Toward the Sustainable Use of Iboga

Tabernanthe iboga may be disappearing from its natural habitat in the Central West African rainforest. Iboga is the most prolific source of ibogaine, an alkaloid that has been used since the 1980s as an experimental treatment for addiction.

FOMO, Digital Dementia, and Our Dangerous Experiment

The couple thumbing their smartphones while ignoring one another, the moviegoer texting while his smartphone’s screen blinds us, and the person who can’t stop messaging long enough to keep the checkout line moving are all suffering from FOMO.

Three Life Lessons Learned from my Encounter with Meth Addiction

My time as an addict gave me the best gift I could have never thought to ask for: it granted me the deepest of compassion and empathy for every living being.

The Anonymous People – Official Film Trailer

The Anonymous People is a feature documentary film about the over 23 million Americans living in long-term recovery from alcohol and other drug addiction.

The Chosen People of Iboga: A Conversation with Dimitri Mobengo Mugianis

For many years, Dimitri practiced a secular form of Iboga, which does away with religious
ceremonialism and focuses on the therapeutic effects of Iboga, without
stressing its African roots. This changed radically after
he visited Gabon and participated in a Bwiti ceremony for the first time.

Psychedelic Iboga Heals & Treats Addiction

Bwiti Shaman and Healer Dimitri Mugianis works with the controversial psychedelic plant medicine, Iboga (or Ibogaine) to disrupt and treat heroin addiction in the United States. Use of this sacrament in the US is now under scrutiny as Dimitri faces criminal charges for practicing his religion, administering the Iboga sacrament and following the Bwiti Shamanic path.  Discover more about this powerful plant teacher through the lens of Michel Negroponte's documentary "I'm Dangerous With Love" and take part in the movement to recognize Bwiti as a religious practice in America by supporting the BWITI NOW! fund…

Sugar Stokes Our Happy Place

The typical American eats two to three pounds of sugar
each week; 25% of an average
person's caloric intake comes from refined sugars, leading to a whole catalog of severe health problems. Giving up sugar is easier than you think.

The Not-So-Comfortable Concentration Camp

Propaganda tactics developed
during World War I are now the foundation for our entire addiction-based
consumer system. The dehumanizing
force we now call "public relations" has been targeting demographic groups since the 1920s, starting with the American housewife.

My Father’s House

[The Ayahuasca Monologues] • In the summer of 2004, I was set to travel to South America for a ten day Dieta to work with the plant medicines Bobinsana and
Ayahuasca.  Prior to departure, my father died a harsh and tragic death. A
new phase of my life began with these two seminal events. I found my
understanding of this earth to be changed utterly, and a terrible and loving
beauty was born. 

Snacks Like Smack

New research using rats suggests that junk food stimulates the same kind of addictive behavior seen in heroin and other drug users.