Copyright © 2002, Marc Powell / marc[at]rotten.com (Original Publication: Cool Beans #13, 2002) Patrick Kroupa: career addict, co-founder of the hacker culture stronghold “MindVox,” writer of Apple ][e viruses, member of the legendary bad-ass hacker group “Legion of Doom,” and presently an outspoken ibogaine activist. CB: How long have you…
MAPS Bulletin volume xiii number 2 winter 2003 Ibogaine: Treatment Outcomes and Observations Epoptica & Junk the Magic Dragon (Hattie Wells & Patrick K. Kroupa) Background Ibogaine is a naturally-occurring psychoactive indole alkaloid derived from the roots of the African rainforest shrub Tabernanthe iboga. Ibogaine is traditionally used by indigenous…
maps • volume xv number 1 • Spring 2005 By Patrick K. Kroupa & Hattie Wells History The history of using ibogaine to break the cycle of drug-dependence is relatively short. While it is likely that the CIBA pharmaceutical company and the US government were aware of ibogaine’s anti-addictive properties…
Breaking the Cycle: Staying Clean Copyright © 2002, Patrick K. Kroupa All Rights Reserved Original Publication: Heroin Times All right, you have detoxed; whatever modality you chose to use, you are presently in a drug-free state — or using medications someone has prescribed for you, to assist you with whatever…
Copyright © 2001, Patrick K. Kroupa All Rights Reserved Original Publication: Heroin Times On December 12th, the second ibogaine conference to be held in London took place. Roughly 100 people gathered for the event; many of them traveling from all over the world to take part in the proceedings. Ibogaine…
Copyright © 2001, Patrick K. Kroupa All Rights Reserved “Head like a hole; black as your soul; I’d rather die than give you control.” –Nine Inch Nails (Head Like A Hole) Original Publication: Heroin Times Over the course of the last coupla articles, I’ve covered what it feels like to…
A Modern Solution with Ancient Roots Clear Sky Recovery offers a revolutionary, medically-based and clinically-managed, ibogaine detoxification program in beautiful Cancun. During the last decade Dr. Solà has personally treated over 1300 patients, with no adverse events or serious complications in any treatment episode to date. Our founders and collaborators have been…
Ibogaine: The Whole Entire Everything (in its complete totality… partially) Copyright © 2005-2008, Patrick K. Kroupa All Rights Reserved “Everything is Poison. Nothing is Poison.” –Paracelsus “I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for…
Copyright © 2004, Patrick K. Kroupa All Rights Reserved Original Publication: Heroin Times “Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.” –Albert Einstein “I have not failed; I have just found ten thousand ways that won’t work.” —Thomas Edison “It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.” –Walt…
Holding it all Together Copyright © 2002, Patrick K. Kroupa All Rights Reserved Original Publication: Heroin Times This will be the last installment of the addiction mini-series for Heroin Times. While I could easily continue for months — or years — bringing up every possible situation or question that arises…