Transcript To Have or Have Not - Dora Weiner Foundation

Ibogaine:
To Have or Have Not
Howard S. Lotsof
Dora Weiner Foundation
http://www.doraweiner.org
Why would
a root derived alkaloid
Found in a
West African plant
Or its
Chemical equivalent
Lead to a user directed
movement to demand a
treatment for chemical
dependence?
Because it works and is
deemed effective by users
but, then…
Questions
of
Empowerment
Ethics & Law
Drug User Rights

The right to use

The right not to use

The right to choose
Failure to respond
“Ibogaine Availability”

The medical community

The pharmaceutical industry

Government
Does such failure
leave drug users
1. The right to assume
control of Ibogaine?
2. The right to provide
Ibogaine to others?
Historical
Precedents for Action

Underground Railroad

Needle Exchange
Underground Railroad

Direct confrontation to slavery

An illegal activity
Law Offered No Protection
Some guides or
conductors as they were called
were well known like Harriat
Tubman
Due to the nature of the work
most guides remained
anonymous
Railroad Routes
to Freedom
Needle Exchange
not dissimilar

Direct confrontation

Sometimes illegal

Sometimes tacit approval

Danger of arrest
The Issues
The Solution
Conductors/Guides

Jon Parker

Dave Purchase
Parker risked arrest
continuously
Purchase established a
national needle exchange
network
Ibogaine Precedents
• International Coalition for Addict
Self-Help (ICASH)
• Dutch Addict Self-Help (DASH)
• Cures-Not-Wars
ICASH logo
Nico Adriaans founder
Rotterdam Junkies Union
Organizing in the US
Pressure placed on NIDA
to support Ibogaine research
Cures-Not-Wars action
Mindvox Ibogaine List
(user advocacy continues)
“We all got to help each other best we can. No one
else gives a shit ‘bout us hippy freak junkies? ”
anon.
To join send an email to
[email protected]
Ibogaine underground railroad
appears
“FM- I'm not really privy to what's happening in that
regard here in the US. Suffice to say, nothing has
worked which is why we're here. We feel that
continuing the focus offshore, outside the US, has not
served a majority of people inside the US. Like many
other grassroots movement, which facilitated change,
treatments, sessions, need to be done where they
belong, in all major US cities, as cost effectively as
possible. “
http://www.drugwar.com/ibonyc.shtm
Ibogaine Routes
to Freedom
Returning us to:
Questions
of
Empowerment
Ethics & Law