Hallucinogen Being Studied As Treatment For Addiction

Copyright 1992 Globe Newspaper Company The Boston Globe November 9, 1992, Monday, City Edition SECTION: SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY; Pg. 29 LENGTH: 1371 words HEADLINE: HALLUCINOGEN BEING STUDIED AS TREATMENT FOR ADDICTION; PHARMACOLOGY BYLINE: By Dolores Kong, Globe Staff BODY: In the urgent search for new treatments for cocaine and heroin…

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Ibogaine Patents @ the USPO

Ibogaine Patents @ the United States Patent Office (USPO) Use of ibogaine in reducing excitotoxic brain damage Use of ibogaine in reducing excitotoxic brain damage This invention discloses that ibogaine, a plant derivative, can be used as a safe NMDA antagonist at relatively high dosages (including dosages high enough to…

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Ibogaine Abstracts on PubMed

18-Methoxycoronaridine (18-MC) and ibogaine: comparison of antiaddictive efficacy, toxicity, and mechanisms of action. 18-Methoxycoronaridine (18-MC) and ibogaine: comparison of antiaddictive efficacy, toxicity, and mechanisms of action. 18-MC, a novel iboga alkaloid congener, is being developed as a potential treatment for multiple forms of drug abuse. Like ibogaine (40 mg/kg), 18-MC…

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2004: Ibogaine – Rite of Passage

Ibogaine: Rite of Passage a Documentary Film about Ibogaine Ibogaine is a substance derived from the root of the African plant Tabernanthe iboga, which grows in Gabon. This sacred plant was originally used during spiritual initiation ceremonies of the Bwiti religion. In 1962 the anti-addictive properties of ibogaine were discovered…

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2007: Invitational Ibogaine Forum – Warsaw

Invitational Ibogaine Forum, Warsaw 2007 Wednesday, May 16, 2007 Conference Package – E 40 / per person  Hotel Sofitel Victoria Ul. Królewska 11 00-065 Warszawa Conference Room: Belweder A Presenters / Participants [09:00 AM] Registration and coffee [09:15 AM] Ibogaine, User Activism and Harm Reduction Alan Clear, Harm Reduction Coalition,…

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2009: Drug Policy Alliance Conference

The Drug Policy Alliance 2009 International Conference Albuquerque Convention Center — Albuquerque, New Mexico Saturday, November 14, 2009, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM Room: Sleta / Jemez Moderator: Howard Lotsof, President, Dora Weiner Foundation, Staten Island, NY Mr. Lotsof is the recipient of this year’s Robert Randall Award for Achievement…

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The Dharma of Ibogaine

by James Kent An interview with Eric Taub James Kent is Publisher of Trip / Copyright © 2005, Tripzine.com  For nine years Eric Taub has been finding creative ways to treat patients and addicts with a powerful psychedelic substance known as ibogaine. Originally found in the West-African shrub Tanernanthe iboga,…

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One-Step Cure for Addiction?

by Jerome Burne Focus Magazine / (July 2000) Beneath a brilliant vault of stars, a young man is sitting on a rug somewhere out in the South African veldt. But he only has eyes for the extraordinary parade of images inside his head. There is a tremor to his legs…

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