Final Paper

Ibogaine- Howard Lotsof

Although at times Lotsof may present us with an article that may be hard to interpret on a layman level, his writing has a sort of influential spell wrapped around it. Even when the writing is unclear, the point still gets across about the matter at hand. When Howard Lotsof speaks about ibogaine, you are left with a sort of instinctual attraction to the subject at hand. This new found medical phenomenon has left the scientists, as well as the readers, intrigued. In the way of medicine, it is a "development of promising new medicines for treating substance abuse" (Syed). Lotsof has the ability to not only share his marvelous creation in real life but can bring any reader to experience the hype behind the product. He writes in a way that entices and attracts the reader. It is a sort of melodic endeavor that seems to appear even through the compiled scientificfactors. His discovery is one of the newer and is said to "shed light on theneurobiology of addiction and lead to the development of new medicine for the treatment of addiction" (Alper). Even thought the product is relatively new and illegal in most countries, the confidence attached to this product is unsurpassed. It has something to do with the way that Lotsof gets through to the reader and delivers specific knowledge of the product visible enough that one can understand and relate without even experienced it.

Works Cited
Syed F Ali, 2002, International Society for Neurochemistry, New
York, New York Academyof Sciences.

Kenneth R. Alper, 2001, Ibogaine: Procedures form the First
International Conference, Illinois, Academic Press

Paul de Rienzo, 1997, The Ibogaine Story: Report on the Staten
Island Project, Staten Island, Autonomedia

the lovely ibogaine article

sooooo..i think; rather hope, that everyone else that read this article was at least a little in the woods like i was. I have to admit, on a scientific level, the article upheld its clout. The most believable part of the article, and i say believable because there are those who may have read it with doubt at first, i would have to say were the statistics; statistics that range from those on the actual drug to the stages of its actual disruptance. I must admit, pages 14 to 16 were a little hard to interpret. However, the involvement of different religious groups, such as the Bwiti, help to depict a clearer picture for the reader.Out of my own curiosity to unscramble some of the literature, i looked up some more of the scientific aspects of ibogaine. I found that ibogaine is made up of the chemical composure C20H26N2O (Wikipedia). It also has a melting point of 306-307degrees fahrenheit and a half-life of 2 years. It is found in the plants (dogbane family) and called iboga. The product is now used in 12 countries and 6 continents. Canada and Mexico allow ibogaine treatment clinics, in order to further investigate the drug.While recreational use stays at an unknown level because the price is too high and long duration of effects, use in clinics still precedes in order to learn more about this phenomenon.

soooo appropriate!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4H8ihMJhow

so i finally have a blog!!!!

i am thrilled to create my first blog for this class even its half way over lol.. all should be prepared for some hilarious blogs!