SoylentNews is people
SoylentNews
from the we've-built-up-an-immunity-to-ibogaine-powder dept.
Submitted via IRC for Bytram
Source: https://www.inverse.com/article/31461-ibogaine-cure-addiction
In West Africa, the roots of a native shrub contain a psychoactive substance called ibogaine. In small doses, ibogaine produces a mild euphoric effect somewhat comparable to other stimulant plants, like khat in the Horn of Africa or piri piri in the Amazon. But in large doses, its psychedelic effects are extraordinary.
[...] In Brazil, which has no such crisis, Gomes and his colleagues work with patients addicted to (predominately) crack cocaine. Though they'll meet with their patients a number of times, they'll administer ibogaine to each person only once. Speaking at the MAPS Psychedelic Science Conference in California late last month, Gomes said most people he sees are addicts for whom traditional therapy and the various Anonymous programs have failed. They tend to be impatient with the precursor meetings and adherence to controlled settings, wanting mostly to get the drug, take it, and leave cured.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 30 2017, @02:03AM (4 children)
I'd bet my life on it.
(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Tuesday May 30 2017, @02:37AM (3 children)
Thank you, AC! I went there too when I read the headline.
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 3, Informative) by CoolHand on Tuesday May 30 2017, @03:42PM (2 children)
I went there too when I made the dept name... hah
Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job-Douglas Adams
(Score: 2) by butthurt on Tuesday May 30 2017, @06:03PM
explanation:
(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Tuesday May 30 2017, @11:24PM
And I thought literacy was over-rated. Well done, sir!
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr