Why Is Ibogaine Illegal? in two and a half minutes

A quick and incomplete survey of Why ibogaine is ignored or illegal around the world.
HISTORY: In the early 1960s Howard Lotsof, a multi-substance user, unintentionally discovered the addiction interruption potential of ibogaine. In the 1980s he formulated a routine-ready protocol and started training ibogaine facilitators, kicking off a movement to broadly apply the healing aspects of the plant medicine. Eric Taub, beginning in the 1990's, facilitated hundreds of treatments and trained dozens of treatment providers. To date, about six or seven thousand people have undergone ibogaine procedures.

The history of the healing molecule goes far back; unknown thousands of years, in fact. First used by the Forest People of Central West Africa, known as Babongo, iboga is regarded as a sacred plant spirit. Pygmies used low doses of the root bark as a mild stimulant and hunting aid, and in much higher doses as a visionary and initiatory tool. Some hundreds of years ago the pygmies shared their knowledge of the plant and its sacred usage with the Bantu of Gabon. This knowledge is called the Bwiti, and the animist beliefs of the region were integrated with the plant spirit into what is now known as the religion Bwiti. Bwiti today, practiced by roughly half a million people in Gabon and Cameroon, is complex, varied and increasingly popular.

Despite the underground awareness of the effectiveness of ibogaine, mainstream medicine and pharmaceutical interest has yet to peak. Various official studies continue around the world, but ibogaine remains obscure and largely misunderstood by all but those personally acquainted with its healing properties. It is unfortunate but true that ibogaine is a Schedule I substance in the United States.

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[MrMedicinebox]

I wouldn't waste your time with Ibogaine - I tried it in 2001 and it didn't work for me.

[deeleeshus]

In the West...there is NO interest in Detox. It's all about maintenance and statistics .Basically...if you're " doing well " i.e abstaining from illegal drugs and sticking to your script...giving negative drug tests...then it looks good for the provider...they just don't seem to want to let you go..who can blame them though when their very existence/funding depends on these statistics...it's ALL f***** up man.!!! : /.

[nomorejournos]

Divide and conquer

Someone ate from the Tree of Life before eating from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.

[HappyPterodactyl]

Greatest miracle ever to happen on planet Earth will occur regardless of what rules & and regulations are setup by the snakemen

[nsane63d]

yeah the pharma wanna keep u on maintenance to keep that money rollin in keepin u on its the legal drug dealer they got it made

[ender3711]

YES! Exactly! God, If you check out my youtube page, the first talk I give, I actually go over ibogaine and our economic dependence on the drug trade - and why ibogaine is still illegal. Some of it got cut out during the end there - but yeah. EXACTLY MAN! props!

[progustin]

"Pygmies used low doses of the root bark as a mild stimulant and hunting aid, and in much higher doses as a visionary and initiatory tool." Low dose Tabernanthe iboga taught hunters?