“Ibogaine cures addiction.”
Cure language outruns the evidence and hides risk.
Read →Claims
Claim checks
Common statements get a verdict and supporting sources. Listening Library extracts pair media claims to verified primary sources.
“The FDA allowed Noribogaine, so it is approved.”
Study permission ≠ approval. See also FDA FAQ.
Read →“Natural means safe.”
Natural and still cardiac-risky.
Read →“A clinic success rate proves efficacy.”
Needs denominators and independent review.
Read →“Ibogaine restores the bicameral mind.”
Jaynes is contested theory, not established neuroscience.
Read →“Stanford Mg-ibogaine proved TBI/PTSD.”
Gorman PMID 42330793 + observational limits.
Read →Listening Library extract
Williams / Ferriss Mg-ibogaine
Podcast ≠ peer-reviewed endpoints.
Extract →Listening Library extract
Sames / oxa-iboga
PMID 39304653 animal chemistry ≠ approval.
Extract →Listening Library extract
Mash noribogaine / OUD
Observational history ≠ cure / FDA approval.
Extract →Listening Library extract
Miracle-title literacy
Title rhetoric is not evidence.
Extract →Listening Library extract
Hamilton Morris iboga
Fieldwork/chemistry media → Alper 18029124 / hERG 25636206.
Extract →Listening Library extract
Capone / VETS advocacy
Advocacy → Cherian 38182784 + critique 42330793.
Extract →Listening Library extract
Perry / Hubbard policy
Funding politics ≠ Schedule I repeal.
Extract →Listening Library extract
RFK / PTSD claim-check
Politicized PTSD claims stay observational-limited.
Extract →Listening Library extract
Lotsof / Alper history
Ferriss #337 pathway → PMID 10506904 / 18029124.
Extract →Listening Library extract
Dickinson / Third Wave TBI media
TBI frontier media → Cherian 38182784 + imaging + critique.
Extract →Listening Library extract
Guignon ethical iboga / stewardship
Culture/conservation media ≠ clinical proof or FDA approval.
Extract →Listening Library extract
Jesso MICRO:15 OUD title overclaim
“Stops opioid addiction in a single session” title → OUD observational limits.
Extract →Listening Library extract
Dickinson / McKenna bicameral media
Theory/media ≠ neuroscience proof.
Extract →Listening Library extract
Washington Post 2024 access journalism
Healing hail ≠ Schedule I repeal or FDA approval.
Extract →Listening Library extract
Hubbard / Third Wave policy
State funding advocacy ≠ Schedule I repeal or FDA approval.
Extract →Listening Library extract
Mulligan safety / ethics
Safety literacy media ≠ protocol, dosing, or clinic referral.
Extract →Listening Library extract
CPR / Dickinson OUD media
“New hope” journalism ≠ OUD efficacy proof.
Extract →Media observatory
TMZ / Hubbard on Gerber
Observatory only — not primary evidence.
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