What can we gain from Ibogaine?

Promising treatment for opioid addiction, but it's safety is not yet established

A close friend of mine was having a terrible time getting his alcohol use under control, consuming up to two bottles of wine a day. He traveled to an unlicensed, grey zone ibogaine clinic in Central America. He found the experience to be intense and extraordinarily meaningful, if a little bit scary, both due to the intensity of the hallucinations and th…