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I Tried Ibogaine, the Psychedelic Anti-Addiction Drug (266 views, 0 replies)

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Supporters claim the powerfully hallucinogenic tree-bark derivative can break the cycle of addiction and eliminate withdrawal.
Mattha Busby
By Mattha Busby
November 25, 2022, 12:45am


The author in the iboga clinic bed; the iboga plant
THE AUTHOR IN THE IBOGAINE CLINIC BED; THE IBOGA PLANT. PHOTO: COURTESY OF AUTHOR AND CHOR BOOGIE
A needle connected to an IV drip pierces one of my veins, a band strapped around my left bicep monitors my heart rate, and a clip on my right index finger also tracks my pulse as I lie on a hospital bed in a sterile clinic at 9AM. It sounds like I’m about to undergo surgery. I have, in fact, swallowed nine capsules containing ibogaine, a psychedelic compound extracted from a Gabonese root bark used in coming-of-age rituals that often feature intense visions as part of vivid, sometimes autobiographical, all-night visions.


Soon the trip starts: images of the solar system punctuated by clips of my younger self laughing, then a bizarre internal reel made up of Jesus Christ, an alien and an image of a bush - seemingly the one from which the medicine derived. These eventually give way to a pounding narrative of negative thoughts known as a “mind-purge”.
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