Ibogaine: The Root that Remembers

Ibogaine: The Root that Remembers

Ibogaine is having a moment. Once confined to the margins of addiction research and underground retreats, the psychoactive and intoxicating plant compound is now being taken seriously by neuroscientists, policymakers and former special operators who've come back from the brink with something urgent to say. Derived from the root bark of the African shrub Tabernanthe iboga, ibogaine produces a long, physically demanding psychedelic experience that…

Arizona Allocates $10 Million for Ibogaine Research

Before Texas’ monumental $50 million investment in ibogaine research in May, Arizona more quietly allotted $5 million in state funds, with a promise of an additional $5 million in matching private funds, to pay for a clinical research study of ibogaine. The funding will be a part of the 2026 fiscal year state budget.  The psychoactive compound, derived from the African plant iboga, shows promise for PTSD, depression, and traumatic brain injury i…