Deborah Mash on Ibogaine

07/19/15 • 44 min

Ibogaine has been long touted as a potential cure for heroin and other addictions. Premiere ibogaine researcher, Deborah C. Mash, Ph.D., Professor of Neurology and Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology at the University of Miami, talks about ibogaine safety and efficacy. Ibogaine is a substance derived from the iboga plant used in religious rituals of the Bwiti people of Africa because of its hallucinogenic properties.

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