MYEBOGA Conversations

Jonathan Dickinson is a counselor and consultant who has been working with iboga and ibogaine since 2009. He currently resides in Tijuana, Mexico where he works under a private practice, Ceiba Ibogaine Therapy, supporting people through the ibogaine treatment process. He previously served as the Director of the Global Ibogaine Therapy Alliance (GITA), during which time he led the development of the Clinical Guidelines for Ibogaine-Assisted Detoxification, a risk management guide that remains a standard in the field. He organized several conferences on ibogaine therapy practice and safety protocols, and has collaborated with researchers in multiple disciplines. In 2014, Jonathan was initiated into a Dissoumba/Fang tradition of Bwiti in Gabon, and remains actively involved with both clinical and ceremonial approaches.

Jonathan Dickinson is a counselor and consultant who has been working with iboga and ibogaine since 2009. He currently resides in Tijuana, Mexico where he works under a private practice, Ceiba Ibogaine Therapy, supporting people through the ibogaine treatment process. He previously served as the Director of the Global Ibogaine Therapy Alliance (GITA), during which time he led the development of the Clinical Guidelines for Ibogaine-Assisted Detoxification, a risk management guide that remains a standard in the field. He organized several conferences on ibogaine therapy practice and safety protocols, and has collaborated with researchers in multiple disciplines. In 2014, Jonathan was initiated into a Dissoumba/Fang tradition of Bwiti in Gabon, and remains actively involved with both clinical and ceremonial approaches.

Clare S. Wilkins is a former intravenous drug user & methadone patient who shed those chemical dependencies with the aid of ibogaine in 2005. As founder of Pangea Biomedics, she has facilitated over 800 treatments with a diverse team & has collaborated with MAPS to study the long-term effects of patients undergoing detoxification therapy with ibogaine for opiates. (Brown, Alper M.D., 2017)

Since 2010 she has been an active board member of The Global Ibogaine Therapy Alliance (GITA); is co-author of the Clinical Guidelines for Ibogaine-Assisted Detoxification, a comprehensive risk-management resource & minimum standard of care for opioid detoxification. She is also co-author of a noteworthy case study (Wilkins, Bouso, Ph.D., et al 2017) published in the Journal of Psychedelic Studies. Mentored by Howard Lotsof, she is committed to advancing scientific research of iboga, including ibogaine, its alkaloids & analogs. She is currently collaborating with ICEERS in Spain, where a Phase 2 safety & efficacy study, using ibogaine for methadone patients has been approved, utilizing the cumulative administration method she developed over 13 years of clinical practice in Mexico.

Clare is also part of a cutting edge cohort of experts who are advancing Parkinson's Disease treatment, utilizing a successful combination of ibogaine, orthomolecular medicine & nootropics. As these case studies build, data gathered will contribute to new methods that can become open-source material for the safest and best outcomes. As a member of INPUD, an international drug user rights organization, Clare is devoted to reducing stigma & harm, promoting the health, dignity & cognitive liberty for people who use drugs, and every human’s basic right to compassion-based medicine.

Clare S. Wilkins is a former intravenous drug user & methadone patient who shed those chemical dependencies with the aid of ibogaine in 2005. As founder of Pangea Biomedics, she has facilitated over 800 treatments with a diverse team & has collaborated with MAPS to study the long-term effects of patients undergoing detoxification therapy with ibogaine for opiates. (Brown, Alper M.D., 2017)

Since 2010 she has been an active board member of The Global Ibogaine Therapy Alliance (GITA); is co-author of the Clinical Guidelines for Ibogaine-Assisted Detoxification, a comprehensive risk-management resource & minimum standard of care for opioid detoxification. She is also co-author of a noteworthy case study (Wilkins, Bouso, Ph.D., et al 2017) published in the Journal of Psychedelic Studies. Mentored by Howard Lotsof, she is committed to advancing scientific research of iboga, including ibogaine, its alkaloids & analogs. She is currently collaborating with ICEERS in Spain, where a Phase 2 safety & efficacy study, using ibogaine for methadone patients has been approved, utilizing the cumulative administration method she developed over 13 years of clinical practice in Mexico.

Clare is also part of a cutting edge cohort of experts who are advancing Parkinson's Disease treatment, utilizing a successful combination of ibogaine, orthomolecular medicine & nootropics. As these case studies build, data gathered will contribute to new methods that can become open-source material for the safest and best outcomes. As a member of INPUD, an international drug user rights organization, Clare is devoted to reducing stigma & harm, promoting the health, dignity & cognitive liberty for people who use drugs, and every human’s basic right to compassion-based medicine.

Dr. Anwar Jeewa is the founder and director of Minds Alive Wellness Centre. He holds an Honours degree (2004) in Religion and Social Transformation from the University of Kwazulu-Natal (UKZN), for which he submitted a mini-dissertation entitled “Religion, Spiritual and Substance Abuse.” He also holds a Masters degree in Social Science (2006) from UKZN; the title of his dissertation was “The Treatment of Substance Abuse in Residential Centres in the 21st Century.” He is currently in the process of submitting a PhD proposal focusing on the long term effects of Ibogaine.

Dr Jeewa is heavily involved in drug awareness programmes both in South Africa, as well as in other African countries.

His life story was featured in the Readers Digest in September 2003. He has been featured in various magazines and newspapers and regularly appears as a guest on a range of radio stations, including Voice of the Cape FM, Radio 786, Radio Lotus, Radio Islam and Radio Al-Ansaar. He produces and presents his own programme “Fools Paradise” on Channel Islam International.

Dr Jeewa has presented papers on substance abuse, and specifically on using Ibogaine for the purposes of detoxification, at conferences around the world including: Hope Conference (Bombay 2005, 2008); Ibogaine Conference (Washington 2008); Harms Reduction Conference (Miami 2008); Ibogaine Conference (Boston 2009); Drug Policy Alliance Conference (Alberqueque, 2009); Ibogaine Conference (New York, 2010); Ibogaine GITA Conference (Barcelona, 2010); Psychedelic Science Conference (Amsterdam, 2010); Harm Reduction Conference (Austin, 2010); Ibogaine GITA Conference (Vancouver, 2012). He was also published in the South African Family Journal in 2009.

Dr. Anwar Jeewa is the founder and director of Minds Alive Wellness Centre. He holds an Honours degree (2004) in Religion and Social Transformation from the University of Kwazulu-Natal (UKZN), for which he submitted a mini-dissertation entitled “Religion, Spiritual and Substance Abuse.” He also holds a Masters degree in Social Science (2006) from UKZN; the title of his dissertation was “The Treatment of Substance Abuse in Residential Centres in the 21st Century.” He is currently in the process of submitting a PhD proposal focusing on the long term effects of Ibogaine.

Dr Jeewa is heavily involved in drug awareness programmes both in South Africa, as well as in other African countries.

His life story was featured in the Readers Digest in September 2003. He has been featured in various magazines and newspapers and regularly appears as a guest on a range of radio stations, including Voice of the Cape FM, Radio 786, Radio Lotus, Radio Islam and Radio Al-Ansaar. He produces and presents his own programme “Fools Paradise” on Channel Islam International.

Dr Jeewa has presented papers on substance abuse, and specifically on using Ibogaine for the purposes of detoxification, at conferences around the world including: Hope Conference (Bombay 2005, 2008); Ibogaine Conference (Washington 2008); Harms Reduction Conference (Miami 2008); Ibogaine Conference (Boston 2009); Drug Policy Alliance Conference (Alberqueque, 2009); Ibogaine Conference (New York, 2010); Ibogaine GITA Conference (Barcelona, 2010); Psychedelic Science Conference (Amsterdam, 2010); Harm Reduction Conference (Austin, 2010); Ibogaine GITA Conference (Vancouver, 2012). He was also published in the South African Family Journal in 2009.

The life & times of Richie aka Eric Taub in the ibogaine world. Richie takes us from his beginnings with ibogaine to the present day (Mar 2020) and details his unusual and synchronistic journey into the world of iboga and ibogaine that sees him travel across the world to Africa in hope of finding a cure to the opioid crises in the US. On his return he quickly began to give treatments as well as train others who had been clean for at least one year after treatment. In all, he oversaw 754 treatments. Not content with the feasibility of ibogaine he then travelled to Vietnam seeking a local herbal remedy purported to be used for heroin detox. On his return home he teamed up with a Chinese doctor and developed a herbal preparation effective for tapering from opioids, based on the herbal remedy available in Vietnam but not the same, as not all the Vietnamese herbs were available in the US. However, in regard to tapering from opioids it appears to be more effective than the Vietnamese detox remedy. Richie is one of life's unsung heroes and will no doubt go down in the history books as someone who cared more for others than himself and gave himself almost innocently to the cause of others. It has been a pleasure to make this very first MYEBOGA podcast with Ritchie, in large part due to his endless patience as I learned the process, and in return I wish Richie the very best in all that lies ahead.

The life & times of Richie aka Eric Taub in the ibogaine world. Richie takes us from his beginnings with ibogaine to the present day (Mar 2020) and details his unusual and synchronistic journey into the world of iboga and ibogaine that sees him travel across the world to Africa in hope of finding a cure to the opioid crises in the US. On his return he quickly began to give treatments as well as train others who had been clean for at least one year after treatment. In all, he oversaw 754 treatments. Not content with the feasibility of ibogaine he then travelled to Vietnam seeking a local herbal remedy purported to be used for heroin detox. On his return home he teamed up with a Chinese doctor and developed a herbal preparation effective for tapering from opioids, based on the herbal remedy available in Vietnam but not the same, as not all the Vietnamese herbs were available in the US. However, in regard to tapering from opioids it appears to be more effective than the Vietnamese detox remedy. Richie is one of life's unsung heroes and will no doubt go down in the history books as someone who cared more for others than himself and gave himself almost innocently to the cause of others. It has been a pleasure to make this very first MYEBOGA podcast with Ritchie, in large part due to his endless patience as I learned the process, and in return I wish Richie the very best in all that lies ahead.