Absolutely amazing documentary.  Just goes to show you how there are always going to be perverse incentives to keep people on these drugs.

is'nt it true the Nixon administration came up with this idea?
In that time a good percentage of theft and economic crime (i think it got as high as 70%) was commited by heroin addicts.
also, the russians also noted this and flooded the u.s. with afgani heroin (that's another story) to undermine capitalism using this logic.
i don't know what lobby methadone has today, it might be a continuation of these old policies.

and it's a sight a whole lot more disgusting then when smack was around.
they just hit the tolerance wall at some point (as it is with methadone) and start popping benzos and what not.

yeah I think its the same world over

I remember meeting junkies in India who had sold their passports, to buy smack/opium

 one french chick in particular, who was in this limbo spun me out and made me look carefully at my own situation

fortunately I was cashed up.......Buuuut...I could see me in her

I sometimes wonder what things would be like IF drugs were legal

Legal doesn't mean unregulated. If they were legal, a lot of us who don't use any self control would be junkies very quick. Alternatively, the world would go crazy - wait, stop, - it already is

lol!...yeah!

and as its crazy, they regulate the junkies instead of the drugs, the potent ones being quasi-legal, and the REALLY GOOD ONES=Illegal


as a members sign off on another forum goes, "shit marriage, dead end job? take Pills, problem solved"

smacks of Huxleys 'Brave New World' and soma, "a gram is better than a damn"

a pov I am inclined to agree with

but you don't really see it that way when you're dripping sweat outside in the middle of the winter...

yeah I hear ya,,but tradeoffs are relative

I dont mind losing/selling a passport at home, OS especially in India or another 3rd world environs is another thing altogether

before email, I used to write addresses I didnt want to lose in the back of my passport....I've lost 4....every time when I got home! (thank fuck)

I know my embassy will provide me with replacement papers IF I happened to "lose" mine, or as once happened in thailand, I got arrested and LE confiscated it...

BUT,  if I "lost" it in somewhere like Katmandu...especially these days, I'd not like my chances of an easy replacement...so hangin out becomes an acceptable alternative!

the thing about Indians is many look VERY european, with a tan...which is not the case in SE Asia....hence the passports are pretty valuable, especially older ones

high five.
ibo FTW.
not that many ppl like us out there.
haven't been an addict ever since i took that ride, altho still the same junkie at heart.
is been more than 2 years now that i have been an almost responsible weekend junkie.
and did help a lot of folk purchasing that 4 key from the heart of africa straight after i realized tis shit was gold.
i took this 12gr TA ride that a 63 rabbi from israel exclaimed this was going back to the dawn of creation, i stopped right after convulsions started.
still being somewhat adventurous, this shit trully pulled me down the bottom of the history of my DNA, to the very primordial horror and i was too terrified to talk about it for a week after.
have you only tried it as a detox tool?
cos its quite different when you do it tabula rasa.

and as i said, being part of the whole global ibo medical subculture, i stand by my words that both the director of this movie and everybody in his circle a fucking scumbags.

i somehow want to spread this reputation of theirs, as disgusting as it is on my part.

I only did it once and it was ibogaine HCl, not the total alkaloid cocktail you speak of. I have lost all tendency to abuse drugs. I'm not sure if the ibogaine did this or that the heroin was the mother of all drugs making everything else seem hind tit. About a week ago I thought I was about to be raided, long story, I was very tense and nervous. My back was fucking killing me as well. I sat down and decided to sort through some old papers to calm me down when I got a glimpse of something pink. Upon further investigation I discovered that it was a bag of dope. 2 years this bag has been there and I never saw it. I haven't did heroin in almost two years at that point. I quickly dug out some works and cooked up the bag. As the dope warmed my neck and then body I felt great. At the risk of sounding like a heritic, God gave me that bag right then when I needed it most. I didn't hate when it was over or crave more. I dunno, I'm just not the same anymore. Like I said, I'm not sure if that's due to the ibogaine or what. I have serious injuries that grant me any narcotic pain killers I want, all I have to do is ask. I've been completely clean of all drugs except marijuana for 2 months now (save that single bag last week) and it feels good. My back hurts a lot, but not being dependent on opiates is a great feeling. Even though my most recent dependencies have been 'legitimate' because of my injuries, I still prefer to not be dependent. Opiates are wonderful. Thing is, like most women, they love you passionately one minute then try to destroy you the next. Ibogaine should be unscheduled as it had zero potential for abuse. Of course that makes no difference to the powers that be. Any compound which empowers an individual will always threaten a corrupt government.

I clearly remember the first day after taking the ibogaine. Though I was unable to get out of bed I do remember not being sick at all. For some reason my mother did not take the needle and spoon from my bedside. My mental habit was so strong I struggled, on my back, for at least an hour to work up a cotton shot from the spoon. I finally got that shot of water in me lol and passed right back out. I wasn't sick like I would have normally been, just mentally in need of that needle prick. The dope sickness is something I could not overcome, that's what I know ibogaine did for me. Whether it helped with the mental addiction, I'm not sure. I do know that I'm no longer prone to drug abuse, though.

I have to repeat what tryl said about ibo's power. It took me about 5 days to regain enough strength to walk 20 feet without assistance. The shit is pireful yo.