This Mysterious Drug Can Erase Addiction ‘Virtually Overnight’ | WSJ

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The drug is Ibogaine. It's less mystery more red tape and anecdotal evidence. People swear by it (anecdotal) but the heart issues (red tape) led to it being illegal.


Okay.. What's the catch?

Apparently its pretty taxing on the heart.



From Wikipedia:

Ibogaine exhibits complex pharmacology by interacting with multiple neurotransmitter systems, notably affecting opioid, serotonin, sigma, and NMDA receptors, while its metabolite noribogaine primarily acts as a serotonin reuptake inhibitor and κ-opioid receptor agonist.

Yeah, not surprised it kills addictions to other drugs. It's all of them at once. A one-stop shop. The fucking Walmart Supercenter of psychoactive compounds.

It's not addictive in itself

Some people swear by it, but I would take it with a grain of salt...
Also you can have heart problems with it, that's why it should be taken under administration and monitoring



Every time I quit drinking I remember all the reasons I drank in the first place.


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Yeah ok. Even if it did work, all those underlying problems people are self medicating for are still gonna be there.

So maybe they can deal with them some healthier way then? It’s a fallacy to say that drug addiction is simply a response to underlying emotional problems. Past a certain point, addiction takes on a life of its own and causes more problems and emotional trauma than almost anything an average person ever faces.


Problems plus smoke meth > Problems

The point is that people will always go back to self medication when the underlying problems aren't being addressed.

That's why you follow them with a mallet after they take the drug

You got some mallet, bro? I'll suck yo dink



Not everybody with a drug addiction has underlying problems beyond those caused by the addiction itself





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