there is really no point in doing iboga unless you're trying to kill an addiction, in which case it is very effective. that's not to say that iboga isn't intense or a good drug, just that it isn't worth it because it is so hard to get. Voacanga africana however is a whole different story. it contains ibogaine and is completely legal.
Iboga's not that hard to get. And being hard to get is not a measure of whether there's a "point" in taking it. True, ibogaine is not in any sense a "recreational" drug. This is one that must be approached with the most extreme caution and for theraputic purposes only. There's a wealth of information on it if you google. Its efficacy in treating addiction is much in dispute, and it's certainly not a cure-all, but for a certain kind of addict it may well help.
There seem to be alot of psychedelics that (for most people) are more rewarding than Iboga, especially for recreational purposes. Also, Iboga (the plant source) is Schedual I which in my experience has made it much harder to obtain than many other drugs (although Vocanaga Africana is easily obtainable). Although I may not be an expert on drug rehab, from what I read Iboga does seem a lot more promissing than any other drug, especially for killing withdrawl. I read about a guy who took heroin and cocaine every single day for a year, and felt no side effects of withdrawl because he took Iboga.
it's well known (even reported in a 2003 issue of SciAm) that ibogaine actually blocks the feedback loop in the nucleus accumbens, the pleasure pathway. Its efficacy in treating even the most stubborn addictions is widely recognized, more successful than even methadone in treating heroin addiction. as far as legal plant sources... tabernanthe orientalis is the first place I'd look. though be advised...as has been mentioned, it's not a recreational substance, and probably shouldn't be pursued as such.
go to mexico or africa and find an ibogaine clinic. I think there is a way to synthesize ibogaine from a legal plant, I read that somewhere.
really? where? you may be thinking of an ibogaine analogue, because synthing ibogaine is not easy nor practical.. makes lsd synthesis look like fixing a sandwich
im pretty sure ibogaine is the synthesized version of iboga (the actual plant). might want to check that out
don't even need to go to clinics, it's legal in said countries. you could get it the same way you'd get salvia divinorum.
Well not in the US. But you can buy Tabernathe Iboga root online (at not hidden, secret sources), even Ibogaine powder itself, though the powder is insanely expensive.
from Wikipedia: Voacanga africana is a small tropical African tree that grows to 6m in height. It has leaves that are up to 30 cm in length, and the tree produces yellow or white flowers, which become berries with yellow seeds. The bark and seeds of the tree are used in Ghana as a poison, stimulant, aphrodisiac, and ceremonial psychedelic. These effects are due to the presence of a complex mixture of iboga alkaloids such as voacangine, vocamine, vobtusine, amataine, akuammidine, tabersonine, coronaridine and vobtusine. A number of these compounds have pharmaceutical uses. [1] Of particular pharmaceutical interest is voacangine, which is a common precursor in the semi-synthesis of the anti-addiction medication ibogaine. Small amounts of ibogaine are found in Voacanga africana but not in sufficient quantity to have much medicinal effect, although other alkaloids from the plant such as coronaridine and voacangine may have a weak anti-addictive effect in their own right.
from Wikipedia: Voacanga africana is a small tropical African tree that grows to 6m in height. It has leaves that are up to 30 cm in length, and the tree produces yellow or white flowers, which become berries with yellow seeds. The bark and seeds of the tree are used in Ghana as a poison, stimulant, aphrodesiac, and ceremonial psychedelic. These effects are due to the presence of a complex mixture of iboga alkaloids such as voacangine, voacamine, vobtusine, amatanine, akuamiddene,tabersonine,coronaridine and vobtusine. A number of these compounds have pharmaceutical uses. Of particular pharmaceutical interest is voacangine, which is a common precursor in the semi-synthesis of the anti-addiction medication ibogaine. Small amounts of ibogaine are found in Voacanga africana but not in sufficient quantity to have much medicinal effect, although other alkaloids from the plant such as coronaridine and voacangine may have a weak anti-addictive effect in their own right.
you left out the next sentence: "A full organic synthesis of ibogaine has been achieved, but is too expensive and challenging to produce any commercially significant yield." you might as well just extract ibogaine itself. t. orientalis is legal
