There's growing evidence that ibogaine, a powerful psychedelic, may help treat opioid addiction, traumatic brain injuries, and even depression. But it can be dangerous too — including side effects ...

Authors: Internal Medicine Specialist Carlos Abraham Silva, MD, and Neurosurgeon Luis Fernando Servin de la Mora, MD Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality ...

Texas governor among those to call for expanded access to ibogaine, said to help with treating veterans with PTSD ...

This month brought an unfortunate development in Kentucky’s efforts to research innovative solutions to the state’s opioid epidemic. W. Bryan Hubbard, head of the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory ...

A once obscure traditional psychedelic plant from Africa has made headlines recently as Texas pushes for more research and a prominent Republican wrote a vigorous endorsement of its possible use for ...

Researchers at the UC Davis Institute for Psychedelics and Neurotherapeutics have found a route to synthesize the psychoactive drug ibogaine and related compounds. This will make it easier to study ...

New treatments for addiction are urgently needed. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 107,941 people died from drug overdoses in 2022, an age-adjusted rate of 32.6 ...

Jessica Blackburn at her home in Betsy Layne, Kentucky. Blackburn traveled to Mexico in her 20s to take a psychedelic drug called ibogaine to help end her addiction to oxycontin. Now, the state is ...