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posted by CoolHand on Tuesday May 30 2017, @12:19AM   Printer-friendly
from the we've-built-up-an-immunity-to-ibogaine-powder dept.

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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.


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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by julian on Tuesday May 30 2017, @03:30AM (2 children)

    by julian (6003) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday May 30 2017, @03:30AM (#517441)

    Our drug laws are structured to allow the State to imprison people it doesn't like; hippie leftists and minorities. It's a bit of an anachronism in 2017, but that was the objective when the policies were created. It is explicitly a racist and political tool used by white conservatives against their enemies. This isn't some conspiracy, people from within the Nixon administration have admitted this was the goal. [cnn.com]

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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday May 30 2017, @03:33AM

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Tuesday May 30 2017, @03:33AM (#517443) Journal

    Yes, I put that in the opening of my 2016 4/20 article [soylentnews.org].

    2017 [soylentnews.org] and 2015 [soylentnews.org].

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  • (Score: 2) by Thexalon on Tuesday May 30 2017, @08:54PM

    by Thexalon (636) on Tuesday May 30 2017, @08:54PM (#517880)

    Indeed, that aspect of it is still so prevalent that I routinely refer to the effort as the War on Brown Men rather than the War on Drugs.

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