Cinnamon and Gladish suspended for hallucinogenic-producing plant

Two tenured Miami University Hamilton professors, John Cinnamon and Daniel Gladish, face termination for growing a tree that has the ability to produce a hallucinogenic substance in the Miami University Hamilton Conservatory. But, the Miami chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) is protesting the severity of the professors’ punishment.

According to letters sent to Cinnamon and Gladish from ...

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Miami University has suspended two professors at the Hamilton regional campus over an incident regarding a rare Iboga tree, the bark of which can be used to produce a psychedelic drug.

The Iboga tree is native to the Congo Basin in Africa and is especially prolific in the country of Gabon, where ibogaine — the drug the tree ...