these programs are extremely harmful psychologically and emotionally

in themselves and 2) escalation to more extreme physical and psychological
abuse is just about an eventuality under these conditions.

“The most important message that I wanted to deliver [at the conference] is
that many of the most influential people in public policy, the drug war,
juvenile justice and child protective services are big believers in using
these very harmful methods. Some of them, I believe, should be in prison
right now. Others just need a better understanding of what they’re
advocating.”[25]

A few parents attending the conference said that having put their children
into a confrontational therapy-based behavior modification program had
“saved their kids’ lives.”

“I think the parents are sincere. But they’re confusing the issue,” says
Warbis. “If you’ll remember, Brian Seeber [a parent who put his child in
SAFE, yet another drug treatment program for adolescents] talked about how
much his son hated him before and how much he loves him now. They’re not
saving their children; they’re saving their own egos. They’re not aware of
this, though, as they cloister themselves with people who constantly
reassure them that they’re right and they demonize all others. I wish I’d
gotten my hands on the mic to answer the question, ‘Well, what do we do if
not this?’ Basically, there comes a time when you have to realize that, as a

parent, you don’t have any guaranteed right to your child’s affection.
They’re always your babies and you’d do anything to help or protect them;
that never changes. But there comes a time when they’re also young adults
who may not want your help or advice or even your company. Whatever you do
you have to respect that, even when you know they’re making horrible
mistakes. These people are doing great harm by crushing their children’s
egos. If I could find a way to make them understand that, I’d try it on my
mother. I haven’t spoken with her in years for just this reason.”

Stockbroker Stoney Burke sent his two sons, Scott and David, into treatment
with Teen Help,[26] the umbrella name for a consortium of companies
headquartered in St. George, Utah, that operates behavior modification camps

in the US, Mexico, Western Samoa, Jamaica, and the Czech Republic. According

to a news series by Lou Kilzer[27], Burke sent Scott into treatment “because

‘he was the extreme picture of what you didn’t want your kid to be at 13
years old.’ He said he sent David ‘because he wouldn’t stay with me. The
court granted me custody, and he kept running back to his mother. He was not

functioning properly in life.'”

The boys’ mother, Donna Burke, is suing Teen Help for its treatment of the
boys while they were at its Tranquility Bay facility in Jamaica, alleging:
“Both are changed from the wonderful, spontaneous young men they were before

Tranquility Bay into robotic victims, afraid of any authority figure. They
have lost their individuality, their spirits are broken, and their
characters ruined. Instead of independent men, they are afraid, haunted by
nightmares, subject to panic attacks and refuse to go anywhere near a
beach.”[28]

“She may have been thinking, ‘Well maybe I’ll injure myself, hurt myself,
and that way I can manipulate and get home,'” said Teen Help spokesman Ken
Kay to reporter Kilzer[29], offering several possible reasons why Valerie
Ann Heron, a 17-year-old Alabama girl, plunged to her death from a
35-foot-high balcony at Tranquility Bay in August 2001. Heron had been taken

against her will from her parents’ home at 4:00 AM the previous day by a
Teen Help “transportation team,” then shipped to Tranquility Bay, where she
bolted from a room, jumped the balcony, and died. Kay refuses to entertain
the notion that Heron was trying to commit suicide, while simultaneously
acknowledging that Heron was not at Tranquility Bay of her own free will.

“The State Department said it received ‘credible allegations’ in 1998 of
abuse against American teens at Paradise Cove [Teen Help’s facility in
Western Samoa] about the time that Corey Murphy’s stay there was coming to
an end,” writes Kilzer.[30] Seventeen-year-old Corey committed suicide when
his mother, Laura Murphy, threatened to send him back to Teen Help, where he

previously had been sequestered for 22 months. “‘The abuse alleged to have
occurred includes beatings, isolation, food and water deprivation,
choke-holds, kicking, punching, bondage, spraying with chemical agents,
forced medication, verbal abuse and threats of further physical abuse,’
according to a September 1998 State Department cable sent from Washington to

the US Embassy in Apia, Western Samoa. The State Department asked the
Western Samoan government to investigate.”

Authorities in Mexico and the Czech Republic raided and closed Teen Help
facilities over allegations of mistreatment and abuse, but Teen Help still
exists, running a booming business elsewhere. They unfortunately are not the

only ones, with scores of these programs continuing to open around the
world.

Un-American Dogma

“Without deviation, progress is not possible.” –Frank Zappa[31]

I am not arguing that drug treatment never helps anyone, but I am strongly
asserting that coerced drug treatment by courts and government is not the
answer to incarceration for recreational, or even abusive drug use. In my
own experience, I did eventually come to a point where I felt I could use
help and tried numerous times without success to get myself into one drug
treatment program or another, both medical and non-medical modalities.
Heroin withdrawals are harsh, and while living the life of a street-bound
junkie, I was unable to arrest the cycle of self-abuse on my own. At that
point, my drug use was no longer simply recreational. Maintaining the
financial and physical costs of my habit, inflated beyond all rhyme or
reason by prohibition, was a full-time job. After detoxing more than once,
normally a five-day spell, only to find I couldn’t enter immediately into
any sort of long-term treatment facility, I would find myself back on the
streets, homeless, jobless, and soon strung out again. The couple of
long-term residential treatment programs I did experience weren’t offering
the help I needed, and I soon left.

Finally, after swearing up and down for years that I would never do so, I
took an opportunity presented to me while in jail on Ricker’s Island,
requesting entrance to a methadone maintenance program. Substituting a
legal, officially sanctioned yet much more addictive drug that didn’t get me

high for an illicit other that did enabled me to avoid withdrawal symptoms
(until I decided to kick methadone five years later) and remove myself from
contact with the worst of the black-market dope scene.[32]

I was one of the hardcore drug abusers committing petty crimes that Drug
Warrior politicians rant about when allocating ever more taxpayer money to
waging the war. Yet I was not mandated into methadone maintenance; methadone

did nothing to assist my successful attempt to stop using cocaine, nor did I

receive treatment when I kicked methadone. Though still feeding my head on
occasion, I’m no longer abusing drugs nor committing real crimes. There are
undoubtedly some uses and even benefits to be had by drug abusers and those
around them by offering a vast assortment of voluntary treatment options for

drug abusers who desire a change.

Use of illicit drugs is the currently accepted stigma in American society.
It is no longer considered socially proper or politically correct to hate
one’s neighbor for their skin color or their sexual preferences (not to say
it doesn’t happen), but it is perfectly okay to advocate harsh jail
sentences or behavior modification for those who have an innate “drive to
transcend consensus reality,” as Dr. Andrew Weil phrased it.[33]

“Hunger is not volitional. Neither are inebriative instincts and urges,”
says author and researcher Dan Russell.[34] “That’s why it is not
controllable by law. It’s like trying to control sex by law. It can’t be
done, and has never been done. It has to do with the process of enslavement.

When you take a free tribe and enslave it, if you destroy the central
sacrament of its culture, it’s how you commit cultural genocide, and how to
domesticate them.”

Indeed, the War on Drugs has much more to do with controlling culture than
it does with health. Baum writes: “In an article titled ‘White House
Stop-Drug-Use Program: Why the Emphasis Is on Marijuana,’ the magazine
Government Executive profiled [Carlton] Turner and summarized his views this

way: marijuana, like ‘hard-rock music, torn jeans, and sexual promiscuity,’
was a pillar of ‘the counter culture.'” Turner was quoted: “‘Point is,
illegal, i.e. non-prescription, use of drugs…is not only a perverse,
pervasive plague, though it is that. But drug use also is a behavioral
pattern that has sort of tagged along during the present young-adult
generation’s involvement in anti-military, anti-nuclear power, anti-big
business, anti-authority demonstrations; of people from a myriad of
different racial, religious or otherwise persuasions demanding rights or
entitlements politically while refusing to accept corollary civic
responsibility.'”[35]

While many countries around the world are beginning not only to debate but
also to implement decriminalization and legalization of some drugs[36], and
while yet others lean toward harm reduction methods to help their hardcore
drug abusers and society at large[37], US police, courts, and government
continue to dogmatically deem all use of currently illicit drugs, whether
recreational or abusive, to be morally reprehensible and criminal, as well
as a sign of a disease that requires treatment with or without the patients’

cooperation. This is simply dangerous and even, dare I say, un-American.

Endnotes

1.Jansen, Karl L.R., M.D., Ph.D. “Ketamine: Dreams and Realities.”
Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (2001): 260.

2. See: <www.uwsrq.com/First_Call/7y12yg7a.HTM>.

3. Lindesmith Center-Drug Policy Foundation: Broadening the Debate on Drugs
and Drug Policy <www.lindesmith.org>.

4. Held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, 30 May – 2 June 2001. “Conference
Report: As Drug Reform Edges Closer to Mainstream (or Vice Versa), Fractures

Emerge Over Politics of Treatment.” Week Online With DRCNet 189 (8 June
2001). <www.drcnet.org/wol/189.htmlconferencereport>.

5.Committee on Data and Research for Policy on Illegal Drugs, Charles F.
Manski, John V. Pepper, and Carol V. Petrie, Editors. “Informing America’s
Policy on Illegal Drugs: What We Don’t Know Keeps Hurting Us.” Committee on
Law and Justice and Committee on National Statistics, National Research
Council (2001): 238.

6. Reed, Lou. “Heroin.” Performed by the Velvet Underground. The Velvet
Underground and Nico. Verve, 1967.

7. Unsigned. “US Jail Population Hits Record 6.5 Million.” Reuters, 26 Aug
2001.

8. For up-to-the-minute statistics, see DrugSense.org’s Drug War Clock at
<www.drugsense.org/wodclock.htm>.

9. DrugAbuse Sciences, Inc. Press release. 24 July 2001
<www.drugabusesciences.com/Articles.asp?entry=123>

10. Ibid.

11. McCaffrey, Barry. Letter to Los Angeles Times 14 July 2000.

12. Baum, Dan. Smoke and Mirrors: The War on Drugs and the Politics of
Failure. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1996: 69-70.

13. Craven, Cyndi. “A Journey in Word: A Collection of Quotes.”
<www.spiritsong.com/quotes>.

14. “Changing the Conversation: Improving Substance Abuse Treatment: The
National Treatment Plan Initiative: Panel Reports, Public Hearings, and
Public Acknowledgements.” US Department of Health and Human Services (Nov
2000): 12. <www.natxplan.org>. For ease of reading, internal references in
the quote have been left out.

15. Shavelson, Lonny. Hooked: Five Addicts Challenge Our Misguided Drug
Rehab System. New York: The New Press, 2001: 7.

16. Gettman, Jon. “Marijuana and Drug Treatment: An Introduction.” From an
article presented at the Saving Our Children From Abusive Drug Treatment
conference held by the Trebach Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, 21-22 July
2001. For conference details, see: <trebach.org/conference.html>.

17. Ibid.

18. Op cit., Craven.

19. Op cit., Baum: 155-6.

20. Ibid.

21. York, David, Phyllis York, and Ted Wachtel. Tough Love. New York:
Doubleday, 1982. See: Tough Love International
<www.toughlove.org/default.htm>.

22. In Bethesda, Maryland, 21-22 July 2001. <trebach.org/conference.html>.
Also see: Peet, Preston. “Drug Treatment for Teens: A Secret Shame.” High
Times Online, 1 Aug 2001.

23. The man who founded Straight Inc. in 1976–Florida real estate developer

and Republican power broker Melvin Sembler–was nominated in July 2001 by
President Bush to be Ambassador to Italy. Sembler was Ambassador to
Australia under the former President Bush, and resigned in January 2001 as
head of the Republican Party’s national finance committee. Unsigned.
“Florida Developer Tapped to be Ambassador to Italy.” Associated Press, 28
July 2001.

24. For more info about Warbis and adolescent treatment programs, see
Anonymity Anonymous <fornits.com/anonanon>. For more treatment survivor
tales also see: <pub70.ezboard.com/fstraightincsurvivors30607frm1>

25. Warbis, Ginger. Email correspondence with author, 25 July 2001.

26. Teen Help Adolescent Resources: Support for Families with Teen
Challenges. <www.vpp.com/teenhelp>.

27. Kilzer, Lou. “Desperate Measures: ‘I Call it Teen Torment’.” Denver
Rocky Mountain News, no month or day, 1999
<www.denver-rmn.com/desperate/site-desperate/day2/pg5-desperate.shtml>.

28. Ibid.

29. Kilzer, Lou. “Teenager Leaps to Her Death at Compound in Jamaica.” Rocky

Mountain News 18 Aug 2001.

30. Kilzer, Lou. “Desperate Measures: Lost Boy.” Denver Rocky Mountain News,

no day or month, 2000.
<www.denver-rmn.com/desperate/site-desperate/0702desp1.shtml>.

31. Op cit., Craven.

32. For more on methadone, see: Peet, Preston. “M Is for Methadone.”
Disinformation Website, 7 Feb 2001.
<www.disinfo.com/pages/dossier/id838/pg1>.

33. Weil, Andrew, M.D. The Natural Mind: A New Way of Looking at Drugs and
the Higher Consciousness. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1972. As noted in
Jansen: 150.

34. Russell, Dan. Interview with author (Feb 2001).
<www.disinfo.com/pages/article/id911/pg1>. Dan Russell is the author of Drug

War: Covert Money, Power and Policy (Kalyx.com, 2000) and Shamanism and the
Drug Propaganda (Kalyx.com, 1998).

35. Op cit., Baum: 154.

36. As of August 2001, Jamaica, Canada, and Great Britain were debating
decriminalizing and even legalizing personal use of marijuana; Spain, Italy,

Switzerland, and Portugal have decriminalized all personal possession drugs;

Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, and Venezuela were calling for rational debate on
regulating the commerce of drugs in order to do away with problems of
violence and corruption, both results of current US-exported War on Some
Drugs policy (which are much more damaging to society at large than any drug

use and dependency). Even nine US states have passed laws allowing the use
of medical marijuana, although the US government is insisting it will
enforce federal anti-marijuana laws anyway, denying even the terminally ill
legal use of marijuana.

37. Germany, Switzerland, and the Nederlands all have safe injection rooms
for heroin, as does Australia. For more information on international harm
reduction methods and implementations, see: <www.harmreduction.org>,
especially the links section.

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often
mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations,
Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

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From: “Krista Vaughan” <krista.vaughan@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 1:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Re: rant again MAPS and burning man attendees

For someone whose background is “the rooms” and attends twelve step
meetings, his message was very thoughtful and reasonable. Scary as it
might be to contemplate what he wrote was a open minded version
version of the message that you’ll find at nearly all twelve step
meetings. There are different ways to use the steps and many examples
from this list come to mind, but for the most part his thoughts would
be considered enlightened and accepting by “recovery” standards.

You’ve forgotten the meetings you’ve attended Preston 😉 the main
message is that all drug use is abuse and once you’re an addict, you
are always a addict. By the standards of the twelve steps and our
medical establishment, especially the doctors working specifically
with addiction, what he wrote was a tame and open minded version of
the party line and all the groups he mentioned and grouped together
have in common that they are full of people who do drugs, promoting
the freedom to do all drugs. In most twelve step meetings you’ll have
a hard time finding any acceptance if you are on methadone
maintenance, much less doing hallucinogens….

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From: Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Re: Burning Man festival
Date: August 8, 2005 at 11:11:17 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hey Julie! When I am able….. I’ll zip by and take you to one ok??
Heh what a cool time we will have! Anyone else keen (yeh yeh tink and matt Z
you’re already invited… and everyone else I haven’t mentioned..) I’ll let
you know when all that dosh suddenly falls out of the sky.. (actually the
topic of a movie.. in England some kids find a huge bag of Pounds that drops
from the sky and only have a week to spend it before they go Euros.. must go
see it sounds fun..)
So yehhhh  BURNING MAN!! Woop woop
kirk

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From: Ms Iboga [mailto:ms_iboga@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, 9 August 2005 1:24 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Re: Burning Man festival

Kirk,

I’ve never been, but I’ve always wanted to go.
Friends of mine have gone, and have relayed their
experiences of compassion, kindness, community,
humanism, and the like.  Anyone that rants on Burning
Man, having never gone, is a poseur.

Julie

— Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz> wrote:

http://www.chroniclesofjoy.com/index-flash-800.htm

Here’s the website of my mate that loves Burning
Man.. for anyone
interested. Warning: contains dance music, nudity
and……. (dun dun
dunnnnnnnnnn) WIERDOES
EVERYWHEREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Heeheeheeheeheehee (takes a wee bit to load on
slower puters…. patience,
it’s worth it….run mouse over til ya see the
hand… contains links to all
sorts…)
Kirk ;oP

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From: Eye of the Bhogi <freedomroot@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] muggings/OT rant about my bad luck
Date: August 8, 2005 at 11:00:46 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Mars is on the rise.  What has that freaking “God of War” game
unleashed on us all?  Sorry to hear of the violations, BBoy and PPeet.

Hung on 2nd Ave last night with my college shroomie and her sister.
Weird being on the LES in totally different company than usual.

Saw that Gem Spa of which you speak, Ron et al., but postponed an icy
treat for another night.

They are both incredibly allergic to fleas, Dana, otherwise we would
have stopped by to say hi.  But I just wasn’t sure about the kitty
situation around there.

Incredibly allergic.  Has anyone ever seen a fleabite rise up into a
semi-boil like hivey thing? Oooouch, as E.T. would say.

I don’t know why anyone would think Dana is a dirty old man – he’s
just beautiful in my book.  But I’m a double-ringed married gal,  so
maybe my mileage varies.

Jeff says there’s nothing for you to envy, Preston dahlink.   I’m a
bitchy fiend to him all the freaking time too.   Somewhat on cycle, so
to speak, but also otherwise unpredictably.  He either keeps his head
low, dodges, or consoles me with passionate embraces.  Except for
those really prickly times when I might bite.  Then he just keeps his
fingers crossed, says his prayers, and breathes quietly.   And if I
still attack, he stings back with all his Scorpio verbal might.  We’re
trying to turn the dueling moments into duets, on advice of the Guru.

I thought you might get some advice from the list, however.  It’s that
kind of forum, as Matt pointed out.

BTW, Dana, I would think it would be a **good** thing to have someone
in Morgenthau’s camp who knows the benefits of ibogaine.  Be pronoid,
not paranoid.  And besides, not all pols-for-hire are narcs-in-NA
sheepskings.  And isn’t he too old for the job now anyway??  I mean,
isn’t he gonna lose to a female candidate???

love from qns
rachy-doodle-dandy

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Re: rant against MAPS and burning man attendees
Date: August 8, 2005 at 9:28:42 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I wouldn’t have put it quite so, um, pointedly, but this is pretty much how I PERSONALLY feel about NA, for ME. If it works for someone else, more power to ’em. But I gotta say that Julie pretty much said what I would have wanted to say were I feeling more hot tempered and ornery.
NA is so geared, as near as I can tell, to the idea that ONLY NA can rescue addicts from addiction, and that, to me, is utterly ridiculous.
But to each their own, right? If going to meetings helps someone be happier in life, great. But it’s not for me.
;-))

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

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—– Original Message —– From: “Ms Iboga” <ms_iboga@yahoo.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 4:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Re: rant against MAPS and burning man attendees

Thank you, Preston, for putting that ridiculous email
into proper perspective.

The problem with viewing addiction as a ‘disease’, is
that you are disempowering an already marginalized
group of people(“oh, you poor, little, helpless,
diseased fuck”).

I used to have a ‘disease’- the disease of using too
much heroin and subsequently developing a chemical
dependence on it.  I no longer use, and have not for
nearly a year.  Where did my disease go?  In
remission?  So, once ‘diseased’, always ‘diseased’?
Wow- what an incredibly positive message to send to
struggling drug users:  “You’re powerless, and you
always will be, you pathetic weak-willed fuckwit.”

How Lame…

It’s the same NA claptrap as ‘putting your faith in a
higher power’.  One question:  where was this
so-called higher power when the user was first
introduced to addictive drugs, or when they were
having a shitty enough time in life to consider
escaping with drugs?  why would I- or anyone else- now
want to rely on someone/something that wasn’t there
for me/us in the first place?  Bullocks…

Addiction is not a disease- it is a cyclical,
self-medicating pattern that people get themselves
into, usually to escape physical and/or psychological
pain.  The cycle CAN be broken- YOU( the drug user)
are a powerful force to be reckoned with, despite what
those NA wankers tell you.

Welcome to the cult of NA….

Bullocks, pure bullocks,

Julie (usually silent, but lurking)

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From: Ms Iboga <ms_iboga@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Re: Burning Man festival
Date: August 8, 2005 at 9:24:21 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Kirk,

I’ve never been, but I’ve always wanted to go.
Friends of mine have gone, and have relayed their
experiences of compassion, kindness, community,
humanism, and the like.  Anyone that rants on Burning
Man, having never gone, is a poseur.

Julie

— Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz> wrote:

http://www.chroniclesofjoy.com/index-flash-800.htm

Here’s the website of my mate that loves Burning
Man.. for anyone
interested. Warning: contains dance music, nudity
and……. (dun dun
dunnnnnnnnnn) WIERDOES
EVERYWHEREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Heeheeheeheeheehee (takes a wee bit to load on
slower puters…. patience,
it’s worth it….run mouse over til ya see the
hand… contains links to all
sorts…)
Kirk ;oP

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Re: rant again MAPS and burning man attendees
Date: August 8, 2005 at 9:22:52 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

You’ve forgotten the meetings you’ve attended Preston 😉 the main
message is that all drug use is abuse and once you’re an addict, you
are always a addict.<

Those in Rational Recovery would heartily disagree with you Krista. Yes, I did get some useful stuff from attending meetings, but in the end, for ME (I’m speaking ONLY for myself here) they did not much good for me, but for a few months, they did give me a place to go to vent where there were others who understood what I was going through, whether they were accepting of me (and my continued use of methadone) or not.
Personally, I don’t like the rooms, but that’s just me. For some people, they are GREAT, and I support ANYTHING that might help just one person to a happier life, including going to NA/AA/CA/-A meetings, getting on methadone, taking ibogaine, getting a good source of good heroin (like, living in Holland or Switzerland or England where they’ve begun distributing heroin to addicts- who seem to be improving their lives simply by not having to worry about chasing their daily fix. It’s a wonderful idea, and I fully support it. I support anything that results in Harm Reduction of any kind.

In most twelve step meetings you’ll have
a hard time finding any acceptance if you are on methadone
maintenance, much less doing hallucinogens.<

Um, as I noted above, some, no, many were not at ALL happy to have me pipe up with my issues while still taking methadone, as though I was “high” and not worth listening to. It was very strange to me, and I hated it. It was one of the main reasons I stopped going- the VERY main reason was because my sponsor told me that my smoking pot was the reason I kept relapsing every month or so, and he was not going to call and check up on me anymore and until I was ready to do things his way and the NA way I was going to continue to relapse on cocaine. So I stopped going to the rooms and stopped relapsing on cocaine simultaneously, just because I couldn’t stand the idea that this guy was telling me his way was the only way- something I heared in the rooms a lot.
NA is fine for some, rotten for others, and I find sayings like, “once an addict always an addict” extremely disempowering, and a surrender to addiction actually. At least, for me that is.
I didn’t think my reply was unfriendly, only a honest reply from my heart and soul, and it wasn’t meant to offend anyone at all, including Mason himself, so if you did take offense Mason I didn’t mean it that way- I was only replying to your message honestly and meant no harm. Whatever works for each person, I heartily support, so long as it doesn’t take advantage of anyone else, or hurt anyone else, or cause undue pain, stress, ostracization, or indignity to others for their continued drug use or even abuse. All users are human being deserving of respect and love, unless they get violent against others- then they deserves whatever they get- for the VIOLENCE, not the drug use/abuse. I myself do not subscrxibe to any sort of mandatory treatment programs whatsoever:

http://www.drugwar.com/ptreatjail.shtm
Treatment or Jail- Is this Really a Choice? (Published in Disinformation’s “Everything You Know is Wrong”, edited by Russ Kick- posted August 29, 2002)
Is mandating drug users into jail really better than putting them in jail? Is either really doing any good?

Treatment or Jail- Is This Really a Choice?
by Preston Peet
(originally published in Everything You Know Is Wrong-
Disinformation Books, 2002-
edited by Russ Kick)
posted at Drugwar.com August 29, 2002

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment can easily be mistaken for madness.” –Martin (Asylum 1996-1997)[1]
Some people take drugs to escape difficult life situations. Some take drugs to assist in treating pain, physical or psychological. Some take drugs simply to get high. The reasons for taking drugs are legion. But under the War on Some Drugs prohibition, the US government has given itself the right to dictate which drugs and highs are acceptable. Now a movement is growing in the US to push those convicted of drug charges into drug treatment instead of jail.

Although US jails can be hellish and cruel, a certain percentage of people willfully continue to get high on any assortment of illicit (and licit) substances no matter what the law says. So they must be crazy or sick and therefore in need of behavior modification and mind control. In other words, drug treatment.

While living in Florida in 1987, I was arrested on a misdemeanor charge completely unrelated to drugs. Sitting in jail unable to make bail, I was taken from my cellblock one morning to meet with a man from TASC (Treatment Alternatives to Street Crime).[2] Naïve and unsuspecting, I was open with him about my drug use, listing all the drugs I had ingested up to that point in my life. It was a long list.

A week or so later, when I finally got to court, I was stunned when the same TASC evaluator stood up before the judge and told her I had a “drug problem” and needed to be placed into treatment. The judge sentenced me to a year of probation and to successful completion of the TASC program.

I fought it all the way. I was using some drugs then, abusing some others, and dealing with other problems, as well. I was told that the TASC program lasted twelve to eighteen months on average and that my probation would not be finished in twelve months unless I’d graduated from TASC. After a couple of months in the outpatient treatment program, I was being urine-tested each week–Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, then Tuesday and Thursday on alternating weeks. After dodging these testing sessions as much as possible, and repeatedly trying to fool the tests, marijuana and cocaine turned up in my urine. I was taken to see the head of the program, who told me he was notifying my probation officer and would be in court to recommend the maximum jail time for me, as I was “incorrigible and untreatable.”

Basically, he was right. I was, and still am, incorrigible but not necessarily untreatable. This doesn’t mean that I personally want or need treatment now, nor do I support treatment for others unless it is entirely voluntary. Under current US War on Some Drugs policies, how often is drug treatment really voluntary?

The Therapeutic State

“Coerced treatment is an oxymoron. Government intrusion by police and arrest is anti-treatment. I am not against treatment; I am against government-compelled treatment,” said ACLU Executive Director Ira Glasser at the Lindesmith Center-Drug Policy Foundation’s[3] international drug policy reform conference.[4] Continuing with a dire prognostication, Glasser said, “Fusing the police power of the state with medicine corrupts medicine and makes it a tool of the state. Then we get the therapeutic state and pretend that is progress. The worst danger is an ever-expanding net of social control. The ‘benevolence’ of coerced treatment is a trap. It will allow the state to define acceptable treatment, and that means abstinence and piss-testing.”

Deborah Small, Director of Public Policy and Community Outreach at Lindesmith-NYC, countered Glasser’s statements by asking, “How can you question anything that gets people out of the living death of prison? We have to engage with what is actually happening in the criminal justice system, and coerced treatment is an alternative to incarceration.”

I can personally vouch for the fact that jail is not healthy or fun, nor did spending time inside ever keep me from wanting to get high. When the judge first mandated me into treatment, I thought it was a far better choice than a trip through jail. Not by any means do I support incarceration for any drug offense (which I hadn’t been charged with at that time, anyway), but treatment at that point wasn’t better for me. It merely exacerbated my already high stress levels by focusing on immediately eradicating my drug use to the exclusion of all else, which I in turn dealt with by doing more drugs. This was when I first heard that I had a disease called “addiction,” that I had no control, that all substance use was substance abuse, that any drug use would lead me straight to jails, institutions, or death. As I wouldn’t accept this, even daring to question these assertions, I was in “denial.” Coerced drug treatment ordered by the court did nothing but prolong my legal and personal difficulties.

“In thinking about linkages between drug treatment and criminal sanctions, it is important to distinguish between questions of effectiveness and fairness,” explains a recent report from the National Academy of Sciences.[5] “Supporters of using the criminal justice system for therapeutic leverage typically view treatment participation offered to offenders as an ameliorative device–an opportunity for mitigating the sentence they would otherwise receive (i.e., probation with treatment is offered in lieu of incarceration, using the threat of incarceration for noncompliance). Others worry that programs of mandated treatment will actually have the effect of increasing the severity of punishment compared with what the offenders would otherwise have received. As an example, offenders who otherwise would have been sentenced to traditional probation could be subject to treatment conditions that create a risk of imprisonment (for noncompliance) that otherwise wouldn’t have existed. Or an offender whose case might otherwise have been dismissed could be sentenced to conditional probation. These are classic ‘net-widening’ concerns, because they widen the reach and deepen the intensity of punishment. This issue should be kept in mind in considering research on coerced treatment.”

Lock ‘Em Up, One Way of the Other

“Because when the smack begins to flow I really don’t care anymore, about all the Jim-Jims in this town, and all the politicians making crazy sounds, and everybody putting everybody else down, and all the dead bodies piled up in mounds.” –Lou Reed[6]

Reading through the statistics, the numbers of people being arrested and going on to jail in the US for drug offenses are offensive. At first glance, it would seem that putting people into treatment programs instead of sending them to jail with hardened, sometimes violent, predatory criminals simply makes good sense. At time of this writing (August 2001), the US is about to surpass one million people arrested for drug offenses this year, with someone being arrested every 20 seconds. The US is locking up nearly 648 people a day for drug offences. A new report from the US Justice Department shows the number of adult Americans under “correctional supervision” rose 2 percent in 2000. In the US, federal and state prisoners, plus those on probation or parole, now number 6.5 million.[7] The federal and state governments are spending, in 2001, approximately $19 and $20 billion, respectively, on the War on Some Drugs.[8] As with any war, this means all kinds of established profit potential in conducting all facets of this war.

With the new push for drug treatment, there comes a lucrative new business and means of control that can be instituted without giving up the profits currently pulled in by the War on Some Drugs industries. When announcing his resignation as head of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), then-US Drug Czar Gen. Barry McCaffrey bemoaned the use of war terminology in the fight against drug use, saying that perhaps when discussing the situation in the Andes, “war” is an apt term, but not when discussing efforts in US cities. This might seem an odd stance for such a stalwart proponent of US military and law enforcement involvement in waging the War on Some Drugs, but McCaffrey “agreed” on July 24, 2001, to join the board of directors at DrugAbuse Sciences Inc., “the world’s first pharmaceutical company worldwide devoted solely to developing medications for the treatment of addiction.”[9] McCaffrey’s newfound love of treatment is now explained.

“DrugAbuse Sciences has the potential to make a historic difference in the health of Americans through its understanding of treatment and its broad portfolio of new medications under development,” asserted the retired general. “They have created a company consisting of the leading medical researchers, clinicians and most exciting new product candidates. This combination offers the promise of developing highly effective medical treatment options for addictions. Addiction is a disease that costs our country over 100,000 lives and over $250 billion per year.”[10] Which is odd, as McCaffrey said only the year before, in July 2000: “Each year 52,000 Americans die from drug-related causes. The additional societal costs of drug use to the nation total over $110 billion per year.”[11]

Spouting spurious numbers to promote and justify repressive (and profitable) anti-drug policies has been a favorite ploy of prohibitionist Drug Warriors since President Nixon first uttered his declaration of a War on Drugs in 1968. As related by author Dan Baum, by 1972, “The conservative Hudson Institute estimated that New York City’s 250,000 heroin addicts were responsible for a whopping $1.7 billion in crime, which was well more than the total amount of crime in the NATION. ‘Narcotics addiction and crime are inseparable companions,’ said presidential candidate George McGovern in a speech on the Senate floor. ‘In 98 percent of the cases [the junkie] steals to pay the pusher…that translates into about $4.4 billion in crime.’ Senator Charles Percy of Illinois saw McGovern’s bid and raised him. ‘The total cost of drug-related crime in the US today is around $10 billion to $15 billion,’ he said.

“In fact, only $1.28 billion worth of property was stolen in the US in 1972, (the figure had actually fallen slightly from the previous year). That includes everything except cars, which junkies don’t usually steal because they can’t easily fence them, and embezzlement, which isn’t a junkie crime. The combined value of everything swiped in burglaries, robberies, and muggings, everything shoplifted, filched off the back of a truck, or boosted from a warehouse was $1.28 billion. Yet during the heroin panic of Nixon’s War on Drugs, junkies would be blamed for stealing as much as fifteen times the value of everything stolen in the United States.”[12] As the original fallacious numbers bandied about by prohibitionists convinced the nation to support mass-jailing of druggies, so too do they steer us toward coerced treatment today.

Is it Really Worth It?

“Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature.” –Tom Robbins[13]

According to public hearings for “Changing the Conversation: A National Plan to Improve Substance Abuse Treatment,” sponsored by the US Center for Substance Abuse Treatment: “Over the last decade, spending on substance abuse prevention and treatment has increased, albeit more slowly than overall health spending, to an estimated annual total of $12.6 billion in 1996. Of this amount, public spending is estimated at $7.6 billion…. One of the main reasons for the higher outlay in public spending is the frequently limited coverage of substance abuse treatment by private insurers. Although ’70 percent of drug users are employed and most have private health insurance, 20 percent of public treatment funds were spent on people with private health insurance in 1993, due to limitations on their policy.'”[14]

If the current “rush to rehab is indeed going to ease our nation away from the disasters of addiction, we must first determine if treatment indeed keeps addicts off drugs,” notes author and photojournalist Lonny Shavelson when discussing US treatment efforts, primarily San Francisco’s September 1997 plan of treatment on demand for any addict who said he or she was ready to stop using drugs. “If, as the data seem to show, treatment doesn’t actually keep addicts clean, this new push for rehab will simply become another dogma-based government strategy doomed to failure.

“Rehab has to work for the hardest-core of the dope fiends–those who create the vast majority of troubles we’ve artificially lumped into a single set phrase: the drug problem. The US Department of Justice has concluded that only a small percentage of the nation’s drug abusers create ‘an extraordinary proportion of crime.’ Yet those most destructive addicts are the least likely to enter or be helped by rehab. This latest push towards treatment, then, may do nothing more than get the ‘better’ addicts off drugs, leaving the hard-core troublemakers still disastrously addicted…. Those hard-core addicts (10 to 20 percent of users) have, depending on your point of view, either brought on the drug war, or are the tragic casualties of its battles. But if frenzied addictions are indeed responses to lives often complicated by irresolute ghetto-poverty or psychological disturbances, then rehab programs that fail to address these underlying conditions will barely make a dent in our nation’s drug disasters.”[15]

Rather than addressing the root causes of hardcore drug abuse, the prohibitionists have a much easier time directing attention to that most benign of plants, marijuana. The Office of National Drug Control Policy estimates the numbers of hardcore drug abusers between 1988 and 1998 at 3.2 million to 3.9 million (cocaine), 630,000 to 980,000 (heroin), and 300,00 to 400,000 (methamphetamine). With these numbers, the Warriors should be hard-pressed to justify the billions spent on the war–unless they drag pot into the picture.

“Marijuana is the gateway drug for the growth of state-mandated drug treatment. This important policy issue deserves greater public scrutiny and debate,” writes Jon Gettman, Ph.D.[16] Admissions for treatment of adolescent marijuana abuse increased 155 percent, from 30,832 in 1993 to 78,523 in 1998, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the Department of Health and Human Services. Total marijuana admissions increased 88 percent, from 111,265 in 1993 to 208,671 in 1998. Almost half of those admitted to treatment for marijuana abuse were under the age of 20.

All marijuana arrests increased 84 percent, from 380,689 in 1993 to 698,477 in 1998. Arrests for simple marijuana possession rose by 92 percent, from 310,859 in 1993 to 598,694 in 1998. Out of a reported 208,671 admissions to treatment for pot use in 1998, slightly more than half (53.4 percent) were referred by the criminal justice system, all of which goes a long way toward “explaining a great deal of the increase in marijuana treatment admissions,” notes Gettman. “Police and drug treatment specialists are caught up in an economic system. When criminal justice system referrals provide over half of admissions for treatment of marijuana abuse, it is clear that in this economic sector arrests move the market. Marijuana can be abused and the source of dependency, and these problems can be alleviated with medical treatment. Most debate focuses, with good reason, on whether the actual abuse liability of marijuana justifies arrest and criminal sanctions. A more fundamental question though is whether law enforcement and/or judicial personnel should be making medical decisions and enforcing them with the power of the state. At what point does the state dictate the treatment as well as provide the patients?”[17]

The Assassins of Youth

“The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible, and achieve it, generation after generation.” –Pearl S. Buck[18]

“With America’s Number One Drug Problem [marijuana] identified as the one teenagers are most likely to use, and every sneer, slammed door, and blast of Joan Jett pegged as evidence of a ‘drug problem,’ the War on Drugs became a powerful weapon for parents to use in their struggle with their teenagers,” writes Dan Baum about the shift in emphasis by Drug Warriors to marijuana under Carlton Turner, President Reagan’s first Drug Czar, in September 1981.[19] “Blaming drugs for kids’ troubles also worked in wider society: it obviated concern for ‘root causes’ and let parents take their own behavior off the hook. If drugs were, as the Florida pediatrician Ian McDonald liked to assert, a problem teenager’s ‘only’ problem, then parents needn’t examine their own role in their children’s troubles–divorce, career obsession, neglect- or for that matter failing wages, the need for both parents to work long hours, and slashed funding for education and after-school programs. While some nasty kids did have drug problems that required intervention, the parents of all nasty kids were urged–in magazine articles, PTA handouts, TV spots, and exhortations from the White House–to band together and ‘fight back.’ And in 1982, the most bellicose pro-parent, anti-child manifesto of them all rocketed up the best seller list: Tough Love.”[20, 21]

Saving our children is one of the most oft-quoted justifications given by rabid anti-drug warriors and supporters for continuing the War. As Arnold Trebach, chairman of the Trebach Institute, so eloquently put it at the Saving Our Children From Abusive Drug Treatment conference: “Anything for the kids. Like the phrase in Vietnam, we had to destroy the village to save it, some people say I’ve got to destroy my kid to save it.”[22] Scores of both now-adult and adolescent survivors–whose parents, under the influence of “Tough Love” philosophy and anti-drug hysteria, forced them into adolescent drug treatment programs such as Straight Inc.[23], Safe, Kids, and many more–came together to relate individual experiences of being beaten, starved, spit on, deprived of sleep, subjected to constant surveillance, and isolated from schools and communities while in these so-called treatment programs. They also tried to figure some way to stop this industry from continuing. Many of these people were forced into long-term, confrontational drug treatment over minor experimentation with drugs or natural adolescent rebellious behavior, finding themselves locked in horrific programs that aim to tear people down and rebuild them as contributing members of society (as the treatment programs define it).

“During my involvement with the Seed and Straight, extreme physical violence was not very much a part of the Program,” says survivor Ginger Warbis.[24] “Physical coercion, such as restraint, which sometimes resulted in injury and forced exercise, were. But these were not everyday occurrences. I don’t think I ever saw more than one person pinned to the floor at a time and very rarely any obvious and serious physical injury.” Until witnessing a severe incident of terror perpetrated against another Straight inmate, Warbis notes that, “I knew it was all theatre designed to intimidate and coerce sincere, internal compliance. I’d thought that eventually we’d each get out one way or another and either live as good little Straightlings or just shake it off. But I’ve come to realize that 1) the very basic thought reform methods used in these programs are extremely harmful psychologically and emotionally in themselves and 2) escalation to more extreme physical and psychological abuse is just about an eventuality under these conditions.

“The most important message that I wanted to deliver [at the conference] is that many of the most influential people in public policy, the drug war, juvenile justice and child protective services are big believers in using these very harmful methods. Some of them, I believe, should be in prison right now. Others just need a better understanding of what they’re advocating.”[25]

A few parents attending the conference said that having put their children into a confrontational therapy-based behavior modification program had “saved their kids’ lives.”

“I think the parents are sincere. But they’re confusing the issue,” says Warbis. “If you’ll remember, Brian Seeber [a parent who put his child in SAFE, yet another drug treatment program for adolescents] talked about how much his son hated him before and how much he loves him now. They’re not saving their children; they’re saving their own egos. They’re not aware of this, though, as they cloister themselves with people who constantly reassure them that they’re right and they demonize all others. I wish I’d gotten my hands on the mic to answer the question, ‘Well, what do we do if not this?’ Basically, there comes a time when you have to realize that, as a parent, you don’t have any guaranteed right to your child’s affection. They’re always your babies and you’d do anything to help or protect them; that never changes. But there comes a time when they’re also young adults who may not want your help or advice or even your company. Whatever you do you have to respect that, even when you know they’re making horrible mistakes. These people are doing great harm by crushing their children’s egos. If I could find a way to make them understand that, I’d try it on my mother. I haven’t spoken with her in years for just this reason.”

Stockbroker Stoney Burke sent his two sons, Scott and David, into treatment with Teen Help,[26] the umbrella name for a consortium of companies headquartered in St. George, Utah, that operates behavior modification camps in the US, Mexico, Western Samoa, Jamaica, and the Czech Republic. According to a news series by Lou Kilzer[27], Burke sent Scott into treatment “because ‘he was the extreme picture of what you didn’t want your kid to be at 13 years old.’ He said he sent David ‘because he wouldn’t stay with me. The court granted me custody, and he kept running back to his mother. He was not functioning properly in life.'”

The boys’ mother, Donna Burke, is suing Teen Help for its treatment of the boys while they were at its Tranquility Bay facility in Jamaica, alleging: “Both are changed from the wonderful, spontaneous young men they were before Tranquility Bay into robotic victims, afraid of any authority figure. They have lost their individuality, their spirits are broken, and their characters ruined. Instead of independent men, they are afraid, haunted by nightmares, subject to panic attacks and refuse to go anywhere near a beach.”[28]

“She may have been thinking, ‘Well maybe I’ll injure myself, hurt myself, and that way I can manipulate and get home,'” said Teen Help spokesman Ken Kay to reporter Kilzer[29], offering several possible reasons why Valerie Ann Heron, a 17-year-old Alabama girl, plunged to her death from a 35-foot-high balcony at Tranquility Bay in August 2001. Heron had been taken against her will from her parents’ home at 4:00 AM the previous day by a Teen Help “transportation team,” then shipped to Tranquility Bay, where she bolted from a room, jumped the balcony, and died. Kay refuses to entertain the notion that Heron was trying to commit suicide, while simultaneously acknowledging that Heron was not at Tranquility Bay of her own free will.

“The State Department said it received ‘credible allegations’ in 1998 of abuse against American teens at Paradise Cove [Teen Help’s facility in Western Samoa] about the time that Corey Murphy’s stay there was coming to an end,” writes Kilzer.[30] Seventeen-year-old Corey committed suicide when his mother, Laura Murphy, threatened to send him back to Teen Help, where he previously had been sequestered for 22 months. “‘The abuse alleged to have occurred includes beatings, isolation, food and water deprivation, choke-holds, kicking, punching, bondage, spraying with chemical agents, forced medication, verbal abuse and threats of further physical abuse,’ according to a September 1998 State Department cable sent from Washington to the US Embassy in Apia, Western Samoa. The State Department asked the Western Samoan government to investigate.”

Authorities in Mexico and the Czech Republic raided and closed Teen Help facilities over allegations of mistreatment and abuse, but Teen Help still exists, running a booming business elsewhere. They unfortunately are not the only ones, with scores of these programs continuing to open around the world.

Un-American Dogma

“Without deviation, progress is not possible.” –Frank Zappa[31]

I am not arguing that drug treatment never helps anyone, but I am strongly asserting that coerced drug treatment by courts and government is not the answer to incarceration for recreational, or even abusive drug use. In my own experience, I did eventually come to a point where I felt I could use help and tried numerous times without success to get myself into one drug treatment program or another, both medical and non-medical modalities. Heroin withdrawals are harsh, and while living the life of a street-bound junkie, I was unable to arrest the cycle of self-abuse on my own. At that point, my drug use was no longer simply recreational. Maintaining the financial and physical costs of my habit, inflated beyond all rhyme or reason by prohibition, was a full-time job. After detoxing more than once, normally a five-day spell, only to find I couldn’t enter immediately into any sort of long-term treatment facility, I would find myself back on the streets, homeless, jobless, and soon strung out again. The couple of long-term residential treatment programs I did experience weren’t offering the help I needed, and I soon left.

Finally, after swearing up and down for years that I would never do so, I took an opportunity presented to me while in jail on Ricker’s Island, requesting entrance to a methadone maintenance program. Substituting a legal, officially sanctioned yet much more addictive drug that didn’t get me high for an illicit other that did enabled me to avoid withdrawal symptoms (until I decided to kick methadone five years later) and remove myself from contact with the worst of the black-market dope scene.[32]

I was one of the hardcore drug abusers committing petty crimes that Drug Warrior politicians rant about when allocating ever more taxpayer money to waging the war. Yet I was not mandated into methadone maintenance; methadone did nothing to assist my successful attempt to stop using cocaine, nor did I receive treatment when I kicked methadone. Though still feeding my head on occasion, I’m no longer abusing drugs nor committing real crimes. There are undoubtedly some uses and even benefits to be had by drug abusers and those around them by offering a vast assortment of voluntary treatment options for drug abusers who desire a change.

Use of illicit drugs is the currently accepted stigma in American society. It is no longer considered socially proper or politically correct to hate one’s neighbor for their skin color or their sexual preferences (not to say it doesn’t happen), but it is perfectly okay to advocate harsh jail sentences or behavior modification for those who have an innate “drive to transcend consensus reality,” as Dr. Andrew Weil phrased it.[33]

“Hunger is not volitional. Neither are inebriative instincts and urges,” says author and researcher Dan Russell.[34] “That’s why it is not controllable by law. It’s like trying to control sex by law. It can’t be done, and has never been done. It has to do with the process of enslavement. When you take a free tribe and enslave it, if you destroy the central sacrament of its culture, it’s how you commit cultural genocide, and how to domesticate them.”

Indeed, the War on Drugs has much more to do with controlling culture than it does with health. Baum writes: “In an article titled ‘White House Stop-Drug-Use Program: Why the Emphasis Is on Marijuana,’ the magazine Government Executive profiled [Carlton] Turner and summarized his views this way: marijuana, like ‘hard-rock music, torn jeans, and sexual promiscuity,’ was a pillar of ‘the counter culture.'” Turner was quoted: “‘Point is, illegal, i.e. non-prescription, use of drugs…is not only a perverse, pervasive plague, though it is that. But drug use also is a behavioral pattern that has sort of tagged along during the present young-adult generation’s involvement in anti-military, anti-nuclear power, anti-big business, anti-authority demonstrations; of people from a myriad of different racial, religious or otherwise persuasions demanding rights or entitlements politically while refusing to accept corollary civic responsibility.'”[35]

While many countries around the world are beginning not only to debate but also to implement decriminalization and legalization of some drugs[36], and while yet others lean toward harm reduction methods to help their hardcore drug abusers and society at large[37], US police, courts, and government continue to dogmatically deem all use of currently illicit drugs, whether recreational or abusive, to be morally reprehensible and criminal, as well as a sign of a disease that requires treatment with or without the patients’ cooperation. This is simply dangerous and even, dare I say, un-American.

Endnotes

1.Jansen, Karl L.R., M.D., Ph.D. “Ketamine: Dreams and Realities.” Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (2001): 260.

2. See: <www.uwsrq.com/First_Call/7y12yg7a.HTM>.

3. Lindesmith Center-Drug Policy Foundation: Broadening the Debate on Drugs and Drug Policy <www.lindesmith.org>.

4. Held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, 30 May – 2 June 2001. “Conference Report: As Drug Reform Edges Closer to Mainstream (or Vice Versa), Fractures Emerge Over Politics of Treatment.” Week Online With DRCNet 189 (8 June 2001). <www.drcnet.org/wol/189.htmlconferencereport>.

5.Committee on Data and Research for Policy on Illegal Drugs, Charles F. Manski, John V. Pepper, and Carol V. Petrie, Editors. “Informing America’s Policy on Illegal Drugs: What We Don’t Know Keeps Hurting Us.” Committee on Law and Justice and Committee on National Statistics, National Research Council (2001): 238.

6. Reed, Lou. “Heroin.” Performed by the Velvet Underground. The Velvet Underground and Nico. Verve, 1967.

7. Unsigned. “US Jail Population Hits Record 6.5 Million.” Reuters, 26 Aug 2001.

8. For up-to-the-minute statistics, see DrugSense.org’s Drug War Clock at <www.drugsense.org/wodclock.htm>.

9. DrugAbuse Sciences, Inc. Press release. 24 July 2001 <www.drugabusesciences.com/Articles.asp?entry=123>

10. Ibid.

11. McCaffrey, Barry. Letter to Los Angeles Times 14 July 2000.

12. Baum, Dan. Smoke and Mirrors: The War on Drugs and the Politics of Failure. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1996: 69-70.

13. Craven, Cyndi. “A Journey in Word: A Collection of Quotes.” <www.spiritsong.com/quotes>.

14. “Changing the Conversation: Improving Substance Abuse Treatment: The
National Treatment Plan Initiative: Panel Reports, Public Hearings, and
Public Acknowledgements.” US Department of Health and Human Services (Nov 2000): 12. <www.natxplan.org>. For ease of reading, internal references in the quote have been left out.

15. Shavelson, Lonny. Hooked: Five Addicts Challenge Our Misguided Drug Rehab System. New York: The New Press, 2001: 7.

16. Gettman, Jon. “Marijuana and Drug Treatment: An Introduction.” From an article presented at the Saving Our Children From Abusive Drug Treatment conference held by the Trebach Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, 21-22 July 2001. For conference details, see: <trebach.org/conference.html>.

17. Ibid.

18. Op cit., Craven.

19. Op cit., Baum: 155-6.

20. Ibid.

21. York, David, Phyllis York, and Ted Wachtel. Tough Love. New York: Doubleday, 1982. See: Tough Love International <www.toughlove.org/default.htm>.

22. In Bethesda, Maryland, 21-22 July 2001. <trebach.org/conference.html>. Also see: Peet, Preston. “Drug Treatment for Teens: A Secret Shame.” High Times Online, 1 Aug 2001.

23. The man who founded Straight Inc. in 1976–Florida real estate developer and Republican power broker Melvin Sembler–was nominated in July 2001 by President Bush to be Ambassador to Italy. Sembler was Ambassador to Australia under the former President Bush, and resigned in January 2001 as head of the Republican Party’s national finance committee. Unsigned. “Florida Developer Tapped to be Ambassador to Italy.” Associated Press, 28 July 2001.

24. For more info about Warbis and adolescent treatment programs, see Anonymity Anonymous <fornits.com/anonanon>. For more treatment survivor tales also see: <pub70.ezboard.com/fstraightincsurvivors30607frm1>

25. Warbis, Ginger. Email correspondence with author, 25 July 2001.

26. Teen Help Adolescent Resources: Support for Families with Teen Challenges. <www.vpp.com/teenhelp>.

27. Kilzer, Lou. “Desperate Measures: ‘I Call it Teen Torment’.” Denver Rocky Mountain News, no month or day, 1999 <www.denver-rmn.com/desperate/site-desperate/day2/pg5-desperate.shtml>.

28. Ibid.

29. Kilzer, Lou. “Teenager Leaps to Her Death at Compound in Jamaica.” Rocky Mountain News 18 Aug 2001.

30. Kilzer, Lou. “Desperate Measures: Lost Boy.” Denver Rocky Mountain News, no day or month, 2000. <www.denver-rmn.com/desperate/site-desperate/0702desp1.shtml>.

31. Op cit., Craven.

32. For more on methadone, see: Peet, Preston. “M Is for Methadone.” Disinformation Website, 7 Feb 2001. <www.disinfo.com/pages/dossier/id838/pg1>.

33. Weil, Andrew, M.D. The Natural Mind: A New Way of Looking at Drugs and the Higher Consciousness. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1972. As noted in Jansen: 150.

34. Russell, Dan. Interview with author (Feb 2001). <www.disinfo.com/pages/article/id911/pg1>. Dan Russell is the author of Drug War: Covert Money, Power and Policy (Kalyx.com, 2000) and Shamanism and the Drug Propaganda (Kalyx.com, 1998).

35. Op cit., Baum: 154.

36. As of August 2001, Jamaica, Canada, and Great Britain were debating decriminalizing and even legalizing personal use of marijuana; Spain, Italy, Switzerland, and Portugal have decriminalized all personal possession drugs; Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, and Venezuela were calling for rational debate on regulating the commerce of drugs in order to do away with problems of violence and corruption, both results of current US-exported War on Some Drugs policy (which are much more damaging to society at large than any drug use and dependency). Even nine US states have passed laws allowing the use of medical marijuana, although the US government is insisting it will enforce federal anti-marijuana laws anyway, denying even the terminally ill legal use of marijuana.

37. Germany, Switzerland, and the Nederlands all have safe injection rooms for heroin, as does Australia. For more information on international harm reduction methods and implementations, see: <www.harmreduction.org>, especially the links section.

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
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Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: “Krista Vaughan” <krista.vaughan@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 1:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Re: rant again MAPS and burning man attendees

For someone whose background is “the rooms” and attends twelve step
meetings, his message was very thoughtful and reasonable. Scary as it
might be to contemplate what he wrote was a open minded version
version of the message that you’ll find at nearly all twelve step
meetings. There are different ways to use the steps and many examples
from this list come to mind, but for the most part his thoughts would
be considered enlightened and accepting by “recovery” standards.

You’ve forgotten the meetings you’ve attended Preston 😉 the main
message is that all drug use is abuse and once you’re an addict, you
are always a addict. By the standards of the twelve steps and our
medical establishment, especially the doctors working specifically
with addiction, what he wrote was a tame and open minded version of
the party line and all the groups he mentioned and grouped together
have in common that they are full of people who do drugs, promoting
the freedom to do all drugs. In most twelve step meetings you’ll have
a hard time finding any acceptance if you are on methadone
maintenance, much less doing hallucinogens….

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From: Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Re: Burning Man festival
Date: August 8, 2005 at 9:08:36 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

http://www.chroniclesofjoy.com/index-flash-800.htm

Here’s the website of my mate that loves Burning Man.. for anyone
interested. Warning: contains dance music, nudity and……. (dun dun
dunnnnnnnnnn) WIERDOES EVERYWHEREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Heeheeheeheeheehee (takes a wee bit to load on slower puters…. patience,
it’s worth it….run mouse over til ya see the hand… contains links to all
sorts…)
Kirk ;oP

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Re: rant again MAPS and burning man attendees
Date: August 8, 2005 at 9:08:00 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Oh shit, it was here (not DrugWar.com’s email list) I accused Tandy of being associated with GW Pharmaceuticals, but it’s actually Andrea Barthwell, a different “former” official US prohibitionist with the US government- which org I can’t recall off the top of my head (how embarrassing) but she’s been screaming about the dangers of drug abuse for years, including the use of pot- but now she’s a paid spokesperson for Sativex, the whole plant extract of marijuana that’s used to treat pain in some countries now- claiming no “high” as a result of using this Sativex, which I don’t buy one bit considering it’s a WHOLE PLANT EXTRACT.
Anyway, I erred earlier, so apologize publically to Tandy (egad, THAT hurts).
😉

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: “tink” <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 12:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Re: rant again MAPS and burning man attendees

WELL said, Mr Peet.  I was too busy sputtering to write anything
rational.  I had to go and smoke a joint :]
love you
tink

On 8/8/05, Preston Peet <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
>To add my own two cents I believe drug abuse is a disease and not a
choice and arresting millions for a disease is vengeance not health
care or justice.<

I’m not sure exactly of where you are standing in your message (other than
that you disagree with a lot of what Dana -apparently- wrote), but I must
note that in modern medicine, we treat diseases by cutting them out with
scalpels, overdosing them with radiation, and force feed them barely tested
pharmaceuticals. I hesitate to call “addiction” a “disease” mainly for these
reasons.

> Legal doesn’t mean it’s not drug
abuse, but you don’t get arrested for going to the liquor store or
bar.<

Nor does all drug use, legal and non, equal drug abuse, as your note seems
to acknowlege.

>I’m doing my best to be accepting because
that is what I’ve found here, acceptance of almost anything and anyone
but my background and sobriety started in the rooms. Chronically
smoking marijuana or doing psychedelics every time something is
bothering you, are considered to be drug abuse as much as anyone doing
heroin or smoking crack.<

Well, they’re certainly obviously considered “drug abuse” by you, but not by
all, again, obviously.

>The “medical marijuana movement” and weirdoes
who go to burning man and think doing mdma is the answer to every
problem that comes your way (and yes I understand they are two
distinct groups), are considered by most people in recovery or doctors
dealing with addiction, to be part of the problem not the solution.<

Your mixing these three very distinct groups is odd to me. The “medical
marijuana movement” hasn’t a single thing to do with Burning Man festival
(which I’ve never been to but am most happy it exists), other than perhaps
some of those who attend Burning Man ALSO support the MMM. The folks at MAPS
are doing RESEARCH, in LABS for the most part, or at least are trying to
(but it’s tough getting “permission” from “the MAN” to do so), and deserve
all the kudos and support (at least from me) that they can get.
And why are those who go to Burning Man “weirdos” in your book? I don’t
get that at all.

>The medical marijuana movement and psychedelics movement as typified
by the drug marathon of burning man and mdma heads from maps and
dancesafe, taking ibogaine and appropriating it into their own agendas
does nothing except attach all the stigmas associated with those
groups to ibogaine.<

No, prohibitionists who make moral judgements on others’ personal drug use
habits, and dancing habits, and harm reduction methods are the ones
attaching stigma to “those groups” involved in ibogaine. Why should we NOT
“appropriate” whatever into our own agendas? Everyone is different, so
everyone will get something different out of whatever it is we’re discussing
at any given time.

>Drug addicts who continue doing drugs promoting
ibogaine as the solution to drug addiction.<

Since I’m a drug addict/chronic pain patient who promotes ibogaine as a TOOL
(not a solution to drug addiction), I kinda take offense at this attitude
(besides the fact it ain’t a complete sentence to begin with).

>The DEA was clear about their opinions on medical marijuana with the
arrest of mark emery. I had never heard of mark emery before being on
this list, all I get out of reading the headlines is a multi
millionaire pot dealer was arrested. I should care about this why and
it’s different from the crack dealer down the street or a exstacy lab
being shut down in what way?<

Not that you “should” care, but whenever ANYONE is arrested by the
DEA/police/customs/anyone with or without a badge, using prohibition as the
excuse to arrest them, it is wrong, UNLESS the arresttee has been
committting VIOLENT offenses against others. It’s just wrong to continue
supporting in anyway a system that only enriches the cartels AND the
prohibitionists, neither of whom what a single bit of change in current drug
laws or enforcement of those laws. I myself do not like Marc Emory at all-
he’s always been a complete jerk to me personally- but that doesn’t mean he
deserves to be extradicted to the US for crimes he is NOT wanted for in his
own country, especially since he’s been selling flower seeds (not to mention
publishing Cannabis Culture magazine, a magazine the DEA/ et al DO NOT LIKE
AT ALL). Karen Tandy, currently a spokesperson for G.W. Pharamaceuticals,
promoting their new Savitex (sp?), a WHOLE PLANT EXTRACT OF MARIJUANA and
LYING about the fact it has no “high” involved in its use, all the while
trumpeting how bad the natural whole plant is, is sick, sinful, and
disgusting, and she should have to experience just one day (or lots and lots
and lots more days) of what those who use marijuana have to go through when
they get arrested. Emory supported (and still does) a positive change in the
system, as jerkful as he could sound sometimes when writing me.
Whether you yourself still use or not is NOT the issue, nor should it be. I
do not drink alcohol, and don’t like dealing much with drunk people- but I
don’t want it outlawed either. I simply try and avoid situations where I
might have to deal with them without chance of escaping their drunken
babbling. No one deserves to be arrested for drugs, use or sales, ever, no
matter what. It’s wrong, and counter productive, in every single case
(EXCEPT for those intelligence officers and other corrupt officials who
enable the importation into Europe and the US of TONS of heroin and cocaine
every day, while making sure me and my friends, and others I’ve known and
heard about over the years, get arrested for buying $10 bags of the same
exact stuff they emable the importation of.
THIS is why you should care. Put aside the judgement calls (that you
noted you weren’t making at the beginning of your message) and accept that
the system we have in place is only making things worse at every point, and
that we really can’t separate one drug from any other in terms of
prohibition.  Prohibition is simply wrong and only makes matter worse, in
every way, and does not one single thing to make any lives better, EXCEPT
for the cartels and those who are in the business of waging a War on SOME
drugs and users.

>My interest is recovery from drug abuse, not hearing rich drug dealers
and drug abusers rationalizing why drug abuse is ok for everyone. This
is called denial. From the tone of your writing I gather you are used
to talking to those who are part of your subcultures, most people are
not and do not want to be any more then they want to move into a
crackhouse.<

Then forcus on YOUR recovery from drug abuse, and decide if you feel that
the police chasing after you while you were abusing ever helped you at all
in any way. Rationalize for me please how prohibition, and pointing fingers
at people whose lifestyles you don’t agree with, is going to bring about any
improvements in any way at all, please.

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often
mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations,
Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —–
From: “Mason Shipley” <maseshipley@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 3:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogiane related news in July MAPS newsletter

Without making any judgments against anyone I wanted to say that what
Matthew brought up is true. I’m doing my best to be accepting because
that is what I’ve found here, acceptance of almost anything and anyone
but my background and sobriety started in the rooms. Chronically
smoking marijuana or doing psychedelics every time something is
bothering you, are considered to be drug abuse as much as anyone doing
heroin or smoking crack. The “medical marijuana movement” and weirdoes
who go to burning man and think doing mdma is the answer to every
problem that comes your way (and yes I understand they are two
distinct groups), are considered by most people in recovery or doctors
dealing with addiction, to be part of the problem not the solution.

The medical marijuana movement and psychedelics movement as typified
by the drug marathon of burning man and mdma heads from maps and
dancesafe, taking ibogaine and appropriating it into their own agendas
does nothing except attach all the stigmas associated with those
groups to ibogaine. Drug addicts who continue doing drugs promoting
ibogaine as the solution to drug addiction.

The DEA was clear about their opinions on medical marijuana with the
arrest of mark emery. I had never heard of mark emery before being on
this list, all I get out of reading the headlines is a multi
millionaire pot dealer was arrested. I should care about this why and
it’s different from the crack dealer down the street or a exstacy lab
being shut down in what way?

My interest is recovery from drug abuse, not hearing rich drug dealers
and drug abusers rationalizing why drug abuse is ok for everyone. This
is called denial. From the tone of your writing I gather you are used
to talking to those who are part of your subcultures, most people are
not and do not want to be any more then they want to move into a
crackhouse.

To add my own two cents I believe drug abuse is a disease and not a
choice and arresting millions for a disease is vengeance not health
care or justice. I also believe marijuana especially should be
legalized and is not the same thing as smoking crack and certainly no
more harmful then alcohol which is legal, there are more people in AA
then all the other groups combined. Legal doesn’t mean it’s not drug
abuse, but you don’t get arrested for going to the liquor store or
bar.

My personal opinion on marijuana doesn’t change the facts in any other
part of my message.

-Mase

On 8/6/05, Matthew Shriver <matt@itsupport.net> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
>
> From: Dana Beal [mailto:dana@phantom.com]
> Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 4:31 PM
> To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
> Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogiane related news in July MAPS newsletter
>
>
>
> We had some one from the conference at Alex Grey’s would bugged Patrick > to
> get her a dose of ibogaine to–get this!–treat her pot dependency.
>
>
>
> I just had to comment on this.  I gather from the tone that you consider
> marijuana addiction to be a sort of non-existent ailment.  I know you
> didn’t
> actually say that so I may be misreading you.  But I know people who > have
> gone to great lengths to stop smoking pot, even to the extent of
> substituting harder drugs like heroin.  And I would say that there is no
> question that such a thing as marijuana addiction exists.  If addiction > is
> defined by an inability to control your actions by exercising your own
> will,
> than anyone who smokes pot and wants to stop but cannot is addicted.
>

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From: Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Re: rant against MAPS and burning man attendees
Date: August 8, 2005 at 9:01:20 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Tink Wrote:-
I don’t care if you poke your eye out with a sharp stick and roll in
kitty litter. If that works for you, GREAT!!!If not, so be it.
enough of me
tink
[Capt Kirk] Hey Man, you can trust me on this one… I tried it, it doesn’t
work.  You end up being One Eyed and covered in…. stuff…….. and the
cats come piss and shit on you as well.  They also get pretty irate that
you’re in their cat box in the first place…

As for Burning Man, Had a friend who went to it last year (I think..) and
she’s way way worse than any druggie…. she’s a ………PSYCH NURSE!!! Yes
folks….a pysch nurse.  It sounds like an awesome festival of talent, art,
dancing and fun.  I’m going to make sure it’s something I do before I
shuffle off this Mortal Coil and go to meet me makah.
Also have another friend who goes to the festival regularly..have seen a ton
of photos of it and he’s a ………graphics artist!!!  Again, way worse
than any druggie………

Rok on
Kirk :o)

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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Re: rant against MAPS and burning man attendees
Date: August 8, 2005 at 8:38:27 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

If you want to get clean, eventually you will, providing you don’t
die.  NA doesn’t get people clean. PEOPLE get people clean.  Tools to
do so, such as NA and ibogaine, are merely that, tools.  The decision
has to be made within, and even that is no guarantee,as most of us
well know.
Just as iboganauts want to save the world when they come down(or some,
anyway), NA inductees become rather militant about it, in my
experience. But the big question is WHO THE FUCK CARES AS LONG AS YOU
GET CLEAN AND STAY THAT WAY??!!!!
I don’t care if you poke your eye out with a sharp stick and roll in
kitty litter. If that works for you, GREAT!!!If not, so be it.
enough of me
tink

On 8/8/05, Matthew Shriver <matt@itsupport.net> wrote:
Wow.  Well good luck with all that.  In defense of NA I will say that
millions of addicts all over the world get and stay clean there, I know of
nothing else that can make that claim.  I would also submit that you don’t
entirely understand the meaning of the powerlessness in the 1st step and I’m
pretty sure the word fuckwit isn’t in there.  But I won’t waste my time
trying to convince you.  I just want to point out that NA is not a cult, it
is simply another option that works for some addicts.  Anything that works
to help an addict get and stay clean is not to be dismissed so lightly.

As for the disease concept, my personal opinion is that it can be a useful
tool in early recovery, because it places a responsibility on the addict to
do something about it’s treatment.  There is an old Buddhist parable about a
man who comes to a river that he cannot cross. So he builds a boat, rows
across, and then having reached the other side, does not proceed to carry
the boat on his back as he continues his journey.  The boat, although
useful, served it’s purpose and so he leaves it behind.  That’s my view on
the disease concept.  Really it’s a moot point.  I know I’m an addict, just
like I know I have brown hair, so what?  It is what it is.
Matt

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From: Ms Iboga [mailto:ms_iboga@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 2:35 PM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Re: rant against MAPS and burning man attendees

Thank you, Preston, for putting that ridiculous email
into proper perspective.

The problem with viewing addiction as a ‘disease’, is
that you are disempowering an already marginalized
group of people(“oh, you poor, little, helpless,
diseased fuck”).

I used to have a ‘disease’- the disease of using too
much heroin and subsequently developing a chemical
dependence on it.  I no longer use, and have not for
nearly a year.  Where did my disease go?  In
remission?  So, once ‘diseased’, always ‘diseased’?
Wow- what an incredibly positive message to send to
struggling drug users:  “You’re powerless, and you
always will be, you pathetic weak-willed fuckwit.”

How Lame…

It’s the same NA claptrap as ‘putting your faith in a
higher power’.  One question:  where was this
so-called higher power when the user was first
introduced to addictive drugs, or when they were
having a shitty enough time in life to consider
escaping with drugs?  why would I- or anyone else- now
want to rely on someone/something that wasn’t there
for me/us in the first place?  Bullocks…

Addiction is not a disease- it is a cyclical,
self-medicating pattern that people get themselves
into, usually to escape physical and/or psychological
pain.  The cycle CAN be broken- YOU( the drug user)
are a powerful force to be reckoned with, despite what
those NA wankers tell you.

Welcome to the cult of NA….

Bullocks, pure bullocks,

Julie (usually silent, but lurking)

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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] immodium for wd’s
Date: August 8, 2005 at 8:31:13 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

KAOPECTATE,BABY!!!

On 8/8/05, synn stern <synn1@hotmail.com> wrote:
Immodium works well enough for the diarrhea aspect of withdrawal (I’m
assuming we’re talking opiates here) For me at least, there was not enough
of any other relief to make it better than say, bananas. Or other mild,
bland, easily-digested, slightly constipating food.

Starting to believe it’s sensible to treat ALL the symptoms of WD separately
& aggressively. Anti-histamines/benedryl for the sniffles, advil or whatever
for muscle aches, LOTS of water to prevent dehydration (which can cause more
muscle aches), some nice sedative for sleep. or more benedryl if you can’t
find anyone to prescibe…

Immodium stops the runs, but never found it much benefit for anything else.
that’s just me though.
Synn
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To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] immodium for wd’s
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 16:39:15 -0400

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To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 16:39:15 -0400
Subject: [Ibogaine] immodium for wd’s

Hello

Just wondering if anybody had any succes with immodium for wd.

Peace

Matthew
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From: “synn stern” <synn1@hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] immodium for wd’s
Date: August 8, 2005 at 8:21:14 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Immodium works well enough for the diarrhea aspect of withdrawal (I’m assuming we’re talking opiates here) For me at least, there was not enough of any other relief to make it better than say, bananas. Or other mild, bland, easily-digested, slightly constipating food.

Starting to believe it’s sensible to treat ALL the symptoms of WD separately & aggressively. Anti-histamines/benedryl for the sniffles, advil or whatever for muscle aches, LOTS of water to prevent dehydration (which can cause more muscle aches), some nice sedative for sleep. or more benedryl if you can’t find anyone to prescibe…

Immodium stops the runs, but never found it much benefit for anything else.
that’s just me though.
Synn
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To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] immodium for wd’s
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 16:39:15 -0400

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From: “matthew zielinski” <mattzielinski@hotmail.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] immodium for wd’s
Date: August 8, 2005 at 4:39:15 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hello
Just wondering if anybody had any succes with immodium for wd.
Peace
Matthew

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] muggings/OT rant about my bad luck
Date: August 8, 2005 at 7:57:27 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

luck to you Randy.
Got mugged for the first time ever here in NYC a couple days ago, broad daylight, 11:30 AM, rightoutside of Mars Bar. I couldn’t believe it, and I was holding my cane and coulda beaned him, but after he swung the box cutter at me, that nanosecond of extreme intelligence-induced imagination kicked in and I imagined him either getting beaned by me and blinking then killing me, or beaning him, having the cane break, him blinking, then killing me, or me beaning him, or trying to but having him grab the cane instead and then having both my cane and his boxcutter- and I decided the $13 or so dollars I had inside a pocket of my bag was worth a lot less than a lot of what could happen (especially since I’ve been reading about friends here on the list getting pummled or robbed without pummling). So I took the money from the pocket of my bag and sorta tosswed it at him and took off slowly walking across the street (2nd Ave), then as I got across the street I turned to see what he was doing and he was now following me with increasing speed. I pulled out my cell phone and yelled, “I’m calling 9-11, I’m calling 9-11!” (Can you believe it? ME, calling the cops. I couldn’t but that’s what they’re there for, right?) I was on the phone literally for over 2 minutes with the dispatcher as this guy followed me up 2nd Ave., until he suddenly decided that maybe I really was on the phone with 9-11 and turned around and went off around the corner.
I could not believe it. I’ve always told myself I would NOT let myself get mugged, that I carry a blatant weapon, that I don’t look like a target (dress or no dress), blah, blah, blah, but none of that mattereed when it came right down to it. I decided I did not want to risk getting cut for such pittance.
He was leaning against the wall outside a closed Mars Bar and asked me for a cigarette. Being so broke (and having JUST borrowed money from Dana), I usually don’t give them out to strangers on the streets, because I myself can find myself scrounging for smokes so can’t afford to give them out willy nilly. But for some reason I stopped and said “sure thing, here you go,” and handed him a smoke. Next thing I know he’s got this box cutter in his hand, saying, “give me your money.” I laughed out loud. “Money? What money? I’m fucking broke as shit man!” So he swung the box cutter and I suddenly “remembered” that yes indeed I did have a wee bit of cash I could throw his way so did so.
Man, first time ever and it felt like shit, so demasculating, so irritating, so aggrevating. But I’m alive, unhurt, uncut, and only out $13 bucks, so I figure what the hell, if I gotta get mugged, at least that was a fairly harmless version of the mugging thing.

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

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—– Original Message —– From: BiscuitBoy714@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 6:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] OT rant about my bad luck

Well, it was my birthday on the 7th. I went to see my Momma and take care of some things, almost like a responsible person would do. I had a great time at my Mom’s and slept like a baby with the tree frogs singin’ in harmony around me. On the way home my car fucks up bad. I can’t believe I made it back to Erie. It’s something kind of major in the front end. In the last 2 weeks I have had some pretty bad fuckin’ luck. Somebody tell me this will end soon. Aren’t bad things supposed to happen in three’s. I think I am at about one hundred and five. Actually I think that this may be the third really bad thing that has happened. Of course this is my perspective, a lot of yall might say that what has happened aint no big thing. Fuck it, I’m going on with life, I can’t worry about what is next. Love and life to everyone               Randy

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From: “Matthew Shriver” <matt@itsupport.net>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Re: rant against MAPS and burning man attendees
Date: August 8, 2005 at 7:04:10 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Yeah I caught the sarcasm and I was attempting to be funny.  But since we are on the subject, the point is to take away the bat the addict uses to beat themselves.  Addicts usually get a good long painful experience with feeling helpless.  Pep talks and such mean nothing to someone who experiences over and over again, doing what they desperately want to stop doing.  The purpose is to say essentially that they are not a piece of shit for losing that battle time and time again because the truth is they cannot win it by will power alone.  (This is the theory keep in mind, not what I am trying to convince anyone is the truth.)  This leads into step 2 which is the idea that there is another source of power that can and will win the battle.  You’re post suggested (I felt) that the powerlessness idea is used to disempower the addict, when in fact it is not.
Matt
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Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 4:08 PM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Re: rant against MAPS and burning man attendees

Matthew Shriver <matt@itsupport.net> wrote:
< I would also submit that you don’t
entirely understand the meaning of the powerlessness in the 1st step and I’m
pretty sure the word fuckwit isn’t in there. >

In case you didn’t clue in, Matthew, I was being sarcastic…I don’t think telling anyone that they’re powerless can be a positive thing…
But that’s just me..
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From: “matthew zielinski” <mattzielinski@hotmail.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] ‘lofexedine for wd
Date: August 8, 2005 at 6:09:28 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hello
Back again with another question
anobody used this for wd>??

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From: Ms Iboga <ms_iboga@yahoo.com>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Re: rant against MAPS and burning man attendees
Date: August 8, 2005 at 6:07:35 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Matthew Shriver <matt@itsupport.net> wrote:
< I would also submit that you don’t
entirely understand the meaning of the powerlessness in the 1st step and I’m
pretty sure the word fuckwit isn’t in there. >

In case you didn’t clue in, Matthew, I was being sarcastic…I don’t think telling anyone that they’re powerless can be a positive thing…
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From: “Matthew Shriver” <matt@itsupport.net>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Re: rant against MAPS and burning man attendees
Date: August 8, 2005 at 5:07:19 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Wow.  Well good luck with all that.  In defense of NA I will say that
millions of addicts all over the world get and stay clean there, I know of
nothing else that can make that claim.  I would also submit that you don’t
entirely understand the meaning of the powerlessness in the 1st step and I’m
pretty sure the word fuckwit isn’t in there.  But I won’t waste my time
trying to convince you.  I just want to point out that NA is not a cult, it
is simply another option that works for some addicts.  Anything that works
to help an addict get and stay clean is not to be dismissed so lightly.

As for the disease concept, my personal opinion is that it can be a useful
tool in early recovery, because it places a responsibility on the addict to
do something about it’s treatment.  There is an old Buddhist parable about a
man who comes to a river that he cannot cross. So he builds a boat, rows
across, and then having reached the other side, does not proceed to carry
the boat on his back as he continues his journey.  The boat, although
useful, served it’s purpose and so he leaves it behind.  That’s my view on
the disease concept.  Really it’s a moot point.  I know I’m an addict, just
like I know I have brown hair, so what?  It is what it is.
Matt

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From: Ms Iboga [mailto:ms_iboga@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 2:35 PM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Re: rant against MAPS and burning man attendees

Thank you, Preston, for putting that ridiculous email
into proper perspective.

The problem with viewing addiction as a ‘disease’, is
that you are disempowering an already marginalized
group of people(“oh, you poor, little, helpless,
diseased fuck”).

I used to have a ‘disease’- the disease of using too
much heroin and subsequently developing a chemical
dependence on it.  I no longer use, and have not for
nearly a year.  Where did my disease go?  In
remission?  So, once ‘diseased’, always ‘diseased’?
Wow- what an incredibly positive message to send to
struggling drug users:  “You’re powerless, and you
always will be, you pathetic weak-willed fuckwit.”

How Lame…

It’s the same NA claptrap as ‘putting your faith in a
higher power’.  One question:  where was this
so-called higher power when the user was first
introduced to addictive drugs, or when they were
having a shitty enough time in life to consider
escaping with drugs?  why would I- or anyone else- now
want to rely on someone/something that wasn’t there
for me/us in the first place?  Bullocks…

Addiction is not a disease- it is a cyclical,
self-medicating pattern that people get themselves
into, usually to escape physical and/or psychological
pain.  The cycle CAN be broken- YOU( the drug user)
are a powerful force to be reckoned with, despite what
those NA wankers tell you.

Welcome to the cult of NA….

Bullocks, pure bullocks,

Julie (usually silent, but lurking)

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From: “matthew zielinski” <mattzielinski@hotmail.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] immodium for wd’s
Date: August 8, 2005 at 4:39:15 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hello
Just wondering if anybody had any succes with immodium for wd.
Peace
Matthew

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From: Ms Iboga <ms_iboga@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Re: rant against MAPS and burning man attendees
Date: August 8, 2005 at 4:35:03 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Thank you, Preston, for putting that ridiculous email
into proper perspective.

The problem with viewing addiction as a ‘disease’, is
that you are disempowering an already marginalized
group of people(“oh, you poor, little, helpless,
diseased fuck”).

I used to have a ‘disease’- the disease of using too
much heroin and subsequently developing a chemical
dependence on it.  I no longer use, and have not for
nearly a year.  Where did my disease go?  In
remission?  So, once ‘diseased’, always ‘diseased’?
Wow- what an incredibly positive message to send to
struggling drug users:  “You’re powerless, and you
always will be, you pathetic weak-willed fuckwit.”

How Lame…

It’s the same NA claptrap as ‘putting your faith in a
higher power’.  One question:  where was this
so-called higher power when the user was first
introduced to addictive drugs, or when they were
having a shitty enough time in life to consider
escaping with drugs?  why would I- or anyone else- now
want to rely on someone/something that wasn’t there
for me/us in the first place?  Bullocks…

Addiction is not a disease- it is a cyclical,
self-medicating pattern that people get themselves
into, usually to escape physical and/or psychological
pain.  The cycle CAN be broken- YOU( the drug user)
are a powerful force to be reckoned with, despite what
those NA wankers tell you.

Welcome to the cult of NA….

Bullocks, pure bullocks,

Julie (usually silent, but lurking)

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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Re: rant again MAPS and burning man attendees
Date: August 8, 2005 at 2:06:56 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I don’t think that there is a single person on this particular list
who is in any sort of denial about whether or not they’re an addict.
I can’t speak for everyone, but it’s sort of the impression that I’ve
gotten.  Every one is at their own seperate stage in their recovery,
or their relapse, and utilizing every tool available, including this
list, as well as meetings (if they work for you- I know, I know, “it
works if you work it, so work it you’re worth it” , but I personally
have not had the best experiences with NA, starting early on when I
was dragged to alateen, my sister to ala-tot, etc.  Perhaps I have
some issues about the whole program because of that, but I know that
when I went to some of the first NA meetings shortly after going to
the methadrone clinic, I was told I wasn’t allowed to participate
because of it.  After ibogaine, I got the whole, “You can’t use a drug
to get off of a drug” shpeil, etc, etc, ad nasuem) to help keep you
sane and /or sober, well, why not.  I think it’s wonderful that NA has
helped you out as much as it has, but that is not the only route to
go.
I also had a hard time interpretting where you were comiing from at
first, and am still not quite sure, but I wanted you to know that I
have the utmost respect fro everyone and anyone who has managed clean
time, by what ever means.  Harm reduction, abstinence, education,
awareness, and honesty, open-mindedness and willingness can go a long
way, which ever your recovery tools of choice are.  I think that’s
what’s important, and it drives me completely postal to think that
there is so much infighting when, in a perfect world, a “if it works
and works well, why not use it” line of thinking would get us all a
hell of a lot further.
And here I sit in my glass house throwing stones again…
Matt, you did write very thoughtfully and honestly, and i very much
appreciate that. I just didnt understand the conflicting view points
in your post.
Like I’m one to talk…
love and light and SERENITY to all
tink

On 8/8/05, Matthew Shriver <matt@itsupport.net> wrote:
Well as an active NA member (I hold service positions at group and Area
level where I live) I think this assessment is a little harsh.  At least the
conclusion, “…his message is as reasonable as it’s going to get” [from the
12 step recovery crowd].  I disagreed with some of his positions mainly on
one crucial point.  Not everyone who does drugs is an addict.  Based on that
one point, I have to recognize that there are people who get to use
recreationally.  I just have to remember that I am not one of them.
However, and I think this point is recognized in Mason’s post, there are
addicts who think they are using recreationally who have yet to come to
terms with their addiction.  My personal opinion is that people should be
free to use whatever they like, addicts and non-addicts alike.  Because they
should all be free to have their own experience, whatever it winds up
looking like.  Addicts who don’t realize they are addicts will get to
experience what that is like, and in the end will either grow from that
experience or die from it.  But I am clear that I don’t have the right to
deprive them of that experience.
Matt

—–Original Message—–
From: Krista Vaughan [mailto:krista.vaughan@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 11:25 AM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Re: rant again MAPS and burning man attendees

For someone whose background is “the rooms” and attends twelve step
meetings, his message was very thoughtful and reasonable. Scary as it
might be to contemplate what he wrote was a open minded version
version of the message that you’ll find at nearly all twelve step
meetings. There are different ways to use the steps and many examples
from this list come to mind, but for the most part his thoughts would
be considered enlightened and accepting by “recovery” standards.

You’ve forgotten the meetings you’ve attended Preston 😉 the main
message is that all drug use is abuse and once you’re an addict, you
are always a addict. By the standards of the twelve steps and our
medical establishment, especially the doctors working specifically
with addiction, what he wrote was a tame and open minded version of
the party line and all the groups he mentioned and grouped together
have in common that they are full of people who do drugs, promoting
the freedom to do all drugs. In most twelve step meetings you’ll have
a hard time finding any acceptance if you are on methadone
maintenance, much less doing hallucinogens.

He didn’t rant, he wrote a articulate and reasonable message. If you
ever hope to communicate with the other side, where nearly all the
people I’ve ever met who got off drugs are coming from, his message is
as reasonable as it’s going to get.

KV

On 8/8/05, Preston Peet <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
To add my own two cents I believe drug abuse is a disease and not a
choice and arresting millions for a disease is vengeance not health
care or justice.<

I’m not sure exactly of where you are standing in your message (other than
that you disagree with a lot of what Dana -apparently- wrote), but I must
note that in modern medicine, we treat diseases by cutting them out with
scalpels, overdosing them with radiation, and force feed them barely
tested
pharmaceuticals. I hesitate to call “addiction” a “disease” mainly for
these
reasons.

Legal doesn’t mean it’s not drug
abuse, but you don’t get arrested for going to the liquor store or
bar.<

Nor does all drug use, legal and non, equal drug abuse, as your note seems
to acknowlege.

I’m doing my best to be accepting because
that is what I’ve found here, acceptance of almost anything and anyone
but my background and sobriety started in the rooms. Chronically
smoking marijuana or doing psychedelics every time something is
bothering you, are considered to be drug abuse as much as anyone doing
heroin or smoking crack.<

Well, they’re certainly obviously considered “drug abuse” by you, but not
by
all, again, obviously.

The “medical marijuana movement” and weirdoes
who go to burning man and think doing mdma is the answer to every
problem that comes your way (and yes I understand they are two
distinct groups), are considered by most people in recovery or doctors
dealing with addiction, to be part of the problem not the solution.<

Your mixing these three very distinct groups is odd to me. The “medical
marijuana movement” hasn’t a single thing to do with Burning Man festival
(which I’ve never been to but am most happy it exists), other than perhaps
some of those who attend Burning Man ALSO support the MMM. The folks at
MAPS
are doing RESEARCH, in LABS for the most part, or at least are trying to
(but it’s tough getting “permission” from “the MAN” to do so), and deserve
all the kudos and support (at least from me) that they can get.
And why are those who go to Burning Man “weirdos” in your book? I
don’t
get that at all.

The medical marijuana movement and psychedelics movement as typified
by the drug marathon of burning man and mdma heads from maps and
dancesafe, taking ibogaine and appropriating it into their own agendas
does nothing except attach all the stigmas associated with those
groups to ibogaine.<

No, prohibitionists who make moral judgements on others’ personal drug use
habits, and dancing habits, and harm reduction methods are the ones
attaching stigma to “those groups” involved in ibogaine. Why should we NOT
“appropriate” whatever into our own agendas? Everyone is different, so
everyone will get something different out of whatever it is we’re
discussing
at any given time.

Drug addicts who continue doing drugs promoting
ibogaine as the solution to drug addiction.<

Since I’m a drug addict/chronic pain patient who promotes ibogaine as a
TOOL
(not a solution to drug addiction), I kinda take offense at this attitude
(besides the fact it ain’t a complete sentence to begin with).

The DEA was clear about their opinions on medical marijuana with the
arrest of mark emery. I had never heard of mark emery before being on
this list, all I get out of reading the headlines is a multi
millionaire pot dealer was arrested. I should care about this why and
it’s different from the crack dealer down the street or a exstacy lab
being shut down in what way?<

Not that you “should” care, but whenever ANYONE is arrested by the
DEA/police/customs/anyone with or without a badge, using prohibition as
the
excuse to arrest them, it is wrong, UNLESS the arresttee has been
committting VIOLENT offenses against others. It’s just wrong to continue
supporting in anyway a system that only enriches the cartels AND the
prohibitionists, neither of whom what a single bit of change in current
drug
laws or enforcement of those laws. I myself do not like Marc Emory at all-
he’s always been a complete jerk to me personally- but that doesn’t mean
he
deserves to be extradicted to the US for crimes he is NOT wanted for in
his
own country, especially since he’s been selling flower seeds (not to
mention
publishing Cannabis Culture magazine, a magazine the DEA/ et al DO NOT
LIKE
AT ALL). Karen Tandy, currently a spokesperson for G.W. Pharamaceuticals,
promoting their new Savitex (sp?), a WHOLE PLANT EXTRACT OF MARIJUANA and
LYING about the fact it has no “high” involved in its use, all the while
trumpeting how bad the natural whole plant is, is sick, sinful, and
disgusting, and she should have to experience just one day (or lots and
lots
and lots more days) of what those who use marijuana have to go through
when
they get arrested. Emory supported (and still does) a positive change in
the
system, as jerkful as he could sound sometimes when writing me.
Whether you yourself still use or not is NOT the issue, nor should it be.
I
do not drink alcohol, and don’t like dealing much with drunk people- but I
don’t want it outlawed either. I simply try and avoid situations where I
might have to deal with them without chance of escaping their drunken
babbling. No one deserves to be arrested for drugs, use or sales, ever, no
matter what. It’s wrong, and counter productive, in every single case
(EXCEPT for those intelligence officers and other corrupt officials who
enable the importation into Europe and the US of TONS of heroin and
cocaine
every day, while making sure me and my friends, and others I’ve known and
heard about over the years, get arrested for buying $10 bags of the same
exact stuff they emable the importation of.
THIS is why you should care. Put aside the judgement calls (that you
noted you weren’t making at the beginning of your message) and accept that
the system we have in place is only making things worse at every point,
and
that we really can’t separate one drug from any other in terms of
prohibition.  Prohibition is simply wrong and only makes matter worse, in
every way, and does not one single thing to make any lives better, EXCEPT
for the cartels and those who are in the business of waging a War on SOME
drugs and users.

My interest is recovery from drug abuse, not hearing rich drug dealers
and drug abusers rationalizing why drug abuse is ok for everyone. This
is called denial. From the tone of your writing I gather you are used
to talking to those who are part of your subcultures, most people are
not and do not want to be any more then they want to move into a
crackhouse.<

Then forcus on YOUR recovery from drug abuse, and decide if you feel that
the police chasing after you while you were abusing ever helped you at all
in any way. Rationalize for me please how prohibition, and pointing
fingers
at people whose lifestyles you don’t agree with, is going to bring about
any
improvements in any way at all, please.

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often
mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations,
Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —–
From: “Mason Shipley” <maseshipley@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 3:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogiane related news in July MAPS newsletter

Without making any judgments against anyone I wanted to say that what
Matthew brought up is true. I’m doing my best to be accepting because
that is what I’ve found here, acceptance of almost anything and anyone
but my background and sobriety started in the rooms. Chronically
smoking marijuana or doing psychedelics every time something is
bothering you, are considered to be drug abuse as much as anyone doing
heroin or smoking crack. The “medical marijuana movement” and weirdoes
who go to burning man and think doing mdma is the answer to every
problem that comes your way (and yes I understand they are two
distinct groups), are considered by most people in recovery or doctors
dealing with addiction, to be part of the problem not the solution.

The medical marijuana movement and psychedelics movement as typified
by the drug marathon of burning man and mdma heads from maps and
dancesafe, taking ibogaine and appropriating it into their own agendas
does nothing except attach all the stigmas associated with those
groups to ibogaine. Drug addicts who continue doing drugs promoting
ibogaine as the solution to drug addiction.

The DEA was clear about their opinions on medical marijuana with the
arrest of mark emery. I had never heard of mark emery before being on
this list, all I get out of reading the headlines is a multi
millionaire pot dealer was arrested. I should care about this why and
it’s different from the crack dealer down the street or a exstacy lab
being shut down in what way?

My interest is recovery from drug abuse, not hearing rich drug dealers
and drug abusers rationalizing why drug abuse is ok for everyone. This
is called denial. From the tone of your writing I gather you are used
to talking to those who are part of your subcultures, most people are
not and do not want to be any more then they want to move into a
crackhouse.

To add my own two cents I believe drug abuse is a disease and not a
choice and arresting millions for a disease is vengeance not health
care or justice. I also believe marijuana especially should be
legalized and is not the same thing as smoking crack and certainly no
more harmful then alcohol which is legal, there are more people in AA
then all the other groups combined. Legal doesn’t mean it’s not drug
abuse, but you don’t get arrested for going to the liquor store or
bar.

My personal opinion on marijuana doesn’t change the facts in any other
part of my message.

-Mase

On 8/6/05, Matthew Shriver <matt@itsupport.net> wrote:

________________________________

From: Dana Beal [mailto:dana@phantom.com]
Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 4:31 PM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogiane related news in July MAPS newsletter

We had some one from the conference at Alex Grey’s would bugged Patrick
to
get her a dose of ibogaine to–get this!–treat her pot dependency.

I just had to comment on this.  I gather from the tone that you consider
marijuana addiction to be a sort of non-existent ailment.  I know you
didn’t
actually say that so I may be misreading you.  But I know people who
have
gone to great lengths to stop smoking pot, even to the extent of
substituting harder drugs like heroin.  And I would say that there is no
question that such a thing as marijuana addiction exists.  If addiction
is
defined by an inability to control your actions by exercising your own
will,
than anyone who smokes pot and wants to stop but cannot is addicted.

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From: “Matthew Shriver” <matt@itsupport.net>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Re: rant again MAPS and burning man attendees
Date: August 8, 2005 at 1:42:49 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Well as an active NA member (I hold service positions at group and Area
level where I live) I think this assessment is a little harsh.  At least the
conclusion, “…his message is as reasonable as it’s going to get” [from the
12 step recovery crowd].  I disagreed with some of his positions mainly on
one crucial point.  Not everyone who does drugs is an addict.  Based on that
one point, I have to recognize that there are people who get to use
recreationally.  I just have to remember that I am not one of them.
However, and I think this point is recognized in Mason’s post, there are
addicts who think they are using recreationally who have yet to come to
terms with their addiction.  My personal opinion is that people should be
free to use whatever they like, addicts and non-addicts alike.  Because they
should all be free to have their own experience, whatever it winds up
looking like.  Addicts who don’t realize they are addicts will get to
experience what that is like, and in the end will either grow from that
experience or die from it.  But I am clear that I don’t have the right to
deprive them of that experience.
Matt

—–Original Message—–
From: Krista Vaughan [mailto:krista.vaughan@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 11:25 AM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Re: rant again MAPS and burning man attendees

For someone whose background is “the rooms” and attends twelve step
meetings, his message was very thoughtful and reasonable. Scary as it
might be to contemplate what he wrote was a open minded version
version of the message that you’ll find at nearly all twelve step
meetings. There are different ways to use the steps and many examples
from this list come to mind, but for the most part his thoughts would
be considered enlightened and accepting by “recovery” standards.

You’ve forgotten the meetings you’ve attended Preston 😉 the main
message is that all drug use is abuse and once you’re an addict, you
are always a addict. By the standards of the twelve steps and our
medical establishment, especially the doctors working specifically
with addiction, what he wrote was a tame and open minded version of
the party line and all the groups he mentioned and grouped together
have in common that they are full of people who do drugs, promoting
the freedom to do all drugs. In most twelve step meetings you’ll have
a hard time finding any acceptance if you are on methadone
maintenance, much less doing hallucinogens.

He didn’t rant, he wrote a articulate and reasonable message. If you
ever hope to communicate with the other side, where nearly all the
people I’ve ever met who got off drugs are coming from, his message is
as reasonable as it’s going to get.

KV

On 8/8/05, Preston Peet <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
To add my own two cents I believe drug abuse is a disease and not a
choice and arresting millions for a disease is vengeance not health
care or justice.<

I’m not sure exactly of where you are standing in your message (other than
that you disagree with a lot of what Dana -apparently- wrote), but I must
note that in modern medicine, we treat diseases by cutting them out with
scalpels, overdosing them with radiation, and force feed them barely
tested
pharmaceuticals. I hesitate to call “addiction” a “disease” mainly for
these
reasons.

Legal doesn’t mean it’s not drug
abuse, but you don’t get arrested for going to the liquor store or
bar.<

Nor does all drug use, legal and non, equal drug abuse, as your note seems
to acknowlege.

I’m doing my best to be accepting because
that is what I’ve found here, acceptance of almost anything and anyone
but my background and sobriety started in the rooms. Chronically
smoking marijuana or doing psychedelics every time something is
bothering you, are considered to be drug abuse as much as anyone doing
heroin or smoking crack.<

Well, they’re certainly obviously considered “drug abuse” by you, but not
by
all, again, obviously.

The “medical marijuana movement” and weirdoes
who go to burning man and think doing mdma is the answer to every
problem that comes your way (and yes I understand they are two
distinct groups), are considered by most people in recovery or doctors
dealing with addiction, to be part of the problem not the solution.<

Your mixing these three very distinct groups is odd to me. The “medical
marijuana movement” hasn’t a single thing to do with Burning Man festival
(which I’ve never been to but am most happy it exists), other than perhaps
some of those who attend Burning Man ALSO support the MMM. The folks at
MAPS
are doing RESEARCH, in LABS for the most part, or at least are trying to
(but it’s tough getting “permission” from “the MAN” to do so), and deserve
all the kudos and support (at least from me) that they can get.
And why are those who go to Burning Man “weirdos” in your book? I
don’t
get that at all.

The medical marijuana movement and psychedelics movement as typified
by the drug marathon of burning man and mdma heads from maps and
dancesafe, taking ibogaine and appropriating it into their own agendas
does nothing except attach all the stigmas associated with those
groups to ibogaine.<

No, prohibitionists who make moral judgements on others’ personal drug use
habits, and dancing habits, and harm reduction methods are the ones
attaching stigma to “those groups” involved in ibogaine. Why should we NOT
“appropriate” whatever into our own agendas? Everyone is different, so
everyone will get something different out of whatever it is we’re
discussing
at any given time.

Drug addicts who continue doing drugs promoting
ibogaine as the solution to drug addiction.<

Since I’m a drug addict/chronic pain patient who promotes ibogaine as a
TOOL
(not a solution to drug addiction), I kinda take offense at this attitude
(besides the fact it ain’t a complete sentence to begin with).

The DEA was clear about their opinions on medical marijuana with the
arrest of mark emery. I had never heard of mark emery before being on
this list, all I get out of reading the headlines is a multi
millionaire pot dealer was arrested. I should care about this why and
it’s different from the crack dealer down the street or a exstacy lab
being shut down in what way?<

Not that you “should” care, but whenever ANYONE is arrested by the
DEA/police/customs/anyone with or without a badge, using prohibition as
the
excuse to arrest them, it is wrong, UNLESS the arresttee has been
committting VIOLENT offenses against others. It’s just wrong to continue
supporting in anyway a system that only enriches the cartels AND the
prohibitionists, neither of whom what a single bit of change in current
drug
laws or enforcement of those laws. I myself do not like Marc Emory at all-
he’s always been a complete jerk to me personally- but that doesn’t mean
he
deserves to be extradicted to the US for crimes he is NOT wanted for in
his
own country, especially since he’s been selling flower seeds (not to
mention
publishing Cannabis Culture magazine, a magazine the DEA/ et al DO NOT
LIKE
AT ALL). Karen Tandy, currently a spokesperson for G.W. Pharamaceuticals,
promoting their new Savitex (sp?), a WHOLE PLANT EXTRACT OF MARIJUANA and
LYING about the fact it has no “high” involved in its use, all the while
trumpeting how bad the natural whole plant is, is sick, sinful, and
disgusting, and she should have to experience just one day (or lots and
lots
and lots more days) of what those who use marijuana have to go through
when
they get arrested. Emory supported (and still does) a positive change in
the
system, as jerkful as he could sound sometimes when writing me.
Whether you yourself still use or not is NOT the issue, nor should it be.
I
do not drink alcohol, and don’t like dealing much with drunk people- but I
don’t want it outlawed either. I simply try and avoid situations where I
might have to deal with them without chance of escaping their drunken
babbling. No one deserves to be arrested for drugs, use or sales, ever, no
matter what. It’s wrong, and counter productive, in every single case
(EXCEPT for those intelligence officers and other corrupt officials who
enable the importation into Europe and the US of TONS of heroin and
cocaine
every day, while making sure me and my friends, and others I’ve known and
heard about over the years, get arrested for buying $10 bags of the same
exact stuff they emable the importation of.
THIS is why you should care. Put aside the judgement calls (that you
noted you weren’t making at the beginning of your message) and accept that
the system we have in place is only making things worse at every point,
and
that we really can’t separate one drug from any other in terms of
prohibition.  Prohibition is simply wrong and only makes matter worse, in
every way, and does not one single thing to make any lives better, EXCEPT
for the cartels and those who are in the business of waging a War on SOME
drugs and users.

My interest is recovery from drug abuse, not hearing rich drug dealers
and drug abusers rationalizing why drug abuse is ok for everyone. This
is called denial. From the tone of your writing I gather you are used
to talking to those who are part of your subcultures, most people are
not and do not want to be any more then they want to move into a
crackhouse.<

Then forcus on YOUR recovery from drug abuse, and decide if you feel that
the police chasing after you while you were abusing ever helped you at all
in any way. Rationalize for me please how prohibition, and pointing
fingers
at people whose lifestyles you don’t agree with, is going to bring about
any
improvements in any way at all, please.

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often
mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations,
Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —–
From: “Mason Shipley” <maseshipley@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 3:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogiane related news in July MAPS newsletter

Without making any judgments against anyone I wanted to say that what
Matthew brought up is true. I’m doing my best to be accepting because
that is what I’ve found here, acceptance of almost anything and anyone
but my background and sobriety started in the rooms. Chronically
smoking marijuana or doing psychedelics every time something is
bothering you, are considered to be drug abuse as much as anyone doing
heroin or smoking crack. The “medical marijuana movement” and weirdoes
who go to burning man and think doing mdma is the answer to every
problem that comes your way (and yes I understand they are two
distinct groups), are considered by most people in recovery or doctors
dealing with addiction, to be part of the problem not the solution.

The medical marijuana movement and psychedelics movement as typified
by the drug marathon of burning man and mdma heads from maps and
dancesafe, taking ibogaine and appropriating it into their own agendas
does nothing except attach all the stigmas associated with those
groups to ibogaine. Drug addicts who continue doing drugs promoting
ibogaine as the solution to drug addiction.

The DEA was clear about their opinions on medical marijuana with the
arrest of mark emery. I had never heard of mark emery before being on
this list, all I get out of reading the headlines is a multi
millionaire pot dealer was arrested. I should care about this why and
it’s different from the crack dealer down the street or a exstacy lab
being shut down in what way?

My interest is recovery from drug abuse, not hearing rich drug dealers
and drug abusers rationalizing why drug abuse is ok for everyone. This
is called denial. From the tone of your writing I gather you are used
to talking to those who are part of your subcultures, most people are
not and do not want to be any more then they want to move into a
crackhouse.

To add my own two cents I believe drug abuse is a disease and not a
choice and arresting millions for a disease is vengeance not health
care or justice. I also believe marijuana especially should be
legalized and is not the same thing as smoking crack and certainly no
more harmful then alcohol which is legal, there are more people in AA
then all the other groups combined. Legal doesn’t mean it’s not drug
abuse, but you don’t get arrested for going to the liquor store or
bar.

My personal opinion on marijuana doesn’t change the facts in any other
part of my message.

-Mase

On 8/6/05, Matthew Shriver <matt@itsupport.net> wrote:

________________________________

From: Dana Beal [mailto:dana@phantom.com]
Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 4:31 PM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogiane related news in July MAPS newsletter

We had some one from the conference at Alex Grey’s would bugged Patrick
to
get her a dose of ibogaine to–get this!–treat her pot dependency.

I just had to comment on this.  I gather from the tone that you consider
marijuana addiction to be a sort of non-existent ailment.  I know you
didn’t
actually say that so I may be misreading you.  But I know people who
have
gone to great lengths to stop smoking pot, even to the extent of
substituting harder drugs like heroin.  And I would say that there is no
question that such a thing as marijuana addiction exists.  If addiction
is
defined by an inability to control your actions by exercising your own
will,
than anyone who smokes pot and wants to stop but cannot is addicted.

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From: Krista Vaughan <krista.vaughan@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Re: rant again MAPS and burning man attendees
Date: August 8, 2005 at 1:25:19 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

For someone whose background is “the rooms” and attends twelve step
meetings, his message was very thoughtful and reasonable. Scary as it
might be to contemplate what he wrote was a open minded version
version of the message that you’ll find at nearly all twelve step
meetings. There are different ways to use the steps and many examples
from this list come to mind, but for the most part his thoughts would
be considered enlightened and accepting by “recovery” standards.

You’ve forgotten the meetings you’ve attended Preston 😉 the main
message is that all drug use is abuse and once you’re an addict, you
are always a addict. By the standards of the twelve steps and our
medical establishment, especially the doctors working specifically
with addiction, what he wrote was a tame and open minded version of
the party line and all the groups he mentioned and grouped together
have in common that they are full of people who do drugs, promoting
the freedom to do all drugs. In most twelve step meetings you’ll have
a hard time finding any acceptance if you are on methadone
maintenance, much less doing hallucinogens.

He didn’t rant, he wrote a articulate and reasonable message. If you
ever hope to communicate with the other side, where nearly all the
people I’ve ever met who got off drugs are coming from, his message is
as reasonable as it’s going to get.

KV

On 8/8/05, Preston Peet <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
To add my own two cents I believe drug abuse is a disease and not a
choice and arresting millions for a disease is vengeance not health
care or justice.<

I’m not sure exactly of where you are standing in your message (other than
that you disagree with a lot of what Dana -apparently- wrote), but I must
note that in modern medicine, we treat diseases by cutting them out with
scalpels, overdosing them with radiation, and force feed them barely tested
pharmaceuticals. I hesitate to call “addiction” a “disease” mainly for these
reasons.

Legal doesn’t mean it’s not drug
abuse, but you don’t get arrested for going to the liquor store or
bar.<

Nor does all drug use, legal and non, equal drug abuse, as your note seems
to acknowlege.

I’m doing my best to be accepting because
that is what I’ve found here, acceptance of almost anything and anyone
but my background and sobriety started in the rooms. Chronically
smoking marijuana or doing psychedelics every time something is
bothering you, are considered to be drug abuse as much as anyone doing
heroin or smoking crack.<

Well, they’re certainly obviously considered “drug abuse” by you, but not by
all, again, obviously.

The “medical marijuana movement” and weirdoes
who go to burning man and think doing mdma is the answer to every
problem that comes your way (and yes I understand they are two
distinct groups), are considered by most people in recovery or doctors
dealing with addiction, to be part of the problem not the solution.<

Your mixing these three very distinct groups is odd to me. The “medical
marijuana movement” hasn’t a single thing to do with Burning Man festival
(which I’ve never been to but am most happy it exists), other than perhaps
some of those who attend Burning Man ALSO support the MMM. The folks at MAPS
are doing RESEARCH, in LABS for the most part, or at least are trying to
(but it’s tough getting “permission” from “the MAN” to do so), and deserve
all the kudos and support (at least from me) that they can get.
And why are those who go to Burning Man “weirdos” in your book? I don’t
get that at all.

The medical marijuana movement and psychedelics movement as typified
by the drug marathon of burning man and mdma heads from maps and
dancesafe, taking ibogaine and appropriating it into their own agendas
does nothing except attach all the stigmas associated with those
groups to ibogaine.<

No, prohibitionists who make moral judgements on others’ personal drug use
habits, and dancing habits, and harm reduction methods are the ones
attaching stigma to “those groups” involved in ibogaine. Why should we NOT
“appropriate” whatever into our own agendas? Everyone is different, so
everyone will get something different out of whatever it is we’re discussing
at any given time.

Drug addicts who continue doing drugs promoting
ibogaine as the solution to drug addiction.<

Since I’m a drug addict/chronic pain patient who promotes ibogaine as a TOOL
(not a solution to drug addiction), I kinda take offense at this attitude
(besides the fact it ain’t a complete sentence to begin with).

The DEA was clear about their opinions on medical marijuana with the
arrest of mark emery. I had never heard of mark emery before being on
this list, all I get out of reading the headlines is a multi
millionaire pot dealer was arrested. I should care about this why and
it’s different from the crack dealer down the street or a exstacy lab
being shut down in what way?<

Not that you “should” care, but whenever ANYONE is arrested by the
DEA/police/customs/anyone with or without a badge, using prohibition as the
excuse to arrest them, it is wrong, UNLESS the arresttee has been
committting VIOLENT offenses against others. It’s just wrong to continue
supporting in anyway a system that only enriches the cartels AND the
prohibitionists, neither of whom what a single bit of change in current drug
laws or enforcement of those laws. I myself do not like Marc Emory at all-
he’s always been a complete jerk to me personally- but that doesn’t mean he
deserves to be extradicted to the US for crimes he is NOT wanted for in his
own country, especially since he’s been selling flower seeds (not to mention
publishing Cannabis Culture magazine, a magazine the DEA/ et al DO NOT LIKE
AT ALL). Karen Tandy, currently a spokesperson for G.W. Pharamaceuticals,
promoting their new Savitex (sp?), a WHOLE PLANT EXTRACT OF MARIJUANA and
LYING about the fact it has no “high” involved in its use, all the while
trumpeting how bad the natural whole plant is, is sick, sinful, and
disgusting, and she should have to experience just one day (or lots and lots
and lots more days) of what those who use marijuana have to go through when
they get arrested. Emory supported (and still does) a positive change in the
system, as jerkful as he could sound sometimes when writing me.
Whether you yourself still use or not is NOT the issue, nor should it be. I
do not drink alcohol, and don’t like dealing much with drunk people- but I
don’t want it outlawed either. I simply try and avoid situations where I
might have to deal with them without chance of escaping their drunken
babbling. No one deserves to be arrested for drugs, use or sales, ever, no
matter what. It’s wrong, and counter productive, in every single case
(EXCEPT for those intelligence officers and other corrupt officials who
enable the importation into Europe and the US of TONS of heroin and cocaine
every day, while making sure me and my friends, and others I’ve known and
heard about over the years, get arrested for buying $10 bags of the same
exact stuff they emable the importation of.
THIS is why you should care. Put aside the judgement calls (that you
noted you weren’t making at the beginning of your message) and accept that
the system we have in place is only making things worse at every point, and
that we really can’t separate one drug from any other in terms of
prohibition.  Prohibition is simply wrong and only makes matter worse, in
every way, and does not one single thing to make any lives better, EXCEPT
for the cartels and those who are in the business of waging a War on SOME
drugs and users.

My interest is recovery from drug abuse, not hearing rich drug dealers
and drug abusers rationalizing why drug abuse is ok for everyone. This
is called denial. From the tone of your writing I gather you are used
to talking to those who are part of your subcultures, most people are
not and do not want to be any more then they want to move into a
crackhouse.<

Then forcus on YOUR recovery from drug abuse, and decide if you feel that
the police chasing after you while you were abusing ever helped you at all
in any way. Rationalize for me please how prohibition, and pointing fingers
at people whose lifestyles you don’t agree with, is going to bring about any
improvements in any way at all, please.

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often
mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations,
Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —–
From: “Mason Shipley” <maseshipley@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 3:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogiane related news in July MAPS newsletter

Without making any judgments against anyone I wanted to say that what
Matthew brought up is true. I’m doing my best to be accepting because
that is what I’ve found here, acceptance of almost anything and anyone
but my background and sobriety started in the rooms. Chronically
smoking marijuana or doing psychedelics every time something is
bothering you, are considered to be drug abuse as much as anyone doing
heroin or smoking crack. The “medical marijuana movement” and weirdoes
who go to burning man and think doing mdma is the answer to every
problem that comes your way (and yes I understand they are two
distinct groups), are considered by most people in recovery or doctors
dealing with addiction, to be part of the problem not the solution.

The medical marijuana movement and psychedelics movement as typified
by the drug marathon of burning man and mdma heads from maps and
dancesafe, taking ibogaine and appropriating it into their own agendas
does nothing except attach all the stigmas associated with those
groups to ibogaine. Drug addicts who continue doing drugs promoting
ibogaine as the solution to drug addiction.

The DEA was clear about their opinions on medical marijuana with the
arrest of mark emery. I had never heard of mark emery before being on
this list, all I get out of reading the headlines is a multi
millionaire pot dealer was arrested. I should care about this why and
it’s different from the crack dealer down the street or a exstacy lab
being shut down in what way?

My interest is recovery from drug abuse, not hearing rich drug dealers
and drug abusers rationalizing why drug abuse is ok for everyone. This
is called denial. From the tone of your writing I gather you are used
to talking to those who are part of your subcultures, most people are
not and do not want to be any more then they want to move into a
crackhouse.

To add my own two cents I believe drug abuse is a disease and not a
choice and arresting millions for a disease is vengeance not health
care or justice. I also believe marijuana especially should be
legalized and is not the same thing as smoking crack and certainly no
more harmful then alcohol which is legal, there are more people in AA
then all the other groups combined. Legal doesn’t mean it’s not drug
abuse, but you don’t get arrested for going to the liquor store or
bar.

My personal opinion on marijuana doesn’t change the facts in any other
part of my message.

-Mase

On 8/6/05, Matthew Shriver <matt@itsupport.net> wrote:

________________________________

From: Dana Beal [mailto:dana@phantom.com]
Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 4:31 PM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogiane related news in July MAPS newsletter

We had some one from the conference at Alex Grey’s would bugged Patrick to
get her a dose of ibogaine to–get this!–treat her pot dependency.

I just had to comment on this.  I gather from the tone that you consider
marijuana addiction to be a sort of non-existent ailment.  I know you
didn’t
actually say that so I may be misreading you.  But I know people who have
gone to great lengths to stop smoking pot, even to the extent of
substituting harder drugs like heroin.  And I would say that there is no
question that such a thing as marijuana addiction exists.  If addiction is
defined by an inability to control your actions by exercising your own
will,
than anyone who smokes pot and wants to stop but cannot is addicted.

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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl
Date: August 8, 2005 at 1:07:54 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I got off bupe with ibogaine, and although I’m beyond psyched to be
free of the stuff, I have to say that did what it was supposed to for
me, and allowed me to get to the point where i was ready to do the
ibogaine again.
My experience with bupe( suboxone, then subutex) when it came to the
detox portion was that it took alot longer for the withdrawal to kick
in.  It didn’t creep up on me, but was kind of like a hammer to the
head about 3-4 days after I’d drop in my dose, and it lasted for a
while.  Not as bad a methadone, but constant and lower grade sick that
seemed endless.
It all comes back to ibogaine saving my ass again… but if forced to
choose between all of the evils, I’d put a gun in my mouth rather than
ever go back on methadone.  Bupe short term worked pretty well for me,
though I bitched endlessly about it.
I just hate being dependant on any thing these days.  glad I’m not…
love to you all
tink
Hi shelly!
On 8/8/05, shelley krupa <skrupa20022002@yahoo.com> wrote:
I tried detoxing twice with bup , a miserable failure for me , I still
craved like a motha!I wasnt up for prolonged misery ,so both times I
switched back to short acting & did ibogaine ! Many praise bup ,theres a
whole website that encourage folks to detox on it (opiate detox & recovery
site) wish everyone well-shell

Matthew Shriver <matt@itsupport.net> wrote:

I had always been sold that too.  But I couldn’t imagine that a drug that
lasted several times longer than methadone would have a less severe
withdrawal. But since I never got on it (bup that is), and I was pretty well
suspicious of it from the start, I never bothered finding out about it
chemical action in the brain, which I have heard more recently is somewhat
different than opiate agonists.  But I was told all kinds of things about
methadone that turned out not to be true also so I just sort of dismissed
buprenorphine as another attempt at controlling addicts rather than helping
them get clean.

________________________________

From: Ron Davis [mailto:rwd3@cox.net]
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 8:29 AM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl

I think oxy w/d’s last longer because of the chemical make up.  it is a long
lasting drug, designed that way.  w/d’s can last weeks.  heroin would be a
step down drug in terms of w/d’s . having said that,  is bup or sub more
difficult to get off than heroin?  i know methadone is a bitch,  bup was
sold to me by a doc that presented it as a warm puppy, i guess since one
doesn’t get high, that was easily bought by me but know i’m hearing it is
very problematic.  i’m tapering and seeking advice on how to do so w/
minimal pain.  i was on oxys, the doc put me on pure oxy w/o the contin part
then i went to bup.  i think i was mislead as research on w/d’s and product
literature downplayed the w/d’s.  ron

—– Original Message —–

From: HSLotsof@aol.com

To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 9:46 PM

Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl

That doesn’t answer the question.  Can anyone respond to the question of the
question of a comparison of withdrawal signs of heroin and oxycontin?

Howard

In a message dated 8/7/05 10:10:27 PM, rwd3@cox.net writes:

pure hell, plastic , longlasting, stay away

—– Original Message —–

From: matthew zielinski

To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 6:18 PM

Subject: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl

Hi all
Anybody know if the withdrawl from oxycontin is worse than wd from junk>?

Namaste<><><>Namaste
Matthew

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From: shelley krupa <skrupa20022002@yahoo.com>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl
Date: August 8, 2005 at 12:48:45 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I tried detoxing twice with bup , a miserable failure for me , I still craved like a motha!I wasnt up for prolonged misery ,so both times I switched back to short acting & did ibogaine ! Many praise bup ,theres a whole website that encourage folks to detox on it (opiate detox & recovery site) wish everyone well-shell

Matthew Shriver <matt@itsupport.net> wrote:
I had always been sold that too.  But I couldn’t imagine that a drug that lasted several times longer than methadone would have a less severe withdrawal. But since I never got on it (bup that is), and I was pretty well suspicious of it from the start, I never bothered finding out about it chemical action in the brain, which I have heard more recently is somewhat different than opiate agonists.  But I was told all kinds of things about methadone that turned out not to be true also so I just sort of dismissed buprenorphine as another attempt at controlling addicts rather than helping them get clean.
From: Ron Davis [mailto:rwd3@cox.net] 
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 8:29 AM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl

I think oxy w/d’s last longer because of the chemical make up.  it is a long lasting drug, designed that way.  w/d’s can last weeks.  heroin would be a step down drug in terms of w/d’s . having said that,  is bup or sub more difficult to get off than heroin?  i know methadone is a bitch,  bup was sold to me by a doc that presented it as a warm puppy, i guess since one doesn’t get high, that was easily bought by me but know i’m hearing it is very problematic.  i’m tapering and seeking advice on how to do so w/ minimal pain.  i was on oxys, the doc put me on pure oxy w/o the contin part then i went to bup.  i think i was mislead as research on w/d’s and product literature downplayed the w/d’s.  ron
—– Original Message —–
From: HSLotsof@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl

That doesn’t answer the question.  Can anyone respond to the question of the question of a comparison of withdrawal signs of heroin and oxycontin?

Howard

In a message dated 8/7/05 10:10:27 PM, rwd3@cox.net writes:
pure hell, plastic , longlasting, stay away


—– Original Message —–

From: matthew zielinski

To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 6:18 PM

Subject: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl







Hi all
Anybody know if the withdrawl from oxycontin is worse than wd from junk>? 
 
Namaste<><><>Namaste
                Matthew
From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Re: rant again MAPS and burning man attendees
Date: August 8, 2005 at 12:41:37 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

WELL said, Mr Peet.  I was too busy sputtering to write anything
rational.  I had to go and smoke a joint :]
love you
tink

On 8/8/05, Preston Peet <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
To add my own two cents I believe drug abuse is a disease and not a
choice and arresting millions for a disease is vengeance not health
care or justice.<

I’m not sure exactly of where you are standing in your message (other than
that you disagree with a lot of what Dana -apparently- wrote), but I must
note that in modern medicine, we treat diseases by cutting them out with
scalpels, overdosing them with radiation, and force feed them barely tested
pharmaceuticals. I hesitate to call “addiction” a “disease” mainly for these
reasons.

Legal doesn’t mean it’s not drug
abuse, but you don’t get arrested for going to the liquor store or
bar.<

Nor does all drug use, legal and non, equal drug abuse, as your note seems
to acknowlege.

I’m doing my best to be accepting because
that is what I’ve found here, acceptance of almost anything and anyone
but my background and sobriety started in the rooms. Chronically
smoking marijuana or doing psychedelics every time something is
bothering you, are considered to be drug abuse as much as anyone doing
heroin or smoking crack.<

Well, they’re certainly obviously considered “drug abuse” by you, but not by
all, again, obviously.

The “medical marijuana movement” and weirdoes
who go to burning man and think doing mdma is the answer to every
problem that comes your way (and yes I understand they are two
distinct groups), are considered by most people in recovery or doctors
dealing with addiction, to be part of the problem not the solution.<

Your mixing these three very distinct groups is odd to me. The “medical
marijuana movement” hasn’t a single thing to do with Burning Man festival
(which I’ve never been to but am most happy it exists), other than perhaps
some of those who attend Burning Man ALSO support the MMM. The folks at MAPS
are doing RESEARCH, in LABS for the most part, or at least are trying to
(but it’s tough getting “permission” from “the MAN” to do so), and deserve
all the kudos and support (at least from me) that they can get.
And why are those who go to Burning Man “weirdos” in your book? I don’t
get that at all.

The medical marijuana movement and psychedelics movement as typified
by the drug marathon of burning man and mdma heads from maps and
dancesafe, taking ibogaine and appropriating it into their own agendas
does nothing except attach all the stigmas associated with those
groups to ibogaine.<

No, prohibitionists who make moral judgements on others’ personal drug use
habits, and dancing habits, and harm reduction methods are the ones
attaching stigma to “those groups” involved in ibogaine. Why should we NOT
“appropriate” whatever into our own agendas? Everyone is different, so
everyone will get something different out of whatever it is we’re discussing
at any given time.

Drug addicts who continue doing drugs promoting
ibogaine as the solution to drug addiction.<

Since I’m a drug addict/chronic pain patient who promotes ibogaine as a TOOL
(not a solution to drug addiction), I kinda take offense at this attitude
(besides the fact it ain’t a complete sentence to begin with).

The DEA was clear about their opinions on medical marijuana with the
arrest of mark emery. I had never heard of mark emery before being on
this list, all I get out of reading the headlines is a multi
millionaire pot dealer was arrested. I should care about this why and
it’s different from the crack dealer down the street or a exstacy lab
being shut down in what way?<

Not that you “should” care, but whenever ANYONE is arrested by the
DEA/police/customs/anyone with or without a badge, using prohibition as the
excuse to arrest them, it is wrong, UNLESS the arresttee has been
committting VIOLENT offenses against others. It’s just wrong to continue
supporting in anyway a system that only enriches the cartels AND the
prohibitionists, neither of whom what a single bit of change in current drug
laws or enforcement of those laws. I myself do not like Marc Emory at all-
he’s always been a complete jerk to me personally- but that doesn’t mean he
deserves to be extradicted to the US for crimes he is NOT wanted for in his
own country, especially since he’s been selling flower seeds (not to mention
publishing Cannabis Culture magazine, a magazine the DEA/ et al DO NOT LIKE
AT ALL). Karen Tandy, currently a spokesperson for G.W. Pharamaceuticals,
promoting their new Savitex (sp?), a WHOLE PLANT EXTRACT OF MARIJUANA and
LYING about the fact it has no “high” involved in its use, all the while
trumpeting how bad the natural whole plant is, is sick, sinful, and
disgusting, and she should have to experience just one day (or lots and lots
and lots more days) of what those who use marijuana have to go through when
they get arrested. Emory supported (and still does) a positive change in the
system, as jerkful as he could sound sometimes when writing me.
Whether you yourself still use or not is NOT the issue, nor should it be. I
do not drink alcohol, and don’t like dealing much with drunk people- but I
don’t want it outlawed either. I simply try and avoid situations where I
might have to deal with them without chance of escaping their drunken
babbling. No one deserves to be arrested for drugs, use or sales, ever, no
matter what. It’s wrong, and counter productive, in every single case
(EXCEPT for those intelligence officers and other corrupt officials who
enable the importation into Europe and the US of TONS of heroin and cocaine
every day, while making sure me and my friends, and others I’ve known and
heard about over the years, get arrested for buying $10 bags of the same
exact stuff they emable the importation of.
THIS is why you should care. Put aside the judgement calls (that you
noted you weren’t making at the beginning of your message) and accept that
the system we have in place is only making things worse at every point, and
that we really can’t separate one drug from any other in terms of
prohibition.  Prohibition is simply wrong and only makes matter worse, in
every way, and does not one single thing to make any lives better, EXCEPT
for the cartels and those who are in the business of waging a War on SOME
drugs and users.

My interest is recovery from drug abuse, not hearing rich drug dealers
and drug abusers rationalizing why drug abuse is ok for everyone. This
is called denial. From the tone of your writing I gather you are used
to talking to those who are part of your subcultures, most people are
not and do not want to be any more then they want to move into a
crackhouse.<

Then forcus on YOUR recovery from drug abuse, and decide if you feel that
the police chasing after you while you were abusing ever helped you at all
in any way. Rationalize for me please how prohibition, and pointing fingers
at people whose lifestyles you don’t agree with, is going to bring about any
improvements in any way at all, please.

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often
mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations,
Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —–
From: “Mason Shipley” <maseshipley@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 3:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogiane related news in July MAPS newsletter

Without making any judgments against anyone I wanted to say that what
Matthew brought up is true. I’m doing my best to be accepting because
that is what I’ve found here, acceptance of almost anything and anyone
but my background and sobriety started in the rooms. Chronically
smoking marijuana or doing psychedelics every time something is
bothering you, are considered to be drug abuse as much as anyone doing
heroin or smoking crack. The “medical marijuana movement” and weirdoes
who go to burning man and think doing mdma is the answer to every
problem that comes your way (and yes I understand they are two
distinct groups), are considered by most people in recovery or doctors
dealing with addiction, to be part of the problem not the solution.

The medical marijuana movement and psychedelics movement as typified
by the drug marathon of burning man and mdma heads from maps and
dancesafe, taking ibogaine and appropriating it into their own agendas
does nothing except attach all the stigmas associated with those
groups to ibogaine. Drug addicts who continue doing drugs promoting
ibogaine as the solution to drug addiction.

The DEA was clear about their opinions on medical marijuana with the
arrest of mark emery. I had never heard of mark emery before being on
this list, all I get out of reading the headlines is a multi
millionaire pot dealer was arrested. I should care about this why and
it’s different from the crack dealer down the street or a exstacy lab
being shut down in what way?

My interest is recovery from drug abuse, not hearing rich drug dealers
and drug abusers rationalizing why drug abuse is ok for everyone. This
is called denial. From the tone of your writing I gather you are used
to talking to those who are part of your subcultures, most people are
not and do not want to be any more then they want to move into a
crackhouse.

To add my own two cents I believe drug abuse is a disease and not a
choice and arresting millions for a disease is vengeance not health
care or justice. I also believe marijuana especially should be
legalized and is not the same thing as smoking crack and certainly no
more harmful then alcohol which is legal, there are more people in AA
then all the other groups combined. Legal doesn’t mean it’s not drug
abuse, but you don’t get arrested for going to the liquor store or
bar.

My personal opinion on marijuana doesn’t change the facts in any other
part of my message.

-Mase

On 8/6/05, Matthew Shriver <matt@itsupport.net> wrote:

________________________________

From: Dana Beal [mailto:dana@phantom.com]
Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 4:31 PM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogiane related news in July MAPS newsletter

We had some one from the conference at Alex Grey’s would bugged Patrick to
get her a dose of ibogaine to–get this!–treat her pot dependency.

I just had to comment on this.  I gather from the tone that you consider
marijuana addiction to be a sort of non-existent ailment.  I know you
didn’t
actually say that so I may be misreading you.  But I know people who have
gone to great lengths to stop smoking pot, even to the extent of
substituting harder drugs like heroin.  And I would say that there is no
question that such a thing as marijuana addiction exists.  If addiction is
defined by an inability to control your actions by exercising your own
will,
than anyone who smokes pot and wants to stop but cannot is addicted.

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl to MS
Date: August 8, 2005 at 12:31:18 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I think I’m in for it, rd
—– Original Message —–
From: Matthew Shriver
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 10:55 AM
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl

Don’t feel bad bro.  When they told me all about how methadone would make me not want to use heroin and how heroin wouldn’t even work anymore so it wouldn’t have any attraction, I was like, “sign me up doc!”  But those things weren’t true.  They told me I could taper and be totally drug free in like 6 months.  I had a few friends (using buddies) that had gone down that road and they warned me not too, but $7 a day is easier to scrounge than $25 and I was thoroughly tired of being sick so I wanted to believe it and I signed up. Four and half years later I was still on 74mg and going down 1 mg a week was painful and I was still occasionally using heroin and crack and still getting high from the heroin I might add and it fucking sucked.  And I had occasion to experience 2 and 3 day methadone withdrawals from time to time (fail to get to the clinic on time and no take homes, you get the idea…) and well, I really, really, really, don’t think well of methadone now.  So I realize that I certainly let that opinion influence my feelings about bup but the truth is I don’t know much about it.
Matt
From: Ron Davis [mailto:rwd3@cox.net] 
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 9:18 AM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl

i’m as dumb as i sound in my postings, ron
—– Original Message —–
From: Matthew Shriver
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 9:37 AM
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl

I had always been sold that too.  But I couldn’t imagine that a drug that lasted several times longer than methadone would have a less severe withdrawal. But since I never got on it (bup that is), and I was pretty well suspicious of it from the start, I never bothered finding out about it chemical action in the brain, which I have heard more recently is somewhat different than opiate agonists.  But I was told all kinds of things about methadone that turned out not to be true also so I just sort of dismissed buprenorphine as another attempt at controlling addicts rather than helping them get clean.
From: Ron Davis [mailto:rwd3@cox.net] 
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 8:29 AM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl

I think oxy w/d’s last longer because of the chemical make up.  it is a long lasting drug, designed that way.  w/d’s can last weeks.  heroin would be a step down drug in terms of w/d’s . having said that,  is bup or sub more difficult to get off than heroin?  i know methadone is a bitch,  bup was sold to me by a doc that presented it as a warm puppy, i guess since one doesn’t get high, that was easily bought by me but know i’m hearing it is very problematic.  i’m tapering and seeking advice on how to do so w/ minimal pain.  i was on oxys, the doc put me on pure oxy w/o the contin part then i went to bup.  i think i was mislead as research on w/d’s and product literature downplayed the w/d’s.  ron
—– Original Message —–
From: HSLotsof@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl

That doesn’t answer the question.  Can anyone respond to the question of the question of a comparison of withdrawal signs of heroin and oxycontin?

Howard

In a message dated 8/7/05 10:10:27 PM, rwd3@cox.net writes:
pure hell, plastic , longlasting, stay away


—– Original Message —–

From: matthew zielinski

To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 6:18 PM

Subject: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl







Hi all
Anybody know if the withdrawl from oxycontin is worse than wd from junk>? 
 
Namaste<><><>Namaste
                Matthew
From: “Matthew Shriver” <matt@itsupport.net>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl
Date: August 8, 2005 at 11:55:12 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Don’t feel bad bro.  When they told me all about how methadone would make me not want to use heroin and how heroin wouldn’t even work anymore so it wouldn’t have any attraction, I was like, “sign me up doc!”  But those things weren’t true.  They told me I could taper and be totally drug free in like 6 months.  I had a few friends (using buddies) that had gone down that road and they warned me not too, but $7 a day is easier to scrounge than $25 and I was thoroughly tired of being sick so I wanted to believe it and I signed up. Four and half years later I was still on 74mg and going down 1 mg a week was painful and I was still occasionally using heroin and crack and still getting high from the heroin I might add and it fucking sucked.  And I had occasion to experience 2 and 3 day methadone withdrawals from time to time (fail to get to the clinic on time and no take homes, you get the idea…) and well, I really, really, really, don’t think well of methadone now.  So I realize that I certainly let that opinion influence my feelings about bup but the truth is I don’t know much about it.
Matt
From: Ron Davis [mailto:rwd3@cox.net] 
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 9:18 AM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl

i’m as dumb as i sound in my postings, ron
—– Original Message —–
From: Matthew Shriver
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 9:37 AM
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl

I had always been sold that too.  But I couldn’t imagine that a drug that lasted several times longer than methadone would have a less severe withdrawal. But since I never got on it (bup that is), and I was pretty well suspicious of it from the start, I never bothered finding out about it chemical action in the brain, which I have heard more recently is somewhat different than opiate agonists.  But I was told all kinds of things about methadone that turned out not to be true also so I just sort of dismissed buprenorphine as another attempt at controlling addicts rather than helping them get clean.
From: Ron Davis [mailto:rwd3@cox.net] 
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 8:29 AM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl

I think oxy w/d’s last longer because of the chemical make up.  it is a long lasting drug, designed that way.  w/d’s can last weeks.  heroin would be a step down drug in terms of w/d’s . having said that,  is bup or sub more difficult to get off than heroin?  i know methadone is a bitch,  bup was sold to me by a doc that presented it as a warm puppy, i guess since one doesn’t get high, that was easily bought by me but know i’m hearing it is very problematic.  i’m tapering and seeking advice on how to do so w/ minimal pain.  i was on oxys, the doc put me on pure oxy w/o the contin part then i went to bup.  i think i was mislead as research on w/d’s and product literature downplayed the w/d’s.  ron
—– Original Message —–
From: HSLotsof@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl

That doesn’t answer the question.  Can anyone respond to the question of the question of a comparison of withdrawal signs of heroin and oxycontin?

Howard

In a message dated 8/7/05 10:10:27 PM, rwd3@cox.net writes:
pure hell, plastic , longlasting, stay away


—– Original Message —–

From: matthew zielinski

To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 6:18 PM

Subject: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl







Hi all
Anybody know if the withdrawl from oxycontin is worse than wd from junk>? 
 
Namaste<><><>Namaste
                Matthew
From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Re: rant again MAPS and burning man attendees
Date: August 8, 2005 at 11:50:50 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

To add my own two cents I believe drug abuse is a disease and not a
choice and arresting millions for a disease is vengeance not health
care or justice.<

I’m not sure exactly of where you are standing in your message (other than that you disagree with a lot of what Dana -apparently- wrote), but I must note that in modern medicine, we treat diseases by cutting them out with scalpels, overdosing them with radiation, and force feed them barely tested pharmaceuticals. I hesitate to call “addiction” a “disease” mainly for these reasons.

Legal doesn’t mean it’s not drug
abuse, but you don’t get arrested for going to the liquor store or
bar.<

Nor does all drug use, legal and non, equal drug abuse, as your note seems to acknowlege.

I’m doing my best to be accepting because
that is what I’ve found here, acceptance of almost anything and anyone
but my background and sobriety started in the rooms. Chronically
smoking marijuana or doing psychedelics every time something is
bothering you, are considered to be drug abuse as much as anyone doing
heroin or smoking crack.<

Well, they’re certainly obviously considered “drug abuse” by you, but not by all, again, obviously.

The “medical marijuana movement” and weirdoes
who go to burning man and think doing mdma is the answer to every
problem that comes your way (and yes I understand they are two
distinct groups), are considered by most people in recovery or doctors
dealing with addiction, to be part of the problem not the solution.<

Your mixing these three very distinct groups is odd to me. The “medical marijuana movement” hasn’t a single thing to do with Burning Man festival (which I’ve never been to but am most happy it exists), other than perhaps some of those who attend Burning Man ALSO support the MMM. The folks at MAPS are doing RESEARCH, in LABS for the most part, or at least are trying to (but it’s tough getting “permission” from “the MAN” to do so), and deserve all the kudos and support (at least from me) that they can get.
And why are those who go to Burning Man “weirdos” in your book? I don’t get that at all.

The medical marijuana movement and psychedelics movement as typified
by the drug marathon of burning man and mdma heads from maps and
dancesafe, taking ibogaine and appropriating it into their own agendas
does nothing except attach all the stigmas associated with those
groups to ibogaine.<

No, prohibitionists who make moral judgements on others’ personal drug use habits, and dancing habits, and harm reduction methods are the ones attaching stigma to “those groups” involved in ibogaine. Why should we NOT “appropriate” whatever into our own agendas? Everyone is different, so everyone will get something different out of whatever it is we’re discussing at any given time.

Drug addicts who continue doing drugs promoting
ibogaine as the solution to drug addiction.<

Since I’m a drug addict/chronic pain patient who promotes ibogaine as a TOOL (not a solution to drug addiction), I kinda take offense at this attitude (besides the fact it ain’t a complete sentence to begin with).

The DEA was clear about their opinions on medical marijuana with the
arrest of mark emery. I had never heard of mark emery before being on
this list, all I get out of reading the headlines is a multi
millionaire pot dealer was arrested. I should care about this why and
it’s different from the crack dealer down the street or a exstacy lab
being shut down in what way?<

Not that you “should” care, but whenever ANYONE is arrested by the DEA/police/customs/anyone with or without a badge, using prohibition as the excuse to arrest them, it is wrong, UNLESS the arresttee has been committting VIOLENT offenses against others. It’s just wrong to continue supporting in anyway a system that only enriches the cartels AND the prohibitionists, neither of whom what a single bit of change in current drug laws or enforcement of those laws. I myself do not like Marc Emory at all- he’s always been a complete jerk to me personally- but that doesn’t mean he deserves to be extradicted to the US for crimes he is NOT wanted for in his own country, especially since he’s been selling flower seeds (not to mention publishing Cannabis Culture magazine, a magazine the DEA/ et al DO NOT LIKE AT ALL). Karen Tandy, currently a spokesperson for G.W. Pharamaceuticals, promoting their new Savitex (sp?), a WHOLE PLANT EXTRACT OF MARIJUANA and LYING about the fact it has no “high” involved in its use, all the while trumpeting how bad the natural whole plant is, is sick, sinful, and disgusting, and she should have to experience just one day (or lots and lots and lots more days) of what those who use marijuana have to go through when they get arrested. Emory supported (and still does) a positive change in the system, as jerkful as he could sound sometimes when writing me.
Whether you yourself still use or not is NOT the issue, nor should it be. I do not drink alcohol, and don’t like dealing much with drunk people- but I don’t want it outlawed either. I simply try and avoid situations where I might have to deal with them without chance of escaping their drunken babbling. No one deserves to be arrested for drugs, use or sales, ever, no matter what. It’s wrong, and counter productive, in every single case (EXCEPT for those intelligence officers and other corrupt officials who enable the importation into Europe and the US of TONS of heroin and cocaine every day, while making sure me and my friends, and others I’ve known and heard about over the years, get arrested for buying $10 bags of the same exact stuff they emable the importation of.
THIS is why you should care. Put aside the judgement calls (that you noted you weren’t making at the beginning of your message) and accept that the system we have in place is only making things worse at every point, and that we really can’t separate one drug from any other in terms of prohibition.  Prohibition is simply wrong and only makes matter worse, in every way, and does not one single thing to make any lives better, EXCEPT for the cartels and those who are in the business of waging a War on SOME drugs and users.

My interest is recovery from drug abuse, not hearing rich drug dealers
and drug abusers rationalizing why drug abuse is ok for everyone. This
is called denial. From the tone of your writing I gather you are used
to talking to those who are part of your subcultures, most people are
not and do not want to be any more then they want to move into a
crackhouse.<

Then forcus on YOUR recovery from drug abuse, and decide if you feel that the police chasing after you while you were abusing ever helped you at all in any way. Rationalize for me please how prohibition, and pointing fingers at people whose lifestyles you don’t agree with, is going to bring about any improvements in any way at all, please.

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: “Mason Shipley” <maseshipley@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 3:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogiane related news in July MAPS newsletter

Without making any judgments against anyone I wanted to say that what
Matthew brought up is true. I’m doing my best to be accepting because
that is what I’ve found here, acceptance of almost anything and anyone
but my background and sobriety started in the rooms. Chronically
smoking marijuana or doing psychedelics every time something is
bothering you, are considered to be drug abuse as much as anyone doing
heroin or smoking crack. The “medical marijuana movement” and weirdoes
who go to burning man and think doing mdma is the answer to every
problem that comes your way (and yes I understand they are two
distinct groups), are considered by most people in recovery or doctors
dealing with addiction, to be part of the problem not the solution.

The medical marijuana movement and psychedelics movement as typified
by the drug marathon of burning man and mdma heads from maps and
dancesafe, taking ibogaine and appropriating it into their own agendas
does nothing except attach all the stigmas associated with those
groups to ibogaine. Drug addicts who continue doing drugs promoting
ibogaine as the solution to drug addiction.

The DEA was clear about their opinions on medical marijuana with the
arrest of mark emery. I had never heard of mark emery before being on
this list, all I get out of reading the headlines is a multi
millionaire pot dealer was arrested. I should care about this why and
it’s different from the crack dealer down the street or a exstacy lab
being shut down in what way?

My interest is recovery from drug abuse, not hearing rich drug dealers
and drug abusers rationalizing why drug abuse is ok for everyone. This
is called denial. From the tone of your writing I gather you are used
to talking to those who are part of your subcultures, most people are
not and do not want to be any more then they want to move into a
crackhouse.

To add my own two cents I believe drug abuse is a disease and not a
choice and arresting millions for a disease is vengeance not health
care or justice. I also believe marijuana especially should be
legalized and is not the same thing as smoking crack and certainly no
more harmful then alcohol which is legal, there are more people in AA
then all the other groups combined. Legal doesn’t mean it’s not drug
abuse, but you don’t get arrested for going to the liquor store or
bar.

My personal opinion on marijuana doesn’t change the facts in any other
part of my message.

-Mase

On 8/6/05, Matthew Shriver <matt@itsupport.net> wrote:

________________________________

From: Dana Beal [mailto:dana@phantom.com]
Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 4:31 PM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogiane related news in July MAPS newsletter

We had some one from the conference at Alex Grey’s would bugged Patrick to
get her a dose of ibogaine to–get this!–treat her pot dependency.

I just had to comment on this.  I gather from the tone that you consider
marijuana addiction to be a sort of non-existent ailment.  I know you didn’t
actually say that so I may be misreading you.  But I know people who have
gone to great lengths to stop smoking pot, even to the extent of
substituting harder drugs like heroin.  And I would say that there is no
question that such a thing as marijuana addiction exists.  If addiction is
defined by an inability to control your actions by exercising your own will,
than anyone who smokes pot and wants to stop but cannot is addicted.

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl
Date: August 8, 2005 at 11:18:24 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

i’m as dumb as i sound in my postings, ron
—– Original Message —–
From: Matthew Shriver
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 9:37 AM
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl

I had always been sold that too.  But I couldn’t imagine that a drug that lasted several times longer than methadone would have a less severe withdrawal. But since I never got on it (bup that is), and I was pretty well suspicious of it from the start, I never bothered finding out about it chemical action in the brain, which I have heard more recently is somewhat different than opiate agonists.  But I was told all kinds of things about methadone that turned out not to be true also so I just sort of dismissed buprenorphine as another attempt at controlling addicts rather than helping them get clean.
From: Ron Davis [mailto:rwd3@cox.net] 
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 8:29 AM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl

I think oxy w/d’s last longer because of the chemical make up.  it is a long lasting drug, designed that way.  w/d’s can last weeks.  heroin would be a step down drug in terms of w/d’s . having said that,  is bup or sub more difficult to get off than heroin?  i know methadone is a bitch,  bup was sold to me by a doc that presented it as a warm puppy, i guess since one doesn’t get high, that was easily bought by me but know i’m hearing it is very problematic.  i’m tapering and seeking advice on how to do so w/ minimal pain.  i was on oxys, the doc put me on pure oxy w/o the contin part then i went to bup.  i think i was mislead as research on w/d’s and product literature downplayed the w/d’s.  ron
—– Original Message —–
From: HSLotsof@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl

That doesn’t answer the question.  Can anyone respond to the question of the question of a comparison of withdrawal signs of heroin and oxycontin?

Howard

In a message dated 8/7/05 10:10:27 PM, rwd3@cox.net writes:
pure hell, plastic , longlasting, stay away


—– Original Message —–

From: matthew zielinski

To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 6:18 PM

Subject: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl







Hi all
Anybody know if the withdrawl from oxycontin is worse than wd from junk>? 
 
Namaste<><><>Namaste
                Matthew
From: “Matthew Shriver” <matt@itsupport.net>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl
Date: August 8, 2005 at 10:37:14 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I had always been sold that too.  But I couldn’t imagine that a drug that lasted several times longer than methadone would have a less severe withdrawal. But since I never got on it (bup that is), and I was pretty well suspicious of it from the start, I never bothered finding out about it chemical action in the brain, which I have heard more recently is somewhat different than opiate agonists.  But I was told all kinds of things about methadone that turned out not to be true also so I just sort of dismissed buprenorphine as another attempt at controlling addicts rather than helping them get clean.
From: Ron Davis [mailto:rwd3@cox.net] 
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 8:29 AM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl

I think oxy w/d’s last longer because of the chemical make up.  it is a long lasting drug, designed that way.  w/d’s can last weeks.  heroin would be a step down drug in terms of w/d’s . having said that,  is bup or sub more difficult to get off than heroin?  i know methadone is a bitch,  bup was sold to me by a doc that presented it as a warm puppy, i guess since one doesn’t get high, that was easily bought by me but know i’m hearing it is very problematic.  i’m tapering and seeking advice on how to do so w/ minimal pain.  i was on oxys, the doc put me on pure oxy w/o the contin part then i went to bup.  i think i was mislead as research on w/d’s and product literature downplayed the w/d’s.  ron
—– Original Message —–
From: HSLotsof@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl

That doesn’t answer the question.  Can anyone respond to the question of the question of a comparison of withdrawal signs of heroin and oxycontin?

Howard

In a message dated 8/7/05 10:10:27 PM, rwd3@cox.net writes:
pure hell, plastic , longlasting, stay away


—– Original Message —–

From: matthew zielinski

To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 6:18 PM

Subject: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl







Hi all
Anybody know if the withdrawl from oxycontin is worse than wd from junk>? 
 
Namaste<><><>Namaste
                Matthew
From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl
Date: August 8, 2005 at 10:28:50 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I think oxy w/d’s last longer because of the chemical make up.  it is a long lasting drug, designed that way.  w/d’s can last weeks.  heroin would be a step down drug in terms of w/d’s . having said that,  is bup or sub more difficult to get off than heroin?  i know methadone is a bitch,  bup was sold to me by a doc that presented it as a warm puppy, i guess since one doesn’t get high, that was easily bought by me but know i’m hearing it is very problematic.  i’m tapering and seeking advice on how to do so w/ minimal pain.  i was on oxys, the doc put me on pure oxy w/o the contin part then i went to bup.  i think i was mislead as research on w/d’s and product literature downplayed the w/d’s.  ron
—– Original Message —–
From: HSLotsof@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl

That doesn’t answer the question.  Can anyone respond to the question of the question of a comparison of withdrawal signs of heroin and oxycontin?

Howard

In a message dated 8/7/05 10:10:27 PM, rwd3@cox.net writes:

pure hell, plastic , longlasting, stay away

—– Original Message —–

From: matthew zielinski

To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 6:18 PM

Subject: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl

Hi all
Anybody know if the withdrawl from oxycontin is worse than wd from junk>?

Namaste<><><>Namaste
Matthew

From: shelley krupa <skrupa20022002@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl
Date: August 8, 2005 at 9:53:03 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hi Yall,Yes I agree with Randy ,the withdrawal from oxy’s is longer due to the longer 1/2 life
, but certainly nothing like sub or methadone!Wish you well ,so sorry youre struggling Randy, better than using -everything was a struggle then -eh? love shell
BiscuitBoy714@aol.com wrote:
One more thing. I am talking about the serious withdrawal symtoms here. We all know that kicking can last for weeks on anything. Depends on a lot of different things. What I am refering to in my last post is the major withdrawal shit we go through, not the little stuff. O by the way, and I know that you know this, Ibogaine has no equal in taking MOST of the major and the minor symtoms.         Randy

From: BiscuitBoy714@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] OT rant about my bad luck
Date: August 8, 2005 at 6:36:58 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Well, it was my birthday on the 7th. I went to see my Momma and take care of some things, almost like a responsible person would do. I had a great time at my Mom’s and slept like a baby with the tree frogs singin’ in harmony around me. On the way home my car fucks up bad. I can’t believe I made it back to Erie. It’s something kind of major in the front end. In the last 2 weeks I have had some pretty bad fuckin’ luck. Somebody tell me this will end soon. Aren’t bad things supposed to happen in three’s. I think I am at about one hundred and five. Actually I think that this may be the third really bad thing that has happened. Of course this is my perspective, a lot of yall might say that what has happened aint no big thing. Fuck it, I’m going on with life, I can’t worry about what is next. Love and life to everyone               Randy

From: BiscuitBoy714@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl
Date: August 8, 2005 at 6:23:39 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

One more thing. I am talking about the serious withdrawal symtoms here. We all know that kicking can last for weeks on anything. Depends on a lot of different things. What I am refering to in my last post is the major withdrawal shit we go through, not the little stuff. O by the way, and I know that you know this, Ibogaine has no equal in taking MOST of the major and the minor symtoms.         Randy

From: BiscuitBoy714@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl
Date: August 8, 2005 at 5:54:12 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Matt, I have experienced both. More than once, hell more than thrice. It all sucks but in my humble opinion oxy’s are a bit worse. They have a longer half life even when you defeat the time release as much as you can. For me, oxy’s lasted at least 2 or 3 days longer than a heroin withdrawal. Of course this depends on the habit, ie. how long the person was taking the oxy’s and how much. The heroin kicks were meaner but didn’t last near as long. I kicked oxy’s in the hospital and at home. Heroin too, but none of it worked like the Ibogaine. I really didn’t start getting dope sick bad for 2 days after stopping the oxy’s. It was 12 hours with heroin. The duratuion of the withdrawal on oxy’s was about a week. 3 or 4 days with heroin for me. I guess it was how long kicking lasted that got me with the oxy’s. I can be such a pussy when it comes to kicking. Hope this helps.         Randy

From: HSLotsof@aol.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] UN ibogaine 1969
Date: August 8, 2005 at 1:33:41 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Going back in time, a technical article published by the United Nations
Office of Drugs and Crime

p://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/bulletin/bulletin_1969-01-01_1_page005.html

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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fwd: 10th Planet Discovered
Date: August 8, 2005 at 12:07:16 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Thankyee thank yee!!!
Have you read a book called “The Gods of Eden” ?
I can’t for the life of me remember who wrote it, but if you can find
it, check it out…
Sorry it took so long to get back to you, been working my little
hoofies to the quick!
More soon- love
tink

On 8/2/05, Jeff Gallop <jeffgallop@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey Tinkerbell…ya ever here of the 12th planet books and theories…heres
a quick link to some stuff
http://www.crystalinks.com/nibiru.html
Freak Spacey
jeff

On 7/30/05, tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com> wrote:

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NASA Science News for July 29, 2005

Astronomers have found a new world bigger than Pluto in the outer
reaches of the solar system.

FULL STORY at

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From: Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl
Date: August 7, 2005 at 11:10:45 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Haven’t used the drug mentioned, I’m assuming opiate based…. In my experience…anything IV’d and not drunk (ie methadone, poppy seed tea) seems to have a shorter detox.. around a week as opposed to three weeks for done and poppy seed.  Have a friend who is keen to convert to iv for a period of time then try the detox, out of interest …available veins probably being the big hurdle for that one.
Kirk xx
From: HSLotsof@aol.com [mailto:HSLotsof@aol.com] 
Sent: Monday, 8 August 2005 2:47 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl

That doesn’t answer the question.  Can anyone respond to the question of the question of a comparison of withdrawal signs of heroin and oxycontin?

Howard

In a message dated 8/7/05 10:10:27 PM, rwd3@cox.net writes:
pure hell, plastic , longlasting, stay away


—– Original Message —–

From: matthew zielinski

To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 6:18 PM

Subject: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl







Hi all
Anybody know if the withdrawl from oxycontin is worse than wd from junk>? 
 
Namaste<><><>Namaste
                Matthew
From: HSLotsof@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl
Date: August 7, 2005 at 10:46:30 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

That doesn’t answer the question.  Can anyone respond to the question of the question of a comparison of withdrawal signs of heroin and oxycontin?

Howard

In a message dated 8/7/05 10:10:27 PM, rwd3@cox.net writes:

pure hell, plastic , longlasting, stay away

—– Original Message —–

From: matthew zielinski

To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 6:18 PM

Subject: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl

Hi all
Anybody know if the withdrawl from oxycontin is worse than wd from junk>?

Namaste<><><>Namaste
Matthew

From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl
Date: August 7, 2005 at 10:01:55 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

pure hell, plastic , longlasting, stay away
—– Original Message —–
From: matthew zielinski
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 6:18 PM
Subject: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl

Hi all
Anybody know if the withdrawl from oxycontin is worse than wd from junk>?

Namaste<><><>Namaste
Matthew

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From: “matthew zielinski” <mattzielinski@hotmail.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] oxycontin withdrawl
Date: August 7, 2005 at 7:18:32 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hi all
Anybody know if the withdrawl from oxycontin is worse than wd from junk>?

Namaste<><><>Namaste
Matthew

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From: HSLotsof@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Emery’s real crime in the eyes of the DEA
Date: August 7, 2005 at 4:06:21 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Dana,

A very important communications re the DEA (see below).  What is needed is a
PDF copy for distribution of the original and hopefully it was a signed
statement.

Howard

In a message dated 8/5/05 4:40:54 PM, dana@phantom.com writes:

<<
Hello All,

Well…apparently our government indeed is trying to stop not only
supposed
‘criminal’ activity, but also the legal/legislative efforts to
change
cannabis laws.

Here is the smoking gun statement from DEA proving it IS political:

“Today’s arrest of Mark (sic) Scott Emery, publisher of Cannabis
Culture magazine and the founder of a marijuana legalization group,
is a significant blow not only to the marijuana trafficking trade in
the U.S. and Canada, but also to the marijuana legalization
movement.”

“Hundreds of thousands of dollars of Emery’s illicit profits are
known to have been channeled to marijuana legalization groups active
in the United States and Canada. Drug legalization lobbyists now
have
one less pot of money to rely on.”

–Karen P. Tandy, Administrator of the Drug Enforcement
Administration
(DEA) >>

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From: Mason Shipley <maseshipley@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogiane related news in July MAPS newsletter
Date: August 7, 2005 at 3:02:21 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Without making any judgments against anyone I wanted to say that what
Matthew brought up is true. I’m doing my best to be accepting because
that is what I’ve found here, acceptance of almost anything and anyone
but my background and sobriety started in the rooms. Chronically
smoking marijuana or doing psychedelics every time something is
bothering you, are considered to be drug abuse as much as anyone doing
heroin or smoking crack. The “medical marijuana movement” and weirdoes
who go to burning man and think doing mdma is the answer to every
problem that comes your way (and yes I understand they are two
distinct groups), are considered by most people in recovery or doctors
dealing with addiction, to be part of the problem not the solution.

The medical marijuana movement and psychedelics movement as typified
by the drug marathon of burning man and mdma heads from maps and
dancesafe, taking ibogaine and appropriating it into their own agendas
does nothing except attach all the stigmas associated with those
groups to ibogaine. Drug addicts who continue doing drugs promoting
ibogaine as the solution to drug addiction.

The DEA was clear about their opinions on medical marijuana with the
arrest of mark emery. I had never heard of mark emery before being on
this list, all I get out of reading the headlines is a multi
millionaire pot dealer was arrested. I should care about this why and
it’s different from the crack dealer down the street or a exstacy lab
being shut down in what way?

My interest is recovery from drug abuse, not hearing rich drug dealers
and drug abusers rationalizing why drug abuse is ok for everyone. This
is called denial. From the tone of your writing I gather you are used
to talking to those who are part of your subcultures, most people are
not and do not want to be any more then they want to move into a
crackhouse.

To add my own two cents I believe drug abuse is a disease and not a
choice and arresting millions for a disease is vengeance not health
care or justice. I also believe marijuana especially should be
legalized and is not the same thing as smoking crack and certainly no
more harmful then alcohol which is legal, there are more people in AA
then all the other groups combined. Legal doesn’t mean it’s not drug
abuse, but you don’t get arrested for going to the liquor store or
bar.

My personal opinion on marijuana doesn’t change the facts in any other
part of my message.

-Mase

On 8/6/05, Matthew Shriver <matt@itsupport.net> wrote:

________________________________

From: Dana Beal [mailto:dana@phantom.com]
Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 4:31 PM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogiane related news in July MAPS newsletter

We had some one from the conference at Alex Grey’s would bugged Patrick to
get her a dose of ibogaine to–get this!–treat her pot dependency.

I just had to comment on this.  I gather from the tone that you consider
marijuana addiction to be a sort of non-existent ailment.  I know you didn’t
actually say that so I may be misreading you.  But I know people who have
gone to great lengths to stop smoking pot, even to the extent of
substituting harder drugs like heroin.  And I would say that there is no
question that such a thing as marijuana addiction exists.  If addiction is
defined by an inability to control your actions by exercising your own will,
than anyone who smokes pot and wants to stop but cannot is addicted.

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] (WAY OT) Re: [Ibogaine] protein and mushrooms
Date: August 7, 2005 at 2:35:59 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I’ll make ya a deal ok? YOU explain MEN to women, and I’ll just sit here and
laugh cos there really is nothing to explain hahahahahahaha,<

Men are perfect in every way. Isn’t that obvious to you women?
Oh, hold on, that’s not right, Some men are perfect in every way, and others aren’t.
Or something.
But those who’ve done ibogaine walk around (or at least this one does) and see reminders of ibogaine voyaging CONSTANTLY. I am reminded every single day by something or other of voyaging, and it’s weird. I mean it, it can be nothing so muich as seeing something out of the corner of my eye and suddenly, for just a nanosecond, I’m full on seeing something out of my memory of a voyage. Very bizzare.

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: “Kirk” <captkirk@clear.net.nz>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 4:48 AM
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] (WAY OT) Re: [Ibogaine] protein and mushrooms

Pointing and Laughing her head off @Preston!!
I’ll make ya a deal ok? YOU explain MEN to women, and I’ll just sit here and
laugh cos there really is nothing to explain hahahahahahaha,
Anyway, would love to help you out… but I’m the Anti-woman…not into all
that girly stuff, and shopping, fark off… rather die, and makeup, apart
from the odd eyeliner and mascara which I do think make the eyes of either
sex stand out incredibly…..and um……
Yeh, sorry mate, I’m not your man…. or woman!!
Heh, sounds like you guyz are having a good one!!  I bet the E sorted out
the women problem pretty quick??? Lol
May your chocolate mushrooms last as long as the sex :o)
Giggle
Kirk

—–Original Message—–
From: Preston Peet [mailto:ptpeet@nyc.rr.com]
Sent: Monday, 1 August 2005 7:52 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] (WAY OT) Re: [Ibogaine] protein and mushrooms

and will someone PLEASE FREAKIN’ EXPLAIN WOMEN TI ME? PLEASE? I’m not
yelling, really, I’m calm, rational, high as a kite but rational, but
someone, anyone, please just EXPLAIN WOMEN TO ME! Damn it!
Why do they ALL have to be so darned, whatever it is they are at any given
moment in time?

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often
mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations,
Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 2:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] protein and mushrooms

Hey, and not only is sex on chocolate mushrooms awesome, but taking that
tct-2 the very next night and listening to V do her djing behind me while
I sit here in the dark tripping…ummm, what was I saying, oh yeah, that
I’ve had sitting around the arpartment since I first did ibogaine is
pretty cool too (but I only HAD ONE AND IT’S GONE AND SO ARE ANY OTHER
ILLEGAL DRUGS. They are ALL GONE NOW, so please don’t come by feds, I have

NOTHING ILLEGAL IN MY HOME. I Promise Seriously. I ate it all now, it’s
all gone).
‘-)
Cyrpitism while tipping, how cool is that, and my typing sorta makes
sense too, even if what I’m actually typing doesn’t.

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often
mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations,
Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: “Kirk” <captkirk@clear.net.nz>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 12:03 AM
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] protein and mushrooms

What I think he’s trying to tell us is that…..um….no scratch that, I
have no idea what he’s on about.  Such a cryptic person non?  Never know
what he’s saying!!
;o)
Lirky

—–Original Message—–
From: tink [mailto:tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, 1 August 2005 2:08 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] protein and mushrooms

Are you trying to tell us something, here, Preston?
;}
you go…
love
tink

On 7/31/05, Preston Peet <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
I don’t know actually, but I can say with very recent experience that
chocolate mushroom candies and sex go great together- incredibly great
together actually. Really, really, really great together.

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often
mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations,
Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —–
From: “tink” <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 1:16 AM
Subject: [Ibogaine] protein and mushrooms

Does any one know hat sort, if any, of proteins are in mushrooms? The
garden salad variety…
Thank you
tink
My dad is horribly allergic…researching

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogiane related news in July MAPS newsletter
Date: August 7, 2005 at 1:57:50 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Dana< I think it ‘ll always be around, right or wrong.  I just wish i could get off all the crap I take as it’s slowly killing me, ron
—– Original Message —–
From: Dana Beal
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 5:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogiane related news in July MAPS newsletter

Yeah, it puts a strain on the heart. We knew that.

In the instant case the patient, herself a nurse practicianer, begged to be treated. Against the best instincts of the staff, she signed every possible release indemnifying them against liability. That didn’t do any good when she died 5 days after the treatment, of course. According to NIDA, any death of anyone who’s taken ibogaine–no matter how long after their last treatment–is an ibogaine-related fatality.

For people with heart problems, we have to just say no. At least until Ibogaine is more widely accepted. And we should focus availability on drug-dependency–which gives us a medical leg to stand on if and when some one does die. In such cases, we can always argue that we were acting to avert a statistically much greater probability that they would die if they continued their addiction.

So–just say no to psychedelic tourists!

We had some one from the conference at Alex Grey’s would bugged Patrick to get her a dose of ibogaine to–get this!–treat her pot dependency. We told her it doesn’t work for that; and that anyway, if we had any influence in the matter, all doses of ibogaine were going to wind up in bona fide hard drug addicts. One week later she announced that she had a new job working for Robert Morgenthau’s campaign. (You remember, the Morgenthau who’s pals wi. Montell Williams, the one whose office prosecuted Howard Lotsof in 1966?)

So maybe they were testing us. If all of you restrict access to addicts, no one will end up selling a narc a take-home dose to take back to the crime-lab. This is a consideration not only in the U.S., Belgium, Switzerland, Denmark and Sweden–but also wherever the DEA can make a claim to be stopping “narco-terrorism.”

Since Ibogaine threatens what Burroughs called “the Junk Pyramid” everywhere, it’s only a matter of time before Sensenbrenner or Souder or one of those midwest republican nut-jobs decides that Ibogaine is per se terrorism, inasmuchas preserving such pyramids is at the heart of Bush’s economic strategy. Check out “Patriot Act: House Reauthorization Includes New “Narcoterrorism” Offense” http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/398/patriot1.shtml

Face it: to the 51% who voted in the last election to sustain the U.S. seizure of the Iragi oilfields, Ibogaine is Un-American.

It’s narco-terrorist for the same reasons as medical marijuana–They are terrified that their kids, based on the facts, are going to come over to our side, and that they’re going to lose politically what they could not lose on the battlefield, like they did in Vietnam. Always remember, Watergate put an end to Nixon’s Drug War–until Reagan got in again. All we have to do this time around is to hold out until disaster sweeps Bush and his drug warriors into the abyss.

Dana/cnw

On Aug 6, 2005, at 12:19 PM, Nick Sandberg wrote:

—–Original Message—–
From: Boris [mailto:bleshins@bigpond.net.au]
Sent: 30 July 2005 10:40
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] Ibogiane related news in July MAPS newsletter

[cut]

12. Ibogaine Association Clinic Re-opened After Death of Patient In the
last Bulletin, I reported that the Ibogaine Association
<http://www.ibogaine-therapy.net/>, a small clinic in Tijuana, Mexico
had unexpectedly shut down on January 21, 2005, causing data collection
to come to a halt for MAPS ibogaine outcome study. The cause for this
sudden closure was a patient who died after taking ibogaine. At the time
the Bulletin went to press, the autopsy report had not yet been released
from the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office, and so MAPS
postponed releasing this information until the cause of death was known.
On June 6, 2005, we received a copy of the autopsy report. It stated
that the patient died of natural causes, a heart attack, unrelated to
ibogaine administration. This patient was not in good health at the time
of treatment, and suffered from fibromyalgia and chronic opiate pain
medication dependency, which probably contributed to this patient’s
death. The clinic closed briefly after the incident, and then re-opened
several weeks later after making several staff and procedural changes.
An additional MD from Mexico and a Naturopathic Doctor from the US have
been added to the staff in order to increase the presence of medical
personnel, and more emergency medical equipment is now in place in case
of future need. At this time, MAPS has not made a decision on whether to
resume ibogaine research at the Ibogaine Association or to focus our
efforts on the Iboga Therapy House in Vancouver. Go to the MAPS ibogaine
page to track developments on this project:
<http://www.maps.org/ibogaine/>

Is there an emerging pattern of heart-related fatalities around ibogaine
use? It seems to me this might be the case from what I hear. Anyone else any
thoughts?

Nick

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] dancing bwiti kills my self (ibo & nightlife pt II) ron to sch…
Date: August 7, 2005 at 1:36:23 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

do you mind off list?
—– Original Message —–
From: Schmoolyboy@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 11:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] dancing bwiti kills my self (ibo & nightlife pt II) ron to sch…

Hang in there Ron. You will eventually make it. call me if you need my help

From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] dancing bwiti kills my self (ibo & nightlife pt II) ron to sch…
Date: August 7, 2005 at 1:34:59 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

you trailoring or riding? ron  what are the dates?.  have ’03 road king police bike, not paid for
—– Original Message —–
From: Schmoolyboy@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 11:23 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] dancing bwiti kills my self (ibo & nightlife pt II) ron to sch…

I will be on a 3 week motorcycle trip. If anyone from the group is going to be in Sturgis S. Dakota for the rally, let me know on this list. Would like to meet.

From: Schmoolyboy@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] dancing bwiti kills my self (ibo & nightlife pt II) ron to sch…
Date: August 7, 2005 at 12:23:02 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I will be on a 3 week motorcycle trip. If anyone from the group is going to be in Sturgis S. Dakota for the rally, let me know on this list. Would like to meet.

From: Schmoolyboy@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] dancing bwiti kills my self (ibo & nightlife pt II)
Date: August 7, 2005 at 12:17:31 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I never heard of it either. I thought it would be similar to 2 CB. I went to erowid and its there. Check it out at WWW.erowid.com.

Anyone who hasn’t seen erowid’s site, should check it out.

From: Schmoolyboy@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] dancing bwiti kills my self (ibo & nightlife pt II) ron to sch…
Date: August 7, 2005 at 12:14:23 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hang in there Ron. You will eventually make it. call me if you need my help

From: “Nick Sandberg” <nick227@tiscali.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Ibogiane related news in July MAPS newsletter
Date: August 7, 2005 at 5:39:34 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Dana,

I know people who’ve spontaneously cut down on smoking hash or grass after an ibogaine session. I figure if the behaviour is addictive then ibogaine will try and help someone look at it. Personally, I’ve also no doubt that marijuana can be addictive.

Nick

—–Original Message—–
From: Dana Beal [mailto:dana@phantom.com]
Sent: 07 August 2005 04:34
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogiane related news in July MAPS newsletter

Hmmm… Well, I’m only stating the well-known fact that ibogaine doesn’t seem to affect marijuana like it does heroin, cocaine, speed, cigarettes, etc. I’m not going to get didactic here about neuro-mechanism. The point is that the nMDA antagonism of the cannabidiol cancels out the build-up of tolerance to THC. Very important for MMJ patients. And this Morgenthau staffer doesn”t get it. You should hear what they did t o this patient!

O well.

Dana/cnw

On Aug 6, 2005, at 11:19 PM, Matthew Shriver wrote:

From: Dana Beal [mailto:dana@phantom.com]
Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 4:31 PM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogiane related news in July MAPS newsletter

We had some one from the conference at Alex Grey’s would bugged Patrick to get her a dose of ibogaine to–get this!–treat her pot dependency.

I just had to comment on this.  I gather from the tone that you consider marijuana addiction to be a sort of non-existent ailment.  I know you didn’t actually say that so I may be misreading you.  But I know people who have gone to great lengths to stop smoking pot, even to the extent of substituting harder drugs like heroin.  And I would say that there is no question that such a thing as marijuana addiction exists.  If addiction is defined by an inability to control your actions by exercising your own will, than anyone who smokes pot and wants to stop but cannot is addicted.

From: Dana Beal <dana@phantom.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogiane related news in July MAPS newsletter
Date: August 6, 2005 at 11:34:08 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hmmm… Well, I’m only stating the well-known fact that ibogaine doesn’t seem to affect marijuana like it does heroin, cocaine, speed, cigarettes, etc. I’m not going to get didactic here about neuro-mechanism. The point is that the nMDA antagonism of the cannabidiol cancels out the build-up of tolerance to THC. Very important for MMJ patients. And this Morgenthau staffer doesn”t get it. You should hear what they did t o this patient!

O well.

Dana/cnw

On Aug 6, 2005, at 11:19 PM, Matthew Shriver wrote:

From: Dana Beal [mailto:dana@phantom.com]
Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 4:31 PM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogiane related news in July MAPS newsletter

We had some one from the conference at Alex Grey’s would bugged Patrick to get her a dose of ibogaine to–get this!–treat her pot dependency.

I just had to comment on this.  I gather from the tone that you consider marijuana addiction to be a sort of non-existent ailment.  I know you didn’t actually say that so I may be misreading you.  But I know people who have gone to great lengths to stop smoking pot, even to the extent of substituting harder drugs like heroin.  And I would say that there is no question that such a thing as marijuana addiction exists.  If addiction is defined by an inability to control your actions by exercising your own will, than anyone who smokes pot and wants to stop but cannot is addicted.

From: “Matthew Shriver” <matt@itsupport.net>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Ibogiane related news in July MAPS newsletter
Date: August 6, 2005 at 11:19:17 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

 

From: Dana Beal [mailto:dana@phantom.com] 
Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 4:31 PM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogiane related news in July MAPS newsletter
We had some one from the conference at Alex Grey’s would bugged Patrick to get her a dose of ibogaine to–get this!–treat her pot dependency.
I just had to comment on this.  I gather from the tone that you consider marijuana addiction to be a sort of non-existent ailment.  I know you didn’t actually say that so I may be misreading you.  But I know people who have gone to great lengths to stop smoking pot, even to the extent of substituting harder drugs like heroin.  And I would say that there is no question that such a thing as marijuana addiction exists.  If addiction is defined by an inability to control your actions by exercising your own will, than anyone who smokes pot and wants to stop but cannot is addicted.

From: “Matthew Shriver” <matt@itsupport.net>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Re: [Ibogaine Matt and the rooms
Date: August 6, 2005 at 11:09:02 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

You sound like your experiences are very similar to mine.  I can see a lot of similarities in what you shared and what I have gone through myself in terms of the evolution of my spirituality.  I’m still an NA guy, pretty much all the way, but I have recently come to see where my beliefs diverge radically from the rest of the NA community, and that is around the very drug this list is based on.  In NA all drugs are lumped together, fairly or not.  I had always, and still do, consider hallucinogens to be undeserving of being in the same category with alcohol, cocaine, and heroin.  But I also have personal experience with taking acid addictively when nothing else was readily available.  I mean who takes acid every day for a week?  And the tolerance builds daily so I was eating like 20 hits by the last day.  But even so I have always felt differently about those drugs.  And my feelings around ibogaine are even more radical.  I consider it a powerful way to increase, amplify, cleanse, (not sure what is the right term here) my spirit.  In fact I consider its effects to be very spiritual in nature.  But drugs are generally considered “artificial spirituality” in NA.  People have actually told me that they believe that if I were to take ibogaine again now that I am clean, some aspect of my addiction could take hold and I could find myself getting loaded on crack or heroin again.  This is absurd to me, but I can understand where they get the notion.  At any rate, one thing I have learned about myself in recovery and from my experiences with drugs in general is that I want to get underneath the surface reality of this universe and get down with whatever is really going on.  I mean, if there is a spiritual buzz to be had, I freaking want it.  I don’t want to settle for good enough when there is a deeper connection available.  And so that is what I am about these days. Well that and rock climbing and mountain biking…
Matt
From: BiscuitBoy714@aol.com [mailto:BiscuitBoy714@aol.com] 
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 7:27 AM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] Re: [Ibogaine Matt and the rooms

Matt, I have twice now started E mails to you about the steps and spirituality and been interrupted. I won’t stop now until I’m done, barring an earthquake or an aneurism or some asshole holding me up with a pellet gun. HeHe  Anyway, I’ve been reading here, just not posting much, and I’ve seen a lot of similarities between what you are saying and what I was saying about this time last year. I was an AA/NA guy for about 10 years. I still go but I’m not full tilt a program guy anymore. I know one thing, when I started praying, (even when I didn’t know how) things got easier for me to accept. Good and bad. I didn’t know what to call my higher power or anything, I just started praying because I had no more alternitives. I tried to do the program without having God in the equation and that didn’t work. I tried just praying without having the 12 step program along with it and that didn’t work either. When I finally did both together something clicked. I’m not saying that all my shit went away, it was just a lot easier to deal with. I struggled with what to call my higher power for a little while and finally decided to call him/her God. I don’t think that the name is all that important, for me it was letting something other than my own will help me through the tough times. I found some faith. Faith and acceptence are the two most important things that I got from the whole thing. When I realized that I wasn’t responsible for the follies of the world and that God would help me to at least be able to get through those tough times without having to get so buttered that I nodded out dinner, I finally got a little happier. That’s all I want out of life anymore. I want to be happy, and I want to help people. I’m getting that done now. I fuck up sometimes, hell who doesn’t? I just wanted to say that I’m with you dude. I know how you feel, I think. You seem to be a little more introspective than I am, but we are a lot alike. Your a little smarter than I am, but I know how it is to try and figure out all these intangibles in life. I saw your comparison (I wish I could find the spill chigger on this thing, ’cause I kan’t spell rite) to the rooms yesterday and it hit me right between the eye’s. It was almost exactly what I was saying right after I did my Ibogaine treatment. People come and go but the old timers stay here and try and help. I see it all the time. I don’t know if I’m an old timer or what, but I know that I want to help any way that I can. Your quest for spitituality show’s me how deep you are and how much you want to live life to the fullest. You ROCK dude. Post more, your helping me out too.  Love and life to ya my friend.        Randy

From: BiscuitBoy714@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogiane related news in July MAPS newsletter
Date: August 6, 2005 at 7:24:25 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Dana, kind of funny you should say something about not selling a take home dose to a narc. I had something interesting happen to me in the last couple of days. A lady got hold of me off list and told me she was glad I didn’t get hurt when I was robbed and so forth and introduced herself, told me about a family member with a drug problem and then asked me for info on getting treated, ie. cost, location, and so on. I emailed her back and said that it was illegal in the US but that I would be glad to help her find treatment outside of the US that night if she wanted me to and I would get back with her because I was busy right then. I got no reply from her and now her computer won’t except any E mails from me. I know I’m paronoid but it sure seems like she was fishing for info on getting some Ibogaine in the US. I got treated by the underground but I have no idea where those guys are now. See, here we go again with what an addict has to go through to get Ibogaine treatment in the US. This is bullshit. We should be able to go to the doctor and get help with our addiction. I hope I’m wrong and I hope this lady gets the help that she needs for her family member.     Randy

From: Dana Beal <dana@phantom.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogiane related news in July MAPS newsletter
Date: August 6, 2005 at 6:30:35 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Yeah, it puts a strain on the heart. We knew that.

In the instant case the patient, herself a nurse practicianer, begged to be treated. Against the best instincts of the staff, she signed every possible release indemnifying them against liability. That didn’t do any good when she died 5 days after the treatment, of course. According to NIDA, any death of anyone who’s taken ibogaine–no matter how long after their last treatment–is an ibogaine-related fatality.

For people with heart problems, we have to just say no. At least until Ibogaine is more widely accepted. And we should focus availability on drug-dependency–which gives us a medical leg to stand on if and when some one does die. In such cases, we can always argue that we were acting to avert a statistically much greater probability that they would die if they continued their addiction.

So–just say no to psychedelic tourists!

We had some one from the conference at Alex Grey’s would bugged Patrick to get her a dose of ibogaine to–get this!–treat her pot dependency. We told her it doesn’t work for that; and that anyway, if we had any influence in the matter, all doses of ibogaine were going to wind up in bona fide hard drug addicts. One week later she announced that she had a new job working for Robert Morgenthau’s campaign. (You remember, the Morgenthau who’s pals wi. Montell Williams, the one whose office prosecuted Howard Lotsof in 1966?)

So maybe they were testing us. If all of you restrict access to addicts, no one will end up selling a narc a take-home dose to take back to the crime-lab. This is a consideration not only in the U.S., Belgium, Switzerland, Denmark and Sweden–but also wherever the DEA can make a claim to be stopping “narco-terrorism.”

Since Ibogaine threatens what Burroughs called “the Junk Pyramid” everywhere,  it’s only a matter of time before Sensenbrenner or Souder or one of those midwest republican nut-jobs decides that Ibogaine is per se terrorism, inasmuchas preserving such pyramids is at the heart of Bush’s economic strategy.  Check out “Patriot Act: House Reauthorization Includes New “Narcoterrorism” Offense” http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/398/patriot1.shtml

Face it: to the 51% who voted in the last election to sustain the U.S. seizure of the Iragi oilfields, Ibogaine is Un-American.

It’s narco-terrorist for the same reasons as medical marijuana–They are terrified that their kids, based on the facts, are going to come over to our side, and that they’re going to lose politically what they could not lose on the battlefield, like they did in Vietnam. Always remember, Watergate put an end to Nixon’s Drug War–until Reagan got in again. All we have to do this time around is to hold out until disaster sweeps Bush and his drug warriors into the abyss.

Dana/cnw

On Aug 6, 2005, at 12:19 PM, Nick Sandberg wrote:

—–Original Message—–
From: Boris [mailto:bleshins@bigpond.net.au]
Sent: 30 July 2005 10:40
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] Ibogiane related news in July MAPS newsletter

[cut]

12. Ibogaine Association Clinic Re-opened After Death of Patient In the
last Bulletin, I reported that the Ibogaine Association
<http://www.ibogaine-therapy.net/>, a small clinic in Tijuana, Mexico
had unexpectedly shut down on January 21, 2005, causing data collection
to come to a halt for MAPS ibogaine outcome study. The cause for this
sudden closure was a patient who died after taking ibogaine. At the time
the Bulletin went to press, the autopsy report had not yet been released
from the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office, and so MAPS
postponed releasing this information until the cause of death was known.
On June 6, 2005, we received a copy of the autopsy report. It stated
that the patient died of natural causes, a heart attack, unrelated to
ibogaine administration. This patient was not in good health at the time
of treatment, and suffered from fibromyalgia and chronic opiate pain
medication dependency, which probably contributed to this patient’s
death. The clinic closed briefly after the incident, and then re-opened
several weeks later after making several staff and procedural changes.
An additional MD from Mexico and a Naturopathic Doctor from the US have
been added to the staff in order to increase the presence of medical
personnel, and more emergency medical equipment is now in place in case
of future need. At this time, MAPS has not made a decision on whether to
resume ibogaine research at the Ibogaine Association or to focus our
efforts on the Iboga Therapy House in Vancouver. Go to the MAPS ibogaine
page to track developments on this project:
<http://www.maps.org/ibogaine/>

Is there an emerging pattern of heart-related fatalities around ibogaine
use? It seems to me this might be the case from what I hear. Anyone else any
thoughts?

Nick

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From: BiscuitBoy714@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] dancing bwiti kills my self (ibo & nightlife pt II)
Date: August 6, 2005 at 4:44:48 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Schmooly, I am curious. What is 2-C-l and what is it’s effect? Isn’t it some kind off sedative?Or has sedative effects? I quit doing field tests on new drugs and I want to know what this one is. I’m sorry about your friend dude, some things happen that just can’t be explained well no matter how you look at it.             Randy

From: HSLotsof@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogiane related news in July MAPS newsletter
Date: August 6, 2005 at 3:30:27 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

In a message dated 8/6/05 12:48:03 PM, nick227@tiscali.co.uk writes:

<< Is there an emerging pattern of heart-related fatalities around ibogaine
use? It seems to me this might be the case from what I hear. Anyone else any
thoughts? >>

Hi Nick,

1) You have at least two fatalities with prior cardiac disorders and that is
why cardiac disorders are red flagged.  2) Additionally, Jeffry Kamlet, MD ,
the attending physician from St. Kitts has presented on QT prolongation in a
minority of patients, possibly 1/2 of 1%.  None of these have been reported to
have resulted in fatalities but, Jeff is a cardiologist and they give him
concern.  My understanding, and possibly I may be corrected if wrong, is that the
rate of these irregularities is no different in the ibogaine treated population
than in the non-ibogaine treated population.

Howard

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From: “Nick Sandberg” <nick227@tiscali.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Ibogiane related news in July MAPS newsletter
Date: August 6, 2005 at 12:19:20 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

—–Original Message—–
From: Boris [mailto:bleshins@bigpond.net.au]
Sent: 30 July 2005 10:40
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] Ibogiane related news in July MAPS newsletter

[cut]

12. Ibogaine Association Clinic Re-opened After Death of Patient In the
last Bulletin, I reported that the Ibogaine Association
<http://www.ibogaine-therapy.net/>, a small clinic in Tijuana, Mexico
had unexpectedly shut down on January 21, 2005, causing data collection
to come to a halt for MAPS ibogaine outcome study. The cause for this
sudden closure was a patient who died after taking ibogaine. At the time
the Bulletin went to press, the autopsy report had not yet been released
from the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office, and so MAPS
postponed releasing this information until the cause of death was known.
On June 6, 2005, we received a copy of the autopsy report. It stated
that the patient died of natural causes, a heart attack, unrelated to
ibogaine administration. This patient was not in good health at the time
of treatment, and suffered from fibromyalgia and chronic opiate pain
medication dependency, which probably contributed to this patient’s
death. The clinic closed briefly after the incident, and then re-opened
several weeks later after making several staff and procedural changes.
An additional MD from Mexico and a Naturopathic Doctor from the US have
been added to the staff in order to increase the presence of medical
personnel, and more emergency medical equipment is now in place in case
of future need. At this time, MAPS has not made a decision on whether to
resume ibogaine research at the Ibogaine Association or to focus our
efforts on the Iboga Therapy House in Vancouver. Go to the MAPS ibogaine
page to track developments on this project:
<http://www.maps.org/ibogaine/>

Is there an emerging pattern of heart-related fatalities around ibogaine
use? It seems to me this might be the case from what I hear. Anyone else any
thoughts?

Nick

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] dancing bwiti kills my self (ibo & nightlife pt II) ron to schmooly OT
Date: August 6, 2005 at 11:52:40 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

thank you.  i wish i was close enough geographically to take advantage of all the resources you are aware of for someone in my situation.  walking a tightrope everyday negates some of the gifts i have to help others, plus it scares the hell out of me.  glad i can still feel that emotion.  you do good things and you have nothing to prove, so leave that part out of it, IMHO, ron.
—– Original Message —–
From: Schmoolyboy@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 10:25 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] dancing bwiti kills my self (ibo & nightlife pt II)

Keep trying and moving in the right direction. You are in my prayers.

From: Schmoolyboy@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] dancing bwiti kills my self (ibo & nightlife pt II)
Date: August 6, 2005 at 11:25:46 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Keep trying and moving in the right direction. You are in my prayers.

From: sara119@xs4all.nl
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] calling sara119
Date: August 6, 2005 at 4:52:05 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Randy,

Cool !

Sara

Sara, I tried to send you a private E mail and I think it failed to get to
you. I’m not using a computer that I am very good at so I couldn’t get
your E
mail address to come up. Anyway thanx for the video thread you sent me. It
was
right on time. I needed to laugh right then. And I mean right then.
Sometimes I
think you can read my mind. Please continue to be here for us. You have
always been an inspiration to me. I still want to come to your house and
take the
Indra and see the difference for myself. I’m almost strong enough to come
to
Amsterdam now without worrying about all the dope that is around there.
Much
love to you and your family.         Randy

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] dancing bwiti kills my self (ibo & nightlife pt II)
Date: August 5, 2005 at 11:57:41 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

the benevlovent doc was 15 hrs and i c/n make it to his office visit every 30 days as required.  he was a good man, i was a poor man with a demanding job. timing may kill me but i found one closer and am using the same protocal.  . i’m following the regimen and no x’s for 2 months and titratrating.  how did you know what i was told? one rx’d seroquel which allows me to sleep on 50 mg. he trusted me , the other doc didn’t.  i took minute doses of ibo , the problem was recovery time.  i d/n have enough.  thanks for the interest. ron
—– Original Message —–
From: Schmoolyboy@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 8:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] dancing bwiti kills my self (ibo & nightlife pt II)

Ron you where told be be benzo free prior to Ibo,

From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Fwd: Prozac for Plants
Date: August 5, 2005 at 11:32:55 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com, vox@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: NASA Science News <snglist@snglist.msfc.nasa.gov>
Date: Aug 5, 2005 10:27 PM
Subject: Prozac for Plants
To: NASA Science News <snglist@snglist.msfc.nasa.gov>

NASA Science News for August 5, 2005

How do you get plants to grow on Mars? Step One: relieve their anxiety.

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From: Schmoolyboy@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] dancing bwiti kills my self (ibo & nightlife pt II)
Date: August 5, 2005 at 9:49:34 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I good friend  of mine and Ibo, a 24 Y.O. kid from Orlando died last week after taking 2-C-I, at a Pink Floyd  gig. he took 2 low dose xanax 12 hours later and had an alcohol drink. Then a seizure which broke quickly only to drop several minutes later. Autopsy found no obvious cause of death. What a loss. Light a candle or incense for this brother. His name was Yakov

From: Schmoolyboy@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] dancing bwiti kills my self (ibo & nightlife pt II)
Date: August 5, 2005 at 9:43:36 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Ron you where told be be benzo free prior to Ibo,

From: Eye of the Bhogi <freedomroot@gmail.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Fwd: BBC E-mail: Italian river ‘full of cocaine’
Date: August 5, 2005 at 8:29:00 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Eye of the Bhogi saw this story on BBC News Online and thought you
should see it.

** Italian river ‘full of cocaine’ **
Italian scientists find quantities of a cocaine by-product in a river
in northern Italy.
< http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/europe/4746787.stm >

Piss-testing a river.  Go figure… love, rachel

“Ibogaine is not, and never will be, a recreational drug.”  Eric Taub

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Fw: Buprenorphine, heroin drought, heroin prescription. Byrne’s summaries.
Date: August 5, 2005 at 7:10:24 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>, <drugwar@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.
—– Original Message —–
From: Andrew Byrne
To: ajbyrne@ozemail.com.au
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 9:40 PM
Subject: Buprenorphine, heroin drought, heroin prescription. Byrne’s summaries.

Foetal withdrawals with buprenorphine; uptake of buprenorphine in America; Australia’s heroin ‘drought’ revisited; Barcelona death rates confirm protective effects from methadone;

Dear Colleagues,
From the plethora of publications on dependency recently I report on a number of items below so that readers may pick what might be relevant to their own practices, starting with a RCT of buprenorphine (pure) in pregnant women and results of foetal withdrawals.

## Jones HE, Johnson RE, et al.  Buprenorphine versus methadone in the treatment of pregnant opioid-dependent patients: effects on the neonatal abstinence syndrome. Drug and Alcohol Dependence (2005) 79;1:1-10

This shows favourable outcomes in 10 women and their babies on buprenorphine compared with 11 on methadone (randomised, double dummy trial).  The proportion receiving medication for neonatal abstinence syndrome was lower in the buprenorphine and the doses used were lower (neither significantly due to the small numbers).  Hospitalization period was significantly shorter in the buprenorphine treated subjects/offspring.  This is yet another report showing the safety of buprenorphine in pregnancy.  It is sensible that the combination drug was not used in these women.  The best ‘evidence’ for the safety of buprenorphine in pregnancy comes probably from a lack of reports of serious foetal or maternal problems from France where the drug has been freely available from GPs for a decade.

## Sullivan L, Chawarski M, O‘Connor PG, Schottenfeld RS, Fiellin DA. The practice of office-based buprenorphine treatment of opioid dependence: is it associated with new patients entering into treatment? Drug and Alcohol Dependence (2005) 79;1:113-116

This piece attempts to categorize some characteristics of 96 buprenorphine prescribed addicts in America in comparison with 94 entering methadone maintenance at the same period.  While not a piece of controlled research, it does indicate that methadone is more likely to attract previous methadone recipients while buprenorphine attracts a higher proportion who have never had methadone (or other maintenance) treatment.

## Degenhardt L, Day C, Dietze P, Pointer S, Conroy E, Collins L. et al. Effects of a sustained heroin shortage in three Australian States. Addiction (2005) 100, 908–920

This is the latest and probably most comprehensive description of the so-called heroin ‘drought’ or shortage starting in early 2001 in Australia.  There are detailed figures for crime, treatment entries, street prices, etc from three states.  While NSW saw a temporary increase in crime, this was not seen in other states.  The most dramatic effect was on overdoses which dropped by up to 75% from their high points around 1999.  There appeared to be less injecting as shown by fewer syringes distributed.  Treatment places were increased at the same time as the ‘drought’ began while Sydney’s highest overdose area saw the opening of an injecting room which attracted thousands of injectors.

Most interesting are commentaries from 6 or 7 experts, each agreeing that a sustained drug shortage of this nature has never been reported before and that the cause was not an obvious alteration in drug policies (although some mention a ‘tough on drug’ strategy without documenting any substantial changes in customs, policing, treatment, etc).

Gossop points to police crackdowns in Canada and London resulting in enormous drug seizures and arrests, neither of which had any reported effect on illicit markets.  None of the wise commentators speculates on China ‘opening up’ and causing opiates to be diverted from the relatively much smaller Australian market.  The ‘drought’ began within weeks of the start of the so-called ‘Chinese century’ in January 2001.  Ironically a commentator from the People’s Republic writes in critical terms about ‘harm reductionists’ as though they were a pest to be eradicated.  He is apparently proud that China ‘has experienced a drug-free society for more than 30 years’ without mentioning how this was achieved by the deprivation of civil liberties, travel, etc!  And then he has the temerity to suggest that methadone and needle services should only be used as a last resort!  Does he mean only when the HIV rates exceed 10% of the population?  Or 20%?  Hao then quotes a proverb using cats and mice to describe the drug war!  His views, which some term ‘zero tolerance’, are so nauseating that they well plead the contrary case!

## Brugal MT, Domingo-Salvany A et al.  Evaluating the impact of methadone maintenance programmes on mortality due to overdose and AIDS in a cohort of heroin users in Spain. Addiction (2005) 100:981-989

This study followed over 5000 heroin users in a variety of treatment settings in Barcelona over a 6 year period, looking at mortality, HIV and other demographics.  In 23,000 patient years of treatment there were just over 1000 deaths, one third from overdose, one third from HIV and another third from ‘all other causes’.  Only 11 overdose deaths occurred in patients currently receiving methadone treatment (50% were on MMT during the study period – mean dose 71mg daily).  Being in methadone treatment conferred a ‘protection’ reducing the risk of death by a factor of 7.  This also reduced the risk of contracting HIV.

Reported death rates dropped from 3.1/100 to 0.6/100 between 1992 and 1999 and the authors state: “the protective effects of methadone treatment was proved to have played a significant role.” The overall decline is similar to that reported for France during the late ’90s, where the drop in overdose deaths is attributed to massive increase in buprenorphine availability.  Further, they estimate “that 86% of the overdoses and 38% of the AIDS deaths occurring among non-methadone users could have been avoided had they been in treatment.”

This is not to say that all addicts should be on methadone for life.  However, only a very experienced professional, after a complete assessment and probably knowing the patient for a time, should ever recommend a course of abstinence based treatments over supervised medical maintenance with psychosocial supports.

Despite containing possibly some of the most valuable lessons in the 40 years of methadone treatment, Addiction, true to type, gives this Spanish item no particular prominence.  No editorial appears on the anniversary this month of this life-saving treatment.  Methadone (along with related public health measures) has probably saved Australia from the HIV epidemic suffered in most other comparable countries.  It also addresses addictions in a humanitarian manner for those unable or unwilling to go directly down the abstinence pathway.  Even Australians who express disapproval of methadone treatment can still share in the multi-million dollar savings they have from its use in this country.  Most New South Wales patients who were approved for methadone treatment are now off treatment (over 50,000 approved, ~17,000 currently).

## Rehm J, Frick U, Hartwig C, Gutzwiller F, Gschwend P, Uchtenhagen A. Mortality in heroin-assisted treatment in Switzerland 1994-2000. Drug and Alcohol Dependence (2005) 79;2:137-144

These authors report on the continuing success of the heroin prescription trial in Switzerland.  Death rates have declined to rates comparable with other drug treatment subjects at around 1% per year, having been over 2.5% in the 1990s across the spectrum of drug users.  This is all the more remarkable, they say, because only ‘treatment refractory’ subjects were admitted for heroin prescription, and these probably had a much higher expected mortality than the 2.5% estimated for opioid users generally in Switzerland in the 1990s.

Comments by Andrew Byrne ..

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Dr Andrew Byrne MB BS (Syd) FAChAM (RACP)
Dependency Medicine,
75 Redfern Street, Redfern,
New South Wales, 2016, Australia
Email – ajbyrneATozemail.com.au
Tel (61 – 2) 9319 5524  Fax 9318 0631
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http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2005/s1418817.htm

From: Dana Beal <dana@phantom.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Emery’s real crime in the eyes of the DEA
Date: August 5, 2005 at 4:40:28 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

“Allen St. Pierre” <allen@norml.org> wrote:

Address messages for this group to ‘affiliates@mail.norml.org’

Hello All,

Well…apparently our government indeed is trying to stop not only supposed
‘criminal’ activity, but also the legal/legislative efforts to change
cannabis laws.

Here is the smoking gun statement from DEA proving it IS political:

“Today’s arrest of Mark (sic) Scott Emery, publisher of Cannabis
Culture magazine and the founder of a marijuana legalization group,
is a significant blow not only to the marijuana trafficking trade in
the U.S. and Canada, but also to the marijuana legalization movement.”

“Hundreds of thousands of dollars of Emery’s illicit profits are
known to have been channeled to marijuana legalization groups active
in the United States and Canada. Drug legalization lobbyists now have
one less pot of money to rely on.”

–Karen P. Tandy, Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration
(DEA)

Well…there it is…Marc is as much of a political threat in the eyes of
the US govt as he is a ‘criminal’.

Regards and enjoy your weekend,

-Allen
NORML

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From: Vector Vector <vector620022002@yahoo.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Mindvox forums 🙂
Date: August 5, 2005 at 2:31:52 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I actually looked at the mindvox source code, the css has grown ever
more and contains a lot of code that isn’t being used in either the
mindvox or ibogaine.mindvox sites. forums, registration, login, message
boards. Hell is finally freezing over 🙂 alright!! More insanity
straight to web!!! When will it open???

.:vector:.

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fringe Yippie, circa 67-70 (was Wireheadz!)
Date: August 5, 2005 at 2:06:31 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

whose is?
—– Original Message —– From: “tink” <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 12:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fringe Yippie, circa 67-70 (was Wireheadz!)

i don’t remember it being a tshirtt shop, but then again, my brain is
not reliable

On 8/5/05, UUSEAN@aol.com <UUSEAN@aol.com> wrote:

Hi Ron,

I am thinking that maybe they had the tee shirt shop as well as the shop on
St. Marks. I was looking at that corner of St. Marks in pictures from the
early seventies, and there was the Gem Spa. It’s unusual for any business to
survive in New York for three months anymore, never mind decades.

Maybe another New Yawk type can explain…was there a tee shirt shop and a
magazine/fountain shop?

S

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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fringe Yippie, circa 67-70 (was Wireheadz!)
Date: August 5, 2005 at 1:50:42 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

i don’t remember it being a tshirtt shop, but then again, my brain is
not reliable

On 8/5/05, UUSEAN@aol.com <UUSEAN@aol.com> wrote:

Hi Ron,

I am thinking that maybe they had the tee shirt shop as well as the shop on
St. Marks. I was looking at that corner of St. Marks in pictures from the
early seventies, and there was the Gem Spa. It’s unusual for any business to
survive in New York for three months anymore, never mind decades.

Maybe another New Yawk type can explain…was there a tee shirt shop and a
magazine/fountain shop?

S

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From: UUSEAN@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fringe Yippie, circa 67-70 (was Wireheadz!)
Date: August 5, 2005 at 1:16:48 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hi Ron,

I am thinking that maybe they had the tee shirt shop as well as the shop on St. Marks. I was looking at that corner of St. Marks in pictures from the early seventies, and there was the Gem Spa. It’s unusual for any business to survive in New York for three months anymore, never mind decades.

Maybe another New Yawk type can explain…was there a tee shirt shop and a magazine/fountain shop?

S

From: UUSEAN@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Why tink flipped -or- an attempt at apologising and explaining…
Date: August 5, 2005 at 1:11:00 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

In a message dated 8/5/2005 10:03:09 AM Eastern Standard Time, matt@itsupport.net writes:
Man I love the way you quote the original email.  Does your email client do that and if so what is it? At any rate I find your whole take on the higher power aspect of the steps

Hi Matt,

Sometimes I embarrassed about using AOL on a site created by some of the most creative web pioneers around. What I do on my AOL mail is with my mouse I highlight the quote in blue and hit reply. On my last mail server, I highlighted, cut, and then pasted. Hope that helps.

It’s been really cool to exchange these ideas with you as well.  You seem to truly have an open mind.  I hope all the best for you on your journey.

Pax,
Sean

From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fringe Yippie, circa 67-70 (was Wireheadz!)
Date: August 5, 2005 at 1:10:43 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Sean:
It was an arabic tee shirt shop 10 years ago. ron
—– Original Message —–
From: UUSEAN@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 11:46 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fringe Yippie, circa 67-70 (was Wireheadz!)

In a message dated 8/5/2005 11:27:32 AM Eastern Standard Time, rwd3@cox.net writes:
could still read the lettering on the awning over
the t-shirt shop that was once Gem’s Spa…3rd st. and 1st ave. I

Hi Ron,

The Gem Spa that I know has been serving the best 24 hour egg cream for as long as I can rememeber on  St Marks.  Think I will have one this weekend for old times sake.

Sean
From: jerry harville <jharville@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV+
Date: August 5, 2005 at 12:47:11 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Ron, It is good to read you laugh! No the Staph was
“on the house”. Jerry

— Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:

We’re you charged for the staph since it came from
the hospital?  If not, you were really lucky! My HMO
won’t pay for unanticipated incidentals like
airborne bacteria and viruses.  My bad, just trying
to add a little cheer to a bad sitch. ron
—– Original Message —–
From: UUSEAN@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 1:10 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV+

In a message dated 8/5/2005 2:01:43 AM Eastern
Standard Time, jharville@sbcglobal.net writes:
and was given IV Vancomyicin.< SP
Hi Jerry,

Really sorry to hear that. Having little else to
do in the hospital, I read quite a bit about staff,
and was alarmed to see how common your case is!
Vancomyicin is what I was given immediately IV.
When is was determined I had a bacteria in me in the
ER I was admitted and put on antibiotics right away.
Guess I was really lucky.

Thank goodness you finally got what you needed
before you were dead.

Peace,
Sean

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From: UUSEAN@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fringe Yippie, circa 67-70 (was Wireheadz!)
Date: August 5, 2005 at 12:46:23 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

In a message dated 8/5/2005 11:27:32 AM Eastern Standard Time, rwd3@cox.net writes:
could still read the lettering on the awning over
the t-shirt shop that was once Gem’s Spa…3rd st. and 1st ave. I

Hi Ron,

The Gem Spa that I know has been serving the best 24 hour egg cream for as long as I can rememeber on  St Marks.  Think I will have one this weekend for old times sake.

Sean
From: HSLotsof@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] question for Howard Lotsof
Date: August 5, 2005 at 12:45:02 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

In a message dated 8/5/05 11:19:25 AM, bart_de_bremme@hotmail.com writes:

<< I was wondering this: why is iboga therapy now still revolutionary;
despite

the long research tradition on this remedy and the positive research

outcomes for this remedy?  Why it’s still “underground”? I’m now researching

the same revolutionary remedy as Howard Lotsof did long before my birth(I’m

23 now), how is this possible? In Canada thet are evolving the right way,

but in my country it’s illegal! >>

Bart,

Ibogaine is not an approved medication and underground in some places because
the money to make it an approved medication is not available. That is the
short of it.  There is no general interest from the pharmaceutical industry to
develop novel drugs to treat chemical dependence and no interest from that
industry to develop molecules found in nature. I think ibogaine would always be
considered a revolutionary therapy as it is quite distinct in its mechanisms and
effects from other medications that are used to treat chemical dependence.  If
it were approved and a hundred years had passed, then it might be described
as having been revolutionary at the time of its introduction.

Best regards,

Howard

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From: sara119@xs4all.nl
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] calling sara119 from ron
Date: August 5, 2005 at 12:17:09 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Thanks a lot, I have no words to express my feelings.I sure hope to find
justice.

kind regards,
Sara

Finally, I was beginning to think there may be legal problems brewing
which would be a miscarriage of justice.  Sara,  you are an institution in
the nicest sort of way and i’ve never had the pleasure to meet you.  I was
thinking about contacting some Dutch lawyer friends, who don’t know about
my other life but are extremely tolerant and well connected,  to check on
you, but then it’s not my place if someone wants to stay under the radar
for awhile.  ron
—– Original Message —–
From: BiscuitBoy714@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 9:46 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] calling sara119

Sara, I tried to send you a private E mail and I think it failed to get
to you. I’m not using a computer that I am very good at so I couldn’t
get your E mail address to come up. Anyway thanx for the video thread
you sent me. It was right on time. I needed to laugh right then. And I
mean right then. Sometimes I think you can read my mind. Please continue
to be here for us. You have always been an inspiration to me. I still
want to come to your house and take the Indra and see the difference for
myself. I’m almost strong enough to come to Amsterdam now without
worrying about all the dope that is around there. Much love to you and
your family.         Randy

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] question for Howard Lotsof
Date: August 5, 2005 at 12:01:15 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Come to the US and go back in time if you think Belgium is bad.  At least you have trains and help is fairly close by. ron
—– Original Message —– From: “Bart De Bremme” <bart_de_bremme@hotmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 10:18 AM
Subject: [Ibogaine] question for Howard Lotsof

Hello,

I’m a Belgian student and I do my these about “alternative aproaches of drugtreatment”, I’m very interested in iboga therapy, because it’s one of the strongest remedies against addiction that we have.

I was wondering this: why is iboga therapy now still revolutionary; despite the long research tradition on this remedy and the positive research outcomes for this remedy?  Why it’s still “underground”? I’m now researching the same revolutionary remedy as Howard Lotsof did long before my birth(I’m 23 now), how is this possible? In Canada thet are evolving the right way, but in my country it’s illegal!

Now going to festival: student live is beautiful!

Best regards Bart

From: “Valerie Mojeiko, MAPS” <valerie@maps.org>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Correction to MAPS News Posting
Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 17:02:15 -0400

Hello,
In the below item in this month¹s MAPS email news which was recently posted
to this list I made a mistake in reporting that the Iboga Therapy House is a
for-profit clinic. What I meant to say is that they will be charging fees
for treatment, rather than offering free treatments as they had in the past.
The Iboga Therapy House is registered in Canada as non-profit organization
and will be operating on a non-profit basis.
-Valerie

11. Up to $5,000 Grant Awarded to Iboga Therapy House
MAPS awarded a grant of up to $5000 to the Iboga Therapy House (ITH) for
assistance in setting up a new for-profit ibogaine clinic in Vancouver, BC,
Canada. The ITH was forced to shut down in August of last year when they
unexpectedly stopped receiving funding that enabled them to offer treatments
for free. In the year of the clinics operation, they treated 31 people with
drug addiction free-of-cost while funded entirely by marijuana seed
entrepreneur Marc Emery. The grant will primarily go to paying a salary for
Program Director Sandra Karpetas, while she builds a new business and
therapeutic structure for the clinic. They plan to start treating people by
the end of this year.


Valerie Mojeiko
Program Director and Clinical Research Associate
MAPS
2105 Robinson Avenue
Sarasota, FL 34232
941-924-6277 phone
941-924-6265 fax
www.maps.org

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] calling sara119 from ron
Date: August 5, 2005 at 11:59:17 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Finally, I was beginning to think there may be legal problems brewing which would be a miscarriage of justice.  Sara,  you are an institution in the nicest sort of way and i’ve never had the pleasure to meet you.  I was thinking about contacting some Dutch lawyer friends, who don’t know about my other life but are extremely tolerant and well connected,  to check on you, but then it’s not my place if someone wants to stay under the radar for awhile.  ron
—– Original Message —–
From: BiscuitBoy714@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 9:46 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] calling sara119

Sara, I tried to send you a private E mail and I think it failed to get to you. I’m not using a computer that I am very good at so I couldn’t get your E mail address to come up. Anyway thanx for the video thread you sent me. It was right on time. I needed to laugh right then. And I mean right then. Sometimes I think you can read my mind. Please continue to be here for us. You have always been an inspiration to me. I still want to come to your house and take the Indra and see the difference for myself. I’m almost strong enough to come to Amsterdam now without worrying about all the dope that is around there. Much love to you and your family.         Randy

From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fringe Yippie, circa 67-70 (was Wireheadz!)
Date: August 5, 2005 at 11:53:50 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Lololol!!
You can’t do it now, but the window is still open, methinks…
love to you
tink

On 8/5/05, Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:
i get insulted just showing up for work so no offense taken.  you’re right,
it was 2nd and st. marks, as i’d cut thru it b/c it was on the corner and
had two open sides. ron
—– Original Message —–
From: “tink” <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 10:38 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fringe Yippie, circa 67-70 (was Wireheadz!)

as i said, that comment was for dana and it was a joke. Not trying to
insult you or get your goat so to speak.
I agree about the old neighborhood…never thought i’d see the day
when can you get an amusing chardonnay and grilled white fish on Ave A
most things i say are not an attack- i come off wrong sometimes, and i
apologise. Gem Spa is on St Mark’s and Second, i think…
love to you, and don’t mind me.  I will eventually learn to keep quiet…
tinkabashed

On 8/5/05, Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:
Dana:
I remember many smoke ins, mainly from the Lower East side.  On my last
visit to the city, I was saddened by what I saw in my old neighborhood of
East 6th and Ave. A.  I could still read the lettering on the awning over
the t-shirt shop that was once Gem’s Spa…3rd st. and 1st ave. I
think..It’s all a blur.  Use to buy acid in Juarez that was made by Sandoz
in Switzerland before it was against the law in the US>  I was a bit
young,
hanging around a dude that lived w/ Kerouac in the writer’s later years.
Relax Tink, I don’t know you. ron
—– Original Message —–
From: “tink” <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 11:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fringe Yippie, circa 67-70 (was Wireheadz!)

that was to dana-btw
:]

On 8/5/05, tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com> wrote:
you’re a sexist pig, but i love you
tink

On 8/4/05, Dana Beal <dana@phantom.com> wrote:

On Jul 31, 2005, at 1:16 PM, Ron Davis wrote:

Dana:I was living in the city, fringe yippie, circa 67-70. I
remember
Ruben but not you.  Banana Dave was big, Electric Circus, we handed
out German one fenning coins, which was 1/4 of 1 cent and fit the
subway turnstile. I worked at the Filmore East b/4 Wooodstock.  any
of
this sound familiar? ron

That’s funny, the place were I’m writing this, 9 Bleecker, is where
they prepared the light show for the Fillmore East. Pablo’s Lights,
1967-73.

You would remember me from the smoke-ins in Thompkins Park or the
Provo
Free Store on East 1st St–1967, the “summer of love.”  1967 would be
“proto-Yippie”, according to Stew Albert–because Yippie as a
political
idiom didn’t get it’s name until the New Year’s Eve party at Abbie
Hoffman’s apartment on the last night of 1967. Shortly thereafter, I
got out of jail for a weed sale I didn’t make, was inducted into the
Yippies a week after the founding party by Abbie, and went underground
on charges from a very minor LSD bust in August of ’67.

It shouldn’t have been enough LSD for them to pay attention to, but
they were trying to get me for putting on the smoke-ins in Thompkins
Park every Saturday for most of that summer–and getting news of it in
the New York Times.

Just like they aren’t really going after Marc Emery for selling seeds;
there are dozens of outfits sending seeds into the U.S.

They’re getting Marc for the “money -laundering”, i.e, publishling
CANNABIS CULTURE, opening the first Ibogaine  clininic in Canada and
going on national Canadian TV about it, and spending millions trying
to
legalize pot in elections from Israel to Nevada. Marc’s real crime is
that he put his money to good use, instead of tooting it up his nose!

Think about it. Imagine HIGH TIMES opening its own ibogaine clinic…

NOT.

That’s why Marc’s a candidate for ibogiane sainthood. No one else
who’s
really gone out there crusading for ibogaine is facing the death
penalty. And remember that original African cultural context, iboga
and
cannabis are most intimately intertwined. The Twa people say that
Iboga
is the Mother, Cannabis is the Father (even though it sounds like it
should be the other way around; Pygmies have had it the longest of
anyone).

So Marc is facing potential execution for facilitating manufacture of
something many people on this list take to mellow out the
after-effects
of ibogaine and to potentiate its anti-addictive effect–something
that
is intrinsically non-violent and at the heart of the Drug War, which
we
all work to end.

I digress, but only because his case resembles mine in that some
idiot(s) are bound to challenge his standing as a prisoner of
conscience.

BTW, did you know  that in 1966 Howard Lotsof was charged and
convicted
of LSD conspiracy by the office of then US attorney Robert Morgenthau?
Thanks to Montel Williams, Morgenthau has wrapped himself in the
mantle
of medical marijuana– but refuses to meet with ibogaine activists
still.

Oh well.

Dana/cnw

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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Why tink flipped -or- an attempt at apologising and explaining…
Date: August 5, 2005 at 11:50:55 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

EIGHTH CHAPTER OF THE TAO TE CHING
The greatest good is like water
Which benefits all things
And yet it does not contend
It stays in places that others disdain
And therefore is close to the way of truth
love
tink

On 8/5/05, Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:

the last 12 step meeting I went to had two people excluding me.  there was a
rift and now ther’s a splinter group.
i don’t know which one to go to, ron

—– Original Message —–
From: UUSEAN@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 12:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Why tink flipped -or- an attempt at apologising and
explaining…

In a message dated 8/4/2005 7:50:43 PM Eastern Standard Time,
matt@itsupport.net writes:
But there is a sort of psychic damage that occurs when I lie to or steal
from my fellow human beings, which to my mind makes honesty more than simply
a moral value.  But whatever the case, I’ll be the first to admit that 12
step programs don’t have a monopoly on recovery.

Hi Matt,

I like your point about psychic damage. From my humanist prospective, I
think that this is perhaps where morals and ethics arise from on one level.
Stealing and lying hurt. Sex feels good.  One reason perhaps stealing and
lying hurt is because they hurt the community or perhaps the species
perhaps.

Of course these are broad generalities. If someone is completely broke and
steals a loaf of bread, are they immoral..or just surviving. If someone lied
during world two to protect a Jew in the home is there lying immoral?

At some point I guess morality and ethics are specific to the situation. If
heroin caused great harm in my life and I am dealing them clean, I would
feel pain because I am violating my ethical system. Selling to others what
causes me great pain.  If I have the cash, but steal anyway I am violating
my personal ethical system which says that if you should buy not steal.
Further, I associate stealing with using, because I only stole while high or
to get high, but then I called it boozing so my personal connection is
stealing and get high go together.

As for the steps, I have friends who have done than over and over and feel
they really benefited from them, some who felt that they were kind a neutral
or occasionally were harmed form the experience. I go to meeting of folks 20
plus years sober who never touch the steps (sober agnostics).  They don’t,
as I do not, believe in higher powers who remove shortcoming or have a will
for me.  The sure are not “dry drunks” though. It really is whatever works I
guess.  Many people on this list practice a form of harm reduction where
they remove the most harmful drugs, but continue to smoke weed,  other also
trip on shrooms or X. they have removed the greatest harm in their lives.
There are some also on the list who are in the tough posistion of removing
the harm off addiction while still dealing with chronic pain, sometimes
still using low doses of opiates. That is tough.

So we have the whole spectrum here from 12 step to harm reduction.  One
amazing thing on this list is that the various views coexist in general
peace.  Occasional flare ups occur, but for the most part we can exist with
our differences.

Sorry so long a post!
Sean

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fringe Yippie, circa 67-70 (was Wireheadz!)
Date: August 5, 2005 at 11:48:55 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

i get insulted just showing up for work so no offense taken.  you’re right, it was 2nd and st. marks, as i’d cut thru it b/c it was on the corner and had two open sides. ron
—– Original Message —– From: “tink” <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 10:38 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fringe Yippie, circa 67-70 (was Wireheadz!)

as i said, that comment was for dana and it was a joke. Not trying to
insult you or get your goat so to speak.
I agree about the old neighborhood…never thought i’d see the day
when can you get an amusing chardonnay and grilled white fish on Ave A
most things i say are not an attack- i come off wrong sometimes, and i
apologise. Gem Spa is on St Mark’s and Second, i think…
love to you, and don’t mind me.  I will eventually learn to keep quiet…
tinkabashed

On 8/5/05, Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:
Dana:
I remember many smoke ins, mainly from the Lower East side.  On my last
visit to the city, I was saddened by what I saw in my old neighborhood of
East 6th and Ave. A.  I could still read the lettering on the awning over
the t-shirt shop that was once Gem’s Spa…3rd st. and 1st ave. I
think..It’s all a blur.  Use to buy acid in Juarez that was made by Sandoz
in Switzerland before it was against the law in the US>  I was a bit young,
hanging around a dude that lived w/ Kerouac in the writer’s later years.
Relax Tink, I don’t know you. ron
—– Original Message —–
From: “tink” <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 11:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fringe Yippie, circa 67-70 (was Wireheadz!)

that was to dana-btw
:]

On 8/5/05, tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com> wrote:
> you’re a sexist pig, but i love you
> tink
>
> On 8/4/05, Dana Beal <dana@phantom.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Jul 31, 2005, at 1:16 PM, Ron Davis wrote:
> >
> > > Dana:I was living in the city, fringe yippie, circa 67-70. I > > > remember
> > > Ruben but not you.  Banana Dave was big, Electric Circus, we handed
> > > out German one fenning coins, which was 1/4 of 1 cent and fit the
> > > subway turnstile. I worked at the Filmore East b/4 Wooodstock.  any > > > of
> > > this sound familiar? ron
> > >
> >
> > That’s funny, the place were I’m writing this, 9 Bleecker, is where
> > they prepared the light show for the Fillmore East. Pablo’s Lights,
> > 1967-73.
> >
> > You would remember me from the smoke-ins in Thompkins Park or the > > Provo
> > Free Store on East 1st St–1967, the “summer of love.”  1967 would be
> > “proto-Yippie”, according to Stew Albert–because Yippie as a > > political
> > idiom didn’t get it’s name until the New Year’s Eve party at Abbie
> > Hoffman’s apartment on the last night of 1967. Shortly thereafter, I
> > got out of jail for a weed sale I didn’t make, was inducted into the
> > Yippies a week after the founding party by Abbie, and went underground
> > on charges from a very minor LSD bust in August of ’67.
> >
> > It shouldn’t have been enough LSD for them to pay attention to, but
> > they were trying to get me for putting on the smoke-ins in Thompkins
> > Park every Saturday for most of that summer–and getting news of it in
> > the New York Times.
> >
> > Just like they aren’t really going after Marc Emery for selling seeds;
> > there are dozens of outfits sending seeds into the U.S.
> >
> > They’re getting Marc for the “money -laundering”, i.e, publishling
> > CANNABIS CULTURE, opening the first Ibogaine  clininic in Canada and
> > going on national Canadian TV about it, and spending millions trying > > to
> > legalize pot in elections from Israel to Nevada. Marc’s real crime is
> > that he put his money to good use, instead of tooting it up his nose!
> >
> > Think about it. Imagine HIGH TIMES opening its own ibogaine clinic…
> >
> > NOT.
> >
> > That’s why Marc’s a candidate for ibogiane sainthood. No one else > > who’s
> > really gone out there crusading for ibogaine is facing the death
> > penalty. And remember that original African cultural context, iboga > > and
> > cannabis are most intimately intertwined. The Twa people say that > > Iboga
> > is the Mother, Cannabis is the Father (even though it sounds like it
> > should be the other way around; Pygmies have had it the longest of
> > anyone).
> >
> > So Marc is facing potential execution for facilitating manufacture of
> > something many people on this list take to mellow out the > > after-effects
> > of ibogaine and to potentiate its anti-addictive effect–something > > that
> > is intrinsically non-violent and at the heart of the Drug War, which > > we
> > all work to end.
> >
> > I digress, but only because his case resembles mine in that some
> > idiot(s) are bound to challenge his standing as a prisoner of
> > conscience.
> >
> > BTW, did you know  that in 1966 Howard Lotsof was charged and > > convicted
> > of LSD conspiracy by the office of then US attorney Robert Morgenthau?
> > Thanks to Montel Williams, Morgenthau has wrapped himself in the > > mantle
> > of medical marijuana– but refuses to meet with ibogaine activists
> > still.
> >
> > Oh well.
> >
> > Dana/cnw
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fringe Yippie, circa 67-70 (was Wireheadz!)
Date: August 5, 2005 at 11:38:24 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

as i said, that comment was for dana and it was a joke. Not trying to
insult you or get your goat so to speak.
I agree about the old neighborhood…never thought i’d see the day
when can you get an amusing chardonnay and grilled white fish on Ave A
most things i say are not an attack- i come off wrong sometimes, and i
apologise. Gem Spa is on St Mark’s and Second, i think…
love to you, and don’t mind me.  I will eventually learn to keep quiet…
tinkabashed

On 8/5/05, Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:
Dana:
I remember many smoke ins, mainly from the Lower East side.  On my last
visit to the city, I was saddened by what I saw in my old neighborhood of
East 6th and Ave. A.  I could still read the lettering on the awning over
the t-shirt shop that was once Gem’s Spa…3rd st. and 1st ave. I
think..It’s all a blur.  Use to buy acid in Juarez that was made by Sandoz
in Switzerland before it was against the law in the US>  I was a bit young,
hanging around a dude that lived w/ Kerouac in the writer’s later years.
Relax Tink, I don’t know you. ron
—– Original Message —–
From: “tink” <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 11:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fringe Yippie, circa 67-70 (was Wireheadz!)

that was to dana-btw
:]

On 8/5/05, tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com> wrote:
you’re a sexist pig, but i love you
tink

On 8/4/05, Dana Beal <dana@phantom.com> wrote:

On Jul 31, 2005, at 1:16 PM, Ron Davis wrote:

Dana:I was living in the city, fringe yippie, circa 67-70. I remember
Ruben but not you.  Banana Dave was big, Electric Circus, we handed
out German one fenning coins, which was 1/4 of 1 cent and fit the
subway turnstile. I worked at the Filmore East b/4 Wooodstock.  any of
this sound familiar? ron

That’s funny, the place were I’m writing this, 9 Bleecker, is where
they prepared the light show for the Fillmore East. Pablo’s Lights,
1967-73.

You would remember me from the smoke-ins in Thompkins Park or the Provo
Free Store on East 1st St–1967, the “summer of love.”  1967 would be
“proto-Yippie”, according to Stew Albert–because Yippie as a political
idiom didn’t get it’s name until the New Year’s Eve party at Abbie
Hoffman’s apartment on the last night of 1967. Shortly thereafter, I
got out of jail for a weed sale I didn’t make, was inducted into the
Yippies a week after the founding party by Abbie, and went underground
on charges from a very minor LSD bust in August of ’67.

It shouldn’t have been enough LSD for them to pay attention to, but
they were trying to get me for putting on the smoke-ins in Thompkins
Park every Saturday for most of that summer–and getting news of it in
the New York Times.

Just like they aren’t really going after Marc Emery for selling seeds;
there are dozens of outfits sending seeds into the U.S.

They’re getting Marc for the “money -laundering”, i.e, publishling
CANNABIS CULTURE, opening the first Ibogaine  clininic in Canada and
going on national Canadian TV about it, and spending millions trying to
legalize pot in elections from Israel to Nevada. Marc’s real crime is
that he put his money to good use, instead of tooting it up his nose!

Think about it. Imagine HIGH TIMES opening its own ibogaine clinic…

NOT.

That’s why Marc’s a candidate for ibogiane sainthood. No one else who’s
really gone out there crusading for ibogaine is facing the death
penalty. And remember that original African cultural context, iboga and
cannabis are most intimately intertwined. The Twa people say that Iboga
is the Mother, Cannabis is the Father (even though it sounds like it
should be the other way around; Pygmies have had it the longest of
anyone).

So Marc is facing potential execution for facilitating manufacture of
something many people on this list take to mellow out the after-effects
of ibogaine and to potentiate its anti-addictive effect–something that
is intrinsically non-violent and at the heart of the Drug War, which we
all work to end.

I digress, but only because his case resembles mine in that some
idiot(s) are bound to challenge his standing as a prisoner of
conscience.

BTW, did you know  that in 1966 Howard Lotsof was charged and convicted
of LSD conspiracy by the office of then US attorney Robert Morgenthau?
Thanks to Montel Williams, Morgenthau has wrapped himself in the mantle
of medical marijuana– but refuses to meet with ibogaine activists
still.

Oh well.

Dana/cnw

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From: “Bart De Bremme” <bart_de_bremme@hotmail.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] question for Howard Lotsof
Date: August 5, 2005 at 11:18:39 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hello,

I’m a Belgian student and I do my these about “alternative aproaches of drugtreatment”, I’m very interested in iboga therapy, because it’s one of the strongest remedies against addiction that we have.

I was wondering this: why is iboga therapy now still revolutionary; despite the long research tradition on this remedy and the positive research outcomes for this remedy?  Why it’s still “underground”? I’m now researching the same revolutionary remedy as Howard Lotsof did long before my birth(I’m 23 now), how is this possible? In Canada thet are evolving the right way, but in my country it’s illegal!

Now going to festival: student live is beautiful!

Best regards Bart

From: “Valerie Mojeiko, MAPS” <valerie@maps.org>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Correction to MAPS News Posting
Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 17:02:15 -0400

Hello,
In the below item in this month¹s MAPS email news which was recently posted
to this list I made a mistake in reporting that the Iboga Therapy House is a
for-profit clinic. What I meant to say is that they will be charging fees
for treatment, rather than offering free treatments as they had in the past.
The Iboga Therapy House is registered in Canada as non-profit organization
and will be operating on a non-profit basis.
-Valerie

11. Up to $5,000 Grant Awarded to Iboga Therapy House
MAPS awarded a grant of up to $5000 to the Iboga Therapy House (ITH) for
assistance in setting up a new for-profit ibogaine clinic in Vancouver, BC,
Canada. The ITH was forced to shut down in August of last year when they
unexpectedly stopped receiving funding that enabled them to offer treatments
for free. In the year of the clinics operation, they treated 31 people with
drug addiction free-of-cost while funded entirely by marijuana seed
entrepreneur Marc Emery. The grant will primarily go to paying a salary for
Program Director Sandra Karpetas, while she builds a new business and
therapeutic structure for the clinic. They plan to start treating people by
the end of this year.


Valerie Mojeiko
Program Director and Clinical Research Associate
MAPS
2105 Robinson Avenue
Sarasota, FL 34232
941-924-6277 phone
941-924-6265 fax
www.maps.org

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV+
Date: August 5, 2005 at 11:15:51 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

i know three people that aren’t celebs that got transplants. one is my ex. i won’t do interferon and pray I don’t go to end stage w/ my liver that’s been fighting this stuff for 30 plus years, wishing all a peaceful path, ron
—– Original Message —–
From: jerry harville
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 10:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV+

Ron,  You can be HCV positive and have edema from lots of other things.I was worried about having the test results ( I am + ) on the MIB.( Medical Information Bureau.) I went to the county
free clinic and had the results in 3 days.You don’t even have to give them a name! The way they do it is you make up a 8 digit #….. HCV is not an automatic death sentence! But it is best to know if you have it for a lot of reasons.Most of all so you can learn about it and how not to past it on to a loved one.I have had it for over 20 yrs.One of the reasons that I want to use IBO is to
get off my script for Morphine.I have a failed neck fusion and have lots of pain but think sometimes the sideffects of the PK are worse that the pain.One was bigtime swelling in my legs and feet! I got a staph infection and almost bought it.The treatments for HCV are getting better all the time.Now, if you find a loved one thats a match they can give you 1/2 of their liver and both will regenerate.Sorry to go on and on but keep on trucking! HCV is a downer but most of us can live a long and productive life. Best regards, Jerry

Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:
Sean:thanks for the advice and friendship,  Ron
—– Original Message —–
From: UUSEAN@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 11:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV+

Hey Ron,

I think your dr friend gave you really poor advice.  As Howard said, better to know what is going on and then be in the position to make decisions about treatment. I didn’t get tested for HIV with similar reasoning..ended up with PCP (AIDS related pneumonia) which never needed to happen.

Sean

From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV+thanks for the post Jerry
Date: August 5, 2005 at 11:12:04 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

and the Cap’n as well, ron
—– Original Message —–
From: Kirk
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 11:49 PM
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] HCV+

I gather you are aware that the Staph infection you so kindly got was lovingly gifted to you by the hospital in which you laid to get well??  My bestus friend and nurse constantly uses Tea Tree oil (Manuka oil of new Zealand is a helluva lot stronger..) to combat staph infections from working in hospitals with great results. An aussie doctor was also looking into this for golden staph infections in hospitals …. But has been very quiet since this brave announcement, hope he is still investigating…
Just some thoughts……… I use tea tree oil for pretty loads of stuff… zits, mouth infections, sore throat, bad breath, spray and wipe antibacterial, toilet anti bact. Etc etc the list in endless.
Kirk :o)
From: jerry harville [mailto:jharville@sbcglobal.net] 
Sent: Friday, 5 August 2005 3:36 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV+

Ron,  You can be HCV positive and have edema from lots of other things.I was worried about having the test results ( I am + ) on the MIB.( Medical Information Bureau.) I went to the county
free clinic and had the results in 3 days.You don’t even have to give them a name! The way they do it is you make up a 8 digit #….. HCV is not an automatic death sentence! But it is best to know if you have it for a lot of reasons.Most of all so you can learn about it and how not to past it on to a loved one.I have had it for over 20 yrs.One of the reasons that I want to use IBO is to
get off my script for Morphine.I have a failed neck fusion and have lots of pain but think sometimes the sideffects of the PK are worse that the pain.One was bigtime swelling in my legs and feet! I got a staph infection and almost bought it.The treatments for HCV are getting better all the time.Now, if you find a loved one thats a match they can give you 1/2 of their liver and both will regenerate.Sorry to go on and on but keep on trucking! HCV is a downer but most of us can live a long and productive life. Best regards, Jerry

Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:
Sean:thanks for the advice and friendship,  Ron
—– Original Message —–
From: UUSEAN@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 11:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV+

Hey Ron,

I think your dr friend gave you really poor advice.  As Howard said, better to know what is going on and then be in the position to make decisions about treatment. I didn’t get tested for HIV with similar reasoning..ended up with PCP (AIDS related pneumonia) which never needed to happen.

Sean

From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fringe Yippie, circa 67-70 (was Wireheadz!)for dana (OT)
Date: August 5, 2005 at 11:05:10 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Do you remember the Neo-Americans from upstate? I remember the demonstration on New Year’s eve at Grand Central Station, 67 or 68, ron
—– Original Message —– From: “tink” <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 11:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fringe Yippie, circa 67-70 (was Wireheadz!)

you’re a sexist pig, but i love you
tink

On 8/4/05, Dana Beal <dana@phantom.com> wrote:

On Jul 31, 2005, at 1:16 PM, Ron Davis wrote:

> Dana:I was living in the city, fringe yippie, circa 67-70. I remember
> Ruben but not you.  Banana Dave was big, Electric Circus, we handed
> out German one fenning coins, which was 1/4 of 1 cent and fit the
> subway turnstile. I worked at the Filmore East b/4 Wooodstock.  any of
> this sound familiar? ron
>

That’s funny, the place were I’m writing this, 9 Bleecker, is where
they prepared the light show for the Fillmore East. Pablo’s Lights,
1967-73.

You would remember me from the smoke-ins in Thompkins Park or the Provo
Free Store on East 1st St–1967, the “summer of love.”  1967 would be
“proto-Yippie”, according to Stew Albert–because Yippie as a political
idiom didn’t get it’s name until the New Year’s Eve party at Abbie
Hoffman’s apartment on the last night of 1967. Shortly thereafter, I
got out of jail for a weed sale I didn’t make, was inducted into the
Yippies a week after the founding party by Abbie, and went underground
on charges from a very minor LSD bust in August of ’67.

It shouldn’t have been enough LSD for them to pay attention to, but
they were trying to get me for putting on the smoke-ins in Thompkins
Park every Saturday for most of that summer–and getting news of it in
the New York Times.

Just like they aren’t really going after Marc Emery for selling seeds;
there are dozens of outfits sending seeds into the U.S.

They’re getting Marc for the “money -laundering”, i.e, publishling
CANNABIS CULTURE, opening the first Ibogaine  clininic in Canada and
going on national Canadian TV about it, and spending millions trying to
legalize pot in elections from Israel to Nevada. Marc’s real crime is
that he put his money to good use, instead of tooting it up his nose!

Think about it. Imagine HIGH TIMES opening its own ibogaine clinic…

NOT.

That’s why Marc’s a candidate for ibogiane sainthood. No one else who’s
really gone out there crusading for ibogaine is facing the death
penalty. And remember that original African cultural context, iboga and
cannabis are most intimately intertwined. The Twa people say that Iboga
is the Mother, Cannabis is the Father (even though it sounds like it
should be the other way around; Pygmies have had it the longest of
anyone).

So Marc is facing potential execution for facilitating manufacture of
something many people on this list take to mellow out the after-effects
of ibogaine and to potentiate its anti-addictive effect–something that
is intrinsically non-violent and at the heart of the Drug War, which we
all work to end.

I digress, but only because his case resembles mine in that some
idiot(s) are bound to challenge his standing as a prisoner of
conscience.

BTW, did you know  that in 1966 Howard Lotsof was charged and convicted
of LSD conspiracy by the office of then US attorney Robert Morgenthau?
Thanks to Montel Williams, Morgenthau has wrapped himself in the mantle
of medical marijuana– but refuses to meet with ibogaine activists
still.

Oh well.

Dana/cnw

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fringe Yippie, circa 67-70 (was Wireheadz!)
Date: August 5, 2005 at 10:59:48 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Dana:
I remember many smoke ins, mainly from the Lower East side.  On my last visit to the city, I was saddened by what I saw in my old neighborhood of East 6th and Ave. A.  I could still read the lettering on the awning over the t-shirt shop that was once Gem’s Spa…3rd st. and 1st ave. I think..It’s all a blur.  Use to buy acid in Juarez that was made by Sandoz in Switzerland before it was against the law in the US>  I was a bit young, hanging around a dude that lived w/ Kerouac in the writer’s later years. Relax Tink, I don’t know you. ron
—– Original Message —– From: “tink” <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 11:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fringe Yippie, circa 67-70 (was Wireheadz!)

that was to dana-btw
:]

On 8/5/05, tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com> wrote:
you’re a sexist pig, but i love you
tink

On 8/4/05, Dana Beal <dana@phantom.com> wrote:
>
> On Jul 31, 2005, at 1:16 PM, Ron Davis wrote:
>
> > Dana:I was living in the city, fringe yippie, circa 67-70. I remember
> > Ruben but not you.  Banana Dave was big, Electric Circus, we handed
> > out German one fenning coins, which was 1/4 of 1 cent and fit the
> > subway turnstile. I worked at the Filmore East b/4 Wooodstock.  any of
> > this sound familiar? ron
> >
>
> That’s funny, the place were I’m writing this, 9 Bleecker, is where
> they prepared the light show for the Fillmore East. Pablo’s Lights,
> 1967-73.
>
> You would remember me from the smoke-ins in Thompkins Park or the Provo
> Free Store on East 1st St–1967, the “summer of love.”  1967 would be
> “proto-Yippie”, according to Stew Albert–because Yippie as a political
> idiom didn’t get it’s name until the New Year’s Eve party at Abbie
> Hoffman’s apartment on the last night of 1967. Shortly thereafter, I
> got out of jail for a weed sale I didn’t make, was inducted into the
> Yippies a week after the founding party by Abbie, and went underground
> on charges from a very minor LSD bust in August of ’67.
>
> It shouldn’t have been enough LSD for them to pay attention to, but
> they were trying to get me for putting on the smoke-ins in Thompkins
> Park every Saturday for most of that summer–and getting news of it in
> the New York Times.
>
> Just like they aren’t really going after Marc Emery for selling seeds;
> there are dozens of outfits sending seeds into the U.S.
>
> They’re getting Marc for the “money -laundering”, i.e, publishling
> CANNABIS CULTURE, opening the first Ibogaine  clininic in Canada and
> going on national Canadian TV about it, and spending millions trying to
> legalize pot in elections from Israel to Nevada. Marc’s real crime is
> that he put his money to good use, instead of tooting it up his nose!
>
> Think about it. Imagine HIGH TIMES opening its own ibogaine clinic…
>
> NOT.
>
> That’s why Marc’s a candidate for ibogiane sainthood. No one else who’s
> really gone out there crusading for ibogaine is facing the death
> penalty. And remember that original African cultural context, iboga and
> cannabis are most intimately intertwined. The Twa people say that Iboga
> is the Mother, Cannabis is the Father (even though it sounds like it
> should be the other way around; Pygmies have had it the longest of
> anyone).
>
> So Marc is facing potential execution for facilitating manufacture of
> something many people on this list take to mellow out the after-effects
> of ibogaine and to potentiate its anti-addictive effect–something that
> is intrinsically non-violent and at the heart of the Drug War, which we
> all work to end.
>
> I digress, but only because his case resembles mine in that some
> idiot(s) are bound to challenge his standing as a prisoner of
> conscience.
>
> BTW, did you know  that in 1966 Howard Lotsof was charged and convicted
> of LSD conspiracy by the office of then US attorney Robert Morgenthau?
> Thanks to Montel Williams, Morgenthau has wrapped himself in the mantle
> of medical marijuana– but refuses to meet with ibogaine activists
> still.
>
> Oh well.
>
> Dana/cnw
>
>
>
>
>
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From: BiscuitBoy714@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] calling sara119
Date: August 5, 2005 at 10:46:49 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Sara, I tried to send you a private E mail and I think it failed to get to you. I’m not using a computer that I am very good at so I couldn’t get your E mail address to come up. Anyway thanx for the video thread you sent me. It was right on time. I needed to laugh right then. And I mean right then. Sometimes I think you can read my mind. Please continue to be here for us. You have always been an inspiration to me. I still want to come to your house and take the Indra and see the difference for myself. I’m almost strong enough to come to Amsterdam now without worrying about all the dope that is around there. Much love to you and your family.         Randy

From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV+
Date: August 5, 2005 at 10:44:12 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Sean:
I think he gave me a reality check.  I’m still the captain of the ship to the extent nature allows it.  Thanks for the post, ron
—– Original Message —–
From: UUSEAN@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 11:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV+

Hey Ron,

I think your dr friend gave you really poor advice.  As Howard said, better to know what is going on and then be in the position to make decisions about treatment. I didn’t get tested for HIV with similar reasoning..ended up with PCP (AIDS related pneumonia) which never needed to happen.

Sean

From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Why tink flipped -or- an attempt at apologising and explaining…
Date: August 5, 2005 at 10:41:44 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

the last 12 step meeting I went to had two people excluding me.  there was a rift and now ther’s a splinter group.
i don’t know which one to go to, ron
—– Original Message —–
From: UUSEAN@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 12:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Why tink flipped -or- an attempt at apologising and explaining…

In a message dated 8/4/2005 7:50:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, matt@itsupport.net writes:
But there is a sort of psychic damage that occurs when I lie to or steal from my fellow human beings, which to my mind makes honesty more than simply a moral value.  But whatever the case, I’ll be the first to admit that 12 step programs don’t have a monopoly on recovery.

Hi Matt,

I like your point about psychic damage. From my humanist prospective, I think that this is perhaps where morals and ethics arise from on one level. Stealing and lying hurt. Sex feels good.  One reason perhaps stealing and lying hurt is because they hurt the community or perhaps the species perhaps.

Of course these are broad generalities. If someone is completely broke and steals a loaf of bread, are they immoral..or just surviving. If someone lied during world two to protect a Jew in the home is there lying immoral?

At some point I guess morality and ethics are specific to the situation. If heroin caused great harm in my life and I am dealing them clean, I would feel pain because I am violating my ethical system. Selling to others what causes me great pain.  If I have the cash, but steal anyway I am violating my personal ethical system which says that if you should buy not steal.  Further, I associate stealing with using, because I only stole while high or to get high, but then I called it boozing so my personal connection is stealing and get high go together.

As for the steps, I have friends who have done than over and over and feel they really benefited from them, some who felt that they were kind a neutral or occasionally were harmed form the experience. I go to meeting of folks 20 plus years sober who never touch the steps (sober agnostics).  They don’t, as I do not, believe in higher powers who remove shortcoming or have a will for me.  The sure are not “dry drunks” though. It really is whatever works I guess.  Many people on this list practice a form of harm reduction where they remove the most harmful drugs, but continue to smoke weed,  other also trip on shrooms or X. they have removed the greatest harm in their lives. There are some also on the list who are in the tough posistion of removing the harm off addiction while still dealing with chronic pain, sometimes still using low doses of opiates. That is tough.

So we have the whole spectrum here from 12 step to harm reduction.  One amazing thing on this list is that the various views coexist in general peace.  Occasional flare ups occur, but for the most part we can exist with our differences.

Sorry so long a post!
Sean

From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Why tink flipped -or- an attempt at apologising and explaining…
Date: August 5, 2005 at 10:38:31 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Sean:
Finally, one honest man…ron
—– Original Message —–
From: UUSEAN@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 12:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Why tink flipped -or- an attempt at apologising and explaining…

In a message dated 8/4/2005 6:15:38 PM Eastern Standard Time, captkirk@clear.net.nz writes:
guess I’d be labelled someone who clicks with (some..) spiritual methods but I don’t click at ALL with the 12 step programs.  I click with Infinity Steps….from what I’ve seen the 12 steps (and I will probably get a kick up the bum for saying this so wiggling my wee white pom poms in your general direction…….)  they keep you at that 12th step and that’s it….. correct me if I’m wrong (heh this is mindvox OF COURSE YOU WILL )  growth should be ever evolving not stuck somewhere….and as for the higher power.. that’s ME of course…..heh just gotta find the On button (or the off…. )

Hi Kirsty,

I did not mean to imply that because one is clicks with spirtual methods they will click with 12 step programs.  Just that of the people who do get a lot from 12 step, there is a general tendency to be OK with the spiritual or religious.  My friend who brought me to agnostic meetings is quite fine with the spiritual, he just does not think that God, higher power whatever has anything to do with staying sober.  He is sober five years, no steps.

I would like to be 13 stepped about now. For those that don’t the 13 step refers to carrying the message by literally screwing a newcomer.  The message I could take or leave, but the screwing sounds nice about now.:-)

Piece,
‘Sean

From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV+
Date: August 5, 2005 at 10:36:15 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

We’re you charged for the staph since it came from the hospital?  If not, you were really lucky! My HMO won’t pay for unanticipated incidentals like airborne bacteria and viruses.  My bad, just trying to add a little cheer to a bad sitch. ron
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From: UUSEAN@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 1:10 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV+

In a message dated 8/5/2005 2:01:43 AM Eastern Standard Time, jharville@sbcglobal.net writes:
and was given IV Vancomyicin.< SP

Hi Jerry,

Really sorry to hear that. Having little else to do in the hospital, I read quite a bit about staff, and was alarmed to see how common your case is!  Vancomyicin is what I was given immediately IV.  When is was determined I had a bacteria in me in the ER I was admitted and put on antibiotics right away. Guess I was really lucky.

Thank goodness you finally got what you needed before you were dead.

Peace,
Sean

From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Mindvox site?
Date: August 5, 2005 at 10:30:58 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

you knuckleheads…one has to be wasted for x number of years to even grasp such a working concept.  I just found out my computer has a keyboard. ron
—– Original Message —– From: “Vector Vector” <vector620022002@yahoo.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 1:10 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Mindvox site?

Here you go, right from my sent mail. I’ll add your question to the
answer the next time someone asks the same question next year 🙂 The
shorter answwer is most of it is probbly made using vi. If you’re
taking a web design course don’t ask what vi is, you don’t want to
know. It has no buttons 🙂

.:vector:.

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To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
From: Vector Vector <vector620022002@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [ibogaine] mindvox made with what please
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 17:49:10 -0800 (PST)

— Harv Raskin <sputnik@post.com> wrote:

> I got the link to Mindvox here and like it very much but I have
questions
> please. http://www.magic-mushrooms.net/psychedelic-art.html I
really like
> the whole site but what is it?? The link says it is psychedelic art
and I
> see that but I don’t understand anything is it being serious? The
question
> I have about the whole site is how is it made? I tried to download
it using
> HTTrack and vbCity website downloader. Neither one downloads
anything at
> all, not even the main page. It downloads either a blank page which
is
> totally empty or it downloads one link which is a link and nothing
else.
> It
> won’t follow anything. When I try to save any page on the site, it
will
> only save the text and some of the graphics, the rest are not there
at all
> it is only empty space. What I would like to know is what tools is
mindvox
> made with please. How do you make the purple frames that change
sizes
> around the text and graphics and how do you make it work with all
> browsers?
> I am having a hard time tryi
> ng to do the same thing with much simpler pages using Dreamweaver
mx and
> Frontpage, neither one will do anything like it. if I take even the
page
> parts that will download on a single page and try to load it into
> Dreamweaver to see how it is made, it breaks and won’t put it back
> together. How do you do this please?
> Thanks for any help
>

Use carriage returns?

Read the source code?

Go to html school for 5 years?

Read this until it makes sense?
http://www.apple.com/webobjects/specs.html

I think Mindvox is made by going to a unix shell and typing vi then
coding 🙂 Parts of it are macromedia and photoshop graphics slices
but
the rest looks by hand. How does it work is by loading a 800 line
long
css file for every different machine including suns 🙂

Or go to the word wide web standards page and try to validate
mindvox:
http://validator.w3.org

According to their site it won’t work with anything 🙂 Of course it
looks like it works with everything.

It says on one of the 100000 tag lines ‘Made wif Crack!’ there’s your
answer! 🙂

Bill Ross, am I in the spirit of Mindvox and do I at least get a
now???? 😉 🙂 🙂

.:vector:.

Technical answer rep for Mindvox

—  <hmendohlf@gmail.com> wrote:

I’m sorry to post here but nobody replies to any email that is listed
as a contact. I haev the Mindvox site as a link from a web design
course. I have tried to download the front page and it won’t download
anything to my computer, I have read the source code and don’t
understand most of it. Could you please tell me what you used to make
it in email. Thank you, H.

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From: “Matthew Shriver” <matt@itsupport.net>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Why tink flipped -or- an attempt at apologising and explaining…
Date: August 5, 2005 at 10:02:31 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Man I love the way you quote the original email.  Does your email client do that and if so what is it? At any rate I find your whole take on the higher power aspect of the steps interesting.  My whole problem with 12 step programs for well over a decade was the whole God thing.  I didn’t believe in it, I had grown up being force fed religion from my father who always liked to speak about God while his actions showed a complete lack of spirituality (or really any Christian ideals even though he claimed to be one).  I sort of agreed with Marx that religion was the opiate of the masses, something that would become ironic when I later wished for a belief in God so that I could use the 12 step programs to overcome my opiate addiction.  So when I took Ibo the last time I was coming from a place of wanting to clear away whatever resistance I had to the whole God concept.  I saw people in NA (including old using buddies) who were staying clean and I wanted that.  So I interpreted my last Ibo experience as a ‘Matt meets God’ kind of thing but I also realized that the interpretation was entirely mine.  The truth was that words can never describe it, and indeed it cannot ever be understood in the way I understand what it means to understand.  My human brain is not capable of understanding whatever God is.  And that new understanding, or perhaps more accurately, that lack of my old understanding about God allowed me to find some value in the steps for the first time in my life.  But I too do not believe in an external being with a “will” of it’s own for me (at least not the way I understand the concept of will).  I don’t think God can accurately be described with human terms (other than “love” because we can’t really nail down what exactly love means anyway).  But I think there are generalities that apply; things that begin to sound Taoist or Zen-like.  Things like resistance to what is, is not in accordance with the God’s will (you could just as easily say the Tao here).  I actually find now that my favorite spiritual readings are Taoist or Zen writings because they most directly and accurately (I feel) approach the mystery of God.  They come from an understanding that it can be pointed at, but never actually captured in words.  Lao Tzu even says he uses the word Tao because he can’t think of a better word for it (paraphrasing).  But now-a-days I don’t feel like my concept of God is actually very important in terms of putting the steps to use in my life.  I can hear people talk about Jeebus (no offense intended to any Christians here I just think it’s funny to say Jeebus) without feeling a ton of resistance to it.  My sponsor is Jewish, another faith I really don’t have any connection to, some of my friends go to church, it’s all good.
Matt
From: UUSEAN@aol.com [mailto:UUSEAN@aol.com] 
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 11:42 PM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Why tink flipped -or- an attempt at apologising and explaining…

In a message dated 8/4/2005 7:50:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, matt@itsupport.net writes:
But there is a sort of psychic damage that occurs when I lie to or steal from my fellow human beings, which to my mind makes honesty more than simply a moral value.  But whatever the case, I’ll be the first to admit that 12 step programs don’t have a monopoly on recovery.
Hi Matt,

I like your point about psychic damage. From my humanist prospective, I think that this is perhaps where morals and ethics arise from on one level. Stealing and lying hurt. Sex feels good.  One reason perhaps stealing and lying hurt is because they hurt the community or perhaps the species perhaps.

Of course these are broad generalities. If someone is completely broke and steals a loaf of bread, are they immoral..or just surviving. If someone lied during world two to protect a Jew in the home is there lying immoral?

At some point I guess morality and ethics are specific to the situation. If heroin caused great harm in my life and I am dealing them clean, I would feel pain because I am violating my ethical system. Selling to others what causes me great pain.  If I have the cash, but steal anyway I am violating my personal ethical system which says that if you should buy not steal.  Further, I associate stealing with using, because I only stole while high or to get high, but then I called it boozing so my personal connection is stealing and get high go together.

As for the steps, I have friends who have done than over and over and feel they really benefited from them, some who felt that they were kind a neutral or occasionally were harmed form the experience. I go to meeting of folks 20 plus years sober who never touch the steps (sober agnostics).  They don’t, as I do not, believe in higher powers who remove shortcoming or have a will for me.  The sure are not “dry drunks” though. It really is whatever works I guess.  Many people on this list practice a form of harm reduction where they remove the most harmful drugs, but continue to smoke weed,  other also trip on shrooms or X. they have removed the greatest harm in their lives. There are some also on the list who are in the tough posistion of removing the harm off addiction while still dealing with chronic pain, sometimes still using low doses of opiates. That is tough.

So we have the whole spectrum here from 12 step to harm reduction.  One amazing thing on this list is that the various views coexist in general peace.  Occasional flare ups occur, but for the most part we can exist with our differences.

Sorry so long a post!
Sean

From: BiscuitBoy714@aol.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] Re: [Ibogaine Matt and the rooms
Date: August 5, 2005 at 9:27:11 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Matt, I have twice now started E mails to you about the steps and spirituality and been interrupted. I won’t stop now until I’m done, barring an earthquake or an aneurism or some asshole holding me up with a pellet gun. HeHe  Anyway, I’ve been reading here, just not posting much, and I’ve seen a lot of similarities between what you are saying and what I was saying about this time last year. I was an AA/NA guy for about 10 years. I still go but I’m not full tilt a program guy anymore. I know one thing, when I started praying, (even when I didn’t know how) things got easier for me to accept. Good and bad. I didn’t know what to call my higher power or anything, I just started praying because I had no more alternitives. I tried to do the program without having God in the equation and that didn’t work. I tried just praying without having the 12 step program along with it and that didn’t work either. When I finally did both together something clicked. I’m not saying that all my shit went away, it was just a lot easier to deal with. I struggled with what to call my higher power for a little while and finally decided to call him/her God. I don’t think that the name is all that important, for me it was letting something other than my own will help me through the tough times. I found some faith. Faith and acceptence are the two most important things that I got from the whole thing. When I realized that I wasn’t responsible for the follies of the world and that God would help me to at least be able to get through those tough times without having to get so buttered that I nodded out dinner, I finally got a little happier. That’s all I want out of life anymore. I want to be happy, and I want to help people. I’m getting that done now. I fuck up sometimes, hell who doesn’t? I just wanted to say that I’m with you dude. I know how you feel, I think. You seem to be a little more introspective than I am, but we are a lot alike. Your a little smarter than I am, but I know how it is to try and figure out all these intangibles in life. I saw your comparison (I wish I could find the spill chigger on this thing, ’cause I kan’t spell rite) to the rooms yesterday and it hit me right between the eye’s. It was almost exactly what I was saying right after I did my Ibogaine treatment. People come and go but the old timers stay here and try and help. I see it all the time. I don’t know if I’m an old timer or what, but I know that I want to help any way that I can. Your quest for spitituality show’s me how deep you are and how much you want to live life to the fullest. You ROCK dude. Post more, your helping me out too.  Love and life to ya my friend.        Randy

From: “matthew zielinski” <mattzielinski@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Why tink flipped -or- an attempt at apologising and explaining…
Date: August 5, 2005 at 5:55:50 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

There is nothing higher then U…..there in nothing above u for u to look at or pray to……look at ur self and u find “god”…..look at ur fellow human beings and u see divinity
the concept of -god—death—-and many others have been misinerpreted for way too long….time to change our old way of thinking….TIME FOR A REBIRTH!!

Namaste
Matthew

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From: sara119@xs4all.nl
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] calling sara119
Date: August 5, 2005 at 2:56:17 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Thanks for asking Tink. I’m fine.

love,
Sara

Hey, woman, haven’t seen your name pop up lately. Is well well with you?
love and serenity
tink

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From: Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] HCV+
Date: August 5, 2005 at 2:52:21 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Tea    Tree  Oil
Or
NZ Manuka Oil
If you are going to hospital. Your own private first aid kit.
From: jerry harville [mailto:jharville@sbcglobal.net] 
Sent: Friday, 5 August 2005 6:01 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV+

I got my highly resistent staph infection from the hospital where I had my c-fusion.They took bone from my hip to use in the fusion.My neck wound healed ok but where they took the bone from my hip I developed an open wound that would never heal right.They just kept telling me to take the oral antibiotics and I would be ALRIGHT….. I went to a dozen different Dr. before I was at last told I had a highly resistent  staph infection. When I asked If I got it at the hospital they all did the shuffle.I later learned that almost all post surgical staph infections come from the hospital.They have a few antibiotics left that will kill most strains but you have to be almost dead before they will give them to you! I ended up with menengitis and had a fever of 103.7 F.and was given IV Vancomyicin.< SP
Regards,  Jerry

UUSEAN@aol.com wrote:

Hi Capt,

Actually it was the staph infection that I contracted from the last time I shot that landed me in the hospital most recently.  Agreed that staff is a huge issues for hospitals, but reusing needles (what I did), sometimes cottons, using a needle after someone had a staff infection, are the ways that many addicts get staff infections.  The IV antibiotics in the hospital cured my staff.

The issue of staff from hospitals is huge though, and of great concern to the medical community. Staff after surgery is quite common, as well as from hospital IVs etc.

Sean

From: Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Why tink flipped -or- an attempt at apologising and explaining…
Date: August 5, 2005 at 2:51:18 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I would like to be 13 stepped about now. For those that don’t the 13 step refers to carrying the message by literally screwing a newcomer.  The message I could take or leave, but the screwing sounds nice about now.:-)

Piece,
‘Sean
[Capt Kirk] LOL.  Being an opiate user affected sexual urge wise (sob…. Although recent “energies who shall remain nameless”: have kind of changed that a bit lately…..) and being solo for the past 5 or so years, I CAN SO RELATE TO THAT. Lol
Cheers Sean, loving your input.. it’s great.
Kirk

From: UUSEAN@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV+
Date: August 5, 2005 at 2:10:16 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

In a message dated 8/5/2005 2:01:43 AM Eastern Standard Time, jharville@sbcglobal.net writes:
and was given IV Vancomyicin.< SP

Hi Jerry,

Really sorry to hear that. Having little else to do in the hospital, I read quite a bit about staff, and was alarmed to see how common your case is!  Vancomyicin is what I was given immediately IV.  When is was determined I had a bacteria in me in the ER I was admitted and put on antibiotics right away. Guess I was really lucky.

Thank goodness you finally got what you needed before you were dead.

Peace,
Sean

From: Vector Vector <vector620022002@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Mindvox site?
Date: August 5, 2005 at 2:10:12 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Here you go, right from my sent mail. I’ll add your question to the
answer the next time someone asks the same question next year 🙂 The
shorter answwer is most of it is probbly made using vi. If you’re
taking a web design course don’t ask what vi is, you don’t want to
know. It has no buttons 🙂

.:vector:.

— Vector Vector <vector620022002@yahoo.com> wrote:

To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
From: Vector Vector <vector620022002@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [ibogaine] mindvox made with what please
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 17:49:10 -0800 (PST)

— Harv Raskin <sputnik@post.com> wrote:

I got the link to Mindvox here and like it very much but I have
questions
please.  http://www.magic-mushrooms.net/psychedelic-art.html I
really like
the whole site but what is it?? The link says it is psychedelic art
and I
see that but I don’t understand anything is it being serious? The
question
I have about the whole site is how is it made? I tried to download
it using
HTTrack and vbCity website downloader. Neither one downloads
anything at
all, not even the main page. It downloads either a blank page which
is
totally empty or it downloads one link which is a link and nothing
else.
It
won’t follow anything. When I try to save any page on the site, it
will
only save the text and some of the graphics, the rest are not there
at all
it is only empty space. What I would like to know is what tools is
mindvox
made with please. How do you make the purple frames that change
sizes
around the text and graphics and how do you make it work with all
browsers?
I am having a hard time tryi
ng to do the same thing with much simpler pages using Dreamweaver
mx and
Frontpage, neither one will do anything like it. if I take even the
page
parts that will download on a single page and try to load it into
Dreamweaver to see how it is made, it breaks and won’t put it back
together. How do you do this please?
Thanks for any help

Use carriage returns?

Read the source code?

Go to html school for 5 years?

Read this until it makes sense?
http://www.apple.com/webobjects/specs.html

I think Mindvox is made by going to a unix shell and typing vi then
coding 🙂 Parts of it are macromedia and photoshop graphics slices
but
the rest looks by hand. How does it work is by loading a 800 line
long
css file for every different machine including suns 🙂

Or go to the word wide web standards page and try to validate
mindvox:
http://validator.w3.org

According to their site it won’t work with anything 🙂 Of course it
looks like it works with everything.

It says on one of the 100000 tag lines ‘Made wif Crack!’ there’s your
answer! 🙂

Bill Ross, am I in the spirit of Mindvox and do I at least get a
now???? 😉 🙂 🙂

.:vector:.

Technical answer rep for Mindvox

—  <hmendohlf@gmail.com> wrote:

I’m sorry to post here but nobody replies to any email that is listed
as a contact. I haev the Mindvox site as a link from a web design
course. I have tried to download the front page and it won’t download
anything to my computer, I have read the source code and don’t
understand most of it. Could you please tell me what you used to make
it in email. Thank you, H.

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From: jerry harville <jharville@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV+
Date: August 5, 2005 at 2:00:41 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I got my highly resistent staph infection from the hospital where I had my c-fusion.They took bone from my hip to use in the fusion.My neck wound healed ok but where they took the bone from my hip I developed an open wound that would never heal right.They just kept telling me to take the oral antibiotics and I would be ALRIGHT….. I went to a dozen different Dr. before I was at last told I had a highly resistent  staph infection. When I asked If I got it at the hospital they all did the shuffle.I later learned that almost all post surgical staph infections come from the hospital.They have a few antibiotics left that will kill most strains but you have to be almost dead before they will give them to you! I ended up with menengitis and had a fever of 103.7 F.and was given IV Vancomyicin.< SP
Regards,  Jerry
UUSEAN@aol.com wrote:

Hi Capt,

Actually it was the staph infection that I contracted from the last time I shot that landed me in the hospital most recently.  Agreed that staff is a huge issues for hospitals, but reusing needles (what I did), sometimes cottons, using a needle after someone had a staff infection, are the ways that many addicts get staff infections.  The IV antibiotics in the hospital cured my staff.

The issue of staff from hospitals is huge though, and of great concern to the medical community. Staff after surgery is quite common, as well as from hospital IVs etc.

Sean

From: UUSEAN@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Why tink flipped -or- an attempt at apologising and explaining…
Date: August 5, 2005 at 1:51:06 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

In a message dated 8/4/2005 6:15:38 PM Eastern Standard Time, captkirk@clear.net.nz writes:
guess I’d be labelled someone who clicks with (some..) spiritual methods but I don’t click at ALL with the 12 step programs.  I click with Infinity Steps….from what I’ve seen the 12 steps (and I will probably get a kick up the bum for saying this so wiggling my wee white pom poms in your general direction…….)  they keep you at that 12th step and that’s it….. correct me if I’m wrong (heh this is mindvox OF COURSE YOU WILL )  growth should be ever evolving not stuck somewhere….and as for the higher power.. that’s ME of course…..heh just gotta find the On button (or the off…. )

Hi Kirsty,

I did not mean to imply that because one is clicks with spirtual methods they will click with 12 step programs.  Just that of the people who do get a lot from 12 step, there is a general tendency to be OK with the spiritual or religious.  My friend who brought me to agnostic meetings is quite fine with the spiritual, he just does not think that God, higher power whatever has anything to do with staying sober.  He is sober five years, no steps.

I would like to be 13 stepped about now. For those that don’t the 13 step refers to carrying the message by literally screwing a newcomer.  The message I could take or leave, but the screwing sounds nice about now.:-)

Piece,
‘Sean

From: Harris Mendohlf <hmendohlf@gmail.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Mindvox site?
Date: August 5, 2005 at 1:43:21 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I’m sorry to post here but nobody replies to any email that is listed
as a contact. I haev the Mindvox site as a link from a web design
course. I have tried to download the front page and it won’t download
anything to my computer, I have read the source code and don’t
understand most of it. Could you please tell me what you used to make
it in email. Thank you, H.

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From: UUSEAN@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Why tink flipped -or- an attempt at apologising and explaining…
Date: August 5, 2005 at 1:42:24 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

In a message dated 8/4/2005 7:50:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, matt@itsupport.net writes:
But there is a sort of psychic damage that occurs when I lie to or steal from my fellow human beings, which to my mind makes honesty more than simply a moral value.  But whatever the case, I’ll be the first to admit that 12 step programs don’t have a monopoly on recovery.

Hi Matt,

I like your point about psychic damage. From my humanist prospective, I think that this is perhaps where morals and ethics arise from on one level. Stealing and lying hurt. Sex feels good.  One reason perhaps stealing and lying hurt is because they hurt the community or perhaps the species perhaps.

Of course these are broad generalities. If someone is completely broke and steals a loaf of bread, are they immoral..or just surviving. If someone lied during world two to protect a Jew in the home is there lying immoral?

At some point I guess morality and ethics are specific to the situation. If heroin caused great harm in my life and I am dealing them clean, I would feel pain because I am violating my ethical system. Selling to others what causes me great pain.  If I have the cash, but steal anyway I am violating my personal ethical system which says that if you should buy not steal.  Further, I associate stealing with using, because I only stole while high or to get high, but then I called it boozing so my personal connection is stealing and get high go together.

As for the steps, I have friends who have done than over and over and feel they really benefited from them, some who felt that they were kind a neutral or occasionally were harmed form the experience. I go to meeting of folks 20 plus years sober who never touch the steps (sober agnostics).  They don’t, as I do not, believe in higher powers who remove shortcoming or have a will for me.  The sure are not “dry drunks” though. It really is whatever works I guess.  Many people on this list practice a form of harm reduction where they remove the most harmful drugs, but continue to smoke weed,  other also trip on shrooms or X. they have removed the greatest harm in their lives. There are some also on the list who are in the tough posistion of removing the harm off addiction while still dealing with chronic pain, sometimes still using low doses of opiates. That is tough.

So we have the whole spectrum here from 12 step to harm reduction.  One amazing thing on this list is that the various views coexist in general peace.  Occasional flare ups occur, but for the most part we can exist with our differences.

Sorry so long a post!
Sean

From: UUSEAN@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV+
Date: August 5, 2005 at 1:09:44 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hi Capt,

Actually it was the staph infection that I contracted from the last time I shot that landed me in the hospital most recently.  Agreed that staff is a huge issues for hospitals, but reusing needles (what I did), sometimes cottons, using a needle after someone had a staff infection, are the ways that many addicts get staff infections.  The IV antibiotics in the hospital cured my staff.

The issue of staff from hospitals is huge though, and of great concern to the medical community. Staff after surgery is quite common, as well as from hospital IVs etc.

Sean

From: HSLotsof@aol.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] new paper/Nicotinic agonists, antagonists, and modulators from natural sources.
Date: August 5, 2005 at 1:03:32 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Cell Mol Neurobiol. 2005 Jun;25(3-4):513-52.

Nicotinic agonists, antagonists, and modulators from natural sources.
Daly JW.
Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and
Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, DHHS, Bethesda,
Maryland.
1. Acetylcholine receptors were initially defined as nicotinic or muscarinic,
based on selective activation by two natural products, nicotine and
muscarine. Several further nicotinic agonists have been discovered from natural
sources, including cytisine, anatoxin, ferruginine, anabaseine, epibatidine, and
epiquinamide. These have provided lead structures for the design of a wide range
of synthetic agents.2. Natural sources have also provided competitive nicotinic
antagonists, such as the Erythrina alkaloids, the tubocurarines, and
methyllycaconitine. Noncompetitive antagonists, such as the histrionicotoxins, various
izidines, decahydroquinolines, spiropyrrolizidine oximes, pseudophrynamines,
ibogaine, strychnine, cocaine, and sparteine have come from natural sources.
Finally, galanthamine, codeine, and ivermectin represent positive modulators of
nicotinic function, derived from natural sources.3. Clearly, research on
acetylcholine receptors and functions has been dependent on key natural products
and the synthetic agents that they inspired.

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From: Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Fringe Yippie, circa 67-70 (was Wireheadz!)
Date: August 5, 2005 at 12:52:50 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

BTW, did you know  that in 1966 Howard Lotsof was charged and convicted
of LSD conspiracy by the office of then US attorney Robert Morgenthau?
Thanks to Montel Williams, Morgenthau has wrapped himself in the mantle
of medical marijuana– but refuses to meet with ibogaine activists
still.

Oh well.

Dana/cnw
[Capt Kirk] OMGGG I had no idea howard was a crim!!!!  Does he have tattoos
also??>>> Ohh myyy and I had in my head a vision of a angel with wings, a
halo (slitely dented and bent like the aol halo smiley…)but a halo never
the less….oh dear oh dear, my image has been shattered. What shall I do?
Luff n giggles
Cappen Koiky xxxxxxxx

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From: Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] HCV+
Date: August 5, 2005 at 12:49:34 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I gather you are aware that the Staph infection you so kindly got was lovingly gifted to you by the hospital in which you laid to get well??  My bestus friend and nurse constantly uses Tea Tree oil (Manuka oil of new Zealand is a helluva lot stronger..) to combat staph infections from working in hospitals with great results. An aussie doctor was also looking into this for golden staph infections in hospitals …. But has been very quiet since this brave announcement, hope he is still investigating…
Just some thoughts……… I use tea tree oil for pretty loads of stuff… zits, mouth infections, sore throat, bad breath, spray and wipe antibacterial, toilet anti bact. Etc etc the list in endless.
Kirk :o)
From: jerry harville [mailto:jharville@sbcglobal.net] 
Sent: Friday, 5 August 2005 3:36 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV+

Ron,  You can be HCV positive and have edema from lots of other things.I was worried about having the test results ( I am + ) on the MIB.( Medical Information Bureau.) I went to the county
free clinic and had the results in 3 days.You don’t even have to give them a name! The way they do it is you make up a 8 digit #….. HCV is not an automatic death sentence! But it is best to know if you have it for a lot of reasons.Most of all so you can learn about it and how not to past it on to a loved one.I have had it for over 20 yrs.One of the reasons that I want to use IBO is to
get off my script for Morphine.I have a failed neck fusion and have lots of pain but think sometimes the sideffects of the PK are worse that the pain.One was bigtime swelling in my legs and feet! I got a staph infection and almost bought it.The treatments for HCV are getting better all the time.Now, if you find a loved one thats a match they can give you 1/2 of their liver and both will regenerate.Sorry to go on and on but keep on trucking! HCV is a downer but most of us can live a long and productive life. Best regards, Jerry

Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:
Sean:thanks for the advice and friendship,  Ron
—– Original Message —–
From: UUSEAN@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 11:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV+

Hey Ron,

I think your dr friend gave you really poor advice.  As Howard said, better to know what is going on and then be in the position to make decisions about treatment. I didn’t get tested for HIV with similar reasoning..ended up with PCP (AIDS related pneumonia) which never needed to happen.

Sean

From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fringe Yippie, circa 67-70 (was Wireheadz!)
Date: August 5, 2005 at 12:26:30 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

that was to dana-btw
:]

On 8/5/05, tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com> wrote:
you’re a sexist pig, but i love you
tink

On 8/4/05, Dana Beal <dana@phantom.com> wrote:

On Jul 31, 2005, at 1:16 PM, Ron Davis wrote:

Dana:I was living in the city, fringe yippie, circa 67-70. I remember
Ruben but not you.  Banana Dave was big, Electric Circus, we handed
out German one fenning coins, which was 1/4 of 1 cent and fit the
subway turnstile. I worked at the Filmore East b/4 Wooodstock.  any of
this sound familiar? ron

That’s funny, the place were I’m writing this, 9 Bleecker, is where
they prepared the light show for the Fillmore East. Pablo’s Lights,
1967-73.

You would remember me from the smoke-ins in Thompkins Park or the Provo
Free Store on East 1st St–1967, the “summer of love.”  1967 would be
“proto-Yippie”, according to Stew Albert–because Yippie as a political
idiom didn’t get it’s name until the New Year’s Eve party at Abbie
Hoffman’s apartment on the last night of 1967. Shortly thereafter, I
got out of jail for a weed sale I didn’t make, was inducted into the
Yippies a week after the founding party by Abbie, and went underground
on charges from a very minor LSD bust in August of ’67.

It shouldn’t have been enough LSD for them to pay attention to, but
they were trying to get me for putting on the smoke-ins in Thompkins
Park every Saturday for most of that summer–and getting news of it in
the New York Times.

Just like they aren’t really going after Marc Emery for selling seeds;
there are dozens of outfits sending seeds into the U.S.

They’re getting Marc for the “money -laundering”, i.e, publishling
CANNABIS CULTURE, opening the first Ibogaine  clininic in Canada and
going on national Canadian TV about it, and spending millions trying to
legalize pot in elections from Israel to Nevada. Marc’s real crime is
that he put his money to good use, instead of tooting it up his nose!

Think about it. Imagine HIGH TIMES opening its own ibogaine clinic…

NOT.

That’s why Marc’s a candidate for ibogiane sainthood. No one else who’s
really gone out there crusading for ibogaine is facing the death
penalty. And remember that original African cultural context, iboga and
cannabis are most intimately intertwined. The Twa people say that Iboga
is the Mother, Cannabis is the Father (even though it sounds like it
should be the other way around; Pygmies have had it the longest of
anyone).

So Marc is facing potential execution for facilitating manufacture of
something many people on this list take to mellow out the after-effects
of ibogaine and to potentiate its anti-addictive effect–something that
is intrinsically non-violent and at the heart of the Drug War, which we
all work to end.

I digress, but only because his case resembles mine in that some
idiot(s) are bound to challenge his standing as a prisoner of
conscience.

BTW, did you know  that in 1966 Howard Lotsof was charged and convicted
of LSD conspiracy by the office of then US attorney Robert Morgenthau?
Thanks to Montel Williams, Morgenthau has wrapped himself in the mantle
of medical marijuana– but refuses to meet with ibogaine activists
still.

Oh well.

Dana/cnw

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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fringe Yippie, circa 67-70 (was Wireheadz!)
Date: August 5, 2005 at 12:24:58 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

you’re a sexist pig, but i love you
tink

On 8/4/05, Dana Beal <dana@phantom.com> wrote:

On Jul 31, 2005, at 1:16 PM, Ron Davis wrote:

Dana:I was living in the city, fringe yippie, circa 67-70. I remember
Ruben but not you.  Banana Dave was big, Electric Circus, we handed
out German one fenning coins, which was 1/4 of 1 cent and fit the
subway turnstile. I worked at the Filmore East b/4 Wooodstock.  any of
this sound familiar? ron

That’s funny, the place were I’m writing this, 9 Bleecker, is where
they prepared the light show for the Fillmore East. Pablo’s Lights,
1967-73.

You would remember me from the smoke-ins in Thompkins Park or the Provo
Free Store on East 1st St–1967, the “summer of love.”  1967 would be
“proto-Yippie”, according to Stew Albert–because Yippie as a political
idiom didn’t get it’s name until the New Year’s Eve party at Abbie
Hoffman’s apartment on the last night of 1967. Shortly thereafter, I
got out of jail for a weed sale I didn’t make, was inducted into the
Yippies a week after the founding party by Abbie, and went underground
on charges from a very minor LSD bust in August of ’67.

It shouldn’t have been enough LSD for them to pay attention to, but
they were trying to get me for putting on the smoke-ins in Thompkins
Park every Saturday for most of that summer–and getting news of it in
the New York Times.

Just like they aren’t really going after Marc Emery for selling seeds;
there are dozens of outfits sending seeds into the U.S.

They’re getting Marc for the “money -laundering”, i.e, publishling
CANNABIS CULTURE, opening the first Ibogaine  clininic in Canada and
going on national Canadian TV about it, and spending millions trying to
legalize pot in elections from Israel to Nevada. Marc’s real crime is
that he put his money to good use, instead of tooting it up his nose!

Think about it. Imagine HIGH TIMES opening its own ibogaine clinic…

NOT.

That’s why Marc’s a candidate for ibogiane sainthood. No one else who’s
really gone out there crusading for ibogaine is facing the death
penalty. And remember that original African cultural context, iboga and
cannabis are most intimately intertwined. The Twa people say that Iboga
is the Mother, Cannabis is the Father (even though it sounds like it
should be the other way around; Pygmies have had it the longest of
anyone).

So Marc is facing potential execution for facilitating manufacture of
something many people on this list take to mellow out the after-effects
of ibogaine and to potentiate its anti-addictive effect–something that
is intrinsically non-violent and at the heart of the Drug War, which we
all work to end.

I digress, but only because his case resembles mine in that some
idiot(s) are bound to challenge his standing as a prisoner of
conscience.

BTW, did you know  that in 1966 Howard Lotsof was charged and convicted
of LSD conspiracy by the office of then US attorney Robert Morgenthau?
Thanks to Montel Williams, Morgenthau has wrapped himself in the mantle
of medical marijuana– but refuses to meet with ibogaine activists
still.

Oh well.

Dana/cnw

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From: jerry harville <jharville@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV+
Date: August 4, 2005 at 11:35:59 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Ron,  You can be HCV positive and have edema from lots of other things.I was worried about having the test results ( I am + ) on the MIB.( Medical Information Bureau.) I went to the county
free clinic and had the results in 3 days.You don’t even have to give them a name! The way they do it is you make up a 8 digit #….. HCV is not an automatic death sentence! But it is best to know if you have it for a lot of reasons.Most of all so you can learn about it and how not to past it on to a loved one.I have had it for over 20 yrs.One of the reasons that I want to use IBO is to
get off my script for Morphine.I have a failed neck fusion and have lots of pain but think sometimes the sideffects of the PK are worse that the pain.One was bigtime swelling in my legs and feet! I got a staph infection and almost bought it.The treatments for HCV are getting better all the time.Now, if you find a loved one thats a match they can give you 1/2 of their liver and both will regenerate.Sorry to go on and on but keep on trucking! HCV is a downer but most of us can live a long and productive life. Best regards, Jerry

Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:
Sean:thanks for the advice and friendship,  Ron
—– Original Message —–
From: UUSEAN@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 11:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV+

Hey Ron,

I think your dr friend gave you really poor advice.  As Howard said, better to know what is going on and then be in the position to make decisions about treatment. I didn’t get tested for HIV with similar reasoning..ended up with PCP (AIDS related pneumonia) which never needed to happen.

Sean

From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fringe Yippie, circa 67-70 (was Wireheadz!)
Date: August 4, 2005 at 10:58:19 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

MEMORY LANE..I WASN’T A PLAYER BUT HAD FUN.  HEROIN AND SPEED ALMOST KILLED ME
—– Original Message —– From: “Dana Beal” <dana@phantom.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 6:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fringe Yippie, circa 67-70 (was Wireheadz!)

On Jul 31, 2005, at 1:16 PM, Ron Davis wrote:

Dana:I was living in the city, fringe yippie, circa 67-70. I remember Ruben but not you.  Banana Dave was big, Electric Circus, we handed out German one fenning coins, which was 1/4 of 1 cent and fit the subway turnstile. I worked at the Filmore East b/4 Wooodstock.  any of this sound familiar? ron

That’s funny, the place were I’m writing this, 9 Bleecker, is where they prepared the light show for the Fillmore East. Pablo’s Lights, 1967-73.

You would remember me from the smoke-ins in Thompkins Park or the Provo Free Store on East 1st St–1967, the “summer of love.”  1967 would be “proto-Yippie”, according to Stew Albert–because Yippie as a political idiom didn’t get it’s name until the New Year’s Eve party at Abbie Hoffman’s apartment on the last night of 1967. Shortly thereafter, I got out of jail for a weed sale I didn’t make, was inducted into the Yippies a week after the founding party by Abbie, and went underground on charges from a very minor LSD bust in August of ’67.

It shouldn’t have been enough LSD for them to pay attention to, but they were trying to get me for putting on the smoke-ins in Thompkins Park every Saturday for most of that summer–and getting news of it in the New York Times.

Just like they aren’t really going after Marc Emery for selling seeds; there are dozens of outfits sending seeds into the U.S.

They’re getting Marc for the “money -laundering”, i.e, publishling CANNABIS CULTURE, opening the first Ibogaine  clininic in Canada and going on national Canadian TV about it, and spending millions trying to legalize pot in elections from Israel to Nevada. Marc’s real crime is that he put his money to good use, instead of tooting it up his nose!

Think about it. Imagine HIGH TIMES opening its own ibogaine clinic…

NOT.

That’s why Marc’s a candidate for ibogiane sainthood. No one else who’s really gone out there crusading for ibogaine is facing the death penalty. And remember that original African cultural context, iboga and cannabis are most intimately intertwined. The Twa people say that Iboga is the Mother, Cannabis is the Father (even though it sounds like it should be the other way around; Pygmies have had it the longest of anyone).

So Marc is facing potential execution for facilitating manufacture of something many people on this list take to mellow out the after-effects of ibogaine and to potentiate its anti-addictive effect–something that is intrinsically non-violent and at the heart of the Drug War, which we all work to end.

I digress, but only because his case resembles mine in that some idiot(s) are bound to challenge his standing as a prisoner of conscience.

BTW, did you know  that in 1966 Howard Lotsof was charged and convicted of LSD conspiracy by the office of then US attorney Robert Morgenthau? Thanks to Montel Williams, Morgenthau has wrapped himself in the mantle of medical marijuana– but refuses to meet with ibogaine activists still.

Oh well.

Dana/cnw

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From: Vivienne Elanta <vivienneelanta@yahoo.com.au>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fringe Yippie, circa 67-70 (was Wireheadz!)
Date: August 4, 2005 at 10:49:54 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Dana is this a cures not wars webcast? It doesnt sound anything like the
yippies I know.

http://www.yippieshow.com/

Blessed be
Vivienne Elanta

— Dana Beal <dana@phantom.com> wrote:

On Jul 31, 2005, at 1:16 PM, Ron Davis wrote:

Dana:I was living in the city, fringe yippie, circa 67-70. I
remember Ruben but not you.  Banana Dave was big, Electric Circus,
we handed out German one fenning coins, which was 1/4 of 1 cent and
fit the subway turnstile. I worked at the Filmore East b/4
Wooodstock.  any of this sound familiar? ron

That’s funny, the place were I’m writing this, 9 Bleecker, is where
they prepared the light show for the Fillmore East. Pablo’s Lights,
1967-73.

You would remember me from the smoke-ins in Thompkins Park or the
Provo Free Store on East 1st St–1967, the “summer of love.”  1967
would be “proto-Yippie”, according to Stew Albert–because Yippie as
a political idiom didn’t get it’s name until the New Year’s Eve party
at Abbie Hoffman’s apartment on the last night of 1967. Shortly
thereafter, I got out of jail for a weed sale I didn’t make, was
inducted into the Yippies a week after the founding party by Abbie,
and went underground on charges from a very minor LSD bust in August
of ’67.

It shouldn’t have been enough LSD for them to pay attention to, but
they were trying to get me for putting on the smoke-ins in Thompkins
Park every Saturday for most of that summer–and getting news of it
in the New York Times.

Just like they aren’t really going after Marc Emery for selling
seeds; there are dozens of outfits sending seeds into the U.S.

They’re getting Marc for the “money -laundering”, i.e, publishling
CANNABIS CULTURE, opening the first Ibogaine  clininic in Canada and
going on national Canadian TV about it, and spending millions trying
to legalize pot in elections from Israel to Nevada. Marc’s real crime
is that he put his money to good use, instead of tooting it up his nose!

Think about it. Imagine HIGH TIMES opening its own ibogaine clinic…

NOT.

That’s why Marc’s a candidate for ibogiane sainthood. No one else
who’s really gone out there crusading for ibogaine is facing the
death penalty. And remember that original African cultural context,
iboga and cannabis are most intimately intertwined. The Twa people
say that Iboga is the Mother, Cannabis is the Father (even though it
sounds like it should be the other way around; Pygmies have had it
the longest of anyone).

So Marc is facing potential execution for facilitating manufacture of
something many people on this list take to mellow out the after-
effects of ibogaine and to potentiate its anti-addictive effect–
something that is intrinsically non-violent and at the heart of the
Drug War, which we all work to end.

I digress, but only because his case resembles mine in that some idiot
(s) are bound to challenge his standing as a prisoner of conscience.

BTW, did you know  that in 1966 Howard Lotsof was charged and
convicted of LSD conspiracy by the office of then US attorney Robert
Morgenthau? Thanks to Montel Williams, Morgenthau has wrapped himself
in the mantle of medical marijuana– but refuses to meet with
ibogaine activists still.

Oh well.

Dana/cnw

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV+
Date: August 4, 2005 at 10:32:58 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Sean:thanks for the advice and friendship,  Ron
—– Original Message —–
From: UUSEAN@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 11:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV+

Hey Ron,

I think your dr friend gave you really poor advice.  As Howard said, better to know what is going on and then be in the position to make decisions about treatment. I didn’t get tested for HIV with similar reasoning..ended up with PCP (AIDS related pneumonia) which never needed to happen.

Sean

From: Dana Beal <dana@phantom.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fringe Yippie, circa 67-70 (was Wireheadz!)
Date: August 4, 2005 at 7:53:00 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

On Jul 31, 2005, at 1:16 PM, Ron Davis wrote:

Dana:I was living in the city, fringe yippie, circa 67-70. I remember Ruben but not you.  Banana Dave was big, Electric Circus, we handed out German one fenning coins, which was 1/4 of 1 cent and fit the subway turnstile. I worked at the Filmore East b/4 Wooodstock.  any of this sound familiar? ron

That’s funny, the place were I’m writing this, 9 Bleecker, is where they prepared the light show for the Fillmore East. Pablo’s Lights, 1967-73.

You would remember me from the smoke-ins in Thompkins Park or the Provo Free Store on East 1st St–1967, the “summer of love.”  1967 would be “proto-Yippie”, according to Stew Albert–because Yippie as a political idiom didn’t get it’s name until the New Year’s Eve party at Abbie Hoffman’s apartment on the last night of 1967. Shortly thereafter, I got out of jail for a weed sale I didn’t make, was inducted into the Yippies a week after the founding party by Abbie, and went underground on charges from a very minor LSD bust in August of ’67.

It shouldn’t have been enough LSD for them to pay attention to, but they were trying to get me for putting on the smoke-ins in Thompkins Park every Saturday for most of that summer–and getting news of it in the New York Times.

Just like they aren’t really going after Marc Emery for selling seeds; there are dozens of outfits sending seeds into the U.S.

They’re getting Marc for the “money -laundering”, i.e, publishling CANNABIS CULTURE, opening the first Ibogaine  clininic in Canada and going on national Canadian TV about it, and spending millions trying to legalize pot in elections from Israel to Nevada. Marc’s real crime is that he put his money to good use, instead of tooting it up his nose!

Think about it. Imagine HIGH TIMES opening its own ibogaine clinic…

NOT.

That’s why Marc’s a candidate for ibogiane sainthood. No one else who’s really gone out there crusading for ibogaine is facing the death penalty. And remember that original African cultural context, iboga and cannabis are most intimately intertwined. The Twa people say that Iboga is the Mother, Cannabis is the Father (even though it sounds like it should be the other way around; Pygmies have had it the longest of anyone).

So Marc is facing potential execution for facilitating manufacture of something many people on this list take to mellow out the after-effects of ibogaine and to potentiate its anti-addictive effect–something that is intrinsically non-violent and at the heart of the Drug War, which we all work to end.

I digress, but only because his case resembles mine in that some idiot(s) are bound to challenge his standing as a prisoner of conscience.

BTW, did you know  that in 1966 Howard Lotsof was charged and convicted of LSD conspiracy by the office of then US attorney Robert Morgenthau? Thanks to Montel Williams, Morgenthau has wrapped himself in the mantle of medical marijuana– but refuses to meet with ibogaine activists still.

Oh well.

Dana/cnw

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From: “Matthew Shriver” <matt@itsupport.net>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Why tink flipped -or- an attempt at apologising and explaining…
Date: August 4, 2005 at 7:50:14 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Yeah I think addicts really get that whole really wanting something while really not wanting it simultaneously thing.  I know that all my thoughts are mine, not just the bad ones so to speak, but I have to be careful which ones I give my attention to, and even more importantly, which ones I choose to believe.  I’ve heard addicts described as “ego maniacs with inferiority complexes” based on a general tendency to have either overly grandiose thoughts or blatantly self defeating ones and I can certainly relate to that sort of thing.

As to the whole spiritual path thing, I sort of see it as I see everything else these days; it’s a matter of perspective.  From one perspective a force that gives rise to life, that inspires love, that permeates all being, could be called God.  But on the other hand, if everything is God and nothing is not-God, than what meaning does the word God really have?  I think that underlying all reality there is something that does not lend itself to conceptualization, logical understand, and description by means of words.  Whatever that thing is, it is the thing that all religions and spiritual paths refer to and point at, and ultimately aspire to.  God is as good a word as any, or as bad if you like.

I consider honesty a spiritual principle, however as you said it could just as easily be called an ethical or moral one from another perspective.  But there is a sort of psychic damage that occurs when I lie to or steal from my fellow human beings, which to my mind makes honesty more than simply a moral value.  But whatever the case, I’ll be the first to admit that 12 step programs don’t have a monopoly on recovery.

But to also address something Kirk said, where I live we work the twelve steps over and over again so there really isn’t an end; maybe they do it differently elsewhere.  The way I have heard it explained is that as you work the steps you raise your consciousness and when you come back around to start them again, they look different from the new consciousness level you have (hopefully) attained to from the last go around.  For example, I myself am almost done with my first time through and I am almost painfully aware of just how much expectations are interfering with my peace and serenity.  I almost always get riled when I make a plan and reality comes along with it’s own ideas about how things should go.  So I expect my next cut at the steps to involve looking closely at that stuff.  The steps (at least in NA) are about dealing with this thing called addiction, in all of the ways it manifests, not just the drug use part.
Matt
From: UUSEAN@aol.com [mailto:UUSEAN@aol.com] 
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 10:26 AM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Why tink flipped -or- an attempt at apologising and explaining…

In a message dated 8/4/2005 10:02:45 AM Eastern Standard Time, matt@itsupport.net writes:
Despite what my head tells me, I seem to
recall that my lowest most unhappy point was when I was selling dope for my
dealer, so the heroin was cheap and easy and I had extra money for crack so
I was loaded constantly.  And in the midst of the greatest abundance of
drugs I have ever known I wanted to die.

Hi Matt,

To my way of thinking your head is reminding you of reality too when you remember how it was really was, like what you typed above.   I have spent the last year learning to hear the voices in my head. (outside of therapy this sounds really strange.:-)  Part of really wanted to quit shooting while other parts could not picture life without drugs…all in the same head.

As for the spiritual path’s effectiveness…I have seen that those who click with spiritual methods do really well in 12 step programs.  Part of my recovery has kind of been the opposite, accepting that I really don’t believe in higher powers and that 12 step groups will be of little help to me.  So it seems to me from observation that what is effective varies with each individual.  Also, sometimes what is refereed to as spiritual could also be called ethical or moral.  I do find that any day I don’t steal or deal drugs, it is easier to stay clean that day.
Probably a matter partly of association. Personally I don’t think I could stay clean if I were dealing H for example.

Glad your on the list and doing well Matt.  You made some really good points in your post.
And I agree that Mindvox is a meeting of sorts from time to time. Other times it really defies description.

Peace,
Sean

From: Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Why tink flipped -or- an attempt at apologising and explaining…
Date: August 4, 2005 at 5:47:06 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I OBJECT ~~!! Lol
I guess I’d be labelled someone who clicks with (some..) spiritual methods but I don’t click at ALL with the 12 step programs.  I click with Infinity Steps….from what I’ve seen the 12 steps (and I will probably get a kick up the bum for saying this so wiggling my wee white pom poms in your general direction…….)  they keep you at that 12th step and that’s it….. correct me if I’m wrong (heh this is mindvox OF COURSE YOU WILL )  growth should be ever evolving not stuck somewhere….and as for the higher power.. that’s ME of course…..heh just gotta find the On button (or the off…. )
Ok….
Laterz
Kirsty

As for the spiritual path’s effectiveness…I have seen that those who click with spiritual methods do really well in 12 step programs.  Part of my recovery has kind of been the opposite, accepting that I really don’t believe in higher powers and that 12 step groups will be of little help to me.  So it seems to me from observation that what is effective varies with each individual.  Also, sometimes what is refereed to as spiritual could also be called ethical or moral.  I do find that any day I don’t steal or deal drugs, it is easier to stay clean that day.
Probably a matter partly of association. Personally I don’t think I could stay clean if I were dealing H for example.

Sean

From: Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Re: OT again n again… Mindvox welcome Mat, Matt S.
Date: August 4, 2005 at 5:38:09 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Appprowpraet.. approopiate…. how do ya spell that??  Haven’t hung about
enuff four-ums to even know what that is…..
All I know is I’ve met some cool people here…. getting me thru the long
haul it’s taking until I get to launch off into Iboga-space.
Have you read the welcome mat? Matt? It’s very cool and helps explain this
space… have to read it myself every now n then to remind me…..
Have to go visit DIVO… literally ran into an old friend, Fyfe who works at
the needle exchange/hep c offices in Dunedin and he said something about a
guy who had been trying to set something up here for Ibogaine… but got
sick of red tape? Anyway, will find out more….could be my break….
Kirk xx

—–Original Message—–
From: Matthew Shriver [mailto:matt@itsupport.net]
Sent: Friday, 5 August 2005 1:55 a.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Why tink flipped -or- an attempt at apologising and
explaining to ron

When I first started getting emails from this list a couple weeks ago I
thought the back and forth I was seeing was more appropriate to a forum than
a mailing list.  But I’m a newcomer here so what do I know?  But I have sort
of begun to like the fact that I see the same people posting over and over
again and I see a continuity here that is more like a forum and it’s cool.

But I was struck again when reading this how much this back and forth
reminds of meetings.  Although people float in and out of meetings over
time, I generally see the same group of regulars, and I get to hear them
check in and say how things are going in their life.  And there are regulars
who can’t stop using, and regulars who have been clean so long it’s hard to
even picture them the way they describe their old selves, and everything in
between.

But mostly what I get from meetings is reminded of how miserable I was when
I was using all the time.  My head likes to be very selective in what I
remember and sometimes I forget all the bad shit (even though there is a
fuck-ton of bad shit to remember) and just remember how very effective drugs
are at changing the way I feel instantly.  Nothing in the world that I have
ever discovered is as reliable or effective as a syringe full of heroin at
making everything feel ok, even if it is only temporary.  I can say the same
of crack although the feelings produced are a little different; still it’s
quick and effective, two things I like to hear.  Meanwhile, recovery, “life
on life’s terms” as they say, and walking through whatever happens and
staying clean, can sometimes be the slow and painful path and my head hates
that.

But one thing I have come to believe, even if I have to remind myself that
it is true, is that the spiritual path of recovery is, in the long term,
actually the more effective way.  Despite what my head tells me, I seem to
recall that my lowest most unhappy point was when I was selling dope for my
dealer, so the heroin was cheap and easy and I had extra money for crack so
I was loaded constantly.  And in the midst of the greatest abundance of
drugs I have ever known I wanted to die.

And just as an aside Tink, I have a friend who works as a chef and he has a
pink Mohawk at the moment.
Matt

—–Original Message—–
From: tink [mailto:tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 10:15 PM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] Why tink flipped -or- an attempt at apologising and
explaining to ron

Hey Ron and all-
I didn’t mean to be so abrupt and bitchy, and I wanted to tell you
that I’m sorry if it came off that way.  I’m not that far from the
edge of disaster on a daily basis, and it’s only recently that I’ve
actually started getting my life together again, after 18 years or so
of a very hardcore heroin and coke addiction(that’s for ron-everyone
else has heard ad infinitum ;] ).  I bounced from city to city, clinic
to clinic, and bad sitaution to worse for the majority of my adult
life,  but one day, took a serious look inside and found something
there that I didn’t know I had, which was a whole bunch of nuclear hot
rage. I used the rage to focus on getting off of everything once and
for all, and am now not quite so angry any more, but it does come out
in spurts, and I’m beginning to understand why, I think.
I had been so dead for so many years that I didn’t even know how
pissed I was.  That has got to be the most absurd thing ever,
considering what I had done to myself, and what had been done to me,
but the brain is a mysterious machine, and my inability to see my nose
on my face is merely symptomatic of the whole disease of addiction.
I guess that, as I meander farther from the darkness and closer to a
“normal” life- what ever the fuck THAT might be- I can recognise my
old behavoirs(and sometimes they sneak back up and bite me on the ass)
in others writing, and it opens my mind to a whole different level of
understanding within myself, and of the whole disease of addiction.  I
guess that as I see myself refecleted in all of you, and it reminds me
of what others in my life have felt, and told me about, but I didn’t
understand.  Some of it is quite obvious, now that I’m looking back,
but it certainly didn’t feel like it at the time.
And there are probably whole chapters that I will NEVER get, but I’m
okay with that :]
We’re all so different, yet all so similar, and this list has been
more than a great help to me in opening my eyes, my mind, and
hopefully my heart.  It’s because of the diversity and the openess in
which we all support or snipe at each other that makes it exactly what
it is.
Anyhoo- enough from me tonight.  I love my new job ( I don’t have to
be nice to any one and I can dye my hair what ever colour I want:] )
but it’s kicked my ass, and away to bed I go.
ANgels on your pillows
Love to you all
tink

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From: Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] KV
Date: August 4, 2005 at 5:16:35 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Yes, how long is your hair you may have to grow it for a while!!! And I have a scar on my right cheek. (oh hang on, that’s my arse…… don’t worry bout that unless they’re doing scar checks….)
Koiky
From: Ron Davis [mailto:rwd3@cox.net] 
Sent: Friday, 5 August 2005 1:50 a.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] KV

i’m trying for a diplomatic passport from Ceylon.  can I use your pix?  baggage here to stay w/ homeland security and big brudder…….ron
—– Original Message —–
From: Kirk
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 1:50 AM
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] KV

Yeh pretty much, Ron, you can be a Kiwi, TA DAAAAA there ya go….Big shame about “them” not letting you stay, could have been the change of environment you needed? The justice system is not right here, but it’s no where near as bad as the State of the States……. And, of course, we have the Milford Track J (and the Heaphy to name but a very few….oh AND I LIVE HERE HAA!!)
Anyway to dump the baggage? New identity???  Still working on the transporter dude, will keep in touch ok?
Love heaps
Kirk xx
From: Ron Davis [mailto:rwd3@cox.net] 
Sent: Thursday, 4 August 2005 2:56 a.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] KV

Thanks.  I tramped the Milford Track one time.  Am I a Kiwi by proxy?  they won’t let me stay,  too much American pie baggage. ron

From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] calling sara119
Date: August 4, 2005 at 1:23:36 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hey, woman, haven’t seen your name pop up lately. Is well well with you?
love and serenity
tink

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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] So off topic you should skip it: “why am i so AMAZING??!!!”
Date: August 4, 2005 at 12:32:43 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Invader Zim and Grr are now gawd!!
Sorry, dana…
:] love tink

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From: UUSEAN@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Why tink flipped -or- an attempt at apologising and explaining…
Date: August 4, 2005 at 12:26:18 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

In a message dated 8/4/2005 10:02:45 AM Eastern Standard Time, matt@itsupport.net writes:
Despite what my head tells me, I seem to
recall that my lowest most unhappy point was when I was selling dope for my
dealer, so the heroin was cheap and easy and I had extra money for crack so
I was loaded constantly.  And in the midst of the greatest abundance of
drugs I have ever known I wanted to die.

Hi Matt,

To my way of thinking your head is reminding you of reality too when you remember how it was really was, like what you typed above.   I have spent the last year learning to hear the voices in my head. (outside of therapy this sounds really strange.:-)  Part of really wanted to quit shooting while other parts could not picture life without drugs…all in the same head.

As for the spiritual path’s effectiveness…I have seen that those who click with spiritual methods do really well in 12 step programs.  Part of my recovery has kind of been the opposite, accepting that I really don’t believe in higher powers and that 12 step groups will be of little help to me.  So it seems to me from observation that what is effective varies with each individual.  Also, sometimes what is refereed to as spiritual could also be called ethical or moral.  I do find that any day I don’t steal or deal drugs, it is easier to stay clean that day.
Probably a matter partly of association. Personally I don’t think I could stay clean if I were dealing H for example.

Glad your on the list and doing well Matt.  You made some really good points in your post.
And I agree that Mindvox is a meeting of sorts from time to time. Other times it really defies description.

Peace,
Sean

From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Why tink flipped -or- an attempt at apologising and explaining to ron
Date: August 4, 2005 at 11:08:57 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Lol- some habits die harder than others :]
how old am i?
tink

On 8/4/05, Matthew Shriver <matt@itsupport.net> wrote:
When I first started getting emails from this list a couple weeks ago I
thought the back and forth I was seeing was more appropriate to a forum than
a mailing list.  But I’m a newcomer here so what do I know?  But I have sort
of begun to like the fact that I see the same people posting over and over
again and I see a continuity here that is more like a forum and it’s cool.

But I was struck again when reading this how much this back and forth
reminds of meetings.  Although people float in and out of meetings over
time, I generally see the same group of regulars, and I get to hear them
check in and say how things are going in their life.  And there are regulars
who can’t stop using, and regulars who have been clean so long it’s hard to
even picture them the way they describe their old selves, and everything in
between.

But mostly what I get from meetings is reminded of how miserable I was when
I was using all the time.  My head likes to be very selective in what I
remember and sometimes I forget all the bad shit (even though there is a
fuck-ton of bad shit to remember) and just remember how very effective drugs
are at changing the way I feel instantly.  Nothing in the world that I have
ever discovered is as reliable or effective as a syringe full of heroin at
making everything feel ok, even if it is only temporary.  I can say the same
of crack although the feelings produced are a little different; still it’s
quick and effective, two things I like to hear.  Meanwhile, recovery, “life
on life’s terms” as they say, and walking through whatever happens and
staying clean, can sometimes be the slow and painful path and my head hates
that.

But one thing I have come to believe, even if I have to remind myself that
it is true, is that the spiritual path of recovery is, in the long term,
actually the more effective way.  Despite what my head tells me, I seem to
recall that my lowest most unhappy point was when I was selling dope for my
dealer, so the heroin was cheap and easy and I had extra money for crack so
I was loaded constantly.  And in the midst of the greatest abundance of
drugs I have ever known I wanted to die.

And just as an aside Tink, I have a friend who works as a chef and he has a
pink Mohawk at the moment.
Matt

—–Original Message—–
From: tink [mailto:tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 10:15 PM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] Why tink flipped -or- an attempt at apologising and
explaining to ron

Hey Ron and all-
I didn’t mean to be so abrupt and bitchy, and I wanted to tell you
that I’m sorry if it came off that way.  I’m not that far from the
edge of disaster on a daily basis, and it’s only recently that I’ve
actually started getting my life together again, after 18 years or so
of a very hardcore heroin and coke addiction(that’s for ron-everyone
else has heard ad infinitum ;] ).  I bounced from city to city, clinic
to clinic, and bad sitaution to worse for the majority of my adult
life,  but one day, took a serious look inside and found something
there that I didn’t know I had, which was a whole bunch of nuclear hot
rage. I used the rage to focus on getting off of everything once and
for all, and am now not quite so angry any more, but it does come out
in spurts, and I’m beginning to understand why, I think.
I had been so dead for so many years that I didn’t even know how
pissed I was.  That has got to be the most absurd thing ever,
considering what I had done to myself, and what had been done to me,
but the brain is a mysterious machine, and my inability to see my nose
on my face is merely symptomatic of the whole disease of addiction.
I guess that, as I meander farther from the darkness and closer to a
“normal” life- what ever the fuck THAT might be- I can recognise my
old behavoirs(and sometimes they sneak back up and bite me on the ass)
in others writing, and it opens my mind to a whole different level of
understanding within myself, and of the whole disease of addiction.  I
guess that as I see myself refecleted in all of you, and it reminds me
of what others in my life have felt, and told me about, but I didn’t
understand.  Some of it is quite obvious, now that I’m looking back,
but it certainly didn’t feel like it at the time.
And there are probably whole chapters that I will NEVER get, but I’m
okay with that :]
We’re all so different, yet all so similar, and this list has been
more than a great help to me in opening my eyes, my mind, and
hopefully my heart.  It’s because of the diversity and the openess in
which we all support or snipe at each other that makes it exactly what
it is.
Anyhoo- enough from me tonight.  I love my new job ( I don’t have to
be nice to any one and I can dye my hair what ever colour I want:] )
but it’s kicked my ass, and away to bed I go.
ANgels on your pillows
Love to you all
tink

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV+
Date: August 4, 2005 at 10:24:26 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

or have to?
—– Original Message —– From: “tink” <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 9:18 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV+

WE LIVE, NOT AS WE WISH TOO- BUT AS WE CAN
Menander
300 bc
tink

On 8/4/05, Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz> wrote:
*Not all addicts do heroin*
Or like needles for that matter 🙂
And things are most definitely difficult when you’re addicted…… that is
usually WHY people do Ibogaine. Some are not so fortunate that it works
first pop.
It’s always easier said than done.
“We’re all addiction free and the world is only peaceful”
Did it happen??? Ohhhh buggerrrrrrrrrrrrr
Well, I’ll keep putting it out there maybe something will change…
;o)
Luff n lite n cyncism Hehheh no offence intended
Kirk

—–Original Message—–
From: E.Claudia [mailto:ecbl@cox.net]
Sent: Thursday, 4 August 2005 6:30 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] HCV+

You have the balls to use needles (heroin use) in your body but cannot face
reality or a simple blood test. Shame!!! Just face it! Why did you take ibo
any way? Don’t you see that is difficult for you to face any difficulty?
Your addiction behavior is in all your actions. Be a free soul! Put your
will in action!!

—–Original Message—–
From: Ron Davis [mailto:rwd3@cox.net]
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 9:49 PM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV+

You’re right.  Pop died of heart condition,
—– Original Message —–
From: <HSLotsof@aol.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 10:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV+

>
> In a message dated 8/3/05 11:18:14 PM, rwd3@cox.net writes:
>
> << I’m swelling after it, feet and ankles.  i refuse to do tests b/c i’m
> not
>
> going to do interferon and a doc friend told me don’t get a test unless
>
> you’re ready for the results. ron >>
>
> How do you know the swelling is do to HCV?  You ought to go see a doctor
> just
> to get examined.  It is always good to know what is going on even if you
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> condition?
>
> Howard
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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV+
Date: August 4, 2005 at 10:18:44 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

WE LIVE, NOT AS WE WISH TOO- BUT AS WE CAN
Menander
300 bc
tink

On 8/4/05, Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz> wrote:
*Not all addicts do heroin*
Or like needles for that matter 🙂
And things are most definitely difficult when you’re addicted…… that is
usually WHY people do Ibogaine. Some are not so fortunate that it works
first pop.
It’s always easier said than done.
“We’re all addiction free and the world is only peaceful”
Did it happen??? Ohhhh buggerrrrrrrrrrrrr
Well, I’ll keep putting it out there maybe something will change…
;o)
Luff n lite n cyncism Hehheh no offence intended
Kirk

—–Original Message—–
From: E.Claudia [mailto:ecbl@cox.net]
Sent: Thursday, 4 August 2005 6:30 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] HCV+

You have the balls to use needles (heroin use) in your body but cannot face
reality or a simple blood test. Shame!!! Just face it! Why did you take ibo
any way? Don’t you see that is difficult for you to face any difficulty?
Your addiction behavior is in all your actions. Be a free soul! Put your
will in action!!

—–Original Message—–
From: Ron Davis [mailto:rwd3@cox.net]
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 9:49 PM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV+

You’re right.  Pop died of heart condition,
—– Original Message —–
From: <HSLotsof@aol.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 10:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV+

In a message dated 8/3/05 11:18:14 PM, rwd3@cox.net writes:

<< I’m swelling after it, feet and ankles.  i refuse to do tests b/c i’m
not

going to do interferon and a doc friend told me don’t get a test unless

you’re ready for the results. ron >>

How do you know the swelling is do to HCV?  You ought to go see a doctor
just
to get examined.  It is always good to know what is going on even if you
decide not to accept any given treatment or medication.  Refusing
treatments/medications is your right.  How do you know it is not a cardiac
condition?

Howard

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV+ and for Ron
Date: August 4, 2005 at 9:58:59 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

got to do sum thinkin’ bro..I ain’t real good with that…Kill your wife and I can help but can’t do shite w/ myself,,,, we’re cool ,ron
—– Original Message —–
From: BiscuitBoy714@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 1:48 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV+ and for Ron

Ron, I have to agree with Howard about your feet and ankles swelling. When I was on Methadone and taking interferon my feet and ankles started swelling up too. 3 doctors all told me to immediately go to the hospital and get checked out. I wasn’t told about it being a suspected heart condition but I assumed so, so I went. Turns out it was the methadone and interferon making me swell up, but it could very well had been a heart condition. They had an IV (I had to to tell them where to find a good vein) and an EKG machine hooked up to me in about 5 minutes. Scared the shit outta me. I didn’t realize what a warning sign the swelling was. So, GO GET CHECKED OUT. I still love ya brutha and I want you around to give me shit every once in a while. LOL               Randy

From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV+
Date: August 4, 2005 at 9:56:03 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

no, I did the blood test thing, it sux and the numbers jump day by day.  odd diseases, my addiction and the hcv.  now you see it , now you don’t..thanks for the voice of concern, ron
—– Original Message —– From: “E.Claudia” <ecbl@cox.net>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 1:30 AM
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] HCV+

You have the balls to use needles (heroin use) in your body but cannot face
reality or a simple blood test. Shame!!! Just face it! Why did you take ibo
any way? Don’t you see that is difficult for you to face any difficulty?
Your addiction behavior is in all your actions. Be a free soul! Put your
will in action!!

—–Original Message—–
From: Ron Davis [mailto:rwd3@cox.net]
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 9:49 PM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV+

You’re right.  Pop died of heart condition,
—– Original Message —– From: <HSLotsof@aol.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 10:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV+

In a message dated 8/3/05 11:18:14 PM, rwd3@cox.net writes:

<< I’m swelling after it, feet and ankles.  i refuse to do tests b/c i’m
not

going to do interferon and a doc friend told me don’t get a test unless

you’re ready for the results. ron >>

How do you know the swelling is do to HCV?  You ought to go see a doctor
just
to get examined.  It is always good to know what is going on even if you
decide not to accept any given treatment or medication.  Refusing
treatments/medications is your right.  How do you know it is not a cardiac
condition?

Howard

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From: “Matthew Shriver” <matt@itsupport.net>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Why tink flipped -or- an attempt at apologising and explaining to ron
Date: August 4, 2005 at 9:54:59 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

When I first started getting emails from this list a couple weeks ago I
thought the back and forth I was seeing was more appropriate to a forum than
a mailing list.  But I’m a newcomer here so what do I know?  But I have sort
of begun to like the fact that I see the same people posting over and over
again and I see a continuity here that is more like a forum and it’s cool.

But I was struck again when reading this how much this back and forth
reminds of meetings.  Although people float in and out of meetings over
time, I generally see the same group of regulars, and I get to hear them
check in and say how things are going in their life.  And there are regulars
who can’t stop using, and regulars who have been clean so long it’s hard to
even picture them the way they describe their old selves, and everything in
between.

But mostly what I get from meetings is reminded of how miserable I was when
I was using all the time.  My head likes to be very selective in what I
remember and sometimes I forget all the bad shit (even though there is a
fuck-ton of bad shit to remember) and just remember how very effective drugs
are at changing the way I feel instantly.  Nothing in the world that I have
ever discovered is as reliable or effective as a syringe full of heroin at
making everything feel ok, even if it is only temporary.  I can say the same
of crack although the feelings produced are a little different; still it’s
quick and effective, two things I like to hear.  Meanwhile, recovery, “life
on life’s terms” as they say, and walking through whatever happens and
staying clean, can sometimes be the slow and painful path and my head hates
that.

But one thing I have come to believe, even if I have to remind myself that
it is true, is that the spiritual path of recovery is, in the long term,
actually the more effective way.  Despite what my head tells me, I seem to
recall that my lowest most unhappy point was when I was selling dope for my
dealer, so the heroin was cheap and easy and I had extra money for crack so
I was loaded constantly.  And in the midst of the greatest abundance of
drugs I have ever known I wanted to die.

And just as an aside Tink, I have a friend who works as a chef and he has a
pink Mohawk at the moment.
Matt

—–Original Message—–
From: tink [mailto:tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 10:15 PM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] Why tink flipped -or- an attempt at apologising and
explaining to ron

Hey Ron and all-
I didn’t mean to be so abrupt and bitchy, and I wanted to tell you
that I’m sorry if it came off that way.  I’m not that far from the
edge of disaster on a daily basis, and it’s only recently that I’ve
actually started getting my life together again, after 18 years or so
of a very hardcore heroin and coke addiction(that’s for ron-everyone
else has heard ad infinitum ;] ).  I bounced from city to city, clinic
to clinic, and bad sitaution to worse for the majority of my adult
life,  but one day, took a serious look inside and found something
there that I didn’t know I had, which was a whole bunch of nuclear hot
rage. I used the rage to focus on getting off of everything once and
for all, and am now not quite so angry any more, but it does come out
in spurts, and I’m beginning to understand why, I think.
I had been so dead for so many years that I didn’t even know how
pissed I was.  That has got to be the most absurd thing ever,
considering what I had done to myself, and what had been done to me,
but the brain is a mysterious machine, and my inability to see my nose
on my face is merely symptomatic of the whole disease of addiction.
I guess that, as I meander farther from the darkness and closer to a
“normal” life- what ever the fuck THAT might be- I can recognise my
old behavoirs(and sometimes they sneak back up and bite me on the ass)
in others writing, and it opens my mind to a whole different level of
understanding within myself, and of the whole disease of addiction.  I
guess that as I see myself refecleted in all of you, and it reminds me
of what others in my life have felt, and told me about, but I didn’t
understand.  Some of it is quite obvious, now that I’m looking back,
but it certainly didn’t feel like it at the time.
And there are probably whole chapters that I will NEVER get, but I’m
okay with that :]
We’re all so different, yet all so similar, and this list has been
more than a great help to me in opening my eyes, my mind, and
hopefully my heart.  It’s because of the diversity and the openess in
which we all support or snipe at each other that makes it exactly what
it is.
Anyhoo- enough from me tonight.  I love my new job ( I don’t have to
be nice to any one and I can dye my hair what ever colour I want:] )
but it’s kicked my ass, and away to bed I go.
ANgels on your pillows
Love to you all
tink

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] KV
Date: August 4, 2005 at 9:49:56 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

i’m trying for a diplomatic passport from Ceylon.  can I use your pix?  baggage here to stay w/ homeland security and big brudder…….ron
—– Original Message —–
From: Kirk
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 1:50 AM
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] KV

Yeh pretty much, Ron, you can be a Kiwi, TA DAAAAA there ya go….Big shame about “them” not letting you stay, could have been the change of environment you needed? The justice system is not right here, but it’s no where near as bad as the State of the States……. And, of course, we have the Milford Track J (and the Heaphy to name but a very few….oh AND I LIVE HERE HAA!!)
Anyway to dump the baggage? New identity???  Still working on the transporter dude, will keep in touch ok?
Love heaps
Kirk xx
From: Ron Davis [mailto:rwd3@cox.net] 
Sent: Thursday, 4 August 2005 2:56 a.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] KV

Thanks.  I tramped the Milford Track one time.  Am I a Kiwi by proxy?  they won’t let me stay,  too much American pie baggage. ron

From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Why tink flipped -or- an attempt at apologising and explaining to ron
Date: August 4, 2005 at 9:43:25 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hey, that was good..Watch out Preston.  snipe,  snipe
—– Original Message —– From: “tink” <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 11:14 PM
Subject: [Ibogaine] Why tink flipped -or- an attempt at apologising and explaining to ron

Hey Ron and all-
I didn’t mean to be so abrupt and bitchy, and I wanted to tell you
that I’m sorry if it came off that way.  I’m not that far from the
edge of disaster on a daily basis, and it’s only recently that I’ve
actually started getting my life together again, after 18 years or so
of a very hardcore heroin and coke addiction(that’s for ron-everyone
else has heard ad infinitum ;] ).  I bounced from city to city, clinic
to clinic, and bad sitaution to worse for the majority of my adult
life,  but one day, took a serious look inside and found something
there that I didn’t know I had, which was a whole bunch of nuclear hot
rage. I used the rage to focus on getting off of everything once and
for all, and am now not quite so angry any more, but it does come out
in spurts, and I’m beginning to understand why, I think.
I had been so dead for so many years that I didn’t even know how
pissed I was.  That has got to be the most absurd thing ever,
considering what I had done to myself, and what had been done to me,
but the brain is a mysterious machine, and my inability to see my nose
on my face is merely symptomatic of the whole disease of addiction.
I guess that, as I meander farther from the darkness and closer to a
“normal” life- what ever the fuck THAT might be- I can recognise my
old behavoirs(and sometimes they sneak back up and bite me on the ass)
in others writing, and it opens my mind to a whole different level of
understanding within myself, and of the whole disease of addiction.  I
guess that as I see myself refecleted in all of you, and it reminds me
of what others in my life have felt, and told me about, but I didn’t
understand.  Some of it is quite obvious, now that I’m looking back,
but it certainly didn’t feel like it at the time.
And there are probably whole chapters that I will NEVER get, but I’m
okay with that :]
We’re all so different, yet all so similar, and this list has been
more than a great help to me in opening my eyes, my mind, and
hopefully my heart.  It’s because of the diversity and the openess in
which we all support or snipe at each other that makes it exactly what
it is.
Anyhoo- enough from me tonight.  I love my new job ( I don’t have to
be nice to any one and I can dye my hair what ever colour I want:] )
but it’s kicked my ass, and away to bed I go.
ANgels on your pillows
Love to you all
tink

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Fw: [clarity] Force Feeding Medication to Children – and Killing them
Date: August 4, 2005 at 4:23:37 AM EDT
To: “Newsroom-L” <newsroom-l@lists.netspace.org>, <ibogaine@mindvox.com>, <drugwar@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hi all,
Remember as you read this that we lock up people every single day in this (and many, many other) countries for simple pot use and sales- of flowers.
At the very same time, this sort of thing is going on. The NYPress, while a free weekly, has some pretty reputable reporting enclosed, with some genuine reporting involved. (It’s not my favorite paper, leaning a bit too far to the sarcastic right for my usual taste) but this article is well worth a read- just remember to keep a vomit bucket handy.

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: Michael Kane
To: clarity@lists.riseup.net
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 5:09 PM
Subject: [clarity] Force Feeding Medication to Children – and Killing them

http://www.nypress.com/18/30/news&columns/liamscheff.cfm

This is the most sickening report I have read in years.

A whistleblower comes forward and admits that she was involved in force feeding drugs with toxic side effects (admitted by the drug manufacturers themselves) to children which caused them to vomit, have diarrhea, and in some cases die. These were black and Latino orphans in Washington Heights.

These kids are said to be HIV positive. If they refuse the drugs, a tube is surgically placed directly into their stomach forcing them to comply. This was called “adherence.”

Some of the kids were taken away from their parents and forced into the ICC clinic, then force fed drugs without parental consent. Here is a portion of the article:
“One girl, a six-year-old, Shyanne—she came in for adherence. She was the most delicate little flower—beautiful, polite, full of life. Her family never gave her meds. So Administration for Children’s Services brought her into ICC.”
“So, she came in, and started the meds. And it was three months, maybe three months. And she had a stroke. She couldn’t see. She was this normal girl, singing, jumping, playing. Then, poof, stroked out. Blind. We were freaked out. Then, in a few months, she was gone—dead.”

This is fucking sickening, but entirely true. I couldn’t make it through reading this entire article in one sitting. I had to get up, walk outside for a while and take long, deep breaths to even continue on. But everyone should read every word.

In my last email to this list I said I would be sending out an article that proves HIV is not the one and only cause of AIDS. This story is much more important, but for those interested in the latter, here is the link to that report http://www.altheal.org/overview/liamscheff.htm

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From: Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] OT Reflections
Date: August 4, 2005 at 3:40:07 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

*YOU HAVE BEEN TESTED*
Congratulations, you passed with flying colours
I’m so proud of you J
Love loads n loads
Kirky xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: BiscuitBoy714@aol.com [mailto:BiscuitBoy714@aol.com] 
Sent: Thursday, 4 August 2005 7:20 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] OT Reflections

Hey list, I know yall haven’t heard from me very much but I’ve been reflecting a bit lately. Last week was one of the worst runs of bad luck I ever experienced. I was robbed at gun and knife point at work, mind you I was at fucking work and got robbed. Someone stole my cell phone,  I was shorted on my check, AGAIN, …………….. I could go on believe me. I haven’t been saying much because all I would do is bitch. I just realized though that all this shit happened and I didn’t cook any dope, drink buckets of whiskey, or hell I didn’t even want to smash anything. Well…………… OK I wanted to smash some shit but the point is I didn’t. I couldn’t call my Ibo buddies after my phone was stolen because I lost all my numbers and I’m not good at keeping numbers and records and shit written down, so I sent a few Emails and got a few Emails but mostly I just sucked it up and kept going. Big deal some would say, your supposed to keep going. Yea, well, not straight, not this boy anyway, but I did. Miracles never fucking cease. I lost about 300 dollars last week and got paid 80. I’ll never stop being amazed at the change in me after Ibogaine. I can still find things to be grateful for. Not being in a nod helps a lot when your trying to think things through. I’ve been sitting in Erie PA trying to be normal. It aint working. On with the freak show.    I love you all           Randy

From: BiscuitBoy714@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] OT Reflections
Date: August 4, 2005 at 3:19:32 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hey list, I know yall haven’t heard from me very much but I’ve been reflecting a bit lately. Last week was one of the worst runs of bad luck I ever experienced. I was robbed at gun and knife point at work, mind you I was at fucking work and got robbed. Someone stole my cell phone,  I was shorted on my check, AGAIN, …………….. I could go on believe me. I haven’t been saying much because all I would do is bitch. I just realized though that all this shit happened and I didn’t cook any dope, drink buckets of whiskey, or hell I didn’t even want to smash anything. Well…………… OK I wanted to smash some shit but the point is I didn’t. I couldn’t call my Ibo buddies after my phone was stolen because I lost all my numbers and I’m not good at keeping numbers and records and shit written down, so I sent a few Emails and got a few Emails but mostly I just sucked it up and kept going. Big deal some would say, your supposed to keep going. Yea, well, not straight, not this boy anyway, but I did. Miracles never fucking cease. I lost about 300 dollars last week and got paid 80. I’ll never stop being amazed at the change in me after Ibogaine. I can still find things to be grateful for. Not being in a nod helps a lot when your trying to think things through. I’ve been sitting in Erie PA trying to be normal. It aint working. On with the freak show.    I love you all           Randy

From: Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] HCV+
Date: August 4, 2005 at 3:07:14 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

*Not all addicts do heroin*
Or like needles for that matter 🙂
And things are most definitely difficult when you’re addicted…… that is
usually WHY people do Ibogaine. Some are not so fortunate that it works
first pop.
It’s always easier said than done.
“We’re all addiction free and the world is only peaceful”
Did it happen??? Ohhhh buggerrrrrrrrrrrrr
Well, I’ll keep putting it out there maybe something will change…
;o)
Luff n lite n cyncism Hehheh no offence intended
Kirk

—–Original Message—–
From: E.Claudia [mailto:ecbl@cox.net]
Sent: Thursday, 4 August 2005 6:30 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] HCV+

You have the balls to use needles (heroin use) in your body but cannot face
reality or a simple blood test. Shame!!! Just face it! Why did you take ibo
any way? Don’t you see that is difficult for you to face any difficulty?
Your addiction behavior is in all your actions. Be a free soul! Put your
will in action!!

—–Original Message—–
From: Ron Davis [mailto:rwd3@cox.net]
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 9:49 PM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV+

You’re right.  Pop died of heart condition,
—– Original Message —–
From: <HSLotsof@aol.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 10:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV+

In a message dated 8/3/05 11:18:14 PM, rwd3@cox.net writes:

<< I’m swelling after it, feet and ankles.  i refuse to do tests b/c i’m
not

going to do interferon and a doc friend told me don’t get a test unless

you’re ready for the results. ron >>

How do you know the swelling is do to HCV?  You ought to go see a doctor
just
to get examined.  It is always good to know what is going on even if you
decide not to accept any given treatment or medication.  Refusing
treatments/medications is your right.  How do you know it is not a cardiac
condition?

Howard

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From: Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] KV
Date: August 4, 2005 at 2:50:22 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Yeh pretty much, Ron, you can be a Kiwi, TA DAAAAA there ya go….Big shame about “them” not letting you stay, could have been the change of environment you needed? The justice system is not right here, but it’s no where near as bad as the State of the States……. And, of course, we have the Milford Track J (and the Heaphy to name but a very few….oh AND I LIVE HERE HAA!!)
Anyway to dump the baggage? New identity???  Still working on the transporter dude, will keep in touch ok?
Love heaps
Kirk xx
From: Ron Davis [mailto:rwd3@cox.net] 
Sent: Thursday, 4 August 2005 2:56 a.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] KV

Thanks.  I tramped the Milford Track one time.  Am I a Kiwi by proxy?  they won’t let me stay,  too much American pie baggage. ron

From: BiscuitBoy714@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV+ and for Ron
Date: August 4, 2005 at 2:48:18 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Ron, I have to agree with Howard about your feet and ankles swelling. When I was on Methadone and taking interferon my feet and ankles started swelling up too. 3 doctors all told me to immediately go to the hospital and get checked out. I wasn’t told about it being a suspected heart condition but I assumed so, so I went. Turns out it was the methadone and interferon making me swell up, but it could very well had been a heart condition. They had an IV (I had to to tell them where to find a good vein) and an EKG machine hooked up to me in about 5 minutes. Scared the shit outta me. I didn’t realize what a warning sign the swelling was. So, GO GET CHECKED OUT. I still love ya brutha and I want you around to give me shit every once in a while. LOL               Randy

From: “E.Claudia” <ecbl@cox.net>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] HCV+
Date: August 4, 2005 at 2:30:13 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

You have the balls to use needles (heroin use) in your body but cannot face
reality or a simple blood test. Shame!!! Just face it! Why did you take ibo
any way? Don’t you see that is difficult for you to face any difficulty?
Your addiction behavior is in all your actions. Be a free soul! Put your
will in action!!

—–Original Message—–
From: Ron Davis [mailto:rwd3@cox.net]
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 9:49 PM
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV+

You’re right.  Pop died of heart condition,
—– Original Message —–
From: <HSLotsof@aol.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 10:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV+

In a message dated 8/3/05 11:18:14 PM, rwd3@cox.net writes:

<< I’m swelling after it, feet and ankles.  i refuse to do tests b/c i’m
not

going to do interferon and a doc friend told me don’t get a test unless

you’re ready for the results. ron >>

How do you know the swelling is do to HCV?  You ought to go see a doctor
just
to get examined.  It is always good to know what is going on even if you
decide not to accept any given treatment or medication.  Refusing
treatments/medications is your right.  How do you know it is not a cardiac
condition?

Howard

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From: Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] HCV+
Date: August 4, 2005 at 1:32:32 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Sorry… I’m all over the place… I “anaesithized” sp? Myself this
.  It’s very hard watching
your daughter grieving.. but ok, cos mine figured I couldn’t handle it so
they hid it all from me right up til I was eighteen plus….. rotten
buggers.[Capt Kirk]   Um…. I meant my parents…. hope that was
assumed….
[Capt Kirk]
Urh

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From: Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] intro
Date: August 4, 2005 at 1:24:52 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Wassup with my mailbox.. well you tell me and we’ll both know.. I’m, just being verrryyyy slack about sorting it out…. Was the same with freenet.. that’s actually why I changed servers thinking it was something up with them… as it turns out it’s not and only with Ibogaine list.  Fekked if I know. Most days I can’t handle talking on the phone to strangers about anything so I haven’t sorted it yet.
Tried by email but was too much for any of the email technician type peepules.
Just ignore, I’m getting your emails.
Cheers
Kirk xx
From: Ron Davis [mailto:rwd3@cox.net] 
Sent: Thursday, 4 August 2005 3:11 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] intro

Thanks for the honorable mention Jeff.. Wish I had time for the sabbatisal that ruined ny IBO journey and broke me.  Where’s Sara?  I’m worried about her.
Thanks Tommy, I lost your no.  Kirk , whaddup w/ ur mailbox?   ron
—– Original Message —–
From: Jeff Gallop
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 12:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] intro

Hello Scott
I am 45  and like you had a long term situation tho my 20 or so years was more evenly split vis a vis heroin and methadone….
I too felt that i was a functioning addict…only one arrest good job..blah blah blah i even said that i thought i was the ideal ibo patient as i hadn’t copped on the street nor hung with anyone who did dope for many many years so environment was healthy already.
That’s all well and good but assuming you are about my age 45 I would HIGHLY recommend allowing at least the month you are talking about or more and getting away to the beach… sitting home in nyc in freezing cold weather was the absolute worst thing for my post ibo weeks …You will be RAW and tho you will be clean you wont be feeling well. This is of course just my opinion from my experience but methadone is hard and it takes a long time no month more like 6 to feel better….but DO IT The ibo will push you 3-4 months (again imo only) ahead of the curve compared to any other detox and that along with the Nor Ibo gets you over the ruff spots…Boosters help so plan on them…but two weeks forget it….a month or more yep…but time is a healer your brain has been opiated for 20 years or so -a month is just a drop in the bucket
I only say all this because no one said it to me….Tho it is readable in Patricks ibo writings which i am sure you have read .Read them over and over he knows the deal.
I am now about 9 mos post and feel pretty good…But this new world is a double edged sword
When i  got into opiates i was a guy doing all sorts of good drugs and such…then slowly the variety of things narrowed and then as my addiction got hold it was basically a one trick pony show. Now that the pony has grown ,lived, and died(?), I find myself almost the same (well the same kind of person)- I enjoy altering my consciousness. I like beer now never did when i was on the  Methadone…love it actually.  pothead oh yeah! i do an occasional benzo…love psychedelics ( tho that has been a kind of constant as well but well ya know thats different hehehe!!) but what i am trying to say is for me Ibo didn’t change me like i thought it would (hoped?) it just did exactly what it is ‘advertised’ to….got the opiate receptors in my brain scrubbed clean almost painlessly ( a fucking miracle ) and got me through the next couple of months so i could get healing time in and start to live with the new found freedom…
speaking of freedom going out to Oregon this weekend for a big time fun festival with my favorite music- String Cheese Incident…during the day they have workshops and play shops to amuse the gathered freaks and one of the workshops is “the politics of altering consciousness” and with out saying names one of the women on that panel did IBO many many years ago..I am curious and hoping to be inspired enough to bring up the subject of our rooty friend to get the panels feedback..and oh yes besides that i will be Freaking Freely again…wow I must marvel at the freedom i have to do the traveling we have done this summer…Yosemite for the best hippie wedding ever…Sf for a month with our guru Amma( amma.org) and visiting friends and iboangels ….High Sierra music fest…home for more Amma time (eric???) on the road for even more Amma time and now a long weekend (or more??) out for my favorite fest of all…And this is just the first summer since I am not handcuffed…Maybe I will actually do some of the things in my life i have dreamed of while I was too handcuffed to even realize i wasn’t doing…wow Thank you Howard, Patrick and Ancient eboga man spirit thing that visited me so gently…..So yes you will “experience some of the life you remember” Scott maybe even more than you remember
Safe travels
wishing all the peacfu…(only kidding Ron *s*)
Freaking Free-ly
Jeff
On 8/3/05, Scott Porter <snporter@gmail.com> wrote:
I’ve been lurking here since late last year so I thought it was time
to say hello and out myself because I am going to take the plunge and 
try ibogaine in the near future. I’ve heard a little about ibogaine
here and there but didn’t pay attention to it until the harm reduction
conference last fall in new orleans when I had the good fortune to see
patrick’s talk at the opening plenery, “if the medical establishment
has decided I suffer from a disease then why the fuck am I doing cold
turkey on cement floors behind bars?” yes indeed! Loved the rant and 
when I heard ibogaine at the end of the talk I tuned in, signed up and
been reading here and other sites since then. I’ve never considered
myself a freak and nothing here disturbs me more then any other
meeting I’ve been to, only difference is the writing and art is high 
end and past what most can accomplish or take from the life or un life
thats addiction. I’ve lived a double life for nearly 20 years, 18 on
heroin while holding down a corp job where nobody knows anything about
what I did when I left the office and 2 on methadone. I’ve got a month
of vacation time coming up in october and want to give my first go the
best possible shot that I can. I almost expect I will end up needing
more then one session but I like to go into things with the best 
expectations. I’ve never hit bottom exactly, only 1 arrest and that
was a long time ago, never lived on the street and heroin never caused
the rest of my life to go away, I’m married, two kids, good job, I’m
what I’d guess the 12 steppers like to call a functioning addict and
the best I can express is I want to feel some of the life I almost
don’t remember from so long ago, it’s a longing for something else I
figure and I’ve run out of veins :^) Wanted to give my thanks to 
Howard and Patrick and all of you here who’s words i’ve been reading
for so long, especially enjoy Jeff Gallup, Tink and Preston.
regards to all and sorry for the long letter
scott


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From: Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] HCV+
Date: August 4, 2005 at 1:22:35 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hey Ron,
As much as I really love doctors (cough choke )  (ok MAJORITY.) I do know
they are there for the purpose of eliminating symptoms.  I can see the
reasoning behind what you don’t know might not kill you… which ok can be a
bit silly, but when I think of the things doctors tell people (similar to
the witch doctor pointing the bone at a perfectly healthy person and telling
them they are going to die, which they do….. um..ex Dr. Andrew Bell??
Author.. cant remember good book though..) then Yeh I wouldn’t want them
pointing the bone at me either.  The mind being THAT powerful that those IN
positions of power can literally kill a person who, with APPROPRIATE
treatment (be it mainstream OR Complimentary hah.. I mean anything other
than mainstream….) may very well live for many more years. And there are
many  many cases proving that one.
Um… I dunno, that’s what my brain wanted to tell you…..I think the point
I’m trying to make is this mind thing.. the power of it is pretty cool…and
I’d love to see you utilize it……..what’s that nauseating saying? Turn
that frown upside down (RALPH!!!) (that’s a southern hemisphere puking noise
BTW, all apologies to any ralph’s out there…)
Um… where was I??
Sorry… I’m all over the place… I “anaesithized” sp? Myself this
afternoon and then a lovely trip to the Vet to have our dear Hunney Bunney
put to sleep with unfixable spinal complications.  It’s very hard watching
your daughter grieving.. but ok, cos mine figured I couldn’t handle it so
they hid it all from me right up til I was eighteen plus….. rotten
buggers.
Urh
Um
Waffle waffle,
Luff heaps to all
Luff luff Ron
Kirk xxx

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV+
Date: August 4, 2005 at 12:48:43 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

You’re right.  Pop died of heart condition,
—– Original Message —– From: <HSLotsof@aol.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 10:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV+

In a message dated 8/3/05 11:18:14 PM, rwd3@cox.net writes:

<< I’m swelling after it, feet and ankles.  i refuse to do tests b/c i’m
not

going to do interferon and a doc friend told me don’t get a test unless

you’re ready for the results. ron >>

How do you know the swelling is do to HCV?  You ought to go see a doctor
just
to get examined.  It is always good to know what is going on even if you
decide not to accept any given treatment or medication.  Refusing
treatments/medications is your right.  How do you know it is not a cardiac
condition?

Howard

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From: UUSEAN@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV+
Date: August 4, 2005 at 12:33:55 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hey Ron,

I think your dr friend gave you really poor advice.  As Howard said, better to know what is going on and then be in the position to make decisions about treatment. I didn’t get tested for HIV with similar reasoning..ended up with PCP (AIDS related pneumonia) which never needed to happen.

Sean

From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Why tink flipped -or- an attempt at apologising and explaining to ron
Date: August 4, 2005 at 12:14:52 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hey Ron and all-
I didn’t mean to be so abrupt and bitchy, and I wanted to tell you
that I’m sorry if it came off that way.  I’m not that far from the
edge of disaster on a daily basis, and it’s only recently that I’ve
actually started getting my life together again, after 18 years or so
of a very hardcore heroin and coke addiction(that’s for ron-everyone
else has heard ad infinitum ;] ).  I bounced from city to city, clinic
to clinic, and bad sitaution to worse for the majority of my adult
life,  but one day, took a serious look inside and found something
there that I didn’t know I had, which was a whole bunch of nuclear hot
rage. I used the rage to focus on getting off of everything once and
for all, and am now not quite so angry any more, but it does come out
in spurts, and I’m beginning to understand why, I think.
I had been so dead for so many years that I didn’t even know how
pissed I was.  That has got to be the most absurd thing ever,
considering what I had done to myself, and what had been done to me,
but the brain is a mysterious machine, and my inability to see my nose
on my face is merely symptomatic of the whole disease of addiction.
I guess that, as I meander farther from the darkness and closer to a
“normal” life- what ever the fuck THAT might be- I can recognise my
old behavoirs(and sometimes they sneak back up and bite me on the ass)
in others writing, and it opens my mind to a whole different level of
understanding within myself, and of the whole disease of addiction.  I
guess that as I see myself refecleted in all of you, and it reminds me
of what others in my life have felt, and told me about, but I didn’t
understand.  Some of it is quite obvious, now that I’m looking back,
but it certainly didn’t feel like it at the time.
And there are probably whole chapters that I will NEVER get, but I’m
okay with that :]
We’re all so different, yet all so similar, and this list has been
more than a great help to me in opening my eyes, my mind, and
hopefully my heart.  It’s because of the diversity and the openess in
which we all support or snipe at each other that makes it exactly what
it is.
Anyhoo- enough from me tonight.  I love my new job ( I don’t have to
be nice to any one and I can dye my hair what ever colour I want:] )
but it’s kicked my ass, and away to bed I go.
ANgels on your pillows
Love to you all
tink

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From: HSLotsof@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV+
Date: August 3, 2005 at 11:43:14 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

In a message dated 8/3/05 11:18:14 PM, rwd3@cox.net writes:

<< I’m swelling after it, feet and ankles.  i refuse to do tests b/c i’m not

going to do interferon and a doc friend told me don’t get a test unless

you’re ready for the results. ron >>

How do you know the swelling is do to HCV?  You ought to go see a doctor just
to get examined.  It is always good to know what is going on even if you
decide not to accept any given treatment or medication.  Refusing
treatments/medications is your right.  How do you know it is not a cardiac condition?

Howard

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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV+
Date: August 3, 2005 at 11:40:19 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

That is the stupidest thing I have heard today.  If you think that
there is even a remote chance that you might have it, you should go
and get tested immediately Interfuron is far from the only option.
I was diagnosed hep C+ about 8 years ago.  After doing the ibo, the
first time, I have tested negative across the board.  I;m not saying
that it’ll cure it, by any stretch of the imagintaion, but I can share
what happened for me.
I don’t mean to come off like a screaming meemie here, and I apologise
if I started out rudely, but I get angry when people have a chance to
get themselves some iinformation that could make the difference
between life and death, and allow the fear of a possible reality to
potentially make it FAR worse than it needs to be.
Noone wins when people die.
I’m totally ranting here, and I’ll stop.  It comes from concern, not
anger.  Please get your self tested.  The results aren’t going to
change if you don’t, only options for treatment, and that’s only if
you actually HAVE it, which is not necessarily so.
Lecturing from love :]
tink

On 8/3/05, Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:
I’m swelling after it, feet and ankles.  i refuse to do tests b/c i’m not
going to do interferon and a doc friend told me don’t get a test unless
you’re ready for the results. ron
—– Original Message —–
From: “Deniz Yavuz” <serdeniz@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 5:56 PM
Subject: [Ibogaine] HCV+

i took ibogaine 2 years ago but my situation is going worser now with
heroin addiction i again tried many things (detooxes, changing place
going on journey) but nothing helped SO i think i checked the past and
saw how ibogaine helped me out i stayed clean for a long time
meanwhile i got informed that im infected wit HVC+ (hepatitis C) and
dont know how long im carrying it but can i take ibogaiine with this
sickness or could there be any complications thanks for the answers
alot alot alot…

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV
Date: August 3, 2005 at 11:21:11 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

oh, i’ve been carrying it for 35 yrs minimum. no alcohol will by you time, lots
—– Original Message —– From: “Deniz Yavuz” <serdeniz@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 5:34 PM
Subject: [Ibogaine] HCV

i took ibogaine 2 years ago but my situation is going worser now with
heroin addiction i again tried many things (detooxes, changing place
going on journey) but nothing helped SO i think i checked the past and
saw how ibogaine helped me out i stayed clean for a long time
meanwhile i got informed that im infected wit HVC+ (hepatitis C) and
dont know how long im carrying it but can i take ibogaiine with this
sickness or could there be any complications thanks for the answers
alot alot alot…

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV+
Date: August 3, 2005 at 11:17:22 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I’m swelling after it, feet and ankles.  i refuse to do tests b/c i’m not going to do interferon and a doc friend told me don’t get a test unless you’re ready for the results. ron
—– Original Message —– From: “Deniz Yavuz” <serdeniz@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 5:56 PM
Subject: [Ibogaine] HCV+

i took ibogaine 2 years ago but my situation is going worser now with
heroin addiction i again tried many things (detooxes, changing place
going on journey) but nothing helped SO i think i checked the past and
saw how ibogaine helped me out i stayed clean for a long time
meanwhile i got informed that im infected wit HVC+ (hepatitis C) and
dont know how long im carrying it but can i take ibogaiine with this
sickness or could there be any complications thanks for the answers
alot alot alot…

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] intro
Date: August 3, 2005 at 11:10:39 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Thanks for the honorable mention Jeff.. Wish I had time for the sabbatisal that ruined ny IBO journey and broke me.  Where’s Sara?  I’m worried about her.
Thanks Tommy, I lost your no.  Kirk , whaddup w/ ur mailbox?   ron
—– Original Message —–
From: Jeff Gallop
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 12:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] intro

Hello Scott
I am 45  and like you had a long term situation tho my 20 or so years was more evenly split vis a vis heroin and methadone….
I too felt that i was a functioning addict…only one arrest good job..blah blah blah i even said that i thought i was the ideal ibo patient as i hadn’t copped on the street nor hung with anyone who did dope for many many years so environment was healthy already.
That’s all well and good but assuming you are about my age 45 I would HIGHLY recommend allowing at least the month you are talking about or more and getting away to the beach… sitting home in nyc in freezing cold weather was the absolute worst thing for my post ibo weeks …You will be RAW and tho you will be clean you wont be feeling well. This is of course just my opinion from my experience but methadone is hard and it takes a long time no month more like 6 to feel better….but DO IT The ibo will push you 3-4 months (again imo only) ahead of the curve compared to any other detox and that along with the Nor Ibo gets you over the ruff spots…Boosters help so plan on them…but two weeks forget it….a month or more yep…but time is a healer your brain has been opiated for 20 years or so -a month is just a drop in the bucket
I only say all this because no one said it to me….Tho it is readable in Patricks ibo writings which i am sure you have read .Read them over and over he knows the deal.
I am now about 9 mos post and feel pretty good…But this new world is a double edged sword
When i  got into opiates i was a guy doing all sorts of good drugs and such…then slowly the variety of things narrowed and then as my addiction got hold it was basically a one trick pony show. Now that the pony has grown ,lived, and died(?), I find myself almost the same (well the same kind of person)- I enjoy altering my consciousness. I like beer now never did when i was on the  Methadone…love it actually.  pothead oh yeah! i do an occasional benzo…love psychedelics ( tho that has been a kind of constant as well but well ya know thats different hehehe!!) but what i am trying to say is for me Ibo didn’t change me like i thought it would (hoped?) it just did exactly what it is ‘advertised’ to….got the opiate receptors in my brain scrubbed clean almost painlessly ( a fucking miracle ) and got me through the next couple of months so i could get healing time in and start to live with the new found freedom…
speaking of freedom going out to Oregon this weekend for a big time fun festival with my favorite music- String Cheese Incident…during the day they have workshops and play shops to amuse the gathered freaks and one of the workshops is “the politics of altering consciousness” and with out saying names one of the women on that panel did IBO many many years ago..I am curious and hoping to be inspired enough to bring up the subject of our rooty friend to get the panels feedback..and oh yes besides that i will be Freaking Freely again…wow I must marvel at the freedom i have to do the traveling we have done this summer…Yosemite for the best hippie wedding ever…Sf for a month with our guru Amma( amma.org) and visiting friends and iboangels ….High Sierra music fest…home for more Amma time (eric???) on the road for even more Amma time and now a long weekend (or more??) out for my favorite fest of all…And this is just the first summer since I am not handcuffed…Maybe I will actually do some of the things in my life i have dreamed of while I was too handcuffed to even realize i wasn’t doing…wow Thank you Howard, Patrick and Ancient eboga man spirit thing that visited me so gently…..So yes you will “experience some of the life you remember” Scott maybe even more than you remember
Safe travels
wishing all the peacfu…(only kidding Ron *s*)
Freaking Free-ly
Jeff

On 8/3/05, Scott Porter <snporter@gmail.com> wrote:
I’ve been lurking here since late last year so I thought it was time
to say hello and out myself because I am going to take the plunge and
try ibogaine in the near future. I’ve heard a little about ibogaine
here and there but didn’t pay attention to it until the harm reduction
conference last fall in new orleans when I had the good fortune to see
patrick’s talk at the opening plenery, “if the medical establishment
has decided I suffer from a disease then why the fuck am I doing cold
turkey on cement floors behind bars?” yes indeed! Loved the rant and
when I heard ibogaine at the end of the talk I tuned in, signed up and
been reading here and other sites since then. I’ve never considered
myself a freak and nothing here disturbs me more then any other
meeting I’ve been to, only difference is the writing and art is high
end and past what most can accomplish or take from the life or un life
thats addiction. I’ve lived a double life for nearly 20 years, 18 on
heroin while holding down a corp job where nobody knows anything about
what I did when I left the office and 2 on methadone. I’ve got a month
of vacation time coming up in october and want to give my first go the
best possible shot that I can. I almost expect I will end up needing
more then one session but I like to go into things with the best
expectations. I’ve never hit bottom exactly, only 1 arrest and that
was a long time ago, never lived on the street and heroin never caused
the rest of my life to go away, I’m married, two kids, good job, I’m
what I’d guess the 12 steppers like to call a functioning addict and
the best I can express is I want to feel some of the life I almost
don’t remember from so long ago, it’s a longing for something else I
figure and I’ve run out of veins :^) Wanted to give my thanks to
Howard and Patrick and all of you here who’s words i’ve been reading
for so long, especially enjoy Jeff Gallup, Tink and Preston.
regards to all and sorry for the long letter
scott

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV
Date: August 3, 2005 at 10:40:19 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

i got edema
—– Original Message —–
From: matthew zielinski
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 7:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV

Hep c here also….
taken ibogaine also
saw astonishing improvement on liver enzyme count after ibogaine
GOOD LUCK!

Namaste
Matthew

>From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
>Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
>To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
>Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV
>Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 19:51:32 -0400
>
>I’ve taken ibogaine in various amounts, um, 5 times now? And I have
>hep c and have had no trouble at all- in fact my liver counts seemed
>much better after first taking ibogaine- hyaven’t checked since but
>I was surprised to say the least by the test results, which I don’t
>have any longer, as one of my providers took them for some study she
>was doing.
>
>
>
>Peace and love,
>Preston
>
>”Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is
>often mistaken for madness”
>Richard Davenport-Hines
>
>ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
>Editor http://www.drugwar.com
>Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
>Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient
>Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out
>Sept. 2005)
>Cont. High Times mag/.com
>Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
>Columnist New York Waste
>Etc.
>
>—– Original Message —– From: “Deniz Yavuz”
><serdeniz@gmail.com>
>To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 6:34 PM
>Subject: [Ibogaine] HCV
>
>
>i took ibogaine 2 years ago but my situation is going worser now
>with
>heroin addiction i again tried many things (detooxes, changing place
>going on journey) but nothing helped SO i think i checked the past
>and
>saw how ibogaine helped me out i stayed clean for a long time
>meanwhile i got informed that im infected wit HVC+ (hepatitis C) and
>dont know how long im carrying it but can i take ibogaiine with this
>sickness or could there be any complications thanks for the answers
>alot alot alot…
>
>
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From: Luke Christoffersen <luke.christoffersen@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Alcoholic Father Disappointed in Pot Head Son
Date: August 3, 2005 at 10:30:30 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

What would OZZY say ha ha!

On 8/3/05, tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com> wrote:
LOLOLOL!!!
Thanks for the giggle, Preston!
tink

On 8/2/05, Preston Peet <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
Hi all,
For those who don’t know, The Onion is a spoof paper, inspired by such
classic rags at The Realist and National Lampoon.
Enjoy.

http://www.theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4130&n=3

Alcoholic Father Disappointed in Pot Head Son

REEDSBURG, WI-Working-class father of four and veteran alcoholic James
Schultz, 53, expressed deep disappointment Monday in his 19-year-old son
Travis, for “turning into a goddamn pothead” after moving away from home to
attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

(illustration snipped)
Above: Lifelong alcoholic James Schultz drowns his sorrows about his
“worthless pothead son” Travis (inset).

“After the hard work I put in at the screen-door factory all these years,
this is how he rewards me?” Schultz said during a 1:30 a.m. statement held
at Captain Pete’s Bar and Grill. “That boy should be working for a living,
like his old man, instead of smoking weed and doing God knows what with a
bunch of liberal lowlifes.”
Schultz punctuated the impromptu speech by finishing off the last of his
drink and ordering another from bartender and friend Al Zandek.
Members of the family said Schultz and his son fought over Travis’
illegal-drug use Sunday, after Schultz found a small bag of marijuana while
rifling through the boy’s pockets for beer money.
The elder Schultz confronted his son at the dinner table that night.
“He slurred his way through a half-coherent lecture on the dangers of
addiction, shouting in my face about what a disappointment I was to the
family,” Travis said.
Travis said Schultz continued his drunken anti-drug tirade well into the
night, eventually lumbering out the door, presumably to go to Captain
Pete’s.
When asked to comment on the face-off, Schultz’s wife Ellen said that, while
it is true that her son has been bringing a lot of funny ideas home, she
didn’t think college was “turning him into a druggie.”
“So he tried pot-a lot of young kids these days do things they later
regret,” said Ellen, 51. “Everybody has regrets about decisions they made
when they were young.”
Ellen defended her husband, as well.
“James only gets like that because he loves Travis,” she said. “He’s a very
sensitive man. A lot of people don’t realize that. They only see the temper.
It’s certainly nothing to call social services about, like [neighbor] Dianne
Klosterbaum did last year. It’s just the way James is when he’s letting off
steam.”
Safely amongst his drinking buddies at the bar, Schultz continued outlining
his disappointment in Travis.
“I wish he’d just sit down over some beers with me and talk this through,”
Schultz said. “But there’s no talking sense to a dope addict.”
According to drinking companion Doug Blaine, Schultz keeps his feelings to
himself, except when he’s “half in the bag.”
“He’d never let on, but he’s got a lot of pressures on him, what with his
second mortgage, his liver troubles, and his court date coming up,” Blaine
said. “He’s real closed off, but sometimes, late at night around last call,
he’ll start to let you in a little. And it’s clear that pothead kid of his
is breaking his heart.”
“Why anybody would want to smoke pot is beyond me,” Blaine added. “Doesn’t
that kid know that stuff is going to rot his brain?”
At 3 a.m., Schultz used his last quarter to call home and wake up Ellen for
a ride, explaining that he’s already gotten picked up for two DUIs.
“Who’s going to drive my wife to work in the morning so we can pay some
bills?” Schultz asked. “That stoner son of mine? I don’t think so.”

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often
mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations,
Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] succeeding in spite of me
Date: August 3, 2005 at 10:10:30 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

congrats on the progress, ron
—– Original Message —– From: “tink” <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 10:51 AM
Subject: [Ibogaine] succeeding in spite of me

I started work last night, thrown into a trial by fire at a
ridiculously busy restaurant that I bullshitted my way into the
kitchen at. I thought i’d be doing prep, but NOOOOOO…they stuck me
on the line as a sous chef. I surprised myself and those around me by
summoning up every last ounce of kitchen memory that I had from
working in every restaurant in the seacoast area (as a
bartender,usually, or bar/ wait) and got enough together so that I
ended up with a better paying postion and with more hours than I had
thought I’d end up with.
Wacky-doodle-doo….
It’s only taken, what, 20 years, to begin to pull my head out of my
ass, and now that I’m finally doing something other than existing to
go to the clinic or to cop, all sorts of good things have begun to
happen.
Just thought I’d share something pleasant…
love to you all
tink

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From: “matthew zielinski” <mattzielinski@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV
Date: August 3, 2005 at 8:42:24 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hep c here also….
taken ibogaine also
saw astonishing improvement on liver enzyme count after ibogaine
GOOD LUCK!

Namaste
Matthew

>From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
>Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
>To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
>Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV
>Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 19:51:32 -0400
>
>I’ve taken ibogaine in various amounts, um, 5 times now? And I have
>hep c and have had no trouble at all- in fact my liver counts seemed
>much better after first taking ibogaine- hyaven’t checked since but
>I was surprised to say the least by the test results, which I don’t
>have any longer, as one of my providers took them for some study she
>was doing.
>
>
>
>Peace and love,
>Preston
>
>”Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is
>often mistaken for madness”
>Richard Davenport-Hines
>
>ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
>Editor http://www.drugwar.com
>Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
>Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient
>Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out
>Sept. 2005)
>Cont. High Times mag/.com
>Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
>Columnist New York Waste
>Etc.
>
>—– Original Message —– From: “Deniz Yavuz”
><serdeniz@gmail.com>
>To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 6:34 PM
>Subject: [Ibogaine] HCV
>
>
>i took ibogaine 2 years ago but my situation is going worser now
>with
>heroin addiction i again tried many things (detooxes, changing place
>going on journey) but nothing helped SO i think i checked the past
>and
>saw how ibogaine helped me out i stayed clean for a long time
>meanwhile i got informed that im infected wit HVC+ (hepatitis C) and
>dont know how long im carrying it but can i take ibogaiine with this
>sickness or could there be any complications thanks for the answers
>alot alot alot…
>
>
>
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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] HCV
Date: August 3, 2005 at 7:51:32 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I’ve taken ibogaine in various amounts, um, 5 times now? And I have hep c and have had no trouble at all- in fact my liver counts seemed much better after first taking ibogaine- hyaven’t checked since but I was surprised to say the least by the test results, which I don’t have any longer, as one of my providers took them for some study she was doing.

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: “Deniz Yavuz” <serdeniz@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 6:34 PM
Subject: [Ibogaine] HCV

i took ibogaine 2 years ago but my situation is going worser now with
heroin addiction i again tried many things (detooxes, changing place
going on journey) but nothing helped SO i think i checked the past and
saw how ibogaine helped me out i stayed clean for a long time
meanwhile i got informed that im infected wit HVC+ (hepatitis C) and
dont know how long im carrying it but can i take ibogaiine with this
sickness or could there be any complications thanks for the answers
alot alot alot…

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From: Deniz Yavuz <serdeniz@gmail.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] HCV+
Date: August 3, 2005 at 6:56:04 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

i took ibogaine 2 years ago but my situation is going worser now with
heroin addiction i again tried many things (detooxes, changing place
going on journey) but nothing helped SO i think i checked the past and
saw how ibogaine helped me out i stayed clean for a long time
meanwhile i got informed that im infected wit HVC+ (hepatitis C) and
dont know how long im carrying it but can i take ibogaiine with this
sickness or could there be any complications thanks for the answers
alot alot alot…

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From: Deniz Yavuz <serdeniz@gmail.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] HCV
Date: August 3, 2005 at 6:34:28 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

i took ibogaine 2 years ago but my situation is going worser now with
heroin addiction i again tried many things (detooxes, changing place
going on journey) but nothing helped SO i think i checked the past and
saw how ibogaine helped me out i stayed clean for a long time
meanwhile i got informed that im infected wit HVC+ (hepatitis C) and
dont know how long im carrying it but can i take ibogaiine with this
sickness or could there be any complications thanks for the answers
alot alot alot…

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From: Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] succeeding in spite of me
Date: August 3, 2005 at 5:27:27 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Wow a soused chef!! They let you get drunk??  Yee harrr where do I get a
job???? Haaaaaaaaa
Good on ya mate.
Watch those fingers….
(unless of course you are serving finger food HAAAAAA ohhhh ok I go now….)
Kirk 🙂

—–Original Message—–
From: tink [mailto:tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, 4 August 2005 3:52 a.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] succeeding in spite of me

I started work last night, thrown into a trial by fire at a
ridiculously busy restaurant that I bullshitted my way into the
kitchen at. I thought i’d be doing prep, but NOOOOOO…they stuck me
on the line as a sous chef. I surprised myself and those around me by
summoning up every last ounce of kitchen memory that I had from
working in every restaurant in the seacoast area (as a
bartender,usually, or bar/ wait) and got enough together so that I
ended up with a better paying postion and with more hours than I had
thought I’d end up with.
Wacky-doodle-doo….
It’s only taken, what, 20 years, to begin to pull my head out of my
ass, and now that I’m finally doing something other than existing to
go to the clinic or to cop, all sorts of good things have begun to
happen.
Just thought I’d share something pleasant…
love to you all
tink

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From: UUSEAN@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] succeeding in spite of me
Date: August 3, 2005 at 3:35:05 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hey Teink,

Congrats! I give you credit for going for the job in the first place. And now you are getting paid more and more hours than expected..dman cool.

SEan

From: UUSEAN@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] intro
Date: August 3, 2005 at 3:24:39 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hi Scott,

Glad you came out of lurking. Hope you continue to find hope and strength here, and maybe some laughs too.   Glad there is ibogaine on the horizon for you too!

Peace,
Sean

From: Jeff Gallop <jeffgallop@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] intro
Date: August 3, 2005 at 1:29:30 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hello Scott
I am 45  and like you had a long term situation tho my 20 or so years was more evenly split vis a vis heroin and methadone….
I too felt that i was a functioning addict…only one arrest good job..blah blah blah i even said that i thought i was the ideal ibo patient as i hadn’t copped on the street nor hung with anyone who did dope for many many years so environment was healthy already.
That’s all well and good but assuming you are about my age 45 I would HIGHLY recommend allowing at least the month you are talking about or more and getting away to the beach… sitting home in nyc in freezing cold weather was the absolute worst thing for my post ibo weeks …You will be RAW and tho you will be clean you wont be feeling well. This is of course just my opinion from my experience but methadone is hard and it takes a long time no month more like 6 to feel better….but DO IT The ibo will push you 3-4 months (again imo only) ahead of the curve compared to any other detox and that along with the Nor Ibo gets you over the ruff spots…Boosters help so plan on them…but two weeks forget it….a month or more yep…but time is a healer your brain has been opiated for 20 years or so -a month is just a drop in the bucket
I only say all this because no one said it to me….Tho it is readable in Patricks ibo writings which i am sure you have read .Read them over and over he knows the deal.
I am now about 9 mos post and feel pretty good…But this new world is a double edged sword
When i  got into opiates i was a guy doing all sorts of good drugs and such…then slowly the variety of things narrowed and then as my addiction got hold it was basically a one trick pony show. Now that the pony has grown ,lived, and died(?), I find myself almost the same (well the same kind of person)- I enjoy altering my consciousness. I like beer now never did when i was on the  Methadone…love it actually.  pothead oh yeah! i do an occasional benzo…love psychedelics ( tho that has been a kind of constant as well but well ya know thats different hehehe!!) but what i am trying to say is for me Ibo didn’t change me like i thought it would (hoped?) it just did exactly what it is ‘advertised’ to….got the opiate receptors in my brain scrubbed clean almost painlessly ( a fucking miracle ) and got me through the next couple of months so i could get healing time in and start to live with the new found freedom…
speaking of freedom going out to Oregon this weekend for a big time fun festival with my favorite music- String Cheese Incident…during the day they have workshops and play shops to amuse the gathered freaks and one of the workshops is “the politics of altering consciousness” and with out saying names one of the women on that panel did IBO many many years ago..I am curious and hoping to be inspired enough to bring up the subject of our rooty friend to get the panels feedback..and oh yes besides that i will be Freaking Freely again…wow I must marvel at the freedom i have to do the traveling we have done this summer…Yosemite for the best hippie wedding ever…Sf for a month with our guru Amma( amma.org) and visiting friends and iboangels ….High Sierra music fest…home for more Amma time (eric???) on the road for even more Amma time and now a long weekend (or more??) out for my favorite fest of all…And this is just the first summer since I am not handcuffed…Maybe I will actually do some of the things in my life i have dreamed of while I was too handcuffed to even realize i wasn’t doing…wow Thank you Howard, Patrick and Ancient eboga man spirit thing that visited me so gently…..So yes you will “experience some of the life you remember” Scott maybe even more than you remember
Safe travels
wishing all the peacfu…(only kidding Ron *s*)
Freaking Free-ly
Jeff

On 8/3/05, Scott Porter <snporter@gmail.com> wrote:
I’ve been lurking here since late last year so I thought it was time
to say hello and out myself because I am going to take the plunge and
try ibogaine in the near future. I’ve heard a little about ibogaine
here and there but didn’t pay attention to it until the harm reduction
conference last fall in new orleans when I had the good fortune to see
patrick’s talk at the opening plenery, “if the medical establishment
has decided I suffer from a disease then why the fuck am I doing cold
turkey on cement floors behind bars?” yes indeed! Loved the rant and
when I heard ibogaine at the end of the talk I tuned in, signed up and
been reading here and other sites since then. I’ve never considered
myself a freak and nothing here disturbs me more then any other
meeting I’ve been to, only difference is the writing and art is high
end and past what most can accomplish or take from the life or un life
thats addiction. I’ve lived a double life for nearly 20 years, 18 on
heroin while holding down a corp job where nobody knows anything about
what I did when I left the office and 2 on methadone. I’ve got a month
of vacation time coming up in october and want to give my first go the
best possible shot that I can. I almost expect I will end up needing
more then one session but I like to go into things with the best
expectations. I’ve never hit bottom exactly, only 1 arrest and that
was a long time ago, never lived on the street and heroin never caused
the rest of my life to go away, I’m married, two kids, good job, I’m
what I’d guess the 12 steppers like to call a functioning addict and
the best I can express is I want to feel some of the life I almost
don’t remember from so long ago, it’s a longing for something else I
figure and I’ve run out of veins :^) Wanted to give my thanks to
Howard and Patrick and all of you here who’s words i’ve been reading
for so long, especially enjoy Jeff Gallup, Tink and Preston.
regards to all and sorry for the long letter
scott

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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] succeeding in spite of me
Date: August 3, 2005 at 11:51:55 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I started work last night, thrown into a trial by fire at a
ridiculously busy restaurant that I bullshitted my way into the
kitchen at. I thought i’d be doing prep, but NOOOOOO…they stuck me
on the line as a sous chef. I surprised myself and those around me by
summoning up every last ounce of kitchen memory that I had from
working in every restaurant in the seacoast area (as a
bartender,usually, or bar/ wait) and got enough together so that I
ended up with a better paying postion and with more hours than I had
thought I’d end up with.
Wacky-doodle-doo….
It’s only taken, what, 20 years, to begin to pull my head out of my
ass, and now that I’m finally doing something other than existing to
go to the clinic or to cop, all sorts of good things have begun to
happen.
Just thought I’d share something pleasant…
love to you all
tink

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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Marc Emery arrested by DEA, in Canada
Date: August 3, 2005 at 11:42:21 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

See?  We really CAN just all get along…
love to you all
tink

On 8/2/05, Preston Peet <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
I took it without rancor or offense Ron.
I totally appreciate the stress you’re putting yourself through, empathizing
strongly with you and what you’re thinking/ feeling about your drug use,
others’ use, people getting clean, etc, etc.
We’re pretty much on the same page in a lot of ways I suspect, just like
most of us here.
No worries, I didn’t take offense at all is what I’m saying, and didn’t
think you meant any.

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often
mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations,
Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —–
From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 1:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Marc Emery arrested by DEA, in Canada

Preston:
Sure hope you didn’t interpret that comment as a shot because I really
enjoy your stuff. I can’t keep a woman or they won’t keep me and I’m not
sure about men. Ron, hoping you’re on the peaceful path I seek.
—– Original Message —–
From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 11:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Marc Emery arrested by DEA, in Canada

Ron wrote >some experience .
it’s a shitehole in the end.  men begin to look like women Preston. help
you
understand them now? ron<

No, but it puts things in a light whereby I’m appreciative, not that I
wasn’t already, but sometimes women simply confuse me…heck, so do men,
so what do I know? EVERYONE confuses me at one point or another, even me.

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often
mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations,
Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —–
From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 10:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Marc Emery arrested by DEA, in Canada

jail/prison is a wonderful place. one gets to hang out with people you
wouldn’t ride an elavator alone with.  It’s easy to adapt to the loss of
liberty but difficult to get along with your mates . ron..some
experience . it’s a shitehole in the end.  men begin to look like women
Preston. help you understand them now? ron
—– Original Message —–
From: “Kirk” <captkirk@clear.net.nz>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 7:16 PM
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Marc Emery arrested by DEA, in Canada

Wow, I’m soooo totally stunned by this case.  My heart and thoughts go
out
to Marc, and his friends and family.  I will be sending as much helpful
energy as is humanly possible (the rest can come from “other sources”)
In the hopes that he will get thru this, and the powers that be so evil
are
knocked off their high corrupt horses and brought to trial for their
crimes
(see kay griggs email….)
Love and light shall prevail.
KIRK xxxxxx

—–Original Message—–
From: Vector Vector [mailto:vector620022002@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, 2 August 2005 12:11 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Marc Emery arrested by DEA, in Canada

No, Marc being arrested for selling pot doesn’t somehow make ibogaine a
controlled substance in Canada. A few deaths will do that probably
since unlike Mexico Canada isn’t a third world country.

Ibogatherapy is Andrea, Ibogatherapyhouse was Marc Emery. I think there
are more treatments in Canada above Detriot also happening. The big
deal was that he gave treatment for free, now they’re going to try
charging for it.

It’s too bad about Marc, didn’t know the last time he posted here like
6 weeks ago would be the last time he posted anything. It sucks that
they are using US laws and applying them to Canada but I guess Bush
wants to control more of the world then just the US and the UK, Canada
is next. What really sucks is that if they do extradite him to the US
he has life in prison.

None of it has anything to do with ibogaine’s legality, past Marc’s
clinic which has been closed since last year anyway.

.:vector:.

— Rick Strcat <rickstrcat@hotmail.com> wrote:

I just now read this.  Totally echo your question about how can they
apply
US laws in Canada.  Is this going to affect buying ibogaine
*anywhere* in
Canada??

From: kevyn at the Cluster <kevyn@pagancluster.org>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] Marc Emery arrested by DEA, in Canada
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 00:59:09 -0600

Just a note, in case you had not yet heard.
The DEA excersised a warrant, remember the DEA is AMerican, not
Canadian,
to shut down and seize his store in Vancouver.
Then had a press conference, with alot of lies about how much a bad
man
Marc is.
Then they arrested him in Halifax, on the other coast, still in
canada, and
have asked to have him extrodited to the US for trial.

what is going on here, where the US can now use their law in Canada?

I will try and find the relevant email contacts and such for anyone
interested

kevyn, in Alberta

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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Alcoholic Father Disappointed in Pot Head Son
Date: August 3, 2005 at 11:40:37 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

LOLOLOL!!!
Thanks for the giggle, Preston!
tink

On 8/2/05, Preston Peet <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
Hi all,
For those who don’t know, The Onion is a spoof paper, inspired by such
classic rags at The Realist and National Lampoon.
Enjoy.

http://www.theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4130&n=3

Alcoholic Father Disappointed in Pot Head Son

REEDSBURG, WI-Working-class father of four and veteran alcoholic James
Schultz, 53, expressed deep disappointment Monday in his 19-year-old son
Travis, for “turning into a goddamn pothead” after moving away from home to
attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

(illustration snipped)
Above: Lifelong alcoholic James Schultz drowns his sorrows about his
“worthless pothead son” Travis (inset).

“After the hard work I put in at the screen-door factory all these years,
this is how he rewards me?” Schultz said during a 1:30 a.m. statement held
at Captain Pete’s Bar and Grill. “That boy should be working for a living,
like his old man, instead of smoking weed and doing God knows what with a
bunch of liberal lowlifes.”
Schultz punctuated the impromptu speech by finishing off the last of his
drink and ordering another from bartender and friend Al Zandek.
Members of the family said Schultz and his son fought over Travis’
illegal-drug use Sunday, after Schultz found a small bag of marijuana while
rifling through the boy’s pockets for beer money.
The elder Schultz confronted his son at the dinner table that night.
“He slurred his way through a half-coherent lecture on the dangers of
addiction, shouting in my face about what a disappointment I was to the
family,” Travis said.
Travis said Schultz continued his drunken anti-drug tirade well into the
night, eventually lumbering out the door, presumably to go to Captain
Pete’s.
When asked to comment on the face-off, Schultz’s wife Ellen said that, while
it is true that her son has been bringing a lot of funny ideas home, she
didn’t think college was “turning him into a druggie.”
“So he tried pot-a lot of young kids these days do things they later
regret,” said Ellen, 51. “Everybody has regrets about decisions they made
when they were young.”
Ellen defended her husband, as well.
“James only gets like that because he loves Travis,” she said. “He’s a very
sensitive man. A lot of people don’t realize that. They only see the temper.
It’s certainly nothing to call social services about, like [neighbor] Dianne
Klosterbaum did last year. It’s just the way James is when he’s letting off
steam.”
Safely amongst his drinking buddies at the bar, Schultz continued outlining
his disappointment in Travis.
“I wish he’d just sit down over some beers with me and talk this through,”
Schultz said. “But there’s no talking sense to a dope addict.”
According to drinking companion Doug Blaine, Schultz keeps his feelings to
himself, except when he’s “half in the bag.”
“He’d never let on, but he’s got a lot of pressures on him, what with his
second mortgage, his liver troubles, and his court date coming up,” Blaine
said. “He’s real closed off, but sometimes, late at night around last call,
he’ll start to let you in a little. And it’s clear that pothead kid of his
is breaking his heart.”
“Why anybody would want to smoke pot is beyond me,” Blaine added. “Doesn’t
that kid know that stuff is going to rot his brain?”
At 3 a.m., Schultz used his last quarter to call home and wake up Ellen for
a ride, explaining that he’s already gotten picked up for two DUIs.
“Who’s going to drive my wife to work in the morning so we can pay some
bills?” Schultz asked. “That stoner son of mine? I don’t think so.”

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often
mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations,
Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] For marc emery
Date: August 3, 2005 at 11:34:46 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

you rock, Kirkie!!!
luv and puffs
tinkerstoned

On 8/3/05, Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz> wrote:

This pic is for Marc Emery…. And although it was buried with a friend of
mine, I in no way MEAN it in that way.. it was just an amazing gift to our
friend……an anarchy sign made of primo NZ buds….

Thought it was quite relevant in this case….

Kirk J

From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] intro
Date: August 3, 2005 at 11:33:28 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Welcome aboard the Lunacy Express!!
This list, these people (outspoken and not), and all who are on the
perifery, are an incredible resource for just about anything that ails
you.  Just ask Preston-he’s just recently been getting advice on the
fairer sex (LOLOLOLOL) from this lot.  :]
I think hearing from another in the shadows is FANTASTIC!! Glad you
found us, and never apologise for the length of your posts…
I’d love to hear more- and hope you keep us updated on how you’re doing.
Love and tranquility
tink

On 8/3/05, Scott Porter <snporter@gmail.com> wrote:
I’ve been lurking here since late last year so I thought it was time
to say hello and out myself because I am going to take the plunge and
try ibogaine in the near future. I’ve heard a little about ibogaine
here and there but didn’t pay attention to it until the harm reduction
conference last fall in new orleans when I had the good fortune to see
patrick’s talk at the opening plenery, “if the medical establishment
has decided I suffer from a disease then why the fuck am I doing cold
turkey on cement floors behind bars?” yes indeed! Loved the rant and
when I heard ibogaine at the end of the talk I tuned in, signed up and
been reading here and other sites since then. I’ve never considered
myself a freak and nothing here disturbs me more then any other
meeting I’ve been to, only difference is the writing and art is high
end and past what most can accomplish or take from the life or un life
thats addiction. I’ve lived a double life for nearly 20 years, 18 on
heroin while holding down a corp job where nobody knows anything about
what I did when I left the office and 2 on methadone. I’ve got a month
of vacation time coming up in october and want to give my first go the
best possible shot that I can. I almost expect I will end up needing
more then one session but I like to go into things with the best
expectations. I’ve never hit bottom exactly, only 1 arrest and that
was a long time ago, never lived on the street and heroin never caused
the rest of my life to go away, I’m married, two kids, good job, I’m
what I’d guess the 12 steppers like to call a functioning addict and
the best I can express is I want to feel some of the life I almost
don’t remember from so long ago, it’s a longing for something else I
figure and I’ve run out of veins :^) Wanted to give my thanks to
Howard and Patrick and all of you here who’s words i’ve been reading
for so long, especially enjoy Jeff Gallup, Tink and Preston.
regards to all and sorry for the long letter
scott

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] RE: Ron, sweetheart….
Date: August 3, 2005 at 10:58:17 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

That’s good, I laugh at my self everyday.  Only way I can make it.  thanks, need to read that book
—– Original Message —– From: “Boris Leshinsky” <bleshins@bigpond.net.au>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 11:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] RE: Ron, sweetheart….

Ron, you a fan of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy at all?

Check out the movie, there’s a character in there you remind me off, although i just can’t put my finger on it.. who could it be?

check it out anyhow, might make you smile!

*Just jokes mate, its therapeutic to have a laugh at yourself every now and again*  😉

“Do you want me to sit in the corner and rust, or just fall apart where I’m standing?”

—- Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:
thanks, that lifts my sinking self esteem a little
—– Original Message —– From: “Vector Vector” <vector620022002@yahoo.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 2:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] RE: Ron, sweetheart….

> Ron someone signed up to the list found the usual 300 messages in their
> mailbox a day later and freaked out, they signed off. I wouldn’t take
> it personally they happened to post after one of your messages I doubt
> they left because you’re depressed.
>
> .:vector:.
>
> — Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:
>
>> thanks for the thoughts, yeah, cynical, depraved, pan sexual, lawyer?
>>  just
>> a guy in a cheap suit helping guys in cheaper suits get outta places
>> I use
>> to frequent all to frequently.  they beat me up cuz it’s my fault
>> they’re
>> there, not the law or the snitch and then i beat myself up here for
>> you
>> guys. man, i hope i’m not chasing people away, pray i could put a
>> positive
>> spin on my sitch.  no way I’d take a shot at Preston,  the guy’s
>> great, his
>> posts are great…..look at me as the darkside of the spectrum,  i
>> add
>> balance to the rah , rah  crowd,  i’ll try to do better.  thanks for
>> having
>> me around and the thoughts.  really, i’ve got no problems compared to
>> a
>> member who pm’d me and said he’d whipped leukemia..really, it’s a
>> priveldge
>> to know folks actually read my whinning, thanks for bringing me back
>> although i’ll probably spin off again, ron  oh, yeah, i have a roof,
>> slithered out of the gutter and landed it, do have food, no bank
>> acct. and
>> borrowed computer but i ain’t pulling copper pipe out of run down
>> buildings
>> and selling it for a fix. can’t get the self esteem out of the
>> basement no
>> matter how many i get out of jail.  again, thanks for having me, tell
>> me
>> when i should go—– Original Message —– >> From: “Krista Vaughan” <krista.vaughan@gmail.com>
>> To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 12:44 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] RE: Ron, sweetheart….
>>
>>
>> I wanted to second everything in this msg 🙂
>>
>> Ron aren’t you a lawyer who at least has a roof over their head,
>> enough food, enough money for all your prescription drugs and a
>> computer with a internet connection? This puts you far ahead of most
>> street junkies.
>>
>> Didn’t you just do ibogaine a little while ago?
>>
>> Not to put you down in any way (you’re great at doing that to
>> yourself, even if I hated you I could never do half the job you do on
>> yourself). Ron, addiction is a big part of your problem and a lot of
>> people’s to be sure, but have you ever considered doing anything at
>> all after ibogaine? Finding a group you can relate to, counseling, or
>> nothing at all related to drugs exactly but finding some kind of
>> self-image improvement program or book, anything!
>>
>> I know you can’t do any of those things because your family is sick
>> or
>> dying, your job is too hard and it’s better to keep beating yourself
>> up for no reason 😉 or any number of excuses you will come up with.
>>
>> Ron, you’re ok. Go look in the mirror, I’m good enough, I’m smart
>> enough, I’m ok. You are loved, try to love yourself only a little
>> bit,
>> we promise not to tell anyone.
>>
>> KV
>>
>> On 8/2/05, Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz> wrote:
>> > Ron, hope you are doing ok.
>> > Have you ever thought of doing some (dog forgive me for using the
>> “lingo’
>> > but I feel it is needed here..) kind of positivity program?
>> Changing your
>> > word speak, self image etc etc. You sound terminally cynical and
>> negative.
>> > I think your last email to Preston was humorous, but to be honest
>> was hard
>> > to tell….. no offence dear Ron, really!
>> > I just feel that you have gotten stuck in this position of
>> everything is
>> > bad
>> > no matter what…and even to the point of affecting other people to
>> leave
>> > this list?  Come on Ron, you expressed a valid opinion.. I think it
>> was
>> > coinky dinks.. if not…. it doesn’t matter, although I totally
>> UNDERSTAND
>> > getting dumped on for your posts to here!! But all I have to do
>> there is
>> > re-read the Welcome Mat and I feel ok again~! *kiss hugs to
>> Patrick, who
>> > really truly does understand ;o)*
>> > Ron ron ron ron ron……i just wanna grab ya and show ya that it
>> really
>> > isn’t all bad.,….. I have my days… that’s what it’s all about..
>> I hate
>> > them,. But I have to force myself to look at the good the beautiful
>> the
>> > awesomely neat that IS around us all. It’s there take a
>> look………
>> > If I find something I feel might help your state of mind I’ll send
>> it, cos
>> > I
>> > feel this is what keeps you where you are… not the drugs….they
>> are a
>> > symptom to deeper shit well duh ok that might be obvious more
>> obivious
>> > here?
>> > And im just guessing (and trying to see the pyter screen over a
>> huge fat
>> > fluffy ct tail.. …. nosey buggers aint they??? Haaaaa GO WAY
>> snowballs,
>> > I
>> > don’t want to see them1!!! LMAO)
>> > Urh yeh sorry
>> > Love to you Ron, really., keep posting….that much I have learnt.
>> > Hugs
>> > Kirk xxxxxxx
>> >
>>
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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: [Ibogaine] KV
Date: August 3, 2005 at 10:55:35 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Thanks.  I tramped the Milford Track one time.  Am I a Kiwi by proxy?  they won’t let me stay,  too much American pie baggage. ron

From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] About the Iboga Therapy House project
Date: August 3, 2005 at 10:43:33 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

If the US gets him, It’s baaaaaaad!
—– Original Message —– From: “Sandra” <sandra@ibogatherapyhouse.net>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 5:49 PM
Subject: [Ibogaine] About the Iboga Therapy House project

Hi all,

Sandra here from the Iboga Therapy House project…Haven’t been on this list in awhile but I just signed up again recently for the digests so that I could tune in.

I’d like to offer some clarity regarding the Iboga Therapy House:

The ITH is actually a project now run by the Iboga Therapy Society which is now a non profit organisation in BC, Canada. We used to receive private funding from Marc Emery until the summer of last year. Since then however, although Marc is no longer involved, we have continued to keep the dream alive. We ave submitted a proposal to the federal government for funding for our follow-up study of the long term effectiveness of ibogaine treatment in improving quality of life and facilitating recovery. While we are awaiting a decision from them, we have received a small grant from MAPS towards the re-establishment of our new and improved clinic program.

To this effect we are actively working towards re-opening our clinic in October/November of this year regardless of whether we get the funding from the gov’t or not.

For more information about our project and our research please see our website ( to be updated again soon) and the MAPS ibogaine page:

http://www.ibogatherapyhouse.net
http://www.maps.org/ibogaine

It’s a bit confusing because of the similarity of our project names but Ibogatherapy.org is a project in Ontario, Canada our is located in BC, Canada.

As for Marc Emery we are all hoping that his situation is acknowledged by our government and that they will not allow his extradition into the US where his potential charges are outrageous and the potential sentencing of cruel and unusual punishment by Canadian standards. He has contributed much here in Canada to the plight of the cognitive liberty movement and we fully support him in his battle.

Glad to be back on the list!

Hugs out to all of you for all that you are and all that you do,

Sandra Karpetas
Iboga Therapy House
Project Director

sandra@ibogatherapyhouse.net

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] intro
Date: August 3, 2005 at 10:41:50 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Your world just got stranger.  Never know when that bottom is going to rise up a knotch.  If you are over 40,  give yourself at least 2 weeks post IBO. I failed trying to rush it.  I also know that most of my peers are onto my double life, I ain’t fooling anyone.  Please post, I’m just a worker bee that periodically has time to rant.  these folks are kind enough to tolerate it. ron
—– Original Message —– From: “Scott Porter” <snporter@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 11:53 PM
Subject: [Ibogaine] intro

I’ve been lurking here since late last year so I thought it was time
to say hello and out myself because I am going to take the plunge and
try ibogaine in the near future. I’ve heard a little about ibogaine
here and there but didn’t pay attention to it until the harm reduction
conference last fall in new orleans when I had the good fortune to see
patrick’s talk at the opening plenery, “if the medical establishment
has decided I suffer from a disease then why the fuck am I doing cold
turkey on cement floors behind bars?” yes indeed! Loved the rant and
when I heard ibogaine at the end of the talk I tuned in, signed up and
been reading here and other sites since then. I’ve never considered
myself a freak and nothing here disturbs me more then any other
meeting I’ve been to, only difference is the writing and art is high
end and past what most can accomplish or take from the life or un life
thats addiction. I’ve lived a double life for nearly 20 years, 18 on
heroin while holding down a corp job where nobody knows anything about
what I did when I left the office and 2 on methadone. I’ve got a month
of vacation time coming up in october and want to give my first go the
best possible shot that I can. I almost expect I will end up needing
more then one session but I like to go into things with the best
expectations. I’ve never hit bottom exactly, only 1 arrest and that
was a long time ago, never lived on the street and heroin never caused
the rest of my life to go away, I’m married, two kids, good job, I’m
what I’d guess the 12 steppers like to call a functioning addict and
the best I can express is I want to feel some of the life I almost
don’t remember from so long ago, it’s a longing for something else I
figure and I’ve run out of veins :^) Wanted to give my thanks to
Howard and Patrick and all of you here who’s words i’ve been reading
for so long, especially enjoy Jeff Gallup, Tink and Preston.
regards to all and sorry for the long letter
scott

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine sellers in Europe (or anywhere) that /legally/ ship to Canada
Date: August 3, 2005 at 10:28:30 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

It’s getting it in the US that’s a bitch.  I know some providers have their sources through grad students having access to sophisticated labs and other Non retail or consumer means.  It is slowly becomming the equivilent of other illegal drugs in terms of availability and price mark up.  It’s a good drug that’s gone the way of other good drugs. Think the legal pharmacuetical industry gives their products away for humanitarian means?  They could care less about saving lives,  profit remains the motive for distribution. ron
—– Original Message —– From: “Vector Vector” <vector620022002@yahoo.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 7:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine sellers in Europe (or anywhere) that /legally/ ship to Canada

Yes and they’ve been posted here at least 200 times 😉 Mostly nobody
will answer that question but there are only 3 sources of ibogaine hcl
that every other treatment provider buys from them every other person
buys from them, the web site selling it buy from them. Deborah Mash has
her own and she’s not going to sell it to you, the rest of the world
gets it from two sources, the world’s biggest ibogaine hcl dealership,
the holy church of Sacrament of Transition 😉 and the third one is the
same place the underground and alot of europe get theirs.

Figure it out, all of it is in the Mindvox links section 😉 If you
can’t figure it out maybe you shouldn’t be dosing yourself with
ibogaine. Anybody can legally ship to canada, it isn’t against the law
there.

.:vector:.

— Rick Strcat <rickstrcat@hotmail.com> wrote:

In light of the articles about Marc Emery, let me re-phrase the
question:
Are there any *legal* sources of Ibogaine *anywhere* in the world
that ship
to Canada?

Thx.

>From: “Rick Strcat” <rickstrcat@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
>To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
>Subject: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine sellers in Canada
>Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 21:37:42 +0000
>
>Hi,
>
>Does anyone have the name and phone number or weblink for a provider
of
>certified quality ibogaine  in Canada other than Ethnogarden?  I
just tried
>calling them and no answer …
>
>Thanks.
>
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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Marc Emery out on bail
Date: August 3, 2005 at 10:20:42 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

he’s one of the few lucky enough to have the assets to afford competent counsel and bail money at the same time.  I have clients that have bonds that are sky high which is tantnamount to no bond,  no assets and are forced to stay in jail , losing everything as their case creeps through the system. Many plead guilty just to get out( time served or long prison sentences) or get their case over because they cannot stand the local jails where they are held.  ( many jails charge inmates for housing so that the inmate cannot afford commissary which sells basic things like boxer shorts, socks, toothpaste and bad food treats).  Because of the cost,  the inmate cannot afford the $1.50 US a minute phone calls to loved ones , either. Some belong there, some do not,  point is most do not have the luxury of getting out before their trial to work, assist their lawyer in mounting a defense and tend to their families and business.  More power to these guys,  if they were  jailed where I mostly work,  they’d still be there.  Cell phones are bad anyway, we’ve (me) have become dependent upon them and overlook the fact it is the least secure means of personal communication.. Like me posting this. I might as well be on top of a building in NYC shouting this to all dumb enough to listen and giving the heat my name and address. Thank God for what’s left of free speech in the US,  it’s going fast. ron
—– Original Message —– From: “Vector Vector” <vector620022002@yahoo.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 2:50 PM
Subject: [Ibogaine] Marc Emery out on bail

http://www.cannabisculture.com/forums/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=1128948&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=1&fpart=1

Hearing held in high security area with detectors and searches. Hells
Angels defendants preceded Marc and Greg (Marijuana Man).

Marc’s Bail was set at $50,000, with something like 50% cash the rest
property. No cell phones. Can’t meet with both Greg and Michelle. No
seed sales.

Greg 5,000

John Conroy did a brilliant job in defending Marc and attacking the
jurisdiction issue.

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From: Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz>
Subject: [Ibogaine] For marc emery
Date: August 3, 2005 at 5:29:03 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

This pic is for Marc Emery…. And although it was buried with a friend of mine, I in no way MEAN it in that way.. it was just an amazing gift to our friend……an anarchy sign made of primo NZ buds….
Thought it was quite relevant in this case….
Kirk J

From: Scott Porter <snporter@gmail.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] intro
Date: August 3, 2005 at 12:53:33 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I’ve been lurking here since late last year so I thought it was time
to say hello and out myself because I am going to take the plunge and
try ibogaine in the near future. I’ve heard a little about ibogaine
here and there but didn’t pay attention to it until the harm reduction
conference last fall in new orleans when I had the good fortune to see
patrick’s talk at the opening plenery, “if the medical establishment
has decided I suffer from a disease then why the fuck am I doing cold
turkey on cement floors behind bars?” yes indeed! Loved the rant and
when I heard ibogaine at the end of the talk I tuned in, signed up and
been reading here and other sites since then. I’ve never considered
myself a freak and nothing here disturbs me more then any other
meeting I’ve been to, only difference is the writing and art is high
end and past what most can accomplish or take from the life or un life
thats addiction. I’ve lived a double life for nearly 20 years, 18 on
heroin while holding down a corp job where nobody knows anything about
what I did when I left the office and 2 on methadone. I’ve got a month
of vacation time coming up in october and want to give my first go the
best possible shot that I can. I almost expect I will end up needing
more then one session but I like to go into things with the best
expectations. I’ve never hit bottom exactly, only 1 arrest and that
was a long time ago, never lived on the street and heroin never caused
the rest of my life to go away, I’m married, two kids, good job, I’m
what I’d guess the 12 steppers like to call a functioning addict and
the best I can express is I want to feel some of the life I almost
don’t remember from so long ago, it’s a longing for something else I
figure and I’ve run out of veins :^) Wanted to give my thanks to
Howard and Patrick and all of you here who’s words i’ve been reading
for so long, especially enjoy Jeff Gallup, Tink and Preston.
regards to all and sorry for the long letter
scott

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From: Boris Leshinsky <bleshins@bigpond.net.au>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] RE: Ron, sweetheart….
Date: August 3, 2005 at 12:20:10 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Ron, you a fan of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy at all?

Check out the movie, there’s a character in there you remind me off, although i just can’t put my finger on it.. who could it be?

check it out anyhow, might make you smile!

*Just jokes mate, its therapeutic to have a laugh at yourself every now and again*  😉

“Do you want me to sit in the corner and rust, or just fall apart where I’m standing?”

—- Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:
thanks, that lifts my sinking self esteem a little
—– Original Message —–
From: “Vector Vector” <vector620022002@yahoo.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 2:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] RE: Ron, sweetheart….

Ron someone signed up to the list found the usual 300 messages in their
mailbox a day later and freaked out, they signed off. I wouldn’t take
it personally they happened to post after one of your messages I doubt
they left because you’re depressed.

.:vector:.

— Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:

thanks for the thoughts, yeah, cynical, depraved, pan sexual, lawyer?
just
a guy in a cheap suit helping guys in cheaper suits get outta places
I use
to frequent all to frequently.  they beat me up cuz it’s my fault
they’re
there, not the law or the snitch and then i beat myself up here for
you
guys. man, i hope i’m not chasing people away, pray i could put a
positive
spin on my sitch.  no way I’d take a shot at Preston,  the guy’s
great, his
posts are great…..look at me as the darkside of the spectrum,  i
add
balance to the rah , rah  crowd,  i’ll try to do better.  thanks for
having
me around and the thoughts.  really, i’ve got no problems compared to
a
member who pm’d me and said he’d whipped leukemia..really, it’s a
priveldge
to know folks actually read my whinning, thanks for bringing me back
although i’ll probably spin off again, ron  oh, yeah, i have a roof,
slithered out of the gutter and landed it, do have food, no bank
acct. and
borrowed computer but i ain’t pulling copper pipe out of run down
buildings
and selling it for a fix. can’t get the self esteem out of the
basement no
matter how many i get out of jail.  again, thanks for having me, tell
me
when i should go—– Original Message —–
From: “Krista Vaughan” <krista.vaughan@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 12:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] RE: Ron, sweetheart….

I wanted to second everything in this msg 🙂

Ron aren’t you a lawyer who at least has a roof over their head,
enough food, enough money for all your prescription drugs and a
computer with a internet connection? This puts you far ahead of most
street junkies.

Didn’t you just do ibogaine a little while ago?

Not to put you down in any way (you’re great at doing that to
yourself, even if I hated you I could never do half the job you do on
yourself). Ron, addiction is a big part of your problem and a lot of
people’s to be sure, but have you ever considered doing anything at
all after ibogaine? Finding a group you can relate to, counseling, or
nothing at all related to drugs exactly but finding some kind of
self-image improvement program or book, anything!

I know you can’t do any of those things because your family is sick
or
dying, your job is too hard and it’s better to keep beating yourself
up for no reason 😉 or any number of excuses you will come up with.

Ron, you’re ok. Go look in the mirror, I’m good enough, I’m smart
enough, I’m ok. You are loved, try to love yourself only a little
bit,
we promise not to tell anyone.

KV

On 8/2/05, Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz> wrote:
Ron, hope you are doing ok.
Have you ever thought of doing some (dog forgive me for using the
“lingo’
but I feel it is needed here..) kind of positivity program?
Changing your
word speak, self image etc etc. You sound terminally cynical and
negative.
I think your last email to Preston was humorous, but to be honest
was hard
to tell….. no offence dear Ron, really!
I just feel that you have gotten stuck in this position of
everything is
bad
no matter what…and even to the point of affecting other people to
leave
this list?  Come on Ron, you expressed a valid opinion.. I think it
was
coinky dinks.. if not…. it doesn’t matter, although I totally
UNDERSTAND
getting dumped on for your posts to here!! But all I have to do
there is
re-read the Welcome Mat and I feel ok again~! *kiss hugs to
Patrick, who
really truly does understand ;o)*
Ron ron ron ron ron……i just wanna grab ya and show ya that it
really
isn’t all bad.,….. I have my days… that’s what it’s all about..
I hate
them,. But I have to force myself to look at the good the beautiful
the
awesomely neat that IS around us all. It’s there take a
look………
If I find something I feel might help your state of mind I’ll send
it, cos
I
feel this is what keeps you where you are… not the drugs….they
are a
symptom to deeper shit well duh ok that might be obvious more
obivious
here?
And im just guessing (and trying to see the pyter screen over a
huge fat
fluffy ct tail.. …. nosey buggers aint they??? Haaaaa GO WAY
snowballs,
I
don’t want to see them1!!! LMAO)
Urh yeh sorry
Love to you Ron, really., keep posting….that much I have learnt.
Hugs
Kirk xxxxxxx

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From: Vector Vector <vector620022002@yahoo.com>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] About the Iboga Therapy House project
Date: August 2, 2005 at 7:31:24 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/4471.html

5 things you can do to help Marc Emery
by Dana Larsen (02 Aug, 2005)
Please do your part to keep the US drug war out of Canada!

Marc during last summer`s legalization tour
I have received many emails and messages from people asking me what
they can do to help prevent Marc Emery from being extradited to the US
to face a lifetime in prison. Here are five simple, concrete things
that anyone can do to make a positive impact on this situation.

If you can donate even two hours of spare time each week to doing some
of these five things you will be making a real difference.

The first three things can and should be done by anyone in the world
who supports this effort. The last two are for Canadians only.

Please don’t just read this list and then do nothing. This is a very
crucial battle and one we must win.

1) Call Irwin Cotler regularly.

Canada’s Justice Minister is Irwin Cotler. It is largely his decision
whether Canada will extradite Marc Emery. Cotler’s biography describes
him as a “peace activist” who has devoted his life to supporting
international human rights, free speech, freedom of religion, women’s
rights, minority rights, war crimes justice and prisoners’ rights, but
he has not proven himself to be a friend to the cannabis culture.

Please call each of these three phone numbers twice every week, and
politely repeat your message every time. The goal is to keep these
lines constantly tied up with calls and voice mails about Marc Emery,
so that the Justice Department phones are ringing steadily about the
Emery case every day for the next few months.

When you call, always be very polite. Your goal is not to get into a
debate with Cotler’s secretary. Just say that you are calling because
it would “shock your conscience” for Marc Emery to be extradited to the
US for alleged marijuana seeds crimes committed on Canadian soil. Say
that you believe that if Marc has broken the law in Canada, he should
be tried in Canada, under Canadian laws.

If they say you are calling the wrong number ask what number you should
call. But still call them again the next week regardless.

No matter where you are in the world, please call all three of these
phone numbers every week. We definitely need active, vocal support from
Americans and also from the international community.

* Irwin Cotler’s Constituency Office: 514-283-0171
* Irwin Cotler’s Parliamentary Office: 613-995-0121
* Justice Department Office: 613-992-4621

If you have access to a fax machine then please also send a daily or
weekly fax supporting Marc Emery to each of these Justice Department
fax numbers:

Fax: 613-992-6762
Fax: 514-283-2407
Fax: 613-990-7255

Don’t bother sending emails to Cotler. Emails are easily ignored,
deleted, or filtered out as spam. Weekly phone calls and faxes are much
more effective in creating awareness and political pressure.

2) Donate and buy

This raid means the end of Marc Emery Marijuana Seeds, which was the
pioneering business which Marc Emery used to fund activist efforts
around the world. Marc, Michelle and Greg will all have huge legal
bills, while at the same time losing their assets, income and
livelihood.

Money-losing projects like Pot-TV will need to be curtailed, political
activities will be shut down, Cannabis Culture Magazine will struggle
greatly, and all our staff will suffer layoffs and paycuts.

Please make a donation or purchase with the BC Marijuana Party, and buy
a subscription to Cannabis Culture magazine. Our store is still fully
stocked with books, pipes, bongs, clothes and other cannabis products.
The only thing we don’t sell now is seeds! We need your business to
survive, so please come down and pick up some new paraphernalia.

3) Write to Canadian media

Please contact all of the following newspapers and magazines, with a
new letter every week.

Don’t write a big long letter. Just write a short, snappy letter which
offers your opinion on American efforts to extradite Marc Emery.

Don’t just send one mass email to all of these media at once. Instead
send them each individually the same emailed letter.

Write one letter every week, different letters but on the same topic,
and send them to every one of these media outlets every week.

A more complete list of Canadian media outlets can be found here:
http://mapinc.org/cmap/press.htm

NEWSPAPERS

National Post: letters@nationalpost.com
Globe & Mail: letters@globeandmail.ca
Vancouver Sun: sunletters@png.canwest.com
Vancouver Province: provletters@png.canwest.com
Victoria Times Colonist: letters@tc.canwest.com
Vancouver Courier: editor@vancourier.com
Burnaby Now: editorial@burnabynow.com
Calgary Herald: letters@theherald.canwest.com
Calgary Sun: callet@calgarysun.com
Edmonton Journal: letters@thejournal.canwest.com
Edmonton Sun: mailbag@edm.sunpub.com
Regina Leader-Post: letters@leaderpost.canwest.com
Guelph Mercury: editor@guelphmercury.com
Hamilton Spectator: letters@thespec.com
Kamloops this week: ktw@bcnewsgroup.com
Kamloops Daily News: kamloopsnews@telus.net
Kelowna Capital News: edit@kelownacapnews.com
Kitchener-Waterloo Record: letters@therecord.com
Kingston Whig-Standard: whiged@thewhig.com
Langley Advance: editorial@langleyadvance.com
Langley Times: newsroom@langleytimes.com
Lethbridge Herald: letters@ac403.com
London Free Press: letters@lfpress.com
Montreal Gazette: letters@thegazette.canwest.com
Nanaimo News Bulletin: edit@nanaimo.vinewsgroup.com
North Shore News: editor@nsnews.com
Ottawa Citizen: letters@thecitizen.canwest.com
Ottawa Sun: oped@ott.sunpub.com
The Saskatoon Star Phoenix: spnews@SP.canwest.com
Surrey Leader: newsroom@surreyleader.com
Surrey Now: canderson@thenownewspaper.com
Toronto Star: lettertoed@thestar.com
Toronto Sun: editor@tor.sunpub.com
Tri-city news: newsroom@tricitynews.com
Victoria News: vicnews@vinewsgroup.com
Whitehorse Star: letters@whitehorsestar.com
Winnipeg Free Press: letters@freepress.mb.ca
Winnipeg Sun: editor@wpgsun.com
Windsor Star: letters@thestar.canwest.com

MAGAZINES

Maclean’s Magazine: letters@macleans.ca
Eye Magazine: eye@eye.net
NOW Magazine: letters@nowtoronto.com
Vancouver Magazine: mail@vancouvermagazine.com
The Walrus: letters@walrusmagazine.com

4) Contact your MP and MLA

If you are in Canada, then contact both your MP and your MLA. Don’t
send them an email, make a phone call. Try to make an appointment for a
personal visit. Also have every one of your friends and family members
each make their own phone call as well. The more calls they receive the
better.

You are not seeking your MP and MLA to support the legalization of
marijuana. Just say that you are calling because you want your elected
representative to oppose the extradition of any Canadian to a foreign
country when their actions are not considered a serious crime in
Canada.

Remind them that Emery is the leader of a legitimate political party,
that the Canadian government has knowingly collected taxes from his US
seed sales for a decade, and that Emery has operated openly without
interference from Canadian police since 1998.

Tell your MP and MLA that Canada should not be sending political
activists to jail in foreign countries, especially when their actions
are not even considered to be an “arrestable offence” in Canada.

Your MP is your federal Member of Parliament. You can find your MP
here:
http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/house/PostalCode.asp?Source=SM

Your MLA is your Provincial Member of the Legislature. You can find
your MLA online here:

BC: www.legis.gov.bc.ca/mla/3-1-1.htm
Alberta: www.assembly.ab.ca/adr/adr_template.aspx?type=mla
Saskatchewan: www.legassembly.sk.ca/members
Manitoba: www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/members/alphabetical.html
Ontario: www.electionsontario.on.ca/fyed/en/form_page_en.jsp
Quebec: www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/Membres/deputes.shtml
Newsfoundland: www.hoa.gov.nl.ca/hoa/members
Nova Scotia: www.gov.ns.ca/legislature/MEMBERS/index.html
New Brunswick: app.infoaa.7700.gnb.ca/gnb/pub/ListMLA1.asp
PEI: www.assembly.pe.ca/members/index.php

5) Rally in your community

If you are in Canada, then try to put on a rally in your community to
protest this incursion of the US Drug War into Canada.

The focus of your rally should not be on the marijuana laws, but rather
that Canadians within Canada are not subject to US law. The Canadian
courts and people have decided that selling marijuana seeds is a
trivial, non-arrestable offence.

The Canadian government has steadily collected sizable taxes from Marc
Emery’s US seed sales for 10 years. If Emery has broken the law in
Canada then he should be charged and tried here. If he has broken no
laws in Canada then he should not be extradited to the US for a life
sentence. Who will be next? Will US police start extraditing Canadians
who perform gay marriages for visiting Americans?

Try to put together a rally for Saturday, September 10, to coincide
with the rally planned for Vancouver. If there is a US consulate office
in your city then that is a good place to rally at. Otherwise find a
park or other government building.

Please contact us at the BC Marijuana Party to let us know what you are
up to. Tell us if you have contacted your elected representatives, if
are planning a rally, and what else you are doing to help preserve
Canadian sovereignty and keep the US drug war out of Canada.

Thank you for your help. Marc Emery has devoted his life to ending the
drug war and ensuring that marijuana seeds are available to anyone who
wants to grow this wondrous herb. Please follow his lead, become
active, and help to end this vicious war.

* BC Marijuana Party: bcmp2005@yahoo.ca, 604-684-2803

— Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz> wrote:

Hi Sandra,
Nice to meet you and blessings to you and the Iboga House.  Power to
you all
up there.  My thoughts are also with Marc Emery, and sending positive
vibes
that truth shall prevail.  Outraged and stunned here in NZ.
Luff lite n lafta
Kirk 🙂

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From: Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] About the Iboga Therapy House project
Date: August 2, 2005 at 7:12:09 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hi Sandra,
Nice to meet you and blessings to you and the Iboga House.  Power to you all
up there.  My thoughts are also with Marc Emery, and sending positive vibes
that truth shall prevail.  Outraged and stunned here in NZ.
Luff lite n lafta
Kirk 🙂

—–Original Message—–
From: Sandra [mailto:sandra@ibogatherapyhouse.net]
Sent: Wednesday, 3 August 2005 10:49 a.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] About the Iboga Therapy House project

Hi all,

Sandra here from the Iboga Therapy House project…Haven’t been on this
list in awhile but I just signed up again recently for the digests so
that I could tune in.

I’d like to offer some clarity regarding the Iboga Therapy House:

The ITH is actually a project now run by the Iboga Therapy Society which
is now a non profit organisation in BC, Canada. We used to receive
private funding from Marc Emery until the summer of last year. Since
then however, although Marc is no longer involved, we have continued to
keep the dream alive. We ave submitted a proposal to the federal
government for funding for our follow-up study of the long term
effectiveness of ibogaine treatment in improving quality of life and
facilitating recovery. While we are awaiting a decision from them, we
have received a small grant from MAPS towards the re-establishment of
our new and improved clinic program.

To this effect we are actively working towards re-opening our clinic in
October/November of this year regardless of whether we get the funding
from the gov’t or not.

For more information about our project and our research please see our
website ( to be updated again soon) and the MAPS ibogaine page:

http://www.ibogatherapyhouse.net
http://www.maps.org/ibogaine

It’s a bit confusing because of the similarity of our project names but
Ibogatherapy.org is a project in Ontario, Canada our is located in BC,
Canada.

As for Marc Emery we are all hoping that his situation is acknowledged
by our government and that they will not allow his extradition into the
US where his potential charges are outrageous and the potential
sentencing of cruel and unusual punishment by Canadian standards. He has
contributed much here in Canada to the plight of the cognitive liberty
movement and we fully support him in his battle.

Glad to be back on the list!

Hugs out to all of you for all that you are and all that you do,

Sandra Karpetas
Iboga Therapy House
Project Director

sandra@ibogatherapyhouse.net

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From: Sandra <sandra@ibogatherapyhouse.net>
Subject: [Ibogaine] About the Iboga Therapy House project
Date: August 2, 2005 at 6:49:12 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hi all,

Sandra here from the Iboga Therapy House project…Haven’t been on this list in awhile but I just signed up again recently for the digests so that I could tune in.

I’d like to offer some clarity regarding the Iboga Therapy House:

The ITH is actually a project now run by the Iboga Therapy Society which is now a non profit organisation in BC, Canada. We used to receive private funding from Marc Emery until the summer of last year. Since then however, although Marc is no longer involved, we have continued to keep the dream alive. We ave submitted a proposal to the federal government for funding for our follow-up study of the long term effectiveness of ibogaine treatment in improving quality of life and facilitating recovery. While we are awaiting a decision from them, we have received a small grant from MAPS towards the re-establishment of our new and improved clinic program.

To this effect we are actively working towards re-opening our clinic in October/November of this year regardless of whether we get the funding from the gov’t or not.

For more information about our project and our research please see our website ( to be updated again soon) and the MAPS ibogaine page:

http://www.ibogatherapyhouse.net
http://www.maps.org/ibogaine

It’s a bit confusing because of the similarity of our project names but Ibogatherapy.org is a project in Ontario, Canada our is located in BC, Canada.

As for Marc Emery we are all hoping that his situation is acknowledged by our government and that they will not allow his extradition into the US where his potential charges are outrageous and the potential sentencing of cruel and unusual punishment by Canadian standards. He has contributed much here in Canada to the plight of the cognitive liberty movement and we fully support him in his battle.

Glad to be back on the list!

Hugs out to all of you for all that you are and all that you do,

Sandra Karpetas
Iboga Therapy House
Project Director

sandra@ibogatherapyhouse.net

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From: Jeff Gallop <jeffgallop@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fwd: 10th Planet Discovered
Date: August 2, 2005 at 5:31:39 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hey Tinkerbell…ya ever here of the 12th planet books and theories…heres a quick link to some stuff http://www.crystalinks.com/nibiru.html
Freak Spacey
jeff

On 7/30/05, tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com> wrote:
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Date: Jul 30, 2005 12:30 AM
Subject: 10th Planet Discovered
To: NASA Science News <snglist@snglist.msfc.nasa.gov>

NASA Science News for July 29, 2005

Astronomers have found a new world bigger than Pluto in the outer
reaches of the solar system.

FULL STORY at

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/29jul_planetx.htm?list161661

The Science@NASA Podcast feed is available at
http://science.nasa.gov/podcast.xml.

You are currently subscribed to snglist as: tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com.

This is a free service.

To unsubscribe click here:
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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Alcoholic Father Disappointed in Pot Head Son
Date: August 2, 2005 at 5:08:05 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hi all,
For those who don’t know, The Onion is a spoof paper, inspired by such classic rags at The Realist and National Lampoon.
Enjoy.

http://www.theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4130&n=3

Alcoholic Father Disappointed in Pot Head Son

REEDSBURG, WI-Working-class father of four and veteran alcoholic James Schultz, 53, expressed deep disappointment Monday in his 19-year-old son Travis, for “turning into a goddamn pothead” after moving away from home to attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

(illustration snipped)
Above: Lifelong alcoholic James Schultz drowns his sorrows about his “worthless pothead son” Travis (inset).

“After the hard work I put in at the screen-door factory all these years, this is how he rewards me?” Schultz said during a 1:30 a.m. statement held at Captain Pete’s Bar and Grill. “That boy should be working for a living, like his old man, instead of smoking weed and doing God knows what with a bunch of liberal lowlifes.”
Schultz punctuated the impromptu speech by finishing off the last of his drink and ordering another from bartender and friend Al Zandek.
Members of the family said Schultz and his son fought over Travis’ illegal-drug use Sunday, after Schultz found a small bag of marijuana while rifling through the boy’s pockets for beer money.
The elder Schultz confronted his son at the dinner table that night.
“He slurred his way through a half-coherent lecture on the dangers of addiction, shouting in my face about what a disappointment I was to the family,” Travis said.
Travis said Schultz continued his drunken anti-drug tirade well into the night, eventually lumbering out the door, presumably to go to Captain Pete’s.
When asked to comment on the face-off, Schultz’s wife Ellen said that, while it is true that her son has been bringing a lot of funny ideas home, she didn’t think college was “turning him into a druggie.”
“So he tried pot-a lot of young kids these days do things they later regret,” said Ellen, 51. “Everybody has regrets about decisions they made when they were young.”
Ellen defended her husband, as well.
“James only gets like that because he loves Travis,” she said. “He’s a very sensitive man. A lot of people don’t realize that. They only see the temper. It’s certainly nothing to call social services about, like [neighbor] Dianne Klosterbaum did last year. It’s just the way James is when he’s letting off steam.”
Safely amongst his drinking buddies at the bar, Schultz continued outlining his disappointment in Travis.
“I wish he’d just sit down over some beers with me and talk this through,” Schultz said. “But there’s no talking sense to a dope addict.”
According to drinking companion Doug Blaine, Schultz keeps his feelings to himself, except when he’s “half in the bag.”
“He’d never let on, but he’s got a lot of pressures on him, what with his second mortgage, his liver troubles, and his court date coming up,” Blaine said. “He’s real closed off, but sometimes, late at night around last call, he’ll start to let you in a little. And it’s clear that pothead kid of his is breaking his heart.”
“Why anybody would want to smoke pot is beyond me,” Blaine added. “Doesn’t that kid know that stuff is going to rot his brain?”
At 3 a.m., Schultz used his last quarter to call home and wake up Ellen for a ride, explaining that he’s already gotten picked up for two DUIs.
“Who’s going to drive my wife to work in the morning so we can pay some bills?” Schultz asked. “That stoner son of mine? I don’t think so.”

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Marc Emery arrested by DEA, in Canada
Date: August 2, 2005 at 5:01:13 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I took it without rancor or offense Ron.
I totally appreciate the stress you’re putting yourself through, empathizing strongly with you and what you’re thinking/ feeling about your drug use, others’ use, people getting clean, etc, etc.
We’re pretty much on the same page in a lot of ways I suspect, just like most of us here.
No worries, I didn’t take offense at all is what I’m saying, and didn’t think you meant any.

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 1:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Marc Emery arrested by DEA, in Canada

Preston:
Sure hope you didn’t interpret that comment as a shot because I really enjoy your stuff. I can’t keep a woman or they won’t keep me and I’m not sure about men. Ron, hoping you’re on the peaceful path I seek.
—– Original Message —– From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 11:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Marc Emery arrested by DEA, in Canada

Ron wrote >some experience .
it’s a shitehole in the end.  men begin to look like women Preston. help you
understand them now? ron<

No, but it puts things in a light whereby I’m appreciative, not that I wasn’t already, but sometimes women simply confuse me…heck, so do men, so what do I know? EVERYONE confuses me at one point or another, even me.

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 10:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Marc Emery arrested by DEA, in Canada

jail/prison is a wonderful place. one gets to hang out with people you wouldn’t ride an elavator alone with.  It’s easy to adapt to the loss of liberty but difficult to get along with your mates . ron..some experience . it’s a shitehole in the end.  men begin to look like women Preston. help you understand them now? ron
—– Original Message —– From: “Kirk” <captkirk@clear.net.nz>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 7:16 PM
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Marc Emery arrested by DEA, in Canada

Wow, I’m soooo totally stunned by this case.  My heart and thoughts go out
to Marc, and his friends and family.  I will be sending as much helpful
energy as is humanly possible (the rest can come from “other sources”)
In the hopes that he will get thru this, and the powers that be so evil are
knocked off their high corrupt horses and brought to trial for their crimes
(see kay griggs email….)
Love and light shall prevail.
KIRK xxxxxx

—–Original Message—–
From: Vector Vector [mailto:vector620022002@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, 2 August 2005 12:11 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Marc Emery arrested by DEA, in Canada

No, Marc being arrested for selling pot doesn’t somehow make ibogaine a
controlled substance in Canada. A few deaths will do that probably
since unlike Mexico Canada isn’t a third world country.

Ibogatherapy is Andrea, Ibogatherapyhouse was Marc Emery. I think there
are more treatments in Canada above Detriot also happening. The big
deal was that he gave treatment for free, now they’re going to try
charging for it.

It’s too bad about Marc, didn’t know the last time he posted here like
6 weeks ago would be the last time he posted anything. It sucks that
they are using US laws and applying them to Canada but I guess Bush
wants to control more of the world then just the US and the UK, Canada
is next. What really sucks is that if they do extradite him to the US
he has life in prison.

None of it has anything to do with ibogaine’s legality, past Marc’s
clinic which has been closed since last year anyway.

.:vector:.

— Rick Strcat <rickstrcat@hotmail.com> wrote:

I just now read this.  Totally echo your question about how can they
apply
US laws in Canada.  Is this going to affect buying ibogaine
*anywhere* in
Canada??

>From: kevyn at the Cluster <kevyn@pagancluster.org>
>Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
>To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
>Subject: [Ibogaine] Marc Emery arrested by DEA, in Canada
>Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 00:59:09 -0600
>
>Just a note, in case you had not yet heard.
>The DEA excersised a warrant, remember the DEA is AMerican, not
Canadian,
>to shut down and seize his store in Vancouver.
>Then had a press conference, with alot of lies about how much a bad
man
>Marc is.
>Then they arrested him in Halifax, on the other coast, still in
canada, and
>have asked to have him extrodited to the US for trial.
>
>what is going on here, where the US can now use their law in Canada?
>
>I will try and find the relevant email contacts and such for anyone
>interested
>
>kevyn, in Alberta
>
>
>

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From: Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz>
Subject: [Ibogaine] RE: OT RE: Ron, sweetheart….
Date: August 2, 2005 at 4:57:32 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Heyyy Ron!! Yehh see I  knew it!! And yes you are right, you are very much
needed here to keep some of us in check…you are the perfect addition to
this fucked up crazy  mess that is mindvox (and that I love dearly anyway..)
what I would suggest for you is a Job Change!! Yeh yeh easier said than
done, but sometimes done  is easy…we make it hard… and.. god it’s too
early and IM NOT ALLOWED COFFEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please mind this and ignore any grry arghyy posts in the near future.
Suppin on her milo….sigh not the same kick.
Kirk xxxx

—–Original Message—–
From: Ron Davis [mailto:rwd3@cox.net]
Sent: Wednesday, 3 August 2005 8:19 a.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] RE: Ron, sweetheart….

thanks, that lifts my sinking self esteem a little
—– Original Message —–
From: “Vector Vector” <vector620022002@yahoo.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 2:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] RE: Ron, sweetheart….

Ron someone signed up to the list found the usual 300 messages in their
mailbox a day later and freaked out, they signed off. I wouldn’t take
it personally they happened to post after one of your messages I doubt
they left because you’re depressed.

.:vector:.

— Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:

thanks for the thoughts, yeah, cynical, depraved, pan sexual, lawyer?
just
a guy in a cheap suit helping guys in cheaper suits get outta places
I use
to frequent all to frequently.  they beat me up cuz it’s my fault
they’re
there, not the law or the snitch and then i beat myself up here for
you
guys. man, i hope i’m not chasing people away, pray i could put a
positive
spin on my sitch.  no way I’d take a shot at Preston,  the guy’s
great, his
posts are great…..look at me as the darkside of the spectrum,  i
add
balance to the rah , rah  crowd,  i’ll try to do better.  thanks for
having
me around and the thoughts.  really, i’ve got no problems compared to
a
member who pm’d me and said he’d whipped leukemia..really, it’s a
priveldge
to know folks actually read my whinning, thanks for bringing me back
although i’ll probably spin off again, ron  oh, yeah, i have a roof,
slithered out of the gutter and landed it, do have food, no bank
acct. and
borrowed computer but i ain’t pulling copper pipe out of run down
buildings
and selling it for a fix. can’t get the self esteem out of the
basement no
matter how many i get out of jail.  again, thanks for having me, tell
me
when i should go—– Original Message —–
From: “Krista Vaughan” <krista.vaughan@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 12:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] RE: Ron, sweetheart….

I wanted to second everything in this msg 🙂

Ron aren’t you a lawyer who at least has a roof over their head,
enough food, enough money for all your prescription drugs and a
computer with a internet connection? This puts you far ahead of most
street junkies.

Didn’t you just do ibogaine a little while ago?

Not to put you down in any way (you’re great at doing that to
yourself, even if I hated you I could never do half the job you do on
yourself). Ron, addiction is a big part of your problem and a lot of
people’s to be sure, but have you ever considered doing anything at
all after ibogaine? Finding a group you can relate to, counseling, or
nothing at all related to drugs exactly but finding some kind of
self-image improvement program or book, anything!

I know you can’t do any of those things because your family is sick
or
dying, your job is too hard and it’s better to keep beating yourself
up for no reason 😉 or any number of excuses you will come up with.

Ron, you’re ok. Go look in the mirror, I’m good enough, I’m smart
enough, I’m ok. You are loved, try to love yourself only a little
bit,
we promise not to tell anyone.

KV

On 8/2/05, Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz> wrote:
Ron, hope you are doing ok.
Have you ever thought of doing some (dog forgive me for using the
“lingo’
but I feel it is needed here..) kind of positivity program?
Changing your
word speak, self image etc etc. You sound terminally cynical and
negative.
I think your last email to Preston was humorous, but to be honest
was hard
to tell….. no offence dear Ron, really!
I just feel that you have gotten stuck in this position of
everything is
bad
no matter what…and even to the point of affecting other people to
leave
this list?  Come on Ron, you expressed a valid opinion.. I think it
was
coinky dinks.. if not…. it doesn’t matter, although I totally
UNDERSTAND
getting dumped on for your posts to here!! But all I have to do
there is
re-read the Welcome Mat and I feel ok again~! *kiss hugs to
Patrick, who
really truly does understand ;o)*
Ron ron ron ron ron……i just wanna grab ya and show ya that it
really
isn’t all bad.,….. I have my days… that’s what it’s all about..
I hate
them,. But I have to force myself to look at the good the beautiful
the
awesomely neat that IS around us all. It’s there take a
look………
If I find something I feel might help your state of mind I’ll send
it, cos
I
feel this is what keeps you where you are… not the drugs….they
are a
symptom to deeper shit well duh ok that might be obvious more
obivious
here?
And im just guessing (and trying to see the pyter screen over a
huge fat
fluffy ct tail.. …. nosey buggers aint they??? Haaaaa GO WAY
snowballs,
I
don’t want to see them1!!! LMAO)
Urh yeh sorry
Love to you Ron, really., keep posting….that much I have learnt.
Hugs
Kirk xxxxxxx

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] RE: Ron, sweetheart….
Date: August 2, 2005 at 4:18:40 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

thanks, that lifts my sinking self esteem a little
—– Original Message —– From: “Vector Vector” <vector620022002@yahoo.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 2:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] RE: Ron, sweetheart….

Ron someone signed up to the list found the usual 300 messages in their
mailbox a day later and freaked out, they signed off. I wouldn’t take
it personally they happened to post after one of your messages I doubt
they left because you’re depressed.

.:vector:.

— Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:

thanks for the thoughts, yeah, cynical, depraved, pan sexual, lawyer?
just
a guy in a cheap suit helping guys in cheaper suits get outta places
I use
to frequent all to frequently.  they beat me up cuz it’s my fault
they’re
there, not the law or the snitch and then i beat myself up here for
you
guys. man, i hope i’m not chasing people away, pray i could put a
positive
spin on my sitch.  no way I’d take a shot at Preston,  the guy’s
great, his
posts are great…..look at me as the darkside of the spectrum,  i
add
balance to the rah , rah  crowd,  i’ll try to do better.  thanks for
having
me around and the thoughts.  really, i’ve got no problems compared to
a
member who pm’d me and said he’d whipped leukemia..really, it’s a
priveldge
to know folks actually read my whinning, thanks for bringing me back
although i’ll probably spin off again, ron  oh, yeah, i have a roof,
slithered out of the gutter and landed it, do have food, no bank
acct. and
borrowed computer but i ain’t pulling copper pipe out of run down
buildings
and selling it for a fix. can’t get the self esteem out of the
basement no
matter how many i get out of jail.  again, thanks for having me, tell
me
when i should go—– Original Message —– From: “Krista Vaughan” <krista.vaughan@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 12:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] RE: Ron, sweetheart….

I wanted to second everything in this msg 🙂

Ron aren’t you a lawyer who at least has a roof over their head,
enough food, enough money for all your prescription drugs and a
computer with a internet connection? This puts you far ahead of most
street junkies.

Didn’t you just do ibogaine a little while ago?

Not to put you down in any way (you’re great at doing that to
yourself, even if I hated you I could never do half the job you do on
yourself). Ron, addiction is a big part of your problem and a lot of
people’s to be sure, but have you ever considered doing anything at
all after ibogaine? Finding a group you can relate to, counseling, or
nothing at all related to drugs exactly but finding some kind of
self-image improvement program or book, anything!

I know you can’t do any of those things because your family is sick
or
dying, your job is too hard and it’s better to keep beating yourself
up for no reason 😉 or any number of excuses you will come up with.

Ron, you’re ok. Go look in the mirror, I’m good enough, I’m smart
enough, I’m ok. You are loved, try to love yourself only a little
bit,
we promise not to tell anyone.

KV

On 8/2/05, Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz> wrote:
> Ron, hope you are doing ok.
> Have you ever thought of doing some (dog forgive me for using the
“lingo’
> but I feel it is needed here..) kind of positivity program?
Changing your
> word speak, self image etc etc. You sound terminally cynical and
negative.
> I think your last email to Preston was humorous, but to be honest
was hard
> to tell….. no offence dear Ron, really!
> I just feel that you have gotten stuck in this position of
everything is
> bad
> no matter what…and even to the point of affecting other people to
leave
> this list?  Come on Ron, you expressed a valid opinion.. I think it
was
> coinky dinks.. if not…. it doesn’t matter, although I totally
UNDERSTAND
> getting dumped on for your posts to here!! But all I have to do
there is
> re-read the Welcome Mat and I feel ok again~! *kiss hugs to
Patrick, who
> really truly does understand ;o)*
> Ron ron ron ron ron……i just wanna grab ya and show ya that it
really
> isn’t all bad.,….. I have my days… that’s what it’s all about..
I hate
> them,. But I have to force myself to look at the good the beautiful
the
> awesomely neat that IS around us all. It’s there take a
look………
> If I find something I feel might help your state of mind I’ll send
it, cos
> I
> feel this is what keeps you where you are… not the drugs….they
are a
> symptom to deeper shit well duh ok that might be obvious more
obivious
> here?
> And im just guessing (and trying to see the pyter screen over a
huge fat
> fluffy ct tail.. …. nosey buggers aint they??? Haaaaa GO WAY
snowballs,
> I
> don’t want to see them1!!! LMAO)
> Urh yeh sorry
> Love to you Ron, really., keep posting….that much I have learnt.
> Hugs
> Kirk xxxxxxx
>

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From: Vector Vector <vector620022002@yahoo.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Marc Emery out on bail
Date: August 2, 2005 at 3:50:23 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

http://www.cannabisculture.com/forums/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=1128948&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=1&fpart=1

Hearing held in high security area with detectors and searches. Hells
Angels defendants preceded Marc and Greg (Marijuana Man).

Marc’s Bail was set at $50,000, with something like 50% cash the rest
property. No cell phones. Can’t meet with both Greg and Michelle. No
seed sales.

Greg 5,000

John Conroy did a brilliant job in defending Marc and attacking the
jurisdiction issue.

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From: Vector Vector <vector620022002@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] RE: Ron, sweetheart….
Date: August 2, 2005 at 3:49:28 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Ron someone signed up to the list found the usual 300 messages in their
mailbox a day later and freaked out, they signed off. I wouldn’t take
it personally they happened to post after one of your messages I doubt
they left because you’re depressed.

.:vector:.

— Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:

thanks for the thoughts, yeah, cynical, depraved, pan sexual, lawyer?
just
a guy in a cheap suit helping guys in cheaper suits get outta places
I use
to frequent all to frequently.  they beat me up cuz it’s my fault
they’re
there, not the law or the snitch and then i beat myself up here for
you
guys. man, i hope i’m not chasing people away, pray i could put a
positive
spin on my sitch.  no way I’d take a shot at Preston,  the guy’s
great, his
posts are great…..look at me as the darkside of the spectrum,  i
add
balance to the rah , rah  crowd,  i’ll try to do better.  thanks for
having
me around and the thoughts.  really, i’ve got no problems compared to
a
member who pm’d me and said he’d whipped leukemia..really, it’s a
priveldge
to know folks actually read my whinning, thanks for bringing me back
although i’ll probably spin off again, ron  oh, yeah, i have a roof,
slithered out of the gutter and landed it, do have food, no bank
acct. and
borrowed computer but i ain’t pulling copper pipe out of run down
buildings
and selling it for a fix. can’t get the self esteem out of the
basement no
matter how many i get out of jail.  again, thanks for having me, tell
me
when i should go—– Original Message —–
From: “Krista Vaughan” <krista.vaughan@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 12:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] RE: Ron, sweetheart….

I wanted to second everything in this msg 🙂

Ron aren’t you a lawyer who at least has a roof over their head,
enough food, enough money for all your prescription drugs and a
computer with a internet connection? This puts you far ahead of most
street junkies.

Didn’t you just do ibogaine a little while ago?

Not to put you down in any way (you’re great at doing that to
yourself, even if I hated you I could never do half the job you do on
yourself). Ron, addiction is a big part of your problem and a lot of
people’s to be sure, but have you ever considered doing anything at
all after ibogaine? Finding a group you can relate to, counseling, or
nothing at all related to drugs exactly but finding some kind of
self-image improvement program or book, anything!

I know you can’t do any of those things because your family is sick
or
dying, your job is too hard and it’s better to keep beating yourself
up for no reason 😉 or any number of excuses you will come up with.

Ron, you’re ok. Go look in the mirror, I’m good enough, I’m smart
enough, I’m ok. You are loved, try to love yourself only a little
bit,
we promise not to tell anyone.

KV

On 8/2/05, Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz> wrote:
Ron, hope you are doing ok.
Have you ever thought of doing some (dog forgive me for using the
“lingo’
but I feel it is needed here..) kind of positivity program?
Changing your
word speak, self image etc etc. You sound terminally cynical and
negative.
I think your last email to Preston was humorous, but to be honest
was hard
to tell….. no offence dear Ron, really!
I just feel that you have gotten stuck in this position of
everything is
bad
no matter what…and even to the point of affecting other people to
leave
this list?  Come on Ron, you expressed a valid opinion.. I think it
was
coinky dinks.. if not…. it doesn’t matter, although I totally
UNDERSTAND
getting dumped on for your posts to here!! But all I have to do
there is
re-read the Welcome Mat and I feel ok again~! *kiss hugs to
Patrick, who
really truly does understand ;o)*
Ron ron ron ron ron……i just wanna grab ya and show ya that it
really
isn’t all bad.,….. I have my days… that’s what it’s all about..
I hate
them,. But I have to force myself to look at the good the beautiful
the
awesomely neat that IS around us all. It’s there take a
look………
If I find something I feel might help your state of mind I’ll send
it, cos
I
feel this is what keeps you where you are… not the drugs….they
are a
symptom to deeper shit well duh ok that might be obvious more
obivious
here?
And im just guessing (and trying to see the pyter screen over a
huge fat
fluffy ct tail.. …. nosey buggers aint they??? Haaaaa GO WAY
snowballs,
I
don’t want to see them1!!! LMAO)
Urh yeh sorry
Love to you Ron, really., keep posting….that much I have learnt.
Hugs
Kirk xxxxxxx

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fw: Some Canadian figures on withdrawals after rapid detox(added coomentary by layperson).
Date: August 2, 2005 at 1:29:52 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I’m reminded everyday in some form or another.  We must keep paying,  and it’s not just that low level suffering when the goosebumps and trots hit you…it’s high stakes, career grabbing,  mortgage breaking, incarcerating high end stuff. Geeze, I sure hope someone nice is looking over me because I need it. Cynical ron, trying to find a tunnel out.
—– Original Message —– From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 11:03 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fw: Some Canadian figures on withdrawals after rapid detox(added coomentary by layperson).

Ron wrote in absolute wisdom >It appears,  IMHO,  that society requires the addict suffer to some unpleasant degree,  a significant period of pain before the suffering addict is allowed to experience sobriety.<

Oh yeah Ron, we’re scum, remember? We deserve to suffer for our sins, according to moralist/powermad prohibitionists.

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
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Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: Ron Davis
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 10:18 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fw: Some Canadian figures on withdrawals after rapid detox(added coomentary by layperson).

It all seems so simple until science gets involved.  Withdrawals hurt, the fear of withdrawals keep many addicts from getting straight. Most can be detoxed with humane one step chemicals like IBO or benevolent tapers using the same drug one is addicted to.  The DEA and AMA won’t allow benevolent tapers using these addicting drugs which cost pennies to manufacture so the M.D.’s that are compassionate have to make up reasons to prescribe the tapering drug.  It appears,  IMHO,  that society requires the addict suffer to some unpleasant degree,  a significant period of pain before the suffering addict is allowed to experience sobriety.  Money seams to ease the addict’s pain by allowing him/her access to humane treatment centers but then that person is labeled, if insured,  through the medical information computer data base.I realize all the professionals on the list will view this as an oversimplification of the problem and I certainly don’t have the credentials to support my opinion. I didn’t get 25 years of post graduate work, only  four.  I have not studied thousands of patients and read all the medical journals,  I have just suffered,  by my own hands,  through four decades of fighting this battle.  Hope I win. God bless the enlightened , compassionate M.D.’s
that help the suffering addict and the laypeople like the underground providers and may HELL reign on those seeking to make money off schmucks like me who keep the hoop turning as I fight this thing to save my career, family and life. Thanks to all who post here as I read most.  Wishing all a peaceful path,  I’m quite sure I haven’t found it because of my own deficiencies,  but I still try.  ron
—– Original Message —– From: Preston Peet
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com ; drugwar@mindvox.com
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 10:01 PM
Subject: [Ibogaine] Fw: Some Canadian figures on withdrawals after rapid detox.

—– Original Message —– From: Andrew Byrne
To: ajbyrne@ozemail.com.au
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 9:26 PM
Subject: Some Canadian figures on withdrawals after rapid detox.

Measurement of Symptom Withdrawal Severity in a 24-Hour Period After the Anesthesia-Assisted Rapid Opiate Detoxification Procedure. Teplin D, Raz B, et al.  American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse (2005) 31;2:327-335

Dear Colleagues,
These authors from Canada should be commended for joining the small group who report aspects of outcomes after commercial rapid detox procedures. However, the only outcome reported here is a clinical withdrawal rating at 1 and 24 hours after the rapid detox procedure in 40 subjects, 70% of whom were dependent on heroin and/or methadone.  It is not clear if they were consecutive or chosen in another manner, ‘retrospectively’.  Seventy five percent of subjects were Caucasian with the remaining 25% Asian.

In this seven page article, the ‘results’ section takes eight lines, using the somewhat clumsy wording: “The average [withdrawal score] for the group supports lowered symptoms over a 24-hour period.  For 5 out of 40 patients this was not the case, that is, their change scores were negative, which indicated increased withdrawal symptoms”.  So, as well as for some whose symptoms became worse over 24 hours, another proportion would have had no significant change in withdrawal ratings, yet these are lumped with the former 35 of 40 subjects given the procedure.  It is disappointing that the authors do not apparently trust readers with the raw data, even in a graphic form, giving only a block table of averaged scores.

Prospective patients, families and others may be disappointed that a novel, expensive treatment for a chronic condition is only examined for one single day in this publication.  It may reflect a prevalent view that some such facilities are less interested in the long term outcomes than in performing the procedure and ‘moving on’.  This institution has done more than most by publishing a series of outcome findings in a peer reviewed journal.

I have looked up the institution on a web search and found two matches. One quotes a figure of $5300.00 (Canadian) for a procedure [http://www.westerndetox.com/price.html accessed 16/7/05], while the FAQ site is ‘under construction’ which would be something of a disappointment for prospective addicted candidates [http://www.canadadetox.com/English/faq.asp accessed 16/7/05].

Another of the linked pages states “As it stands now, 6-8 out of 10 patients who are detoxed successfully will relapse in the first six months, back to their drug of choice. In an effort to dramatically improve those numbers, our centre encourages that all patients participate both in the Naltrexone Pellet Maintenance Program and a structured aftercare program conducted by an addiction specialist.”  [Thus the suggested treatment will cost more if the naltrexone ‘pellets’ are chosen.]

Thus because the procedure has such a poor reported success rate, the clinic advises an untested and unregistered sub-cutaneous drug treatment as an optional ‘add-on’.

Everyone in the field knows how earnestly many of our patients are seeking abstinence.  It may be this factor which clouds some people’s judgment and fuels the use of expensive and unproven approaches.  The first unhappy reports of rapid detoxification for opiate addiction were from 1899 [MacLeod, N. Cure of morphine, chloral, and cocaine habits by sodium bromide. Brit Med Journ (1899) 15/4/1899 p896].  The procedure may well be appropriate for some candidates but until some selection criteria are reported with outcome results, we will remain in the dark.

comments by Andrew Byrne ..

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Dependency Medicine,
75 Redfern Street, Redfern,
New South Wales, 2016, Australia
Email – ajbyrneATozemail.com.au
Tel (61 – 2) 9319 5524  Fax 9318 0631
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My grandfather Harry Gracie’s letters from 1924 trip to Mayo Clinic:
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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Marc Emery arrested by DEA, in Canada
Date: August 2, 2005 at 1:20:13 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Preston:
Sure hope you didn’t interpret that comment as a shot because I really enjoy your stuff. I can’t keep a woman or they won’t keep me and I’m not sure about men. Ron, hoping you’re on the peaceful path I seek.
—– Original Message —– From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 11:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Marc Emery arrested by DEA, in Canada

Ron wrote >some experience .
it’s a shitehole in the end.  men begin to look like women Preston. help you
understand them now? ron<

No, but it puts things in a light whereby I’m appreciative, not that I wasn’t already, but sometimes women simply confuse me…heck, so do men, so what do I know? EVERYONE confuses me at one point or another, even me.

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 10:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Marc Emery arrested by DEA, in Canada

jail/prison is a wonderful place. one gets to hang out with people you wouldn’t ride an elavator alone with.  It’s easy to adapt to the loss of liberty but difficult to get along with your mates . ron..some experience . it’s a shitehole in the end.  men begin to look like women Preston. help you understand them now? ron
—– Original Message —– From: “Kirk” <captkirk@clear.net.nz>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 7:16 PM
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Marc Emery arrested by DEA, in Canada

Wow, I’m soooo totally stunned by this case.  My heart and thoughts go out
to Marc, and his friends and family.  I will be sending as much helpful
energy as is humanly possible (the rest can come from “other sources”)
In the hopes that he will get thru this, and the powers that be so evil are
knocked off their high corrupt horses and brought to trial for their crimes
(see kay griggs email….)
Love and light shall prevail.
KIRK xxxxxx

—–Original Message—–
From: Vector Vector [mailto:vector620022002@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, 2 August 2005 12:11 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Marc Emery arrested by DEA, in Canada

No, Marc being arrested for selling pot doesn’t somehow make ibogaine a
controlled substance in Canada. A few deaths will do that probably
since unlike Mexico Canada isn’t a third world country.

Ibogatherapy is Andrea, Ibogatherapyhouse was Marc Emery. I think there
are more treatments in Canada above Detriot also happening. The big
deal was that he gave treatment for free, now they’re going to try
charging for it.

It’s too bad about Marc, didn’t know the last time he posted here like
6 weeks ago would be the last time he posted anything. It sucks that
they are using US laws and applying them to Canada but I guess Bush
wants to control more of the world then just the US and the UK, Canada
is next. What really sucks is that if they do extradite him to the US
he has life in prison.

None of it has anything to do with ibogaine’s legality, past Marc’s
clinic which has been closed since last year anyway.

.:vector:.

— Rick Strcat <rickstrcat@hotmail.com> wrote:

I just now read this.  Totally echo your question about how can they
apply
US laws in Canada.  Is this going to affect buying ibogaine
*anywhere* in
Canada??

>From: kevyn at the Cluster <kevyn@pagancluster.org>
>Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
>To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
>Subject: [Ibogaine] Marc Emery arrested by DEA, in Canada
>Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 00:59:09 -0600
>
>Just a note, in case you had not yet heard.
>The DEA excersised a warrant, remember the DEA is AMerican, not
Canadian,
>to shut down and seize his store in Vancouver.
>Then had a press conference, with alot of lies about how much a bad
man
>Marc is.
>Then they arrested him in Halifax, on the other coast, still in
canada, and
>have asked to have him extrodited to the US for trial.
>
>what is going on here, where the US can now use their law in Canada?
>
>I will try and find the relevant email contacts and such for anyone
>interested
>
>kevyn, in Alberta
>
>
>

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Marc Emery arrested by DEA, in Canada
Date: August 2, 2005 at 12:40:13 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Ron wrote >some experience .
it’s a shitehole in the end.  men begin to look like women Preston. help you
understand them now? ron<

No, but it puts things in a light whereby I’m appreciative, not that I wasn’t already, but sometimes women simply confuse me…heck, so do men, so what do I know? EVERYONE confuses me at one point or another, even me.

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 10:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Marc Emery arrested by DEA, in Canada

jail/prison is a wonderful place. one gets to hang out with people you wouldn’t ride an elavator alone with.  It’s easy to adapt to the loss of liberty but difficult to get along with your mates . ron..some experience . it’s a shitehole in the end.  men begin to look like women Preston. help you understand them now? ron
—– Original Message —– From: “Kirk” <captkirk@clear.net.nz>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 7:16 PM
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Marc Emery arrested by DEA, in Canada

Wow, I’m soooo totally stunned by this case.  My heart and thoughts go out
to Marc, and his friends and family.  I will be sending as much helpful
energy as is humanly possible (the rest can come from “other sources”)
In the hopes that he will get thru this, and the powers that be so evil are
knocked off their high corrupt horses and brought to trial for their crimes
(see kay griggs email….)
Love and light shall prevail.
KIRK xxxxxx

—–Original Message—–
From: Vector Vector [mailto:vector620022002@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, 2 August 2005 12:11 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Marc Emery arrested by DEA, in Canada

No, Marc being arrested for selling pot doesn’t somehow make ibogaine a
controlled substance in Canada. A few deaths will do that probably
since unlike Mexico Canada isn’t a third world country.

Ibogatherapy is Andrea, Ibogatherapyhouse was Marc Emery. I think there
are more treatments in Canada above Detriot also happening. The big
deal was that he gave treatment for free, now they’re going to try
charging for it.

It’s too bad about Marc, didn’t know the last time he posted here like
6 weeks ago would be the last time he posted anything. It sucks that
they are using US laws and applying them to Canada but I guess Bush
wants to control more of the world then just the US and the UK, Canada
is next. What really sucks is that if they do extradite him to the US
he has life in prison.

None of it has anything to do with ibogaine’s legality, past Marc’s
clinic which has been closed since last year anyway.

.:vector:.

— Rick Strcat <rickstrcat@hotmail.com> wrote:

I just now read this.  Totally echo your question about how can they
apply
US laws in Canada.  Is this going to affect buying ibogaine
*anywhere* in
Canada??

>From: kevyn at the Cluster <kevyn@pagancluster.org>
>Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
>To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
>Subject: [Ibogaine] Marc Emery arrested by DEA, in Canada
>Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 00:59:09 -0600
>
>Just a note, in case you had not yet heard.
>The DEA excersised a warrant, remember the DEA is AMerican, not
Canadian,
>to shut down and seize his store in Vancouver.
>Then had a press conference, with alot of lies about how much a bad
man
>Marc is.
>Then they arrested him in Halifax, on the other coast, still in
canada, and
>have asked to have him extrodited to the US for trial.
>
>what is going on here, where the US can now use their law in Canada?
>
>I will try and find the relevant email contacts and such for anyone
>interested
>
>kevyn, in Alberta
>
>
>

____________________________________________________
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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] new UTI review I found
Date: August 2, 2005 at 12:17:48 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>, <drugwar@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

http://www.loudwire.net/users/kawphy/

Under The Influence – The Disinformation Guide To Drugs
Edited by Preston Peet
The Disinformation Company Ltd., 2004

Everything you ever wanted to know about US Drug policy, but were afraid to ask. From the mandatory sentences for even the smallest of drug possession to Air America and back again to decriminalization of currently illicit drugs, Under The Influence makes certain to at least give us another point of view on the topic. The editor, Preston Peet, has done a wonderful job of pulling together informed individuals to help educate the rest of us on what has become a War on Some Drugs (remember, codeine is good but opium is bad). The book is very US centric, but in this case I’ll forgive it. Pretty much all of the recent (the last 70 years) anti-drug propaganda has been spawned by the US so the information available pretty much comes from the US. We know that war south of the border isn’t being won in any real sense, but we do know that locking up a couple hundred thousand people a year (for non-violent drug related crimes) has an adverse affect on a societies morale. Treatment, if needed, is a better answer. Decriminalization (taking the black market away, basically) and regulation (like with alcohol) might be an even better answer still. (3.5/5)

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] (WAY OT) Re: [Ibogaine] protein and mushrooms
Date: August 2, 2005 at 12:09:11 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

A-HA!
See Jeff, told you some kind and thoughtful woman would explain it in very plain terms.

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: “tink” <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 1:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] (WAY OT) Re: [Ibogaine] protein and mushrooms

We are all so darned whatever it is specifically to make your life
more difficult.  Haven’t you figured it out yet?  It is our JOB to
confused, befuddle, and generally wreak havoc in as low key a manor as
possible. That is, until we lay on the super heavey duty shit.  It’s a
lunacy campaign designed to get men wrapped up in the workings of the
female mind whilst we over take the WORLD!!!!!!!
love you guys
tinkerGODDESS

On 8/1/05, UUSEAN@aol.com <UUSEAN@aol.com> wrote:

In a message dated 8/1/2005 4:49:03 AM Eastern Standard Time,
captkirk@clear.net.nz writes:

—–Original Message—–
From: Preston Peet [mailto:ptpeet@nyc.rr.com]
Sent: Monday, 1 August 2005 7:52 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] (WAY OT) Re: [Ibogaine] protein and mushrooms

and will someone PLEASE FREAKIN’ EXPLAIN WOMEN TI ME? PLEASE? I’m not
yelling, really, I’m calm, rational, high as a kite but rational, but
someone, anyone, please just EXPLAIN WOMEN TO ME! Damn it!
Why do they ALL have to be so darned, whatever it is they are at any given
moment in time?

Hi Preston,

I wish I did queer explaining of woman for the straight guy, but I have no
talent at it. I have a hard enough time understanding men. I think I got the
horny all part both experientially and from observation, oh yeah and the ego
thing..that too is pretty simple. One of the few areas where I am a really
typical gay guy is that I tend to really bond with women.

I don’t think this helped at all, but then I did tell you it wouldn’t.   I
hope other mindvoxians can help you with this crucial request.

Toodles,
Sean

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] (WAY OT) Re: [Ibogaine] protein and mushrooms
Date: August 2, 2005 at 12:08:24 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Jeff wrote (and boy Jeff, I do gotta admit I kinda envy you sometimes) >coming to the midvox Ibo-list for advice on women…LOL ….have fun!!…<

Well, there are a lot of women here, so I was kinda hoping one of them would have an answer that simply wrapped it all up for me…and the rest of us too.
😉

Peace and love,
Preston
“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: Jeff Gallop
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 1:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] (WAY OT) Re: [Ibogaine] protein and mushrooms

Preston
coming to the midvox Ibo-list for advice on women…LOL ….have fun!!…tho i bet advertising your recent sexual activities may have something to do with”the woman’s” unpredicability.
Freak Sexually Freak Ecstatic Freak Free…
Jeff

On 8/1/05, UUSEAN@aol.com <UUSEAN@aol.com> wrote:
In a message dated 8/1/2005 4:49:03 AM Eastern Standard Time, captkirk@clear.net.nz writes:

—–Original Message—–
From: Preston Peet [mailto: ptpeet@nyc.rr.com]
Sent: Monday, 1 August 2005 7:52 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] (WAY OT) Re: [Ibogaine] protein and mushrooms

and will someone PLEASE FREAKIN’ EXPLAIN WOMEN TI ME? PLEASE? I’m not
yelling, really, I’m calm, rational, high as a kite but rational, but
someone, anyone, please just EXPLAIN WOMEN TO ME! Damn it!
Why do they ALL have to be so darned, whatever it is they are at any given
moment in time?

Hi Preston,

I wish I did queer explaining of woman for the straight guy, but I have no talent at it. I have a hard enough time understanding men. I think I got the horny all part both experientially and from observation, oh yeah and the ego thing..that too is pretty simple. One of the few areas where I am a really typical gay guy is that I tend to really bond with women.

I don’t think this helped at all, but then I did tell you it wouldn’t.   I hope other mindvoxians can help you with this crucial request.

Toodles,
Sean

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] (WAY OT) Re: [Ibogaine] protein and mushrooms
Date: August 2, 2005 at 12:06:05 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Sean wrote >One of the few areas where I am a really typical gay guy is that I tend to really bond with women.<

V loves gay guys too. Why is that? Because you gay folk are unthreatening (for the most part) to women? Because you relate to women? Egad, this is getting sooooo off topic.

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: UUSEAN@aol.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 12:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] (WAY OT) Re: [Ibogaine] protein and mushrooms

In a message dated 8/1/2005 4:49:03 AM Eastern Standard Time, captkirk@clear.net.nz writes:

—–Original Message—–
From: Preston Peet [mailto:ptpeet@nyc.rr.com]
Sent: Monday, 1 August 2005 7:52 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] (WAY OT) Re: [Ibogaine] protein and mushrooms

and will someone PLEASE FREAKIN’ EXPLAIN WOMEN TI ME? PLEASE? I’m not
yelling, really, I’m calm, rational, high as a kite but rational, but
someone, anyone, please just EXPLAIN WOMEN TO ME! Damn it!
Why do they ALL have to be so darned, whatever it is they are at any given
moment in time?

Hi Preston,

I wish I did queer explaining of woman for the straight guy, but I have no talent at it. I have a hard enough time understanding men. I think I got the horny all part both experientially and from observation, oh yeah and the ego thing..that too is pretty simple. One of the few areas where I am a really typical gay guy is that I tend to really bond with women.

I don’t think this helped at all, but then I did tell you it wouldn’t.   I hope other mindvoxians can help you with this crucial request.

Toodles,
Sean

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fw: Some Canadian figures on withdrawals after rapid detox(added coomentary by layperson).
Date: August 2, 2005 at 12:03:40 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Ron wrote in absolute wisdom >It appears,  IMHO,  that society requires the addict suffer to some unpleasant degree,  a significant period of pain before the suffering addict is allowed to experience sobriety.<

Oh yeah Ron, we’re scum, remember? We deserve to suffer for our sins, according to moralist/powermad prohibitionists.

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: Ron Davis
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 10:18 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fw: Some Canadian figures on withdrawals after rapid detox(added coomentary by layperson).

It all seems so simple until science gets involved.  Withdrawals hurt,  the fear of withdrawals keep many addicts from getting straight. Most can be detoxed with humane one step chemicals like IBO or benevolent tapers using the same drug one is addicted to.  The DEA and AMA won’t allow benevolent tapers using these addicting drugs which cost pennies to manufacture so the M.D.’s that are compassionate have to make up reasons to prescribe the tapering drug.  It appears,  IMHO,  that society requires the addict suffer to some unpleasant degree,  a significant period of pain before the suffering addict is allowed to experience sobriety.  Money seams to ease the addict’s pain by allowing him/her access to humane treatment centers but then that person is labeled, if insured,  through the medical information computer data base.I realize all the professionals on the list will view this as an oversimplification of the problem and I certainly don’t have the credentials to support my opinion. I didn’t get 25 years of post graduate work, only  four.  I have not studied thousands of patients and read all the medical journals,  I have just suffered,  by my own hands,  through four decades of fighting this battle.  Hope I win.  God bless the enlightened , compassionate M.D.’s
that help the suffering addict and the laypeople like the underground providers and may HELL reign on those seeking to make money off schmucks like me who keep the hoop turning as I fight this thing to save my career, family and life. Thanks to all who post here as I read most.  Wishing all a peaceful path,  I’m quite sure I haven’t found it because of my own deficiencies,  but I still try.  ron
—– Original Message —– From: Preston Peet
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com ; drugwar@mindvox.com
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 10:01 PM
Subject: [Ibogaine] Fw: Some Canadian figures on withdrawals after rapid detox.

—– Original Message —– From: Andrew Byrne
To: ajbyrne@ozemail.com.au
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 9:26 PM
Subject: Some Canadian figures on withdrawals after rapid detox.

Measurement of Symptom Withdrawal Severity in a 24-Hour Period After the Anesthesia-Assisted Rapid Opiate Detoxification Procedure. Teplin D, Raz B, et al.  American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse (2005) 31;2:327-335

Dear Colleagues,
These authors from Canada should be commended for joining the small group who report aspects of outcomes after commercial rapid detox procedures. However, the only outcome reported here is a clinical withdrawal rating at 1 and 24 hours after the rapid detox procedure in 40 subjects, 70% of whom were dependent on heroin and/or methadone.  It is not clear if they were consecutive or chosen in another manner, ‘retrospectively’.  Seventy five percent of subjects were Caucasian with the remaining 25% Asian.

In this seven page article, the ‘results’ section takes eight lines, using the somewhat clumsy wording: “The average [withdrawal score] for the group supports lowered symptoms over a 24-hour period.  For 5 out of 40 patients this was not the case, that is, their change scores were negative, which indicated increased withdrawal symptoms”.  So, as well as for some whose symptoms became worse over 24 hours, another proportion would have had no significant change in withdrawal ratings, yet these are lumped with the former 35 of 40 subjects given the procedure.  It is disappointing that the authors do not apparently trust readers with the raw data, even in a graphic form, giving only a block table of averaged scores.

Prospective patients, families and others may be disappointed that a novel, expensive treatment for a chronic condition is only examined for one single day in this publication.  It may reflect a prevalent view that some such facilities are less interested in the long term outcomes than in performing the procedure and ‘moving on’.  This institution has done more than most by publishing a series of outcome findings in a peer reviewed journal.

I have looked up the institution on a web search and found two matches.  One quotes a figure of $5300.00 (Canadian) for a procedure [http://www.westerndetox.com/price.html accessed 16/7/05], while the FAQ site is ‘under construction’ which would be something of a disappointment for prospective addicted candidates [http://www.canadadetox.com/English/faq.asp accessed 16/7/05].

Another of the linked pages states “As it stands now, 6-8 out of 10 patients who are detoxed successfully will relapse in the first six months, back to their drug of choice. In an effort to dramatically improve those numbers, our centre encourages that all patients participate both in the Naltrexone Pellet Maintenance Program and a structured aftercare program conducted by an addiction specialist.”  [Thus the suggested treatment will cost more if the naltrexone ‘pellets’ are chosen.]

Thus because the procedure has such a poor reported success rate, the clinic advises an untested and unregistered sub-cutaneous drug treatment as an optional ‘add-on’.

Everyone in the field knows how earnestly many of our patients are seeking abstinence.  It may be this factor which clouds some people’s judgment and fuels the use of expensive and unproven approaches.  The first unhappy reports of rapid detoxification for opiate addiction were from 1899 [MacLeod, N. Cure of morphine, chloral, and cocaine habits by sodium bromide. Brit Med Journ (1899) 15/4/1899 p896].  The procedure may well be appropriate for some candidates but until some selection criteria are reported with outcome results, we will remain in the dark.

comments by Andrew Byrne ..

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Dependency Medicine,
75 Redfern Street, Redfern,
New South Wales, 2016, Australia
Email – ajbyrneATozemail.com.au
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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] RE: Ron, sweetheart….
Date: August 2, 2005 at 10:19:40 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

thanks for the thoughts, yeah, cynical, depraved, pan sexual, lawyer?  just a guy in a cheap suit helping guys in cheaper suits get outta places I use to frequent all to frequently.  they beat me up cuz it’s my fault they’re there, not the law or the snitch and then i beat myself up here for you guys. man, i hope i’m not chasing people away, pray i could put a positive spin on my sitch.  no way I’d take a shot at Preston,  the guy’s great, his posts are great…..look at me as the darkside of the spectrum,  i add balance to the rah , rah  crowd,  i’ll try to do better.  thanks for having me around and the thoughts.  really, i’ve got no problems compared to a member who pm’d me and said he’d whipped leukemia..really, it’s a priveldge to know folks actually read my whinning, thanks for bringing me back although i’ll probably spin off again, ron  oh, yeah, i have a roof, slithered out of the gutter and landed it, do have food, no bank acct. and borrowed computer but i ain’t pulling copper pipe out of run down buildings and selling it for a fix. can’t get the self esteem out of the basement no matter how many i get out of jail.  again, thanks for having me, tell me when i should go—– Original Message —– From: “Krista Vaughan” <krista.vaughan@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 12:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] RE: Ron, sweetheart….

I wanted to second everything in this msg 🙂

Ron aren’t you a lawyer who at least has a roof over their head,
enough food, enough money for all your prescription drugs and a
computer with a internet connection? This puts you far ahead of most
street junkies.

Didn’t you just do ibogaine a little while ago?

Not to put you down in any way (you’re great at doing that to
yourself, even if I hated you I could never do half the job you do on
yourself). Ron, addiction is a big part of your problem and a lot of
people’s to be sure, but have you ever considered doing anything at
all after ibogaine? Finding a group you can relate to, counseling, or
nothing at all related to drugs exactly but finding some kind of
self-image improvement program or book, anything!

I know you can’t do any of those things because your family is sick or
dying, your job is too hard and it’s better to keep beating yourself
up for no reason 😉 or any number of excuses you will come up with.

Ron, you’re ok. Go look in the mirror, I’m good enough, I’m smart
enough, I’m ok. You are loved, try to love yourself only a little bit,
we promise not to tell anyone.

KV

On 8/2/05, Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz> wrote:
Ron, hope you are doing ok.
Have you ever thought of doing some (dog forgive me for using the “lingo’
but I feel it is needed here..) kind of positivity program? Changing your
word speak, self image etc etc. You sound terminally cynical and negative.
I think your last email to Preston was humorous, but to be honest was hard
to tell….. no offence dear Ron, really!
I just feel that you have gotten stuck in this position of everything is bad
no matter what…and even to the point of affecting other people to leave
this list?  Come on Ron, you expressed a valid opinion.. I think it was
coinky dinks.. if not…. it doesn’t matter, although I totally UNDERSTAND
getting dumped on for your posts to here!! But all I have to do there is
re-read the Welcome Mat and I feel ok again~! *kiss hugs to Patrick, who
really truly does understand ;o)*
Ron ron ron ron ron……i just wanna grab ya and show ya that it really
isn’t all bad.,….. I have my days… that’s what it’s all about.. I hate
them,. But I have to force myself to look at the good the beautiful the
awesomely neat that IS around us all. It’s there take a look………
If I find something I feel might help your state of mind I’ll send it, cos I
feel this is what keeps you where you are… not the drugs….they are a
symptom to deeper shit well duh ok that might be obvious more obivious here?
And im just guessing (and trying to see the pyter screen over a huge fat
fluffy ct tail.. …. nosey buggers aint they??? Haaaaa GO WAY snowballs, I
don’t want to see them1!!! LMAO)
Urh yeh sorry
Love to you Ron, really., keep posting….that much I have learnt.
Hugs
Kirk xxxxxxx

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From: Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] RE: Ron, sweetheart….
Date: August 2, 2005 at 2:04:33 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Thanks Krista, good to have back up….specially for our dearest Ron, he’s
been a great input to this list for a long time… the good and the bad… a
very much valued member of this list..
But one thing is for sure, it doesn’t’ matter how much $ you have.. it
doesn’t mean jack when you really don’t like yourself or this world. The
trick is to put all the shit aside and learn how to love what you’ve got,
where you are at, and who you have on the journey.  I truly believe the only
reason I am here is my beloved daughter, Zoe. Really.
The most easiest w/d from drugs was when I had been on a course for a year
and a half, called Inner Growth and Spiritual Development.  At the Mentor
center (I think I have talked about the person who misheard me and asked,
aghast, what? Youre doing Inner Groping? At the Mental Center??????) Hehheh
well, I thought it summed things up really really well.
But omg what an easy detox. And yes true, it didn’t last… I feel mostly
because the people running the courses decided to take them overseas ..
quite suddenly.. and I didn’t know where to turn next. I am positive if I
had had some other form of group there and then.. I wouldn’t be here now..
but then if everything happens for a reason then getting Ibogaine recognised
and happening in NZ is definitely it, cos when I am passionate about
something by Dog, look out it shall be known!! Ran into an old junky mate
who is working with the DIVO (drug and intravenous otago organisation) and
is very interested in this list etc.  So….. it’s all good.
Ron… what are you passionate about? What do you really wanna do? It’s
never too late, never envy anyone their youth….you can always reclaim it
at ANY time.
Love n hugs
To you to Krista
Kirk xxx

—–Original Message—–
From: Krista Vaughan [mailto:krista.vaughan@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, 2 August 2005 5:44 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] RE: Ron, sweetheart….

I wanted to second everything in this msg 🙂

Ron aren’t you a lawyer who at least has a roof over their head,
enough food, enough money for all your prescription drugs and a
computer with a internet connection? This puts you far ahead of most
street junkies.

Didn’t you just do ibogaine a little while ago?

Not to put you down in any way (you’re great at doing that to
yourself, even if I hated you I could never do half the job you do on
yourself). Ron, addiction is a big part of your problem and a lot of
people’s to be sure, but have you ever considered doing anything at
all after ibogaine? Finding a group you can relate to, counseling, or
nothing at all related to drugs exactly but finding some kind of
self-image improvement program or book, anything!

I know you can’t do any of those things because your family is sick or
dying, your job is too hard and it’s better to keep beating yourself
up for no reason 😉 or any number of excuses you will come up with.

Ron, you’re ok. Go look in the mirror, I’m good enough, I’m smart
enough, I’m ok. You are loved, try to love yourself only a little bit,
we promise not to tell anyone.

KV

On 8/2/05, Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz> wrote:
Ron, hope you are doing ok.
Have you ever thought of doing some (dog forgive me for using the “lingo’
but I feel it is needed here..) kind of positivity program? Changing your
word speak, self image etc etc. You sound terminally cynical and negative.
I think your last email to Preston was humorous, but to be honest was hard
to tell….. no offence dear Ron, really!
I just feel that you have gotten stuck in this position of everything is
bad
no matter what…and even to the point of affecting other people to leave
this list?  Come on Ron, you expressed a valid opinion.. I think it was
coinky dinks.. if not…. it doesn’t matter, although I totally UNDERSTAND
getting dumped on for your posts to here!! But all I have to do there is
re-read the Welcome Mat and I feel ok again~! *kiss hugs to Patrick, who
really truly does understand ;o)*
Ron ron ron ron ron……i just wanna grab ya and show ya that it really
isn’t all bad.,….. I have my days… that’s what it’s all about.. I hate
them,. But I have to force myself to look at the good the beautiful the
awesomely neat that IS around us all. It’s there take a look………
If I find something I feel might help your state of mind I’ll send it, cos
I
feel this is what keeps you where you are… not the drugs….they are a
symptom to deeper shit well duh ok that might be obvious more obivious
here?
And im just guessing (and trying to see the pyter screen over a huge fat
fluffy ct tail.. …. nosey buggers aint they??? Haaaaa GO WAY snowballs,
I
don’t want to see them1!!! LMAO)
Urh yeh sorry
Love to you Ron, really., keep posting….that much I have learnt.
Hugs
Kirk xxxxxxx

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From: Krista Vaughan <krista.vaughan@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] RE: Ron, sweetheart….
Date: August 2, 2005 at 1:44:16 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I wanted to second everything in this msg 🙂

Ron aren’t you a lawyer who at least has a roof over their head,
enough food, enough money for all your prescription drugs and a
computer with a internet connection? This puts you far ahead of most
street junkies.

Didn’t you just do ibogaine a little while ago?

Not to put you down in any way (you’re great at doing that to
yourself, even if I hated you I could never do half the job you do on
yourself). Ron, addiction is a big part of your problem and a lot of
people’s to be sure, but have you ever considered doing anything at
all after ibogaine? Finding a group you can relate to, counseling, or
nothing at all related to drugs exactly but finding some kind of
self-image improvement program or book, anything!

I know you can’t do any of those things because your family is sick or
dying, your job is too hard and it’s better to keep beating yourself
up for no reason 😉 or any number of excuses you will come up with.

Ron, you’re ok. Go look in the mirror, I’m good enough, I’m smart
enough, I’m ok. You are loved, try to love yourself only a little bit,
we promise not to tell anyone.

KV

On 8/2/05, Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz> wrote:
Ron, hope you are doing ok.
Have you ever thought of doing some (dog forgive me for using the “lingo’
but I feel it is needed here..) kind of positivity program? Changing your
word speak, self image etc etc. You sound terminally cynical and negative.
I think your last email to Preston was humorous, but to be honest was hard
to tell….. no offence dear Ron, really!
I just feel that you have gotten stuck in this position of everything is bad
no matter what…and even to the point of affecting other people to leave
this list?  Come on Ron, you expressed a valid opinion.. I think it was
coinky dinks.. if not…. it doesn’t matter, although I totally UNDERSTAND
getting dumped on for your posts to here!! But all I have to do there is
re-read the Welcome Mat and I feel ok again~! *kiss hugs to Patrick, who
really truly does understand ;o)*
Ron ron ron ron ron……i just wanna grab ya and show ya that it really
isn’t all bad.,….. I have my days… that’s what it’s all about.. I hate
them,. But I have to force myself to look at the good the beautiful the
awesomely neat that IS around us all. It’s there take a look………
If I find something I feel might help your state of mind I’ll send it, cos I
feel this is what keeps you where you are… not the drugs….they are a
symptom to deeper shit well duh ok that might be obvious more obivious here?
And im just guessing (and trying to see the pyter screen over a huge fat
fluffy ct tail.. …. nosey buggers aint they??? Haaaaa GO WAY snowballs, I
don’t want to see them1!!! LMAO)
Urh yeh sorry
Love to you Ron, really., keep posting….that much I have learnt.
Hugs
Kirk xxxxxxx

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From: Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz>
Subject: [Ibogaine] RE: Ron, sweetheart….
Date: August 2, 2005 at 1:21:41 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Ron, hope you are doing ok.
Have you ever thought of doing some (dog forgive me for using the “lingo’
but I feel it is needed here..) kind of positivity program? Changing your
word speak, self image etc etc. You sound terminally cynical and negative.
I think your last email to Preston was humorous, but to be honest was hard
to tell….. no offence dear Ron, really!
I just feel that you have gotten stuck in this position of everything is bad
no matter what…and even to the point of affecting other people to leave
this list?  Come on Ron, you expressed a valid opinion.. I think it was
coinky dinks.. if not…. it doesn’t matter, although I totally UNDERSTAND
getting dumped on for your posts to here!! But all I have to do there is
re-read the Welcome Mat and I feel ok again~! *kiss hugs to Patrick, who
really truly does understand ;o)*
Ron ron ron ron ron……i just wanna grab ya and show ya that it really
isn’t all bad.,….. I have my days… that’s what it’s all about.. I hate
them,. But I have to force myself to look at the good the beautiful the
awesomely neat that IS around us all. It’s there take a look………
If I find something I feel might help your state of mind I’ll send it, cos I
feel this is what keeps you where you are… not the drugs….they are a
symptom to deeper shit well duh ok that might be obvious more obivious here?
And im just guessing (and trying to see the pyter screen over a huge fat
fluffy ct tail.. …. nosey buggers aint they??? Haaaaa GO WAY snowballs, I
don’t want to see them1!!! LMAO)
Urh yeh sorry
Love to you Ron, really., keep posting….that much I have learnt.
Hugs
Kirk xxxxxxx

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] About Iboga
Date: August 2, 2005 at 12:42:04 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

interested. rwd3@cox.,net
—– Original Message —–
From: Aristide NGUEMA
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 9:53 AM
Subject: [Ibogaine] About Iboga

African partner looking for USA, European or Asean buyers for first quality Iboga.
Important quanty possible to be supplied.
Contact webmaster@e-boga.com ( www.e-boga.com )

From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Marc Emery arrested by DEA, in Canada
Date: August 1, 2005 at 10:18:57 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

jail/prison is a wonderful place. one gets to hang out with people you wouldn’t ride an elavator alone with.  It’s easy to adapt to the loss of liberty but difficult to get along with your mates . ron..some experience . it’s a shitehole in the end.  men begin to look like women Preston. help you understand them now? ron
—– Original Message —– From: “Kirk” <captkirk@clear.net.nz>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 7:16 PM
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Marc Emery arrested by DEA, in Canada

Wow, I’m soooo totally stunned by this case.  My heart and thoughts go out
to Marc, and his friends and family.  I will be sending as much helpful
energy as is humanly possible (the rest can come from “other sources”)
In the hopes that he will get thru this, and the powers that be so evil are
knocked off their high corrupt horses and brought to trial for their crimes
(see kay griggs email….)
Love and light shall prevail.
KIRK xxxxxx

—–Original Message—–
From: Vector Vector [mailto:vector620022002@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, 2 August 2005 12:11 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Marc Emery arrested by DEA, in Canada

No, Marc being arrested for selling pot doesn’t somehow make ibogaine a
controlled substance in Canada. A few deaths will do that probably
since unlike Mexico Canada isn’t a third world country.

Ibogatherapy is Andrea, Ibogatherapyhouse was Marc Emery. I think there
are more treatments in Canada above Detriot also happening. The big
deal was that he gave treatment for free, now they’re going to try
charging for it.

It’s too bad about Marc, didn’t know the last time he posted here like
6 weeks ago would be the last time he posted anything. It sucks that
they are using US laws and applying them to Canada but I guess Bush
wants to control more of the world then just the US and the UK, Canada
is next. What really sucks is that if they do extradite him to the US
he has life in prison.

None of it has anything to do with ibogaine’s legality, past Marc’s
clinic which has been closed since last year anyway.

.:vector:.

— Rick Strcat <rickstrcat@hotmail.com> wrote:

I just now read this.  Totally echo your question about how can they
apply
US laws in Canada.  Is this going to affect buying ibogaine
*anywhere* in
Canada??

>From: kevyn at the Cluster <kevyn@pagancluster.org>
>Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
>To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
>Subject: [Ibogaine] Marc Emery arrested by DEA, in Canada
>Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 00:59:09 -0600
>
>Just a note, in case you had not yet heard.
>The DEA excersised a warrant, remember the DEA is AMerican, not
Canadian,
>to shut down and seize his store in Vancouver.
>Then had a press conference, with alot of lies about how much a bad
man
>Marc is.
>Then they arrested him in Halifax, on the other coast, still in
canada, and
>have asked to have him extrodited to the US for trial.
>
>what is going on here, where the US can now use their law in Canada?
>
>I will try and find the relevant email contacts and such for anyone
>interested
>
>kevyn, in Alberta
>
>
>

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From: Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Something very sad that i didn’t use over
Date: August 1, 2005 at 10:11:43 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Massively hugeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee big warm fuzzies coming at you
girl.  My heart goes out for you.  Not much to say that makes loss any
easier.  Love love love and know I’m with you all the way.
Kirk :o)

—–Original Message—–
From: tink [mailto:tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, 2 August 2005 1:27 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] Something very sad that i didn’t use over

I just got back from one of those lethal trips that I take every so
often, when I come back to a neighborhood I haven’t been to in on a
long time.  I went to Portsmouth in search of my (hopefully)
ex-husband and a couple of other friends I had heard rumours of doing
well.  What I found kicked my ass sideways into next Tuesday, and I’m
having a very hard time processing it.
About ten years ago, I was a respite care worker for a couple that had
been trying to adopt a young boy named Jesse.  Jesse’s birth father
had beat him in the head so hard with a frying pan that he sustained a
significant amount of brain damage, and it was my job to do all of the
fun stuff with him, like art therapy, and dancing around in silly
clothes to the Spice Girls (his favorite band ever…definately not
mine :0).  I also worked on anger management and basic behaviors, like
eating and going to bathroom.  Sometimes we actually got down to
reading and writing, but he was seven going on four, so mostly I spent
time laughing and playing.
he was my silly bean, and I was, eventually, laboriously, Sarah.  His
speaking skills had been pretty damaged as well, and as a surprise, he
learned my name, regardless of the s.  I have never felt so loved and
honored to know someone in my life.
I was freshly on a methadone clinic, and his foster parents took a
chance on me, and that is something else I’ll never forget.  They
didn’t fire me after a relapse that resulted in a couple of lost days
in Massachuessette’s jail. I’m still amazed!
I stopped by the restaurant that Jesse’s foster dad managed when I
worked for them , and was told by the bartender that he was not
hanging out much, not since his son died last month.  When I asked
what happened, all he could say was it had something to do with the
head trauma he had received and “complications”.
My silly bean had a good couple of years with Lars and Judy, and the
year I spent as his teacher and mentor are invaluable in both learning
experience and personal growth.  Jesse taught me more than I can
mention here about dealing with life on life’s terms, and how to keep
a smile on my face, in the face of adversity.  He also taught me the
power and love of caring selflessly for some one else.
If any of you think about it, light a candle for Jesse, Judy and Lars.
And call some one you love a silly bean.
tink

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Something very sad that i didn’t use over
Date: August 1, 2005 at 9:41:26 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

done, ron
—– Original Message —– From: “tink” <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 8:26 PM
Subject: [Ibogaine] Something very sad that i didn’t use over

I just got back from one of those lethal trips that I take every so
often, when I come back to a neighborhood I haven’t been to in on a
long time.  I went to Portsmouth in search of my (hopefully)
ex-husband and a couple of other friends I had heard rumours of doing
well.  What I found kicked my ass sideways into next Tuesday, and I’m
having a very hard time processing it.
About ten years ago, I was a respite care worker for a couple that had
been trying to adopt a young boy named Jesse.  Jesse’s birth father
had beat him in the head so hard with a frying pan that he sustained a
significant amount of brain damage, and it was my job to do all of the
fun stuff with him, like art therapy, and dancing around in silly
clothes to the Spice Girls (his favorite band ever…definately not
mine :0).  I also worked on anger management and basic behaviors, like
eating and going to bathroom.  Sometimes we actually got down to
reading and writing, but he was seven going on four, so mostly I spent
time laughing and playing.
he was my silly bean, and I was, eventually, laboriously, Sarah.  His
speaking skills had been pretty damaged as well, and as a surprise, he
learned my name, regardless of the s.  I have never felt so loved and
honored to know someone in my life.
I was freshly on a methadone clinic, and his foster parents took a
chance on me, and that is something else I’ll never forget.  They
didn’t fire me after a relapse that resulted in a couple of lost days
in Massachuessette’s jail. I’m still amazed!
I stopped by the restaurant that Jesse’s foster dad managed when I
worked for them , and was told by the bartender that he was not
hanging out much, not since his son died last month.  When I asked
what happened, all he could say was it had something to do with the
head trauma he had received and “complications”.
My silly bean had a good couple of years with Lars and Judy, and the
year I spent as his teacher and mentor are invaluable in both learning
experience and personal growth.  Jesse taught me more than I can
mention here about dealing with life on life’s terms, and how to keep
a smile on my face, in the face of adversity.  He also taught me the
power and love of caring selflessly for some one else.
If any of you think about it, light a candle for Jesse, Judy and Lars.
And call some one you love a silly bean.
tink

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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Something very sad that i didn’t use over
Date: August 1, 2005 at 9:26:40 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I just got back from one of those lethal trips that I take every so
often, when I come back to a neighborhood I haven’t been to in on a
long time.  I went to Portsmouth in search of my (hopefully)
ex-husband and a couple of other friends I had heard rumours of doing
well.  What I found kicked my ass sideways into next Tuesday, and I’m
having a very hard time processing it.
About ten years ago, I was a respite care worker for a couple that had
been trying to adopt a young boy named Jesse.  Jesse’s birth father
had beat him in the head so hard with a frying pan that he sustained a
significant amount of brain damage, and it was my job to do all of the
fun stuff with him, like art therapy, and dancing around in silly
clothes to the Spice Girls (his favorite band ever…definately not
mine :0).  I also worked on anger management and basic behaviors, like
eating and going to bathroom.  Sometimes we actually got down to
reading and writing, but he was seven going on four, so mostly I spent
time laughing and playing.
he was my silly bean, and I was, eventually, laboriously, Sarah.  His
speaking skills had been pretty damaged as well, and as a surprise, he
learned my name, regardless of the s.  I have never felt so loved and
honored to know someone in my life.
I was freshly on a methadone clinic, and his foster parents took a
chance on me, and that is something else I’ll never forget.  They
didn’t fire me after a relapse that resulted in a couple of lost days
in Massachuessette’s jail. I’m still amazed!
I stopped by the restaurant that Jesse’s foster dad managed when I
worked for them , and was told by the bartender that he was not
hanging out much, not since his son died last month.  When I asked
what happened, all he could say was it had something to do with the
head trauma he had received and “complications”.
My silly bean had a good couple of years with Lars and Judy, and the
year I spent as his teacher and mentor are invaluable in both learning
experience and personal growth.  Jesse taught me more than I can
mention here about dealing with life on life’s terms, and how to keep
a smile on my face, in the face of adversity.  He also taught me the
power and love of caring selflessly for some one else.
If any of you think about it, light a candle for Jesse, Judy and Lars.
And call some one you love a silly bean.
tink

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From: Vector Vector <vector620022002@yahoo.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] [OT]: Microsoft Employee wins Worlds Worst Writer award
Date: August 1, 2005 at 9:14:25 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/01/microsoft_fiction/

Microsoft man wins WWW (Worlds Worst Writer) fiction award

By Andrew Orlowski in San Francisco (andrew.orlowski at
theregister.co.uk)
Published Monday 1st August 2005 22:06 GMT

A Microsoft employee has won the Oscar of bad prose – and no, he isn’t
even a weblogger.

Every year the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest honors the best attempts
to parody bad fiction. It’s judged by Professor Scott Rice at San Jose
State University in California, and is now in its 22nd year.

It’s an impressive achievement, as the bar has been pushed ever higher
over the years. For example, it’s hard to imagine anyone topping 2002’s
winning submission from Rephah Berg:

On reflection, Angela perceived that her relationship with Tom had
always been rocky, not quite a roller-coaster ride but more like when
the toilet-paper roll gets a little squashed so it hangs crooked and
every time you pull some off you can hear the rest going
bumpity-bumpity in its holder until you go nuts and push it back into
shape, a degree of annoyance that Angela had now almost attained.

But step forward Dan McKay, an employee of Microsoft Great Plains, who
wins the $250 for his send-up of rotten prose. McKay fended off some
impressive competition, for example this, from Kristin Harbuck:

She walked toward him, her dress billowing in the wind – not a calm and
predictable billows like the sea, but more like the billowing of a
mildewed shower curtain in a cheap motel where one has to dance around
to avoid touching it while trying to rinse off soap.

Or this, from Jere Hudson who was the runner-up in the 2005 Romance
category:

“Oh my God!” Amber whispered as the compressor throbbed to life,
shuddered rhythmically towards its inevitable conclusion, and shot
ninety pounds of sultry air through custom-bored, cold-drawn,
boss-lock-fitted crimp-couplings as Chuck Key glanced up with a smile
that only tire shop guys can smile.

And Nancy Lee can count herself unlucky for this homage to the
bodice-ripping category, which is a classic of its kind:

She was standing weepily at her father’s grave in the old family
cemetery, where the ancient headstones tipped and tumbled like a flock
of spring lambs, when she raised her weary eyes to see a shirtless man,
his mighty thighs clutching the loins of a raging steed whose breath
came hot as a desert wind, and made a mental note to get her hairdryer
repaired.
We won’t spoil the suspense, so you can find Dan’s winning entry here
(http://www2.sjsu.edu/depts/english/2005.htm), and more about the
awards here (http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/).

Readers who fancy their hand at prose parody, pay attention! We have
snagged three copies of Verity Stob’s collected works to give away as a
prize. In the meantime, brush up on your modern management textboooks:
a working knowledge of the prose of gurus such as Tom Peters and Mark
Hurd
(http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2005/07/19/mark_hurd_people_talk/)
will be an advantage.

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From: “matthew zielinski” <mattzielinski@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine sellers in Europe (or anywhere) that /legally/ ship to C
Date: August 1, 2005 at 9:05:48 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hey rick
i m going to order ibogaine in the next two weeks……i know when u order more they give u discount…..u save about 200 hundreed…..we should get together and talk about this…where u at….im in toronto….we should look at this

Namaste
Matthew

>From: “Rick Strcat” <rickstrcat@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
>To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
>CC: mattzielinski@hotmail.com
>Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine sellers in Europe (or anywhere) that /legally/ ship to C
>Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 00:57:53 +0000
>
>
>
>>From: “matthew zielinski” <mattzielinski@hotmail.com>
>>Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
>>To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
>>Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine sellers in Europe (or anywhere)
>>that /legally/ ship to Canada
>>Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 20:30:30 -0400
>>
>
>
>>yes anybody can ship ibo to canada..just find a reputable suplier
>>and get ready!
>
>Hi Matthew – that’s what I figured 🙂 but so far I haven’t able to
>locate one – do you know of one that you can recommend?
>
>thanks
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From: “Rick Strcat” <rickstrcat@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine sellers in Europe (or anywhere) that /legally/ ship to C
Date: August 1, 2005 at 8:57:53 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Cc: mattzielinski@hotmail.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

From: “matthew zielinski” <mattzielinski@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine sellers in Europe (or anywhere) that /legally/ ship to Canada
Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 20:30:30 -0400

yes anybody can ship ibo to canada..just find a reputable suplier and get ready!

Hi Matthew – that’s what I figured 🙂 but so far I haven’t able to locate one – do you know of one that you can recommend?

thanks

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From: “matthew zielinski” <mattzielinski@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine sellers in Europe (or anywhere) that /legally/ ship to Canada
Date: August 1, 2005 at 8:30:30 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

yes anybody can ship ibo to canada..just find a reputable suplier and get ready!

Namaste
Matthew

>From: Vector Vector <vector620022002@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
>To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
>Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine sellers in Europe (or anywhere) that /legally/ ship to Canada
>Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 17:26:43 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Yes and they’ve been posted here at least 200 times 😉 Mostly nobody
>will answer that question but there are only 3 sources of ibogaine hcl
>that every other treatment provider buys from them every other person
>buys from them, the web site selling it buy from them. Deborah Mash has
>her own and she’s not going to sell it to you, the rest of the world
>gets it from two sources, the world’s biggest ibogaine hcl dealership,
>the holy church of Sacrament of Transition 😉 and the third one is the
>same place the underground and alot of europe get theirs.
>
>Figure it out, all of it is in the Mindvox links section 😉 If you
>can’t figure it out maybe you shouldn’t be dosing yourself with
>ibogaine. Anybody can legally ship to canada, it isn’t against the law
>there.
>
>.:vector:.
>
>— Rick Strcat <rickstrcat@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > In light of the articles about Marc Emery, let me re-phrase the
> > question:
> > Are there any *legal* sources of Ibogaine *anywhere* in the world
> > that ship
> > to Canada?
> >
> > Thx.
> >
> >
> > >From: “Rick Strcat” <rickstrcat@hotmail.com>
> > >Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
> > >To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
> > >Subject: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine sellers in Canada
> > >Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 21:37:42 +0000
> > >
> > >Hi,
> > >
> > >Does anyone have the name and phone number or weblink for a provider
> > of
> > >certified quality ibogaine in Canada other than Ethnogarden? I
> > just tried
> > >calling them and no answer …
> > >
> > >Thanks.
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From: “matthew zielinski” <mattzielinski@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine sellers in Europe (or anywhere) that /legally/ ship to Canada
Date: August 1, 2005 at 8:30:30 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

yes anybody can ship ibo to canada..just find a reputable suplier and get ready!

Namaste
Matthew

>From: Vector Vector <vector620022002@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
>To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
>Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine sellers in Europe (or anywhere) that /legally/ ship to Canada
>Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 17:26:43 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Yes and they’ve been posted here at least 200 times 😉 Mostly nobody
>will answer that question but there are only 3 sources of ibogaine hcl
>that every other treatment provider buys from them every other person
>buys from them, the web site selling it buy from them. Deborah Mash has
>her own and she’s not going to sell it to you, the rest of the world
>gets it from two sources, the world’s biggest ibogaine hcl dealership,
>the holy church of Sacrament of Transition 😉 and the third one is the
>same place the underground and alot of europe get theirs.
>
>Figure it out, all of it is in the Mindvox links section 😉 If you
>can’t figure it out maybe you shouldn’t be dosing yourself with
>ibogaine. Anybody can legally ship to canada, it isn’t against the law
>there.
>
>.:vector:.
>
>— Rick Strcat <rickstrcat@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > In light of the articles about Marc Emery, let me re-phrase the
> > question:
> > Are there any *legal* sources of Ibogaine *anywhere* in the world
> > that ship
> > to Canada?
> >
> > Thx.
> >
> >
> > >From: “Rick Strcat” <rickstrcat@hotmail.com>
> > >Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
> > >To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
> > >Subject: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine sellers in Canada
> > >Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 21:37:42 +0000
> > >
> > >Hi,
> > >
> > >Does anyone have the name and phone number or weblink for a provider
> > of
> > >certified quality ibogaine in Canada other than Ethnogarden? I
> > just tried
> > >calling them and no answer …
> > >
> > >Thanks.
> > >
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From: Vector Vector <vector620022002@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine sellers in Europe (or anywhere) that /legally/ ship to Canada
Date: August 1, 2005 at 8:26:43 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Yes and they’ve been posted here at least 200 times 😉 Mostly nobody
will answer that question but there are only 3 sources of ibogaine hcl
that every other treatment provider buys from them every other person
buys from them, the web site selling it buy from them. Deborah Mash has
her own and she’s not going to sell it to you, the rest of the world
gets it from two sources, the world’s biggest ibogaine hcl dealership,
the holy church of Sacrament of Transition 😉 and the third one is the
same place the underground and alot of europe get theirs.

Figure it out, all of it is in the Mindvox links section 😉 If you
can’t figure it out maybe you shouldn’t be dosing yourself with
ibogaine. Anybody can legally ship to canada, it isn’t against the law
there.

.:vector:.

— Rick Strcat <rickstrcat@hotmail.com> wrote:

In light of the articles about Marc Emery, let me re-phrase the
question:
Are there any *legal* sources of Ibogaine *anywhere* in the world
that ship
to Canada?

Thx.

From: “Rick Strcat” <rickstrcat@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine sellers in Canada
Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 21:37:42 +0000

Hi,

Does anyone have the name and phone number or weblink for a provider
of
certified quality ibogaine  in Canada other than Ethnogarden?  I
just tried
calling them and no answer …

Thanks.

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From: Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Marc Emery arrested by DEA, in Canada
Date: August 1, 2005 at 8:16:41 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Wow, I’m soooo totally stunned by this case.  My heart and thoughts go out
to Marc, and his friends and family.  I will be sending as much helpful
energy as is humanly possible (the rest can come from “other sources”)
In the hopes that he will get thru this, and the powers that be so evil are
knocked off their high corrupt horses and brought to trial for their crimes
(see kay griggs email….)
Love and light shall prevail.
KIRK xxxxxx

—–Original Message—–
From: Vector Vector [mailto:vector620022002@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, 2 August 2005 12:11 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Marc Emery arrested by DEA, in Canada

No, Marc being arrested for selling pot doesn’t somehow make ibogaine a
controlled substance in Canada. A few deaths will do that probably
since unlike Mexico Canada isn’t a third world country.

Ibogatherapy is Andrea, Ibogatherapyhouse was Marc Emery. I think there
are more treatments in Canada above Detriot also happening. The big
deal was that he gave treatment for free, now they’re going to try
charging for it.

It’s too bad about Marc, didn’t know the last time he posted here like
6 weeks ago would be the last time he posted anything. It sucks that
they are using US laws and applying them to Canada but I guess Bush
wants to control more of the world then just the US and the UK, Canada
is next. What really sucks is that if they do extradite him to the US
he has life in prison.

None of it has anything to do with ibogaine’s legality, past Marc’s
clinic which has been closed since last year anyway.

.:vector:.

— Rick Strcat <rickstrcat@hotmail.com> wrote:

I just now read this.  Totally echo your question about how can they
apply
US laws in Canada.  Is this going to affect buying ibogaine
*anywhere* in
Canada??

From: kevyn at the Cluster <kevyn@pagancluster.org>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] Marc Emery arrested by DEA, in Canada
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 00:59:09 -0600

Just a note, in case you had not yet heard.
The DEA excersised a warrant, remember the DEA is AMerican, not
Canadian,
to shut down and seize his store in Vancouver.
Then had a press conference, with alot of lies about how much a bad
man
Marc is.
Then they arrested him in Halifax, on the other coast, still in
canada, and
have asked to have him extrodited to the US for trial.

what is going on here, where the US can now use their law in Canada?

I will try and find the relevant email contacts and such for anyone
interested

kevyn, in Alberta

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From: Vector Vector <vector620022002@yahoo.com>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Marc Emery arrested by DEA, in Canada
Date: August 1, 2005 at 8:10:49 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

No, Marc being arrested for selling pot doesn’t somehow make ibogaine a
controlled substance in Canada. A few deaths will do that probably
since unlike Mexico Canada isn’t a third world country.

Ibogatherapy is Andrea, Ibogatherapyhouse was Marc Emery. I think there
are more treatments in Canada above Detriot also happening. The big
deal was that he gave treatment for free, now they’re going to try
charging for it.

It’s too bad about Marc, didn’t know the last time he posted here like
6 weeks ago would be the last time he posted anything. It sucks that
they are using US laws and applying them to Canada but I guess Bush
wants to control more of the world then just the US and the UK, Canada
is next. What really sucks is that if they do extradite him to the US
he has life in prison.

None of it has anything to do with ibogaine’s legality, past Marc’s
clinic which has been closed since last year anyway.

.:vector:.

— Rick Strcat <rickstrcat@hotmail.com> wrote:

I just now read this.  Totally echo your question about how can they
apply
US laws in Canada.  Is this going to affect buying ibogaine
*anywhere* in
Canada??

From: kevyn at the Cluster <kevyn@pagancluster.org>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] Marc Emery arrested by DEA, in Canada
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 00:59:09 -0600

Just a note, in case you had not yet heard.
The DEA excersised a warrant, remember the DEA is AMerican, not
Canadian,
to shut down and seize his store in Vancouver.
Then had a press conference, with alot of lies about how much a bad
man
Marc is.
Then they arrested him in Halifax, on the other coast, still in
canada, and
have asked to have him extrodited to the US for trial.

what is going on here, where the US can now use their law in Canada?

I will try and find the relevant email contacts and such for anyone
interested

kevyn, in Alberta

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From: “Rick Strcat” <rickstrcat@hotmail.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine sellers in Europe (or anywhere) that /legally/ ship to Canada
Date: August 1, 2005 at 8:07:17 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

In light of the articles about Marc Emery, let me re-phrase the question:  Are there any *legal* sources of Ibogaine *anywhere* in the world that ship to Canada?

Thx.

From: “Rick Strcat” <rickstrcat@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine sellers in Canada
Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 21:37:42 +0000

Hi,

Does anyone have the name and phone number or weblink for a provider of certified quality ibogaine  in Canada other than Ethnogarden?  I just tried calling them and no answer …

Thanks.

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From: “Rick Strcat” <rickstrcat@hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Marc Emery arrested by DEA, in Canada
Date: August 1, 2005 at 7:58:42 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

I just now read this.  Totally echo your question about how can they apply US laws in Canada.  Is this going to affect buying ibogaine *anywhere* in Canada??

From: kevyn at the Cluster <kevyn@pagancluster.org>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] Marc Emery arrested by DEA, in Canada
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 00:59:09 -0600

Just a note, in case you had not yet heard.
The DEA excersised a warrant, remember the DEA is AMerican, not Canadian, to shut down and seize his store in Vancouver.
Then had a press conference, with alot of lies about how much a bad man Marc is.
Then they arrested him in Halifax, on the other coast, still in canada, and have asked to have him extrodited to the US for trial.

what is going on here, where the US can now use their law in Canada?

I will try and find the relevant email contacts and such for anyone interested

kevyn, in Alberta

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From: “Cheryl” <cherylca@myway.com>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] Correction to MAPS News Posting
Date: August 1, 2005 at 7:40:14 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hasn’t the treatment center in canada always been open? Andrea posted here not too long ago. http://www.ibogatherapy.org

If your in canada though who cares, why pay 2 or 3 thousand when its legal to just order it.

— On Mon 08/01, Valerie Mojeiko, MAPS < valerie@maps.org > wrote: From: Valerie Mojeiko, MAPS [mailto: valerie@maps.org] To: ibogaine@mindvox.com Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 17:02:15 -0400 Subject: [Ibogaine] Correction to MAPS News Posting Hello,
In the below item in this month’s MAPS email news which was recently posted to this list I made a mistake in reporting that the Iboga Therapy House is a for-profit clinic. What I meant to say is that they will be charging fees for treatment, rather than offering free treatments as they had in the past. The Iboga Therapy House is registered in Canada as non-profit organization and will be operating on a non-profit basis.
-Valerie
11. Up to $5,000 Grant Awarded to Iboga Therapy House
MAPS awarded a grant of up to $5000 to the Iboga Therapy House (ITH) for assistance in setting up a new for-profit ibogaine clinic in Vancouver, BC, Canada. The ITH was forced to shut down in August of last year when they unexpectedly stopped receiving funding that enabled them to offer treatments for free. In the year of the clinics operation, they treated 31 people with drug addiction free-of-cost while funded entirely by marijuana seed entrepreneur Marc Emery. The grant will primarily go to paying a salary for Program Director Sandra Karpetas, while she builds a new business and therapeutic structure for the clinic. They plan to start treating people by the end of this year.


Valerie Mojeiko
Program Director and Clinical Research Associate
MAPS
2105 Robinson Avenue
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941-924-6277 phone
941-924-6265 fax
www.maps.org

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From: “Rick Strcat” <rickstrcat@hotmail.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Ibogaine sellers in Canada
Date: August 1, 2005 at 5:37:42 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hi,

Does anyone have the name and phone number or weblink for a provider of certified quality ibogaine  in Canada other than Ethnogarden?  I just tried calling them and no answer …

Thanks.

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From: “Valerie Mojeiko, MAPS” <valerie@maps.org>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Correction to MAPS News Posting
Date: August 1, 2005 at 5:02:15 PM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hello,
In the below item in this month’s MAPS email news which was recently posted to this list I made a mistake in reporting that the Iboga Therapy House is a for-profit clinic. What I meant to say is that they will be charging fees for treatment, rather than offering free treatments as they had in the past. The Iboga Therapy House is registered in Canada as non-profit organization and will be operating on a non-profit basis.
-Valerie
11. Up to $5,000 Grant Awarded to Iboga Therapy House
MAPS awarded a grant of up to $5000 to the Iboga Therapy House (ITH) for assistance in setting up a new for-profit ibogaine clinic in Vancouver, BC, Canada. The ITH was forced to shut down in August of last year when they unexpectedly stopped receiving funding that enabled them to offer treatments for free. In the year of the clinics operation, they treated 31 people with drug addiction free-of-cost while funded entirely by marijuana seed entrepreneur Marc Emery. The grant will primarily go to paying a salary for Program Director Sandra Karpetas, while she builds a new business and therapeutic structure for the clinic. They plan to start treating people by the end of this year.


Valerie Mojeiko
Program Director and Clinical Research Associate
MAPS
2105 Robinson Avenue
Sarasota, FL 34232
941-924-6277 phone
941-924-6265 fax
www.maps.org

From: HSLotsof@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] (WAY OT) Re: [Ibogaine] protein and mushrooms
Date: August 1, 2005 at 2:32:17 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

In a message dated 8/1/05 4:26:34 AM, ptpeet@nyc.rr.com writes:

<< > and will someone PLEASE FREAKIN’ EXPLAIN WOMEN TI ME? PLEASE? I’m not

yelling, really, I’m calm, rational, high as a kite but rational, but

someone, anyone, please just EXPLAIN WOMEN TO ME! Damn it!

Why do they ALL have to be so darned, whatever it is they are at any given

moment in time? >>

Hi Preston,

As a group I thought they were perfect, though as individuals they are as
crazy as any given individuals of the male sex which is all quite understandable.

Howard

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From: “matthew zielinski” <mattzielinski@hotmail.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Off topic–kay griggs talks again
Date: August 1, 2005 at 1:44:25 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Kay Griggs, Former Marine Colonel’s Wife Talks Again

About Military Assassin Squads, Drug Running, Illegal Weapon Deals And Sexual Perversion Deep Within The Highest Levels Of U.S. Military And Government
For 11 long years, Kay Griggs heard all the messy details from her military husband, usually while he was drinking before going into one of his drunken stupors. First going public in 1998 in an eight hour video interview with a truth-seeking Michigan pastor and FM radio broadcaster, she now is back after 9/11 to warn Americans to beware of the evil lurking within the highest levels of government, bound and determined to destroy America.
July 25, 2005 
By Greg Szymanski
Katharine ‘Kay’ Griggs knows what it’s like to have a gun pointed in her face. She knows what it’s like to have her face slapped, her bones broken and her nose bloodied by her former bully of a husband, an active Marine Colonel and a man who she claims is “above the law and literally gets away with murder.”
Virginia court documents and photos of her battered arms and legs tell the sad and brutal physical story of her failed marriage, a tumultuous 11 year roller coaster ride ending in 1999.
But the real story for public consumption isn’t the private divorce court details. It is the secret military information about drug running, weapon sales, sexual perversion and assassination squads she learned firsthand from her husband, U.S. Marine Corps Col. George Raymond Griggs, now remarried and living in Mirror Lake, NH.
This isn’t the first time Griggs is going public with her story about government mob-like hit squads and the sexually perverted secret “cap and gown and skull and bone society” her husband belonged to along with other high-ranking Marine officers and pubic officials.
She first went public in 1996 after receiving death threats, being rescued by Sarah McClendon, former senior member of the White House press corps, who believed her story and took Griggs under her wing, giving her a place to stay and important advice about how to stay alive when dealing with military operatives.
“I became a whistle blower and received death threats,” said Griggs this week in an extended telephone conversation from her Tidewater, VA. home. “I finally wound up living for safety reasons with Sarah, the dean of the White House Press Corps, who had been with every president since FDR and was in Army intelligence and also an attorney’s daughter from Texas.”
Advised by McClendon to go public without being able to get the mainstream media to listen, she traveled to Adrian, MI on the advice of a friend to do a long extended taped interview with Pastor Rick Strawcutter, a preacher and owner of a 500 watt pirate FM station at 99.3 on the dial in Lenawee County.
Strawcutter, who believed in free speech radio and empowering the public with the truth, produced two extended interviews finally released in 2000, one being a two hour version called “Sleeping With The Enemy” and the other an unedited eight hour version available at www.kaygriggstalks.com.
Since then Griggs said she went back to her Virginia home, tried to piece her life together and essentially talked to private groups or anybody who would take the time to listen.
Now this week Griggs decided to tell her story again, saying “I will keep repeating it to anyone” and adding after 9/11, the war in Iraq, the London bombings and the fear of terrorism, the “American people are at a point were they are ready and willing to hear the truth.”… 

Although they may be shocked, Griggs said the “truth will set you free,” even if it means facing up to the highest form of corruption, including sexual perversion and government sponsored mob-like hits orchestrated by high-ranking military and government officials.
“My former husband George, who is a trained assassin, calls the people he is involved with the members of The Firm or The Brotherhood. If you are in the click, you are above the law and literally can get away with murder. For years, mostly when he was drinking, he told me how he and others in this elite military group would kill people,” said Griggs, as she mentioned name after high-powered name and story after-detailed story about sexual pervasion, murder, military hit squads, brainwashing and mind control, all activities sanctioned, participated in and condoned by a group of military and political elite.
“There were many other things and people he told me about which were startling, things I’ll tell you later. But George is like a robot, glazed eyes and all. While he drinks, he sort of comes alive. It is hard to explain unless you actually see him. He told me he was the No. 1 shooter for a long time for a group of powerful people at the top. If a guy is too honest, for example, they get rid of him.”
When asked how large an inside group it was and how she survived after going public with such damning information about so many high powered names, she added:
“I just keep myself and my story in the public eye. I am a descent, honest person who believes in telling the truth. I have a deep, abiding faith and trust in God. I also come from a strong-minded, strong-willed family and I am not afraid of generals and admirals.
“As far as the sheer numbers of people involved in this cap and gown, skull and bones secret society, it’s hard to say. But it is based on old friendships, college and prep school relationships, covering up secrets and sexual perversion.
“My husband told me about all the sexually perverted rituals, like anal and oral sex in coffins at drunken parties and running naked in the woods at Bohemian Grove. Then there was the last time I saw George was in 2001 and he was telling me to keep quiet, but I think he knows I will never stop telling the truth.”
During numerous drinking binges over many years, one of the main things that sticks out in Griggs’ mind was how easily her husband rationalized killing small number of innocent people and how he was able to somehow justify the killings if it accomplished a strategic goal for the elite group involved.
“Who are these people?” Griggs repeated after being asked the same direct question. “In general, they are first generation German sons, mostly who run things in the military through tight friendships made in Europe and at war colleges. Psyops is a controlling group and Paul Wolfowitz is a major player, as are the many Zionists on this side of the Atlantic.
“Truth is light. And these guys are anxious to collect the global power now in the few hands of their Freemasonic ( French Macons ) brotherhood’s elite hands. It is a very, very small group and a rather homogenized group of global top down existentialist Zionists and socialists. In short Nazi’s who came to the U.S. when Hitler, their boy, turned on them in 1933.
Griggs said other recognizable names and major players she learned from her husband’s arrogant ramblings besides Wolfowitz and other nondescript military and civilian names, involved in what she called a Zionist global takeover, included Donald Rumsfeld, George H. Bush, Dick Cheney, Henry Kissinger and Andy Fine, to name a few.
“After what I learned from George about “Rummy,” as he called him and idolized him and the others, is that they all operate from this secret little, sick society and are all basically cowards and bullies. And I don’t believe I should ever keep quiet about who they are because the only way we are going to change there behavior is to shed light on what they are doing and show how ludicrous , sick and inept their behavior really is.
“My husband George just idolized “Rummy” and thinks he is just wonderful when basically he is nothing more than an in the closet-Nazi. Also, George liked to brag how he and Wolfowitz were down in Indonesia in the 1970s, down there training young assassins.
“After what I heard all those years and now putting it into prospective after 9/11, I think they are trying to destroy America. Their whole game is all about war, selling weapons and creating a militaristic society. I know first hand from listening to my husband, they will do anything – I mean anything including murder – to get what they want.”
Although Griggs said her husband never mentioned anything specific about 9/11 during their marriage, she claims he hinted several times that “war-gaming and airplane crashes” were necessary elements to control and manipulate the American population.
Putting many of her husband’s comments together with other acquaintances made through him, she had this to say about 9/11:
“Before 9/11, there were some things which let me know that it was involved with war gaming going on at ACT Commands center in Suffolk. War games and diversions and manipulations of American public opinion he said are “necessary.” George explained some examples such as airplane “crashes” and the bombing by the Israeli Lebanese Bekka valley recruits who blew up the Marine Corps barracks. I believe my husband knew ahead of time 9/11 was going to occur.
“I know that there was a war game going on via Tampa, I think it was called Bright Star, which was being run on 9/11 by a weird and insecure USMC General who was in charge while the Army head was conveniently away in the Near East.
“I am sure 9-11 was a joint and combined military operation, using boys who were recruited via A.Q. Khan’s Israeli network in Pakistan and South Africa through Zionists in Hamburg. I believe that certain MI6 British Zionists with the Ian Goodwin-Peter Goodwin-Basil Cardinal Hume Yorkshire network were also involved in funding and recruiting these guys. It was a large and ongoing operation to set up and involved lots of CIA Zionists and lots of funny money.”
The Early Years
Griggs grew up in the elite Virginia Southern class, the child of a Reserve Military family of Scottish and French Huguenot descent. Raised with strict Christian ideals, moral character, deep faith and impeccable ethics, she carried with her the headstrong outspoken nature of her father and the truth-seeking characteristics of her mother.
However, a victim of old Southern male chauvinism and backward traditions, she was married young in an arranged fashion to John Garland Pollard III, the wealthy grandson of a Virginia Governor, who lived off his inheritance in a typical aristocratic Southern-style plantation.
“Looking back it was just horrible and suffocating,” said Griggs, who after getting a divorce in 1983 went on to teach after getting a degree in history with a specialty in Virginia history and the Scottish Reformation.
After resettling in a Virginia Beach home and working as an Asst. Director of the Chamber of Commerce, she was about to meet a dashing Marine Colonel who would forever change the course and direction of her life.
Second Marriage To Col. Griggs After renting the main portion of her house to Col. Griggs, the couple dated for two months and were quickly married, a speedy decision the young bride would quickly learn to regret.
The story of the couple’s courtship is of little importance, but what happened afterwards regarding the colonel’s drunken ramblings takes center stage.
“He started drinking, did a lot of heavy drinking and at first I thought I could change him,” said Griggs, who listened closely over the years about her husband’s role as a military assassin and his role as a military trainer who brought new, young assassins into the fold. “He started talking openly about murder, corruption, assassinations and lies. It was just incredible the names that were involved and the people who were being killed.
“He gave me very detailed and graphic descriptions about how Waco was carried out, as well as how many other hits went down, including Malcolm Kerr, the head of the American University in Beirut and Ron Brown, who was trying to take away the State Department’s monopoly on drug money and arms deals.
“My husband would get into these crazed stupors where he would be running around the house naked and there were times I would find him lying in the grass that way.
“I learned about how he was sexually molested by homosexual teachers at the elite Hun School, where a lot of the others in this small elite group also attended, including the members the Saudi Royal family. He told me how sex is used to control, intimidate and groom boys into this type of military service from a young age.
“He mentioned how many of The Brotherhood, as he liked to call them, are members of the “Cap and Gown” Princeton group or the “Skull and Bones” Yale crowd and how they performed sexually perverted induction ceremonies with anal and oral sex performed inside coffins.”
During the final two years of the marriage, Griggs said her husband basically disappeared. When she finally decided to blow the whistle on her husband’s activities and others surrounding him, she met privately with attorney and former CIA Director William Colby, seeking advice.
‘I really thought I would get some help, but Colby was later found dead,” said Griggs about Colby whose body was found eight weeks after he disappeared on April, 27, 1996, while canoeing near his Rock Point, Maryland, vacation home.
“Then I started getting death threats, had my house burglarized, my car messed with and every time I would try to get the FBI or police to act, strangely nothing would be done. They would do things like steal my underwear, leave black dots on all my blouses and leave twelve screw drivers on my kitchen counter. They would do strange things like this, which if you think about it, is really hard to explain to the police without them thinking your are crazy.
“I later found out I was flagged by Marine General Al Gray, my husband’s boss who put the wheels in motion on much of the criminal activity. He flagged me as a trouble maker knowing I was a free thinker who was not about to keep quiet like all the other military wives who knew too much. Finally, I sought help from Sarah McClendon, who basically saved my life.”
After weathering the storm of harassment in Washington D.C., she was encouraged by friends to publicize her story nationally through the alternative media since major publications wouldn’t touch it with a ten foot pole. In 1998, she then met Pastor Strawcutter who believed in her and who basically told the same story Griggs is telling today but in much more detail.
Pastor Strawcutter’s 1998 Taped Interview
Besides running a ministry in Adrian, MI., Strawcutter’s main passion is truth-telling, his philosophy turning out to be a perfect match for Griggs when she finally contacted him one morning in 1998 as he broadcasted live during drive-time on his pirate FM radio station.
“I remember one morning getting this call during a commercial break and then we put Kay on live for about 45 minutes. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing,” said Strawcutter this week by telephone from his Michigan church. “After the show, I arranged for Kay to come to Michigan with her documentation and photos of the story.”
When Griggs arrived with her husband’s diary and photos providing credible documentation for some of what she claimed, Strawcutter taped her story for over eight hours.
After the taping session, he recalls out of all the controversial stories he worked on, the Griggs story was one of the most troubling and difficult to deal due to the sensitive nature of the allegations and the number of high-ranking names involved.
Finally, after sitting on the story for a year, Strawcutter decided to release it in two forms, the first being a 2 hour edited video version of the interview which he distributed under the title of “Sleeping With The Enemy” and the other being simply the longer unedited eight hour version.
And like Griggs recounted this week from her Virginia home, the Strawcutter tapes are even more detailed about how members of The Brotherhood operate in a world of treachery, deceit, lies, murder, drug running, sex slavery and illegal weapon sales, all in the name of forming a new world order.
“People need to know the truth about 9/11, Waco, the Oklahoma City bombing and, of course, what Kay Griggs is saying,” said Strawcutter, who for a long time on his FM station had been testing the waters of truth by broadcasting controversial stories, many coming from the likes of Michael Collins Piper and other American Free Press writers, an alternative paper that also delves into subjects taboo in the mainstream media.
“I basically believed she was telling the truth and decided to go with the story as she told it.”
Asked if he was ever harassed for bringing the Griggs tapes public, he added:
“No, not really. I never worry about things like that. But I do know after winning a landmark federal case to stay on the air in the 1990s, the feds came down real hard one me about three months after 9/11 with another legal challenge to my station which had become wildly successful, becoming the second top rated show in the county.”
Shortly, thereafter, Strawcutter was forced to take his brand of truth-telling radio of the air waves in the wake of legal roadblocks and challenges designed by the government to bankrupt his efforts.
Katharine ‘Kay’ Griggs Today
The head strong, truth telling woman who first provided America with her shocking story in 1996, is really no different today although she readily admits the government is still trying to ruin her financially and still monitors her closely.
Although still under the government microscope, her energy and curiosity remain strong as ever.
“With all that’s happening in the world, the time is right now for truth,” said Griggs. “I think America can handle the truth now and I basically want people to know that my husband and the people involved with him are really nothing but cowards and bullies. But they are, at the same time, dangerous, evil people that must be stopped. I am not a vindictive person and I also am not seeking publicity. I simply want people to know the truth about how these people are trying to destroy this country.”
And still trying to “connect the dots” in an attempt to expose The Brotherhood, she added:
“I’m in the midst of research on the headmistress of my Episcopal girls’ school, St. Margaret’s, who spent years working with MI6 at Cheltenham!! This is Victor Rothschild’s group with 6 representing the six-sided star and MI5 being more Masonic but still not sure about all of this yet.”
Single and living in the same home she shared with her former military husband, Griggs still holds firm to her strong Christian beliefs, saying she will talk to anybody who is interested in listening since she firmly believes “truth is light and only the truth will set you free.”
How To Listen To The Kay Griggs Tapes
There are three video versions of her story in distribution. The first is Pastor Strawcutter’s original two hour version called “Sleeping With The Enemy” available at his web site at www.kaygriggsvideo.com.
The second is the raw, unedited eight hour version, Strawcutter saying rights being obtained by a third party and available at www.kaygriggstalks.com. And the third is a two-part video, taken from Strawcutter’s original interviews and edited by Eric Hufschmid located at www.hugequestions.com.
Namaste
Matthew

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From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] (WAY OT) Re: [Ibogaine] protein and mushrooms
Date: August 1, 2005 at 1:02:17 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

We are all so darned whatever it is specifically to make your life
more difficult.  Haven’t you figured it out yet?  It is our JOB to
confused, befuddle, and generally wreak havoc in as low key a manor as
possible. That is, until we lay on the super heavey duty shit.  It’s a
lunacy campaign designed to get men wrapped up in the workings of the
female mind whilst we over take the WORLD!!!!!!!
love you guys
tinkerGODDESS

On 8/1/05, UUSEAN@aol.com <UUSEAN@aol.com> wrote:

In a message dated 8/1/2005 4:49:03 AM Eastern Standard Time,
captkirk@clear.net.nz writes:

—–Original Message—–
From: Preston Peet [mailto:ptpeet@nyc.rr.com]
Sent: Monday, 1 August 2005 7:52 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] (WAY OT) Re: [Ibogaine] protein and mushrooms

and will someone PLEASE FREAKIN’ EXPLAIN WOMEN TI ME? PLEASE? I’m not
yelling, really, I’m calm, rational, high as a kite but rational, but
someone, anyone, please just EXPLAIN WOMEN TO ME! Damn it!
Why do they ALL have to be so darned, whatever it is they are at any given
moment in time?

Hi Preston,

I wish I did queer explaining of woman for the straight guy, but I have no
talent at it. I have a hard enough time understanding men. I think I got the
horny all part both experientially and from observation, oh yeah and the ego
thing..that too is pretty simple. One of the few areas where I am a really
typical gay guy is that I tend to really bond with women.

I don’t think this helped at all, but then I did tell you it wouldn’t.   I
hope other mindvoxians can help you with this crucial request.

Toodles,
Sean

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From: Jeff Gallop <jeffgallop@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] (WAY OT) Re: [Ibogaine] protein and mushrooms
Date: August 1, 2005 at 1:01:25 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Preston
coming to the midvox Ibo-list for advice on women…LOL ….have fun!!…tho i bet advertising your recent sexual activities may have something to do with”the woman’s” unpredicability.
Freak Sexually Freak Ecstatic Freak Free…
Jeff

On 8/1/05, UUSEAN@aol.com <UUSEAN@aol.com> wrote:
In a message dated 8/1/2005 4:49:03 AM Eastern Standard Time, captkirk@clear.net.nz writes:

—–Original Message—–
From: Preston Peet [mailto: ptpeet@nyc.rr.com]
Sent: Monday, 1 August 2005 7:52 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] (WAY OT) Re: [Ibogaine] protein and mushrooms

and will someone PLEASE FREAKIN’ EXPLAIN WOMEN TI ME? PLEASE? I’m not
yelling, really, I’m calm, rational, high as a kite but rational, but
someone, anyone, please just EXPLAIN WOMEN TO ME! Damn it!
Why do they ALL have to be so darned, whatever it is they are at any given
moment in time?

Hi Preston,

I wish I did queer explaining of woman for the straight guy, but I have no talent at it. I have a hard enough time understanding men. I think I got the horny all part both experientially and from observation, oh yeah and the ego thing..that too is pretty simple. One of the few areas where I am a really typical gay guy is that I tend to really bond with women.

I don’t think this helped at all, but then I did tell you it wouldn’t.   I hope other mindvoxians can help you with this crucial request.

Toodles,
Sean

From: UUSEAN@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] (WAY OT) Re: [Ibogaine] protein and mushrooms
Date: August 1, 2005 at 12:31:38 PM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

In a message dated 8/1/2005 4:49:03 AM Eastern Standard Time, captkirk@clear.net.nz writes:

—–Original Message—–
From: Preston Peet [mailto:ptpeet@nyc.rr.com]
Sent: Monday, 1 August 2005 7:52 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] (WAY OT) Re: [Ibogaine] protein and mushrooms

and will someone PLEASE FREAKIN’ EXPLAIN WOMEN TI ME? PLEASE? I’m not
yelling, really, I’m calm, rational, high as a kite but rational, but
someone, anyone, please just EXPLAIN WOMEN TO ME! Damn it!
Why do they ALL have to be so darned, whatever it is they are at any given
moment in time?

Hi Preston,

I wish I did queer explaining of woman for the straight guy, but I have no talent at it. I have a hard enough time understanding men. I think I got the horny all part both experientially and from observation, oh yeah and the ego thing..that too is pretty simple. One of the few areas where I am a really typical gay guy is that I tend to really bond with women.

I don’t think this helped at all, but then I did tell you it wouldn’t.   I hope other mindvoxians can help you with this crucial request.

Toodles,
Sean

From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Sunday night in Ogunquit….
Date: August 1, 2005 at 11:20:51 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

sorry-no more pix…

On 8/1/05, slowone@hush.ai <slowone@hush.ai> wrote:
If you could find a way to downsize your pix it would be great not
to have my mailbox filled so that I miss all subsequent mail. Seems
like your enjoying the Rebel XT.. 🙂

On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 19:06:54 -0700 tink
<tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com> wrote:
Having a fit of silliness, I went outside to smoke a butt and blow

some bubbles.
Here’s what I found about about bubbles and 3-D lighting
tonight…
tink

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From: <slowone@hush.ai>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Sunday night in Ogunquit….
Date: August 1, 2005 at 11:09:29 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

If you could find a way to downsize your pix it would be great not
to have my mailbox filled so that I miss all subsequent mail. Seems
like your enjoying the Rebel XT.. 🙂

On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 19:06:54 -0700 tink
<tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com> wrote:
Having a fit of silliness, I went outside to smoke a butt and blow

some bubbles.
Here’s what I found about about bubbles and 3-D lighting
tonight…
tink

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] unsubscribe please
Date: August 1, 2005 at 11:08:37 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Sorry to have run you off with my diatribe.  I’m not the sharpest tack in the box and would hate to think my ramblings caused you to unsubscribe.  It’s just words and you may know much more about this than me.
—– Original Message —–
From: Andrea Wellman
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 9:54 AM
Subject: [Ibogaine] unsubscribe please

thank you

Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:
The uniformed average US citizen has stood silently as the Bill of Rights has
been clipped off, systematically , the US Constitution.  Such a situation leads to the scenario you have painted Dana and it will only get worse. While I am not one that uses pot in my attempt to fight my addiction,  I cringe with fear at the abuses my government has made in its blatant, intentional and well planned attempt to destroy the Democracy I have been under the illusion I have been living in for the past 50 odd years.  Pick your favorite web site of quotes and find some from the members of the Third Reich.  It  is the same rhetoric being spewed from our leaders as I type.  Spooky stuff.  I am fearful as I clumsily write this although I am not a player or affiliated with any organization that seeks to inflict harm on anyone or this slowly eroding , beautiful country.  As a citizen, I must follow its laws, but geeze,  it’s getting tough as the maze grows.
—– Original Message —–
From: Dana Beal
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 8:09 PM
Subject: [Ibogaine] Emery seized by Forces of Satan; Sacrament of Transition Declares Him Martyr and Candidate for Sainthood

I can do that, you know.

Dana/cnw
North American Apostolic Delegate, Sacrament of Transition

EMERY EMPIRE RAIDED AT REQUEST OF UNITED STATES
Cannabis activist and two others arrested
By Jennifer Garner

Canadian police acting under orders from US officials raided the
headquarters of the British Columbia Marijuana Party (BCMP) in Vancouver
today (Friday, July 22).

The search warrants were authorized at the highest levels of the
provincial government in concert with a cross-border US-Canada law
enforcement pact authorized by the a US-authored Mutual Legal Assistance
in Criminal Matters treaty (MLAT) between the US and Canada.

The US has issued extradition orders for Marc Emery, who was arrested
while traveling in Halifax to a hemp festival, as well as two others who
work with Emery on television productions and other endeavours.

American officials accuse Emery of “a conspiracy to produce marijuana
and distribute marijuana seeds, and money laundering.”

The DEA and other agencies are claiming that by selling seeds to
pot-growing Americans, Emery is engaged in a criminal enterprise with
the growers.

“Their activities resulted in the growing of tens of thousands of
marijuana plants in America,” claims US federal attorney Jeff Sullivan.
“[Emery] was involved, allegedly, in an illegal distribution of
marijuana in [the United States.] He is a drug dealer.”
Vancouver police armed with a search warrant raided the legendary store
in the heart of Vancouver’s “Vansterdam” district.

Chris Bennett, manager of Pot-TV who was onsite when the BCMP center was
raided today, said he is particularly angry that Canadian police were
acting as enforcers of American drug laws.

“They’re taking him down to face charges in the United States of
America, where sentences are much harsher that one would face in
Canada,” said Bennett.

Emery has been arrested for marijuana-related “crimes” many times
before, but those other arrests involved local Canadian charges and
jurisdictions. Today’s charges are far more serious because they involve
US federal laws that stipulate mandatory minimum sentences of 20 years
or more.

Last year, Emery served 90 days in a Saskatoon, Canada jail for passing
a joint.

American officials are seeking Emery’s extradition, which could take six
months to a year. If they do seek to extradite him, he will become
another high-profile cannabis activist seeking to fight off American
attempts to prosecute him.

Renee Boje, whose husband works for Emery at BCMP, has been fighting for
years to quash a US extradition order that seeks to take her from Canada
to face prosecution for cannabis in America. Her legal costs have been
funded by Emery.

According to witnesses, police have chained the BCMP doors, put barriers
on the windows, and are dismantling the store to seize business records,
seeds, computers, and other materials.

The raid took place at 11 am. As of late Friday afternoon, there was no
official statement from Emery or any of those arrested with him.

If past behavior is any indication, however, Emery is likely to be
unrepentant, and will fight the charges and extradition vigorously in
front of judges and in the court of public opinion.

The law enforcement treaty (MLAT) that snared Emery and his compatriots
is part of a global American network of treaties allowing the US to use
foreign police agents to investigate and arrest foreign citizens.

MLAT’s help the US to violate civil rights protections and other
constitutional protections that would normally be afforded to citizens
by their own countries.

The first US bilateral MLAT entered into force with Switzerland in 1977.
The treaties are seen as a powerful tool of US foreign policy and
hegemony. Dozens of countries have entered into MLAT’s with the US since
1977, and the treaties are seen as a way for US police and prosecutors
to arrest people no matter where they live, and even if they are not
guilty of a serious crime in their home country.

The treaties favor prosecutors and police, and make it virtually
impossible for defense attorneys to advocate for clients snared by MLAT
operations.

MLAT’s have been criticized in other countries. Critics say US MLAT
actions against foreigners violate international law, compromise human
rights, and violate national sovereignty.

The Irish Human Rights Commission has complained about a US-Ireland MLAT
that allows CIA agents to secretly question Irish citizens on Irish soil.
The MLAT signed by Minister for Justice Michael McDowell and the US
Ambassador to Ireland James Kenny, gives sweeping powers to US
authorities operating in foreign countries, including the right to seize
documents, check bank accounts and carry out searches of property.

The Irish Human Rights Commission (IHRC) said it would be examining the
agreement, which was pushed through with the promise that it would only
be used to assist the US “war on terror.”

Human rights activists in Ireland are particularly concerned that
interrogations can be carried out in secret, and that the costs of CIA
operations in Ireland will be paid by Irish taxpayers.

The cross-border MLAT efforts sometimes involve enforcement of the
United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances that was finalized worldwide on November 11, 1990.

It is possible that Emery and his associates would be charged with
violating this Convention. In past years, UN officials have condemned
Emery by name.

The raids leave many questions unanswered.

Although Emery is the highest profile marijuana activist in the world,
who publicly airs reality television shows portraying all aspects of
marijuana culture and who hosts marijuana connoisseur events like the
Toker’s Bowl, he is by far not the only person selling marijuana seeds
across international boundaries.

Vansterdam insiders note that while police were raiding Emery’s store on
West Hastings Street in downtown Vancouver, other marijuana seed
businesses were still open for business, and people were smoking
marijuana while watching the raid.

The issue of selective prosecution is also raised by insiders who note
that US and Canadian officials are aware of massive cross-border
organized crime operations that involve guns, hard drugs, and other
illegality on a scale that dwarfs Emery’s marijuana seed business. And
yet it’s Emery, who donates all the money he earns to non-profit
pro-marijuana causes, who is targeted in an unprecedented raid ordered
by the US.

Protesters are on hand at Emery’s store in Vancouver. The man who has
provided bail money, attorneys, and other support for so many marijuana
arrestees now finds himself in the clutches of the US government which
he, his magazine, and his website so accurately describe as a
totalitarian and imperialist hit squad.
For the man who is often called “The Prince of Pot,” today’s arrest is
the ultimate showdown.

After leaving jail last year, Emery said, “Once you get over your fear
of whatever they can do to you, you become empowered to just live as if
marijuana is legal, without much concern for the consequences they
threaten you with. Whatever they do to me- arrest, incarceration, even
if they kill me- it’s not going to make me live in fear. We’re going to
continue to show them that marijuana should be legal, that our culture
is harmless and vibrant, and that it is the drug war, not the cannabis
culture, which threatens public order and safety.

Start your day with Yahoo! – make it your home page

From: “matthew zielinski” <mattzielinski@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] fawn powder?
Date: August 1, 2005 at 11:03:11 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Its funny because when i tried heroin after three months post ibo i didnt enjoy the rush all thatt much…..its only after i started doing it more often the same dull artificial plesaure began to sip in…..and now……well now its not even worth mentioning!

Namaste
Matthew

>From: tink <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
>Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
>To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
>Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] fawn powder?
>Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 16:30:10 -0400
>
>be safe Ekki!!
>It’s not necessary to put yourself in those situations..
>love to you
>tinkermom.
>
>On 7/29/05, ekki <ekkijdfg@gmx.de> wrote:
> > Howard,
> >
> > fawn = light brown
> > i meant some potent Afghan heroin.
> > itīs nearly three month past now.
> > wasnīt a big deal. donīt like it anymore.
> > like you meet someone you once loved and you know itīs over.
> > isnīt that a melancholic feeling, even if you are glad itīs over?
> >
> > i have watched someone shoot up a few times and never felt tempted, but
> > itīs good i donīt live in in the turkish/arab quarter of berlin anymore
> > where scoring half a gram for 20 bucks needed 2 minutes.
> >
> > regards ekki
> >
> >
> > sorry was not clear.
> > Am 29.07.2005 um 21:48 schrieb HSLotsof@aol.com:
> >
> > >
> > > In a message dated 7/29/05 10:45:41 AM, rwd3@cox.net writes:
> > >
> > > << recently did a line
> > >
> > > of the famous fawn powder and felt so bored. >>
> > >
> > > Ekki,
> > >
> > > What is fawn powder?
> > >
> > > Howard
> > >
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From: Andrea Wellman <crazyhazeyworld@yahoo.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] unsubscribe please
Date: August 1, 2005 at 10:54:40 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

thank you

Ron Davis <rwd3@cox.net> wrote:
The uniformed average US citizen has stood silently as the Bill of Rights has
been clipped off, systematically , the US Constitution.  Such a situation leads to the scenario you have painted Dana and it will only get worse. While I am not one that uses pot in my attempt to fight my addiction,  I cringe with fear at the abuses my government has made in its blatant, intentional and well planned attempt to destroy the Democracy I have been under the illusion I have been living in for the past 50 odd years.  Pick your favorite web site of quotes and find some from the members of the Third Reich.  It  is the same rhetoric being spewed from our leaders as I type.  Spooky stuff.  I am fearful as I clumsily write this although I am not a player or affiliated with any organization that seeks to inflict harm on anyone or this slowly eroding , beautiful country.  As a citizen, I must follow its laws, but geeze,  it’s getting tough as the maze grows.
—– Original Message —–
From: Dana Beal
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 8:09 PM
Subject: [Ibogaine] Emery seized by Forces of Satan; Sacrament of Transition Declares Him Martyr and Candidate for Sainthood

I can do that, you know.

Dana/cnw
North American Apostolic Delegate, Sacrament of Transition

EMERY EMPIRE RAIDED AT REQUEST OF UNITED STATES
Cannabis activist and two others arrested
By Jennifer Garner

Canadian police acting under orders from US officials raided the
headquarters of the British Columbia Marijuana Party (BCMP) in Vancouver
today (Friday, July 22).

The search warrants were authorized at the highest levels of the
provincial government in concert with a cross-border US-Canada law
enforcement pact authorized by the a US-authored Mutual Legal Assistance
in Criminal Matters treaty (MLAT) between the US and Canada.

The US has issued extradition orders for Marc Emery, who was arrested
while traveling in Halifax to a hemp festival, as well as two others who
work with Emery on television productions and other endeavours.

American officials accuse Emery of “a conspiracy to produce marijuana
and distribute marijuana seeds, and money laundering.”

The DEA and other agencies are claiming that by selling seeds to
pot-growing Americans, Emery is engaged in a criminal enterprise with
the growers.

“Their activities resulted in the growing of tens of thousands of
marijuana plants in America,” claims US federal attorney Jeff Sullivan.
“[Emery] was involved, allegedly, in an illegal distribution of
marijuana in [the United States.] He is a drug dealer.”
Vancouver police armed with a search warrant raided the legendary store
in the heart of Vancouver’s “Vansterdam” district.

Chris Bennett, manager of Pot-TV who was onsite when the BCMP center was
raided today, said he is particularly angry that Canadian police were
acting as enforcers of American drug laws.

“They’re taking him down to face charges in the United States of
America, where sentences are much harsher that one would face in
Canada,” said Bennett.

Emery has been arrested for marijuana-related “crimes” many times
before, but those other arrests involved local Canadian charges and
jurisdictions. Today’s charges are far more serious because they involve
US federal laws that stipulate mandatory minimum sentences of 20 years
or more.

Last year, Emery served 90 days in a Saskatoon, Canada jail for passing
a joint.

American officials are seeking Emery’s extradition, which could take six
months to a year. If they do seek to extradite him, he will become
another high-profile cannabis activist seeking to fight off American
attempts to prosecute him.

Renee Boje, whose husband works for Emery at BCMP, has been fighting for
years to quash a US extradition order that seeks to take her from Canada
to face prosecution for cannabis in America. Her legal costs have been
funded by Emery.

According to witnesses, police have chained the BCMP doors, put barriers
on the windows, and are dismantling the store to seize business records,
seeds, computers, and other materials.

The raid took place at 11 am. As of late Friday afternoon, there was no
official statement from Emery or any of those arrested with him.

If past behavior is any indication, however, Emery is likely to be
unrepentant, and will fight the charges and extradition vigorously in
front of judges and in the court of public opinion.

The law enforcement treaty (MLAT) that snared Emery and his compatriots
is part of a global American network of treaties allowing the US to use
foreign police agents to investigate and arrest foreign citizens.

MLAT’s help the US to violate civil rights protections and other
constitutional protections that would normally be afforded to citizens
by their own countries.

The first US bilateral MLAT entered into force with Switzerland in 1977.
The treaties are seen as a powerful tool of US foreign policy and
hegemony. Dozens of countries have entered into MLAT’s with the US since
1977, and the treaties are seen as a way for US police and prosecutors
to arrest people no matter where they live, and even if they are not
guilty of a serious crime in their home country.

The treaties favor prosecutors and police, and make it virtually
impossible for defense attorneys to advocate for clients snared by MLAT
operations.

MLAT’s have been criticized in other countries. Critics say US MLAT
actions against foreigners violate international law, compromise human
rights, and violate national sovereignty.

The Irish Human Rights Commission has complained about a US-Ireland MLAT
that allows CIA agents to secretly question Irish citizens on Irish soil.
The MLAT signed by Minister for Justice Michael McDowell and the US
Ambassador to Ireland James Kenny, gives sweeping powers to US
authorities operating in foreign countries, including the right to seize
documents, check bank accounts and carry out searches of property.

The Irish Human Rights Commission (IHRC) said it would be examining the
agreement, which was pushed through with the promise that it would only
be used to assist the US “war on terror.”

Human rights activists in Ireland are particularly concerned that
interrogations can be carried out in secret, and that the costs of CIA
operations in Ireland will be paid by Irish taxpayers.

The cross-border MLAT efforts sometimes involve enforcement of the
United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances that was finalized worldwide on November 11, 1990.

It is possible that Emery and his associates would be charged with
violating this Convention. In past years, UN officials have condemned
Emery by name.

The raids leave many questions unanswered.

Although Emery is the highest profile marijuana activist in the world,
who publicly airs reality television shows portraying all aspects of
marijuana culture and who hosts marijuana connoisseur events like the
Toker’s Bowl, he is by far not the only person selling marijuana seeds
across international boundaries.

Vansterdam insiders note that while police were raiding Emery’s store on
West Hastings Street in downtown Vancouver, other marijuana seed
businesses were still open for business, and people were smoking
marijuana while watching the raid.

The issue of selective prosecution is also raised by insiders who note
that US and Canadian officials are aware of massive cross-border
organized crime operations that involve guns, hard drugs, and other
illegality on a scale that dwarfs Emery’s marijuana seed business. And
yet it’s Emery, who donates all the money he earns to non-profit
pro-marijuana causes, who is targeted in an unprecedented raid ordered
by the US.

Protesters are on hand at Emery’s store in Vancouver. The man who has
provided bail money, attorneys, and other support for so many marijuana
arrestees now finds himself in the clutches of the US government which
he, his magazine, and his website so accurately describe as a
totalitarian and imperialist hit squad.
For the man who is often called “The Prince of Pot,” today’s arrest is
the ultimate showdown.

After leaving jail last year, Emery said, “Once you get over your fear
of whatever they can do to you, you become empowered to just live as if
marijuana is legal, without much concern for the consequences they
threaten you with. Whatever they do to me- arrest, incarceration, even
if they kill me- it’s not going to make me live in fear. We’re going to
continue to show them that marijuana should be legal, that our culture
is harmless and vibrant, and that it is the drug war, not the cannabis
culture, which threatens public order and safety.

Start your day with Yahoo! – make it your home page

From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Emery seized by Forces of Satan; Sacrament of Transition Declares Him Martyr and Candidate for Sainthood
Date: August 1, 2005 at 10:50:00 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

The uniformed average US citizen has stood silently as the Bill of Rights has
been clipped off, systematically , the US Constitution.  Such a situation leads to the scenario you have painted Dana and it will only get worse. While I am not one that uses pot in my attempt to fight my addiction,  I cringe with fear at the abuses my government has made in its blatant, intentional and well planned attempt to destroy the Democracy I have been under the illusion I have been living in for the past 50 odd years.  Pick your favorite web site of quotes and find some from the members of the Third Reich.  It  is the same rhetoric being spewed from our leaders as I type.  Spooky stuff.  I am fearful as I clumsily write this although I am not a player or affiliated with any organization that seeks to inflict harm on anyone or this slowly eroding , beautiful country.  As a citizen, I must follow its laws, but geeze,  it’s getting tough as the maze grows.
—– Original Message —–
From: Dana Beal
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 8:09 PM
Subject: [Ibogaine] Emery seized by Forces of Satan; Sacrament of Transition Declares Him Martyr and Candidate for Sainthood

I can do that, you know.

Dana/cnw
North American Apostolic Delegate, Sacrament of Transition

EMERY EMPIRE RAIDED AT REQUEST OF UNITED STATES
Cannabis activist and two others arrested
By Jennifer Garner

Canadian police acting under orders from US officials raided the
headquarters of the British Columbia Marijuana Party (BCMP) in Vancouver
today (Friday, July 22).

The search warrants were authorized at the highest levels of the
provincial government in concert with a cross-border US-Canada law
enforcement pact authorized by the a US-authored Mutual Legal Assistance
in Criminal Matters treaty (MLAT) between the US and Canada.

The US has issued extradition orders for Marc Emery, who was arrested
while traveling in Halifax to a hemp festival, as well as two others who
work with Emery on television productions and other endeavours.

American officials accuse Emery of “a conspiracy to produce marijuana
and distribute marijuana seeds, and money laundering.”

The DEA and other agencies are claiming that by selling seeds to
pot-growing Americans, Emery is engaged in a criminal enterprise with
the growers.

“Their activities resulted in the growing of tens of thousands of
marijuana plants in America,” claims US federal attorney Jeff Sullivan.
“[Emery] was involved, allegedly, in an illegal distribution of
marijuana in [the United States.] He is a drug dealer.”
Vancouver police armed with a search warrant raided the legendary store
in the heart of Vancouver’s “Vansterdam” district.

Chris Bennett, manager of Pot-TV who was onsite when the BCMP center was
raided today, said he is particularly angry that Canadian police were
acting as enforcers of American drug laws.

“They’re taking him down to face charges in the United States of
America, where sentences are much harsher that one would face in
Canada,” said Bennett.

Emery has been arrested for marijuana-related “crimes” many times
before, but those other arrests involved local Canadian charges and
jurisdictions. Today’s charges are far more serious because they involve
US federal laws that stipulate mandatory minimum sentences of 20 years
or more.

Last year, Emery served 90 days in a Saskatoon, Canada jail for passing
a joint.

American officials are seeking Emery’s extradition, which could take six
months to a year. If they do seek to extradite him, he will become
another high-profile cannabis activist seeking to fight off American
attempts to prosecute him.

Renee Boje, whose husband works for Emery at BCMP, has been fighting for
years to quash a US extradition order that seeks to take her from Canada
to face prosecution for cannabis in America. Her legal costs have been
funded by Emery.

According to witnesses, police have chained the BCMP doors, put barriers
on the windows, and are dismantling the store to seize business records,
seeds, computers, and other materials.

The raid took place at 11 am. As of late Friday afternoon, there was no
official statement from Emery or any of those arrested with him.

If past behavior is any indication, however, Emery is likely to be
unrepentant, and will fight the charges and extradition vigorously in
front of judges and in the court of public opinion.

The law enforcement treaty (MLAT) that snared Emery and his compatriots
is part of a global American network of treaties allowing the US to use
foreign police agents to investigate and arrest foreign citizens.

MLAT’s help the US to violate civil rights protections and other
constitutional protections that would normally be afforded to citizens
by their own countries.

The first US bilateral MLAT entered into force with Switzerland in 1977.
The treaties are seen as a powerful tool of US foreign policy and
hegemony. Dozens of countries have entered into MLAT’s with the US since
1977, and the treaties are seen as a way for US police and prosecutors
to arrest people no matter where they live, and even if they are not
guilty of a serious crime in their home country.

The treaties favor prosecutors and police, and make it virtually
impossible for defense attorneys to advocate for clients snared by MLAT
operations.

MLAT’s have been criticized in other countries. Critics say US MLAT
actions against foreigners violate international law, compromise human
rights, and violate national sovereignty.

The Irish Human Rights Commission has complained about a US-Ireland MLAT
that allows CIA agents to secretly question Irish citizens on Irish soil.
The MLAT signed by Minister for Justice Michael McDowell and the US
Ambassador to Ireland James Kenny, gives sweeping powers to US
authorities operating in foreign countries, including the right to seize
documents, check bank accounts and carry out searches of property.

The Irish Human Rights Commission (IHRC) said it would be examining the
agreement, which was pushed through with the promise that it would only
be used to assist the US “war on terror.”

Human rights activists in Ireland are particularly concerned that
interrogations can be carried out in secret, and that the costs of CIA
operations in Ireland will be paid by Irish taxpayers.

The cross-border MLAT efforts sometimes involve enforcement of the
United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances that was finalized worldwide on November 11, 1990.

It is possible that Emery and his associates would be charged with
violating this Convention. In past years, UN officials have condemned
Emery by name.

The raids leave many questions unanswered.

Although Emery is the highest profile marijuana activist in the world,
who publicly airs reality television shows portraying all aspects of
marijuana culture and who hosts marijuana connoisseur events like the
Toker’s Bowl, he is by far not the only person selling marijuana seeds
across international boundaries.

Vansterdam insiders note that while police were raiding Emery’s store on
West Hastings Street in downtown Vancouver, other marijuana seed
businesses were still open for business, and people were smoking
marijuana while watching the raid.

The issue of selective prosecution is also raised by insiders who note
that US and Canadian officials are aware of massive cross-border
organized crime operations that involve guns, hard drugs, and other
illegality on a scale that dwarfs Emery’s marijuana seed business. And
yet it’s Emery, who donates all the money he earns to non-profit
pro-marijuana causes, who is targeted in an unprecedented raid ordered
by the US.

Protesters are on hand at Emery’s store in Vancouver. The man who has
provided bail money, attorneys, and other support for so many marijuana
arrestees now finds himself in the clutches of the US government which
he, his magazine, and his website so accurately describe as a
totalitarian and imperialist hit squad.
For the man who is often called “The Prince of Pot,” today’s arrest is
the ultimate showdown.

After leaving jail last year, Emery said, “Once you get over your fear
of whatever they can do to you, you become empowered to just live as if
marijuana is legal, without much concern for the consequences they
threaten you with. Whatever they do to me- arrest, incarceration, even
if they kill me- it’s not going to make me live in fear. We’re going to
continue to show them that marijuana should be legal, that our culture
is harmless and vibrant, and that it is the drug war, not the cannabis
culture, which threatens public order and safety.

From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fw: Some Canadian figures on withdrawals after rapid detox(added coomentary by layperson).
Date: August 1, 2005 at 10:18:23 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

It all seems so simple until science gets involved.  Withdrawals hurt,  the fear of withdrawals keep many addicts from getting straight. Most can be detoxed with humane one step chemicals like IBO or benevolent tapers using the same drug one is addicted to.  The DEA and AMA won’t allow benevolent tapers using these addicting drugs which cost pennies to manufacture so the M.D.’s that are compassionate have to make up reasons to prescribe the tapering drug.  It appears,  IMHO,  that society requires the addict suffer to some unpleasant degree,  a significant period of pain before the suffering addict is allowed to experience sobriety.  Money seams to ease the addict’s pain by allowing him/her access to humane treatment centers but then that person is labeled, if insured,  through the medical information computer data base.I realize all the professionals on the list will view this as an oversimplification of the problem and I certainly don’t have the credentials to support my opinion. I didn’t get 25 years of post graduate work, only  four.  I have not studied thousands of patients and read all the medical journals,  I have just suffered,  by my own hands,  through four decades of fighting this battle.  Hope I win.  God bless the enlightened ,  compassionate M.D.’s
that help the suffering addict and the laypeople like the underground providers and may HELL reign on those seeking to make money off schmucks like me who keep the hoop turning as I fight this thing to save my career, family and life. Thanks to all who post here as I read most.  Wishing all a peaceful path,  I’m quite sure I haven’t found it because of my own deficiencies,  but I still try.  ron
—– Original Message —–
From: Preston Peet
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com ; drugwar@mindvox.com
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 10:01 PM
Subject: [Ibogaine] Fw: Some Canadian figures on withdrawals after rapid detox.

—– Original Message —–
From: Andrew Byrne
To: ajbyrne@ozemail.com.au
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 9:26 PM
Subject: Some Canadian figures on withdrawals after rapid detox.

Measurement of Symptom Withdrawal Severity in a 24-Hour Period After the Anesthesia-Assisted Rapid Opiate Detoxification Procedure. Teplin D, Raz B, et al.  American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse (2005) 31;2:327-335

Dear Colleagues,
These authors from Canada should be commended for joining the small group who report aspects of outcomes after commercial rapid detox procedures.  However, the only outcome reported here is a clinical withdrawal rating at 1 and 24 hours after the rapid detox procedure in 40 subjects, 70% of whom were dependent on heroin and/or methadone.  It is not clear if they were consecutive or chosen in another manner, ‘retrospectively’.  Seventy five percent of subjects were Caucasian with the remaining 25% Asian.

In this seven page article, the ‘results’ section takes eight lines, using the somewhat clumsy wording: “The average [withdrawal score] for the group supports lowered symptoms over a 24-hour period.  For 5 out of 40 patients this was not the case, that is, their change scores were negative, which indicated increased withdrawal symptoms”.  So, as well as for some whose symptoms became worse over 24 hours, another proportion would have had no significant change in withdrawal ratings, yet these are lumped with the former 35 of 40 subjects given the procedure.  It is disappointing that the authors do not apparently trust readers with the raw data, even in a graphic form, giving only a block table of averaged scores.

Prospective patients, families and others may be disappointed that a novel, expensive treatment for a chronic condition is only examined for one single day in this publication.  It may reflect a prevalent view that some such facilities are less interested in the long term outcomes than in performing the procedure and ‘moving on’.  This institution has done more than most by publishing a series of outcome findings in a peer reviewed journal.

I have looked up the institution on a web search and found two matches.  One quotes a figure of $5300.00 (Canadian) for a procedure [http://www.westerndetox.com/price.html accessed 16/7/05], while the FAQ site is ‘under construction’ which would be something of a disappointment for prospective addicted candidates [http://www.canadadetox.com/English/faq.asp accessed 16/7/05].

Another of the linked pages states “As it stands now, 6-8 out of 10 patients who are detoxed successfully will relapse in the first six months, back to their drug of choice. In an effort to dramatically improve those numbers, our centre encourages that all patients participate both in the Naltrexone Pellet Maintenance Program and a structured aftercare program conducted by an addiction specialist.”  [Thus the suggested treatment will cost more if the naltrexone ‘pellets’ are chosen.]

Thus because the procedure has such a poor reported success rate, the clinic advises an untested and unregistered sub-cutaneous drug treatment as an optional ‘add-on’.

Everyone in the field knows how earnestly many of our patients are seeking abstinence.  It may be this factor which clouds some people’s judgment and fuels the use of expensive and unproven approaches.  The first unhappy reports of rapid detoxification for opiate addiction were from 1899 [MacLeod, N. Cure of morphine, chloral, and cocaine habits by sodium bromide. Brit Med Journ (1899) 15/4/1899 p896].  The procedure may well be appropriate for some candidates but until some selection criteria are reported with outcome results, we will remain in the dark.

comments by Andrew Byrne ..

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dr Andrew Byrne MB BS (Syd) FAChAM (RACP)
Dependency Medicine,
75 Redfern Street, Redfern,
New South Wales, 2016, Australia
Email – ajbyrneATozemail.com.au
Tel (61 – 2) 9319 5524  Fax 9318 0631
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2005/s1418817.htm
Author of: “Addict in the Family” http://www.csdp.org/addict/
My grandfather Harry Gracie’s letters from 1924 trip to Mayo Clinic:
http://bpresent.com/harry/code/mayo.htm

From: Dana Beal <dana@phantom.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] Marc Faces Death Penalty
Date: August 1, 2005 at 10:01:45 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

From: rbirkett@freedomactivist.org

Activists-

If Marc Emery is implicated in manufacture of more than 60,000 plants, he
may be subject to a possible death sentence under US law. Few people know
that a US law that permits the death penalty in cases where a life sentence
could be imposed and the quantities alleged are double the minumum quantity
for a life sentence. US law provides for a life sentence for manufacture of
30,000 or more plants. I believe it was Bruce Cain who alerted area
activists of this little known aspect of US law.

Canada has a policy of not extraditing defendants who are subject to a
possible death sentence. Maybe, Marc Emery’s defense attorneys could use
this strategy to stop Emery’s extradition. They have to be careful not to
reveal this strategy prior to the extradition hearing, or the prosecution
will manufacture (pun intended) an arbitrary number under 60,000.

-Rich Birkett
Freedom Activist Network
www.freedomactivist.net

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From: “Ron Davis” <rwd3@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Fw: Some Canadian figures on withdrawals after rapid detox( added commentary by layperson).
Date: August 1, 2005 at 9:46:02 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

—– Original Message —–
From: Preston Peet
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com ; drugwar@mindvox.com
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 10:01 PM
Subject: [Ibogaine] Fw: Some Canadian figures on withdrawals after rapid detox.

—– Original Message —–
From: Andrew Byrne
To: ajbyrne@ozemail.com.au
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 9:26 PM
Subject: Some Canadian figures on withdrawals after rapid detox.

Measurement of Symptom Withdrawal Severity in a 24-Hour Period After the Anesthesia-Assisted Rapid Opiate Detoxification Procedure. Teplin D, Raz B, et al.  American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse (2005) 31;2:327-335

Dear Colleagues,
These authors from Canada should be commended for joining the small group who report aspects of outcomes after commercial rapid detox procedures.  However, the only outcome reported here is a clinical withdrawal rating at 1 and 24 hours after the rapid detox procedure in 40 subjects, 70% of whom were dependent on heroin and/or methadone.  It is not clear if they were consecutive or chosen in another manner, ‘retrospectively’.  Seventy five percent of subjects were Caucasian with the remaining 25% Asian.

In this seven page article, the ‘results’ section takes eight lines, using the somewhat clumsy wording: “The average [withdrawal score] for the group supports lowered symptoms over a 24-hour period.  For 5 out of 40 patients this was not the case, that is, their change scores were negative, which indicated increased withdrawal symptoms”.  So, as well as for some whose symptoms became worse over 24 hours, another proportion would have had no significant change in withdrawal ratings, yet these are lumped with the former 35 of 40 subjects given the procedure.  It is disappointing that the authors do not apparently trust readers with the raw data, even in a graphic form, giving only a block table of averaged scores.

Prospective patients, families and others may be disappointed that a novel, expensive treatment for a chronic condition is only examined for one single day in this publication.  It may reflect a prevalent view that some such facilities are less interested in the long term outcomes than in performing the procedure and ‘moving on’.  This institution has done more than most by publishing a series of outcome findings in a peer reviewed journal.

I have looked up the institution on a web search and found two matches.  One quotes a figure of $5300.00 (Canadian) for a procedure [http://www.westerndetox.com/price.html accessed 16/7/05], while the FAQ site is ‘under construction’ which would be something of a disappointment for prospective addicted candidates [http://www.canadadetox.com/English/faq.asp accessed 16/7/05].

Another of the linked pages states “As it stands now, 6-8 out of 10 patients who are detoxed successfully will relapse in the first six months, back to their drug of choice. In an effort to dramatically improve those numbers, our centre encourages that all patients participate both in the Naltrexone Pellet Maintenance Program and a structured aftercare program conducted by an addiction specialist.”  [Thus the suggested treatment will cost more if the naltrexone ‘pellets’ are chosen.]

Thus because the procedure has such a poor reported success rate, the clinic advises an untested and unregistered sub-cutaneous drug treatment as an optional ‘add-on’.

Everyone in the field knows how earnestly many of our patients are seeking abstinence.  It may be this factor which clouds some people’s judgment and fuels the use of expensive and unproven approaches.  The first unhappy reports of rapid detoxification for opiate addiction were from 1899 [MacLeod, N. Cure of morphine, chloral, and cocaine habits by sodium bromide. Brit Med Journ (1899) 15/4/1899 p896].  The procedure may well be appropriate for some candidates but until some selection criteria are reported with outcome results, we will remain in the dark.

comments by Andrew Byrne ..

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dr Andrew Byrne MB BS (Syd) FAChAM (RACP)
Dependency Medicine,
75 Redfern Street, Redfern,
New South Wales, 2016, Australia
Email – ajbyrneATozemail.com.au
Tel (61 – 2) 9319 5524  Fax 9318 0631
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2005/s1418817.htm
Author of: “Addict in the Family” http://www.csdp.org/addict/
My grandfather Harry Gracie’s letters from 1924 trip to Mayo Clinic:
http://bpresent.com/harry/code/mayo.htm

From: Kirk <captkirk@clear.net.nz>
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] (WAY OT) Re: [Ibogaine] protein and mushrooms
Date: August 1, 2005 at 4:48:16 AM EDT
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Pointing and Laughing her head off @Preston!!
I’ll make ya a deal ok? YOU explain MEN to women, and I’ll just sit here and
laugh cos there really is nothing to explain hahahahahahaha,
Anyway, would love to help you out… but I’m the Anti-woman…not into all
that girly stuff, and shopping, fark off… rather die, and makeup, apart
from the odd eyeliner and mascara which I do think make the eyes of either
sex stand out incredibly…..and um……
Yeh, sorry mate, I’m not your man…. or woman!!
Heh, sounds like you guyz are having a good one!!  I bet the E sorted out
the women problem pretty quick??? Lol
May your chocolate mushrooms last as long as the sex :o)
Giggle
Kirk

—–Original Message—–
From: Preston Peet [mailto:ptpeet@nyc.rr.com]
Sent: Monday, 1 August 2005 7:52 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: [Ibogaine] (WAY OT) Re: [Ibogaine] protein and mushrooms

and will someone PLEASE FREAKIN’ EXPLAIN WOMEN TI ME? PLEASE? I’m not
yelling, really, I’m calm, rational, high as a kite but rational, but
someone, anyone, please just EXPLAIN WOMEN TO ME! Damn it!
Why do they ALL have to be so darned, whatever it is they are at any given
moment in time?

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often
mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations,
Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —–
From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 2:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] protein and mushrooms

Hey, and not only is sex on chocolate mushrooms awesome, but taking that
tct-2 the very next night and listening to V do her djing behind me while
I sit here in the dark tripping…ummm, what was I saying, oh yeah, that
I’ve had sitting around the arpartment since I first did ibogaine is
pretty cool too (but I only HAD ONE AND IT’S GONE AND SO ARE ANY OTHER
ILLEGAL DRUGS. They are ALL GONE NOW, so please don’t come by feds, I have

NOTHING ILLEGAL IN MY HOME. I Promise Seriously. I ate it all now, it’s
all gone).
‘-)
Cyrpitism while tipping, how cool is that, and my typing sorta makes
sense too, even if what I’m actually typing doesn’t.

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often
mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations,
Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —–
From: “Kirk” <captkirk@clear.net.nz>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 12:03 AM
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] protein and mushrooms

What I think he’s trying to tell us is that…..um….no scratch that, I
have no idea what he’s on about.  Such a cryptic person non?  Never know
what he’s saying!!
;o)
Lirky

—–Original Message—–
From: tink [mailto:tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, 1 August 2005 2:08 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] protein and mushrooms

Are you trying to tell us something, here, Preston?
;}
you go…
love
tink

On 7/31/05, Preston Peet <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
I don’t know actually, but I can say with very recent experience that
chocolate mushroom candies and sex go great together- incredibly great
together actually. Really, really, really great together.

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often
mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations,
Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —–
From: “tink” <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 1:16 AM
Subject: [Ibogaine] protein and mushrooms

Does any one know hat sort, if any, of proteins are in mushrooms? The
garden salad variety…
Thank you
tink
My dad is horribly allergic…researching

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] (WAY OT) Re: [Ibogaine] protein and mushrooms
Date: August 1, 2005 at 4:26:07 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

and oh what the hell feds, now we’re REALLY out of illegal drugs, because we found, and ate, the last of the incredible E some friend gave us a while ago- brown stuff, which I’d never heard of but it really quite good. We ate that less than an hour ago, so I guess we’re making a night of it- again.
Hmmmm.
And I have barely enough pain killers to hit my pain, much less keep off withdrawals, and since the last ibo session, at a mere 600, I don’t even care, I’m fine with it, I’m not feeling paniced (right now anyway, and of course, I am already high as a kite), but seriously, I don’t feel a problem with things right this moment. There’s weird shit going on in my own person life’s mind, but I’m dealing with it, and I’ve definitely gotten a LOT out of my ibo experiences. Without a doubt, even at my darkest, “oh you freakin’ clean people” moods.

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 3:51 AM
Subject: [Ibogaine] (WAY OT) Re: [Ibogaine] protein and mushrooms

and will someone PLEASE FREAKIN’ EXPLAIN WOMEN TI ME? PLEASE? I’m not yelling, really, I’m calm, rational, high as a kite but rational, but someone, anyone, please just EXPLAIN WOMEN TO ME! Damn it!
Why do they ALL have to be so darned, whatever it is they are at any given moment in time?

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 2:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] protein and mushrooms

Hey, and not only is sex on chocolate mushrooms awesome, but taking that tct-2 the very next night and listening to V do her djing behind me while I sit here in the dark tripping…ummm, what was I saying, oh yeah, that I’ve had sitting around the arpartment since I first did ibogaine is pretty cool too (but I only HAD ONE AND IT’S GONE AND SO ARE ANY OTHER ILLEGAL DRUGS. They are ALL GONE NOW, so please don’t come by feds, I have NOTHING ILLEGAL IN MY HOME. I Promise Seriously. I ate it all now, it’s all gone).
‘-)
Cyrpitism while tipping, how cool is that, and my typing sorta makes sense too, even if what I’m actually typing doesn’t.

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: “Kirk” <captkirk@clear.net.nz>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 12:03 AM
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] protein and mushrooms

What I think he’s trying to tell us is that…..um….no scratch that, I
have no idea what he’s on about.  Such a cryptic person non?  Never know
what he’s saying!!
;o)
Lirky

—–Original Message—–
From: tink [mailto:tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, 1 August 2005 2:08 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] protein and mushrooms

Are you trying to tell us something, here, Preston?
;}
you go…
love
tink

On 7/31/05, Preston Peet <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
I don’t know actually, but I can say with very recent experience that
chocolate mushroom candies and sex go great together- incredibly great
together actually. Really, really, really great together.

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often
mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations,
Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —–
From: “tink” <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 1:16 AM
Subject: [Ibogaine] protein and mushrooms

Does any one know hat sort, if any, of proteins are in mushrooms? The
garden salad variety…
Thank you
tink
My dad is horribly allergic…researching

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: [Ibogaine] (WAY OT) Re: [Ibogaine] protein and mushrooms
Date: August 1, 2005 at 3:51:57 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

and will someone PLEASE FREAKIN’ EXPLAIN WOMEN TI ME? PLEASE? I’m not yelling, really, I’m calm, rational, high as a kite but rational, but someone, anyone, please just EXPLAIN WOMEN TO ME! Damn it!
Why do they ALL have to be so darned, whatever it is they are at any given moment in time?

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 2:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] protein and mushrooms

Hey, and not only is sex on chocolate mushrooms awesome, but taking that tct-2 the very next night and listening to V do her djing behind me while I sit here in the dark tripping…ummm, what was I saying, oh yeah, that I’ve had sitting around the arpartment since I first did ibogaine is pretty cool too (but I only HAD ONE AND IT’S GONE AND SO ARE ANY OTHER ILLEGAL DRUGS. They are ALL GONE NOW, so please don’t come by feds, I have NOTHING ILLEGAL IN MY HOME. I Promise Seriously. I ate it all now, it’s all gone).
‘-)
Cyrpitism while tipping, how cool is that, and my typing sorta makes sense too, even if what I’m actually typing doesn’t.

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: “Kirk” <captkirk@clear.net.nz>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 12:03 AM
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] protein and mushrooms

What I think he’s trying to tell us is that…..um….no scratch that, I
have no idea what he’s on about.  Such a cryptic person non?  Never know
what he’s saying!!
;o)
Lirky

—–Original Message—–
From: tink [mailto:tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, 1 August 2005 2:08 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] protein and mushrooms

Are you trying to tell us something, here, Preston?
;}
you go…
love
tink

On 7/31/05, Preston Peet <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
I don’t know actually, but I can say with very recent experience that
chocolate mushroom candies and sex go great together- incredibly great
together actually. Really, really, really great together.

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often
mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations,
Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —–
From: “tink” <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 1:16 AM
Subject: [Ibogaine] protein and mushrooms

Does any one know hat sort, if any, of proteins are in mushrooms? The
garden salad variety…
Thank you
tink
My dad is horribly allergic…researching

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From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Emery seized by Forces of Satan; Sacrament of Transition Declares Him Martyr and Candidate for Sainthood
Date: August 1, 2005 at 2:49:09 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

yeah, and I DO NOT LIVE THERE ANY MORE, and wouldn’t.
Egad. But I have visited once or twice, beautiful place, and MAPS has their office in my home town, but otherwise, besides bikinis and beaches, screw florida.

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.
—– Original Message —–
From: Ron Davis
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 11:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Emery seized by Forces of Satan; Sacrament of Transition Declares Him Martyr and Candidate for Sainthood

times have changed in Fl
—– Original Message —–
From: Preston Peet
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 9:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Emery seized by Forces of Satan; Sacrament of Transition Declares Him Martyr and Candidate for Sainthood

In 1981 in Florida a friend of mine was caught at school with seeds but no pot- the police could not arrest him because seeds were not illegal.
Weird.

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.
—– Original Message —–
From: Ron Davis
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 1:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] Emery seized by Forces of Satan; Sacrament of Transition Declares Him Martyr and Candidate for Sainthood

In Federal Court in the US, the accused is prosecuted on the yield of the seeds. A handful of seeds is tantamount to hundreds of kilos of reefer…end result, life sentence unless one rollsover.  Bill of Rights, scratch it.   Sentencing guidelines handcuff judges and the US attorney gets to play god.ron
—– Original Message —–
From: Dana Beal
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 8:09 PM
Subject: [Ibogaine] Emery seized by Forces of Satan; Sacrament of Transition Declares Him Martyr and Candidate for Sainthood

I can do that, you know.

Dana/cnw
North American Apostolic Delegate, Sacrament of Transition

EMERY EMPIRE RAIDED AT REQUEST OF UNITED STATES
Cannabis activist and two others arrested
By Jennifer Garner

Canadian police acting under orders from US officials raided the
headquarters of the British Columbia Marijuana Party (BCMP) in Vancouver
today (Friday, July 22).

The search warrants were authorized at the highest levels of the
provincial government in concert with a cross-border US-Canada law
enforcement pact authorized by the a US-authored Mutual Legal Assistance
in Criminal Matters treaty (MLAT) between the US and Canada.

The US has issued extradition orders for Marc Emery, who was arrested
while traveling in Halifax to a hemp festival, as well as two others who
work with Emery on television productions and other endeavours.

American officials accuse Emery of “a conspiracy to produce marijuana
and distribute marijuana seeds, and money laundering.”

The DEA and other agencies are claiming that by selling seeds to
pot-growing Americans, Emery is engaged in a criminal enterprise with
the growers.

“Their activities resulted in the growing of tens of thousands of
marijuana plants in America,” claims US federal attorney Jeff Sullivan.
“[Emery] was involved, allegedly, in an illegal distribution of
marijuana in [the United States.] He is a drug dealer.”
Vancouver police armed with a search warrant raided the legendary store
in the heart of Vancouver’s “Vansterdam” district.

Chris Bennett, manager of Pot-TV who was onsite when the BCMP center was
raided today, said he is particularly angry that Canadian police were
acting as enforcers of American drug laws.

“They’re taking him down to face charges in the United States of
America, where sentences are much harsher that one would face in
Canada,” said Bennett.

Emery has been arrested for marijuana-related “crimes” many times
before, but those other arrests involved local Canadian charges and
jurisdictions. Today’s charges are far more serious because they involve
US federal laws that stipulate mandatory minimum sentences of 20 years
or more.

Last year, Emery served 90 days in a Saskatoon, Canada jail for passing
a joint.

American officials are seeking Emery’s extradition, which could take six
months to a year. If they do seek to extradite him, he will become
another high-profile cannabis activist seeking to fight off American
attempts to prosecute him.

Renee Boje, whose husband works for Emery at BCMP, has been fighting for
years to quash a US extradition order that seeks to take her from Canada
to face prosecution for cannabis in America. Her legal costs have been
funded by Emery.

According to witnesses, police have chained the BCMP doors, put barriers
on the windows, and are dismantling the store to seize business records,
seeds, computers, and other materials.

The raid took place at 11 am. As of late Friday afternoon, there was no
official statement from Emery or any of those arrested with him.

If past behavior is any indication, however, Emery is likely to be
unrepentant, and will fight the charges and extradition vigorously in
front of judges and in the court of public opinion.

The law enforcement treaty (MLAT) that snared Emery and his compatriots
is part of a global American network of treaties allowing the US to use
foreign police agents to investigate and arrest foreign citizens.

MLAT’s help the US to violate civil rights protections and other
constitutional protections that would normally be afforded to citizens
by their own countries.

The first US bilateral MLAT entered into force with Switzerland in 1977.
The treaties are seen as a powerful tool of US foreign policy and
hegemony. Dozens of countries have entered into MLAT’s with the US since
1977, and the treaties are seen as a way for US police and prosecutors
to arrest people no matter where they live, and even if they are not
guilty of a serious crime in their home country.

The treaties favor prosecutors and police, and make it virtually
impossible for defense attorneys to advocate for clients snared by MLAT
operations.

MLAT’s have been criticized in other countries. Critics say US MLAT
actions against foreigners violate international law, compromise human
rights, and violate national sovereignty.

The Irish Human Rights Commission has complained about a US-Ireland MLAT
that allows CIA agents to secretly question Irish citizens on Irish soil.
The MLAT signed by Minister for Justice Michael McDowell and the US
Ambassador to Ireland James Kenny, gives sweeping powers to US
authorities operating in foreign countries, including the right to seize
documents, check bank accounts and carry out searches of property.

The Irish Human Rights Commission (IHRC) said it would be examining the
agreement, which was pushed through with the promise that it would only
be used to assist the US “war on terror.”

Human rights activists in Ireland are particularly concerned that
interrogations can be carried out in secret, and that the costs of CIA
operations in Ireland will be paid by Irish taxpayers.

The cross-border MLAT efforts sometimes involve enforcement of the
United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances that was finalized worldwide on November 11, 1990.

It is possible that Emery and his associates would be charged with
violating this Convention. In past years, UN officials have condemned
Emery by name.

The raids leave many questions unanswered.

Although Emery is the highest profile marijuana activist in the world,
who publicly airs reality television shows portraying all aspects of
marijuana culture and who hosts marijuana connoisseur events like the
Toker’s Bowl, he is by far not the only person selling marijuana seeds
across international boundaries.

Vansterdam insiders note that while police were raiding Emery’s store on
West Hastings Street in downtown Vancouver, other marijuana seed
businesses were still open for business, and people were smoking
marijuana while watching the raid.

The issue of selective prosecution is also raised by insiders who note
that US and Canadian officials are aware of massive cross-border
organized crime operations that involve guns, hard drugs, and other
illegality on a scale that dwarfs Emery’s marijuana seed business. And
yet it’s Emery, who donates all the money he earns to non-profit
pro-marijuana causes, who is targeted in an unprecedented raid ordered
by the US.

Protesters are on hand at Emery’s store in Vancouver. The man who has
provided bail money, attorneys, and other support for so many marijuana
arrestees now finds himself in the clutches of the US government which
he, his magazine, and his website so accurately describe as a
totalitarian and imperialist hit squad.
For the man who is often called “The Prince of Pot,” today’s arrest is
the ultimate showdown.

After leaving jail last year, Emery said, “Once you get over your fear
of whatever they can do to you, you become empowered to just live as if
marijuana is legal, without much concern for the consequences they
threaten you with. Whatever they do to me- arrest, incarceration, even
if they kill me- it’s not going to make me live in fear. We’re going to
continue to show them that marijuana should be legal, that our culture
is harmless and vibrant, and that it is the drug war, not the cannabis
culture, which threatens public order and safety.

From: “Preston Peet” <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] protein and mushrooms
Date: August 1, 2005 at 2:47:26 AM EDT
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Reply-To: ibogaine@mindvox.com

Hey, and not only is sex on chocolate mushrooms awesome, but taking that tct-2 the very next night and listening to V do her djing behind me while I sit here in the dark tripping…ummm, what was I saying, oh yeah, that I’ve had sitting around the arpartment since I first did ibogaine is pretty cool too (but I only HAD ONE AND IT’S GONE AND SO ARE ANY OTHER ILLEGAL DRUGS. They are ALL GONE NOW, so please don’t come by feds, I have NOTHING ILLEGAL IN MY HOME. I Promise Seriously. I ate it all now, it’s all gone).
‘-)
Cyrpitism while tipping, how cool is that, and my typing sorta makes sense too, even if what I’m actually typing doesn’t.

Peace and love,
Preston Peet

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —– From: “Kirk” <captkirk@clear.net.nz>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 12:03 AM
Subject: RE: [Ibogaine] protein and mushrooms

What I think he’s trying to tell us is that…..um….no scratch that, I
have no idea what he’s on about.  Such a cryptic person non?  Never know
what he’s saying!!
;o)
Lirky

—–Original Message—–
From: tink [mailto:tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, 1 August 2005 2:08 p.m.
To: ibogaine@mindvox.com
Subject: Re: [Ibogaine] protein and mushrooms

Are you trying to tell us something, here, Preston?
;}
you go…
love
tink

On 7/31/05, Preston Peet <ptpeet@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
I don’t know actually, but I can say with very recent experience that
chocolate mushroom candies and sex go great together- incredibly great
together actually. Really, really, really great together.

Peace and love,
Preston

“Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often
mistaken for madness”
Richard Davenport-Hines

ptpeet@nyc.rr.com
Editor http://www.drugwar.com
Editor “Under the Influence- the Disinformation Guide to Drugs”
Editor “Underground- The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations,
Astonishing Archeology and Hidden History” (due out Sept. 2005)
Cont. High Times mag/.com
Cont. Editor http://www.disinfo.com
Columnist New York Waste
Etc.

—– Original Message —–
From: “tink” <tinkerbell.sarah@gmail.com>
To: <ibogaine@mindvox.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 1:16 AM
Subject: [Ibogaine] protein and mushrooms

Does any one know hat sort, if any, of proteins are in mushrooms? The
garden salad variety…
Thank you
tink
My dad is horribly allergic…researching

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