1st Conference of Dialogs between Medicines. Treatment of addictions with traditional medicines.
1st Conference of Dialogs between Medicines.
Treatment of addictions with traditional medicines.
Presentation:
This is the first Conference of medical experts, aimed at exchanging knowledge of different medicines practiced around the world. Traditional medicine exists in all cultures and must co-exist with Allopathic Medicine, which has been adopted by governments world-wide.
In recognition of the globalization of traditional medicine, the GASS association seeks to reflect on the pace of this globalization and to exchange knowledge which will create new approaches and therapeutic opportunities. Our conference will offer valuable insights from professionals with exceptional knowledge in the treatment of addictions: Dr. Roman Paskulin, Dr. Jorge Hurtado, Dr.Jacques Mabit and Lcdo. Sacha Domenech, all of whom are working to develop new therapies using plants and techniques from traditional medicines in Africa and South America, including the Amazonian Ayahuasca, the San Pedro Cactus, the Andine Coca leaf, and the African Iboga.
All conferences will be translated into English.
Program Date: October 31 , 2009.
Location: c/Roc Boronat 81-95, 08005 Barcelona
09:00 09:30 Welcome and Acknowledgements
09:30 09:45 Music performance with Anna Giménez and Tckika.
09:45 10:00 Welcome. Dr. Joan Colom. Subdirector General de drogodepencències del Departament de Salut de la Generalitat de Catalunya.
10:00 11:00 Dr. Roman talks about the therapeutic use of African Iboga.
11:15 12:15 Dr. Sacha Domenech talks about the therapeutic use of the Andean San Pedro Cactus.
Lunch and video presentation to provide additional information about our speakers.
16:00 17:00 Dr. Jorge Hurtado talks about the therapeutic use of the Andean Coca Plant.
17:15 18:15 Dr. Jacques Mabit talks about the therapeutic use of the Amazonica Ayahuasca.
18:45 19:30 Roundtable discussion among the speakers.
After each speech, there will be 15-20 minute question and answer sessions.
Enrollment.
Prices:
To enroll, complete the form on the GASS web page http://gass.cat
Enrolment will be confirmed after your payment has been validated. You should submit receipt of bank transaction to FAX 93 427 90 93 or email to secretaria@gass.cat (please include first and last name)
Until 20/09/09. After 20/09/09
Students 30€ 45€
ONG Members 35€ 50€
General Public 40€ 55€
Scientific Direction
Dr. Roman Paskulin, Slovenia:
OMI Director, Anthropological Medicine Institute of Slovenia: Dr Paskulin will highlight his experience in the research and treatment of addictions using the Iboga plant from traditional African bwiti medicine.
Dr. Sacha Domenech, Argentina:
Psychologist, co-founder of the Runa Wasi centre in Argentina. For 20 years, Dr Domenech, along with a team of doctors, has been treating addictions using the Wachuma or San Pedro Cactus, and other plants.
Dr. Jorge Hurtado, Bolivia:
Psychiatrist, Director of the Coca Museum in La Paz, Bolivia. Dr Hurtado researches traditional techniques which use the coca plant to treat cocaine addicts. He recently won a Science and Technology award for the development of coca leaf pills to treat cocaine addiction.
Dr. Jacques Mabit, France:
Doctor, researcher in plateau and mazon Peruvian medicine. He funded the Takiwasi Centre for Drug Rehabilitation and Research of Traditional Medicines in 1992, with the support of the European Union and the Volunteers Program for United Nations. In 1996, he was co-founder of the Consejo Interamericano sobre la Espiritualidad Indigena (CISEI-Mexico). In 2001 he co-founded the International Network of Traditional Ayahuasqueros Doctors (RIMTAY-Peru).
Technical Coordination: Mr. Eduard Casas. GASS President.
More Info: http://gass.cat
Support from: Health goverment from Catalonia (Departament de Salut, Generalitat de Catalunya)
Howard Lotsof Medical Benefit
Benefit for Howard Lotsof – Ibogaine Pioneer and Activist
[Paypal donations can be made to Clare S. Wilkins, The Ibogaine Association, email address lavidaclarita@yahoo.com. She can be called directly on her USA cellphone: 213-505-5992.]
Please join us Saturday evening, September 26th, for a very special evening in honor of Howard Lotsof, ibogaine pioneer and activist (to be held at the Judson Memorial Church during the Horizons: Perspectives on Psychedelics conference
– www.horizonsnyc.org).
Many of you are aware of the dedication and devotion Howard has brought to his work with ibogaine for over four decades. Working tirelessly in support of safe and effective treatment for those suffering under the yoke of opiate addiction, Howard has been a beacon of light and hope, and has had incalculable positive effect on innumerable lives. Known affectionately as “The Father of the Modern Ibogaine Movement,” Howard was the first to discover the addiction-interrupting effect of ibogaine. Since 1962, Howard’s mission has been to make ibogaine legal, available, and safe – and to encourage further research into this remarkable substance.
Howard and his muse, partner, and loving wife Norma have continued this important work for decades, making many personal sacrifices along the way.
As many of his friends know, Howard is quite ill with advanced stage liver cancer and now we want to give something back. With his innate fighting spirit, Howard continues his work on behalf of a growing and grateful ibogaine community. Yet his medical expenses are mounting and we are now asking you to help. Our benefit event in celebration of Howard and his life’s work will be held 7-9PM at Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square South, New York, NY (A, C, E, B, D, F, V to W. 4th St); a light dinner will be provided, followed by a discussion of the current state of ibogaine research and Howard’s work by Rick Doblin, President and Founder of MAPS, theMultidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (www.maps.org), psychologist Neal Goldsmith, and others sharing anecdotes supporting ibogaine and celebrating Howard’s life. We are asking for a one-hundred dollar donation, but please feel free to give whatever you can to help ease the financial burden on this great man and his family. Howard’s noble work has allayed so much pain and saved so many lives, we are honored to have this opportunity to be of service to him now.
Please RSVP to John Harrison at jakaileb@hotmail.com, as soon as possible, so we can gauge how much food to provide. Thank you for your support – we look forward to seeing you Saturday, September 26th!
Thank you,
Randolph Hencken, M.A., B.S.
Communications and Marketing Director, MAPS
MAPS office: 831-429-MDMA (6362)
randy@maps.org
MAPS–the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies – We’re putting the “MD” back in “MDMA”
*The first time you send an email to me, you will need to respond to a challenge email in order for me to receive your email.
Dana Beal Arrest Information
Dana is being held at Saunders County Jail
Details of his arrest can be found here:
http://www.ketv.com/news/21173912/detail.html
He can receive mail at:
Irvin Beal #6669
Saunders County Jail
387 North Chestnut
Wahoo, NE 68066
His bail has been set at $500,000.
He can make collect calls & receive visitors. They will not take messages for him. You can call the jail directly at: 402/944.2222. He is being held in Dorm 18 which is the drug offenders section.
Donations for Dana can be sent via Paypal, made payable to:
Douglas Greene
douggreene@earthlink.net
Aron Kay is working on all of this. The email address set up for correspondence is: freedanabeal@gmail.com. Aron can be reached at: 347/962.5024
Free Dana Beal blogspot: http://freedanabeal.blogspot.com/2009/10/help-free-dana-beal.html
Facebook group is @: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=143405647913
Ibogaine Panel 14 Nov 2009
Ibogaine: Medical Practice, Science, and African Heritage
Date: 14th Nov. 2009
Time: 3.00pm-4.30pm
Location: International Drug Policy Reform Conference, Albuquerque, NM
The discovery of ibogaine’s use as an anti-addictive from the West
African plant, Tabernanthe iboga, has been principally championed by
drug user advocates in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, New
Zealand, Australia, Slovenia, Gabon and South Africa. Some scenes have
grown while others have declined. After decades of drug availability
suddenly supplies of ibogaine used in treatment was interrupted.
Botanical sources had to be found and manufacturing technologies
reevaluated by those skilled in the chemistry and manufacture. Amidst
all of these changes, the sharing of knowledge, cross cultural
understanding and the debt long owed to Africa was acknowledged
precipitating the organization of a Federation of Worldwide Ibogaine
Practitioners. This panel is that story.
Moderator:
Howard S. Lotsof, United States
Panelists:
Jeffrey Kamlet, MD, United States
Anwar Jeewa, South Africa
Dimitri Mobengo Mugianis, United States and Gabon
Clare Wilkins, Mexico and United States
Moughenda Mickala, Gabon and United States
For more information see:
http://www.ibogaine.desk.nl/intdrugpol09.html
Intl Drug Policy Reform Conference
International Drug Policy Reform Conference
http://reformconference.org
The conference will be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 11 – 14, 2009, with a preconference workshop November 11 on harm reduction psychotherapy.
SESSIONS
1. Imagining Victory: Make Your Own Marijuana Regulation Model
2. Formerly Incarcerated People, Policy Reform and Movement Building
3. Drug Courts: Is a Kinder, Gentler Drug War Good Enough?
4. Rural Harm Reduction: Complex Challenges and Unique Solutions
5. Ibogaine: Medical Practice, Science and African Heritage
6. Teaching the DW
Howard Lotsof is to be awarded the Robert C. Randall award in the Field of Citizen Action from the Drug Policy Alliance during the achievement dinner,
November 13th for his actions on behalf of drug users and ibogaine.
NZ Ibogaine Forum News Article
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/72845/forum-debates-use-ibogaine
Forum debates use of Ibogaine
By Ellie Constantine on Mon, 7 Sep 2009
News: Dunedin
The idea of an Ibogaine treatment facility in New Zealand has been debated at a forum in Dunedin.
The Ibogaine Community Forum, held at the University of Otago on Saturday, attracted about 30 people who listened to a range of speakers involved in drug addiction treatment and the use of Ibogaine.
Two of the speakers came from the United States and South Africa respectively.
Tanea Paterson arranged the forum to drive discussion on how the drug, derived from an African plant, could become an official option for addiction treatment.
She was impressed with the interesting ideas at the forum but knew her goal of setting up a treatment clinic to administer it came down to clinical trials being carried out and the drug gaining official status.
Senior lecturer in the University of Otago department of psychological medicine and director of the Community Alcohol and Drug Service, Dr Gavin Cape, took part and said a research interest group was being formed to look at “therapeutic agents to help people who have addiction problems”.
He believed Ibogaine was a “promising therapeutic agent” but stressed “it remains unofficial because there is a lot of debate about it”.
Many people swore by its effectiveness and a strong support group had established around it but “it would take a long time before it became official” as controlled trials to test it further were required.
“What we are trying to do is really discover, along a scientific paradigm, if Ibogaine is as useful as some people say it is.”
The research group may look at starting clinical trials but nothing had been decided, he said.
Ibogaine was not illegal in New Zealand but was prohibited in the United States due to its hallucinogenic properties.
Ms Paterson said the drug not only assisted in the physical symptoms of withdrawal but the mental side as well as it allowed users to reflect on their issues.
She emphasised the drug would have little interest from recreational users because it did not offer an enjoyable experience.
NZ Ibogaine Forum Related News
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/72729/addict-wants-drug-039mainstreamed039
Addict wants drug ‘mainstreamed’
By Sarah Harvey on Sat, 5 Sep 2009
News: Dunedin
For Tanea Paterson, the drug Ibogaine changed her from a drug addict to someone able to live her life.
Now she wants others to be able to get the drug.
Ibogaine, used for centuries by West Africans for rite-of-passage ceremonies and for its healing properties, is not illegal in New Zealand but is only administered by underground healers.
Ms Paterson, and many others worldwide, want the drug used to help people recover from addiction.
Due to its hallucinogenic properties, it is prohibited in the United States and a handful of other countries, but Canada and Mexico allow Ibogaine treatment clinics to operate.
Ms Paterson has organised a forum, to be held today at the University of Otago, where speakers from throughout the world will gather to discuss how the drug can become “mainstream”.
Participants include international heavyweights such as the founder of Cures Not Wars, in New York, Dana Beal, and the director of the Minds Alive International Treatment Centre in Durban, South Africa, Dr Anwa Jeewa.
Dr Gavin Cape, the director of the Community Alcohol and Drug Service, in Dunedin will also attend.
Ms Paterson has battled with drugs for more than a decade. When she was 17, she was involved in a serious car crash which left her dealing with chronic pain.
She was at the time a hairdressing apprentice and began to self-medicate by injecting morphine to deal with the pain.
It quickly became a habit – she contracted Hepatitis C from the needles she was using and watched as her life slowly unravelled.
She tried, and failed, to come off the drug naturally so, at 23, ended up on the methadone programme.
Methadone helped her escape from the drug scene but it also came with social stigma and restrictions.
“Life on methadone is not living – it is just existing. It was really hard to see a future, I couldn’t get excited about anything. You lose your purpose.”
After seven years she tried to withdraw from methadone, but failed.
Then, three and a-half years ago, a friend told her about Ibogaine.
“I had pretty much hit crisis point. I was severely depressed and I couldn’t see a way out.”
At first she did not believe what it was claimed the drug could do, so she spent months researching Ibogaine before deciding to undergo treatment in Australia.
She spent 10 days in Australia, where she was constantly monitored and given nutritious food and the drug.
The treatment was exhausting and not a “magic bullet”, but when she returned to New Zealand, 80% of her withdrawal symptoms had gone.
She no longer needed methadone and could start to live a normal life.
A counsellor said Ms Paterson went from experiencing severe fatigue, depression, anxiety and self-hate to recovering her physical energy and getting over fatigue, which allowed her body to heal.
Since then, she had enrolled in a polytechnic health course and helped others by taking them through the course in their homes.
She dreamed of setting up a treatment centre in New Zealand.
“I think there [are] a lot more people out there who deserve help,” she said.
The Ibogaine Community Forum is on at the University of Otago Burns 2 lecture theatre from 10am-6pm today. It is open to the public.
New Zealand Ibogaine Forum
IBOGAINE FORUM
-AN ALTERNATIVE ADDICTION TREATMENT-
SEPTEMBER 2009
-Saturday 5th- Otago Uni – Burns II lecture theatre @ 10am- 6pm
-Sunday 6th- OUSA Clubs and Socs – Evison lounge @ 12pm- 4pm
( THIS IS A FREE EVENT )
INFORMATION: tanea.iboga@gmail.com
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