A Mississippi legislator recently proposed that the state research a drug called ibogaine, which appears to show promise in treating both opioid addicts and military veterans diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury.
The medicine deserves further study, though it may be better for Mississippi to watch the results from other programs before committing its own money.
Ibogaine certainly has an interesting story. Derived from the iboga tree in central Africa, Wikipedia ...
