ibogaine: to have or have not
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Ibogaine:To Have or Have Not
Howard S. Lotsof
Dora Weiner Foundation
http://www.doraweiner.org
Why woulda root derived alkaloid
Found in a West African plant
Or itsChemical equivalent
Lead to a user directed movement to demand a treatment for chemical dependence?
Because it works and is deemed effective by users
but, then…
Questionsof
Empowerment Ethics & Law
Drug User Rights
The right to use The right not to use The right to choose
Failure to respond“Ibogaine Availability”
The medical community The pharmaceutical industry Government
1. The right to assume control of Ibogaine?
2. The right to provide Ibogaine to others?
Does such failure
leave drug users
Historical Precedents for Action
Underground Railroad
Needle Exchange
Underground Railroad
Direct confrontation to slavery An illegal activity
Law Offered No Protection
Some guides orconductors as they were called
were well known like Harriat Tubman
Due to the nature of the work most guides remained
anonymous
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Railroad Routesto Freedom
Needle Exchangenot dissimilar
Direct confrontation Sometimes illegal Sometimes tacit approval Danger of arrest
The Issues
The Solution
Conductors/Guides
Jon Parker Dave Purchase
Parker risked arrest continuously
Purchase established a national needle exchange
network
Ibogaine Precedents
• International Coalition for Addict Self-Help (ICASH)
• Dutch Addict Self-Help (DASH)
• Cures-Not-Wars
ICASH logo
Nico Adriaans founderRotterdam Junkies Union
Organizing in the US
Pressure placed on NIDAto support Ibogaine research
Cures-Not-Wars action
Mindvox Ibogaine List(user advocacy continues)
“We all got to help each other best we can. No one else gives a shit ‘bout us hippy freak junkies? ”
anon.
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“FM- I'm not really privy to what's happening in that regard here in the US. Suffice to say, nothing has worked which is why we're here. We feel that continuing the focus offshore, outside the US, has not served a majority of people inside the US. Like many other grassroots movement, which facilitated change, treatments, sessions, need to be done where they belong, in all major US cities, as cost effectively as possible. “
http://www.drugwar.com/ibonyc.shtm
Ibogaine underground railroad appears
Ibogaine Routesto Freedom
Returning us to:
Questionsof
Empowerment Ethics & Law