'Detox or Die' - BBC 2004 (Clip 1: preparing for ibogaine treatment)

Clip from my BBC broadcast documentary Detox or Die. This is at the point where I've taken my last dose of methadone and set off to London for a 'quick fix' treatment with the visionary drug ibogaine.

Here's the BBC description of the film:

'Detox or Die provides an in-depth portrait of a small-time drug addict seeking redemption.
Addicted to opiates for almost 20 years, filmmaker David Graham Scott decides to opt for a quick fix. The radical detox agent ibogaine puts the user into a gut-wrenching hallucinatory state for 36 hours from which he emerges cleansed of his addiction.
But several fatalities have been reported in connection with the unlicensed drug and Scott must weigh up the options before embarking on the trip of a lifetime.'

Broadcast as part of BBC1's ONE life strand.

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[jimbob1969]

You're so brave man

[davidgrahamscott]

@bardster111 It can be prescribed in the Uk but rarely is. Its injectable and can be skin popped. If you do a search on Black Poppy magazine you should find articles in there.

[bardster111]

@davidgrahamscott interesting.prescribing heroin? I've heard of a couple people (on forums) that get heroin prescribed. not sure what country? they say it's a last resort if the methadone doesn't work and is extremely difficult. The main thing I don't understand about presciption heroin is thefact that most 'serious' junkies have collapsed veins. I wonder how use ful that would be? hrmm..do you have any links with any information to read you could post? this is something I'm very interested in.

[davidgrahamscott]

@bardster111 Don't go for the 12 step thing but I understand how it works for some. Had cut down to about 25-30mls before I did ibo. Not a lot maybe but I would hit the damn ceiling if I stopped that suddenly. I blamed methadone for a lot of my problems and I think I was wrong to do that. It is possible to live a pretty good life on it too. I'm more into backing heroin prescribing though.

[bardster111]

@davidgrahamscott I'm on methadone and can't imagine life without. I've tried many times.chronic relapser. first time- I quit cold turkey 120 mgs...after 4 months i caved back on the needle and almost OD. I don't understand why people say they are a ghost or have lost emotions because of done. I'm very emotional and I enjoy life better on done. now that you are off, do you have 12 step support? how much done does the government give? it looked like only 20mg a day for the green linctus..

[davidgrahamscott]

@cupmyplums Clean as a raver's whistle my friend! Yes I do keep in touch with ibogaine folks. I'm making a follow-up film right now in fact and it'll be all about the treatment providers.

[cupmyplums]

@davidgrahamscott David, I watched your film a few years ago. Are you still clean? Do you still keep in touch with the people that treated you with ibogaine?

[Oakleaf700]

what IS it with keeping empty bottles? Sometimes I have a clear out, and soak the labels so they can be defaced enough to go in the recycling bin,It must be a security thing, as I even kept old papers, to lick in hard times, and a friend kept empty heroin amps.. so sad really.

[SalutationToTheDawn]

@NoGoodUserNamesSadly Er...I did, and I still maintain that, for me, it was a fucking piece of piss!