Psychedelic offers new hope for treating addiction

This story is part of The Trip, a CPR News series on Colorado’s new psychedelic movement. Read more here.

A psychedelic drug that comes from the iboga shrub in Central Africa is among those decriminalized by Colorado voters in 2022 and now it’s being reviewed by the state for treating substance use disorders. Proponents say Ibogaine helps reduce withdrawal symptoms in people addicted to opioids ...

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Oxa-Iboga alkaloids lack cardiac risk and disrupt opioid use in animal models

Ethical considerations

All experimental procedures involving animals were approved by the Columbia University, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Rutgers University or High Point University Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) and adhered to principles described in the National Institutes of Health Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals and abide by the ARRIVE guidelines.

All human hearts used for the present study were not suitable for transplantation and originated ...

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Virtual Molecular Masterclass Explores Therapeutic Potential and Medicalization of Ibogaine

(YourDigitalWall Editorial):- Toronto, Jan 13, 2021 (Issuewire.com) – Microdose Psychedelic Insights, along with Universal Ibogaine, and The Conscious Fund, present The Ibogaine Conference: A Molecular Masterclass, a two-day virtual conference. The online conference will take place on 19th – 20th February 2021.  

The conference will bring together over 50 of the leading researchers in the therapeutic use of Ibogaine, a powerful psychedelic plant medicine showing immense potential ...

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Ibogaine Treatment and the Opioid Crisis: Past, Present, and Future



Ibogaine Treatment and the Opioid Crisis: Past, Present, and Future
Thomas Kingsley Brown, Ph.D.

The Sleeping Octopus Assembly on Psychedelics (SOAP) is an intimate conference that explored the role of psychedelics in science, medicine, policy, and culture, which took place at a historic mansion in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from July 13-15, 2018.

This conference featured presentations from key figures in the psychedelic research and policy community, a psychedelic-themed comedy show, live ...

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