Is Sarah Glatt a 'treatment provider' or a psychedelic drug subculturalist ripping off the sick and lame for thousands of Euros?
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Description of Glatt’s “treatment center’ and details of several unreported deaths at her facility.
The following article, entitled ‘Tripping in Amsterdam, describes Glatt’s
Treatment Center:
See:
http://www.clicker.com/tv/wasted/Tripping-in-Amsterdam-144204/‘Sara's house' is a business in Holland run by Sara Glatt - self
proclaimed "Iboga Mother" offering a safe place for 'natural trips' and
shamanic drug rituals. Her title, Iboga Mother refers to the drug Ibogaine,
which is commonly used in her residence for the treatment of drug addiction.
An Ibogaine trip is compared with a waking dream, in which "childhood
memories flicker through the mind like movies", but is not the only drug
available on the menu. Sara has 5 kids (from 5 to 17), and grows
peyote in one greenhouse (her 15 yr old son in charge of two ninefoot
Cannabis plants in the other). Although drug addicts seek treatment
at Sara's house and can often be cured of their addiction, the business
also actively promotes the 'Day Trippers' visiting for that alternative
holiday in their heads. Over the course of a week, we follow the progress
of regulars and first timers looking to kick their habit, alongside the family
developments and a business struggling to survive. People travel from all
over the world to see Sara, as she is often seen as their last chance to deal
with their addiction, but they often bring baggage into the house in terms of
violent behaviour. Within the rural setting of her household, we discover a
number of characters, and their personal journeys and stories of addiction, and
often abuse. Set in rural Holland, the chaotic household reflects a struggling
family business campaigning for the positive effects of natural drugs alongside
the jarring imagery of a 'family' business consumed by them. Sara offers a
convincing argument for the widespread usage of natural highs, but
what sort of example will their own family model portray?
The following reportage is from an individual who underwent ‘treatment’ with Glatt
See:
http://forum.opiophile.org/archive/index.php/t-187.htmlIboganaut 02-26-2005, 09:36 PM
“I spent about $2,200 for a trip to Amsterdam, iboga treatment (as much as you
need) a week stay in the providers home (own room if desired), all the cannabis
I could smoke, mushroom tea, and bedside care periodically throughout the
process. All this was included in the price. The providers name is Sara Glatt and,
although it seems like a lot of money...”
Details of several unreported deaths at Glatt’s Treatment Center.
See forum discussion:
http://www.mindvox.com/pipermail/ibogaine/From: krista.vaughan at gmail.com (Krista Vaughan)
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:34:36 +0000
Subject: [Ibogaine] Treatment Fatality Rate
Hi Sara, it's interesting that you'd say that. haven't you personally had several
unreported deaths at your treatment center, including at least one that I'm aware
of in the last 12 months? Also not reported. I wonder why you'd make a statement
like that in light of your own personal and very extensive experiences.
I wrote this message last fall, so far I don't see anything getting better, about the
only thing that has changed is there are a lot of new people who have shown up
in the very near past who have gotten ibogaine somehow or learned to extract it,
taken it a few times and not died and so decided ibogaine is safe and are spreading
misinformation and opinions disguised as facts. My opinions are about the same
as when I wrote that message last fall. Please note that I've been reading your
messages for years Sara and have much respect for
you as both a person and a provider, but wonder why you'd say something
which doesn't sound very true at all and can't possibly be accurate even
based on your own personal experience. How many people who spend
years of time doing IV drugs or smoking crack or crystal meth would
qualify as "healthy" what's healthy mean exactly without any medical
testing how do you or anyone else know?
In your comparison you are also listing a lot of other psychedelic plants, most
of which as far as I know are not going to kill you if you take too high a dose,
whereas ibogaine will, at least to the best of what I know and what's been
written about it by more or less everyone involved in the ibogaine world for a long
time, be that scientific papers or articles on ibogaine.org or mindvox.
Love KV
From: sara 19 at xs4all.nl (Sara Glatt)
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 08:50:29 +0200
Subject: [Ibogaine] Treatment Fatality Rate-
Krista, It is good to know that you are thinking that way, no one asked me if it was
true or not, people just invent bullshit! who gave you this information? I really
need to know. if anyone would have died here in treatment then I will not able to
hide it, here is not Mexico or Africa, it is not a third world country, the police will be
all over the place and I will not be able practice,or run away, especially not with my
kids who live here with me. It is shame that people in the USA think that way about
Europe. all the best, Sara
From: ibogamail at gmail.com (Matt S)
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 09:53:11 -0600
Subject: [Ibogaine] Treatment Fatality Rate-
For what its worth I have heard that Sara had a death at her place as well,
from someone who I totally trust and who is in a position to know. If
Sara is denying it then it really just becomes one more of those situations where
people in the ibo community can't seem to agree on what the truth is. It
used to surprise me how many of these "disagreement" situations there are, but it
just doesn't anymore. Since I don't know firsthand, then yes I suppose it is gossip.
But as I said I completely trust the person who told me. I was actually thinking the exact same
thing that Krista was apparently thinking when I read Sara's post about the safety
of ibogaine. Just to be clear I don't think it's very dangerous to healthy people, but how do
you know if someone is healthy? And worse, prolonged Q-T is not something
a person is likely to know that they have. Every so often you hear about an
athlete dropping dead while participating in their sport. Usually theses cases are
attributed to prolonged Q-T. These are not unhealthy people and they die without
ever having consumed ibogaine. How many people with this condition are walking
around with it and don't know it? These are the apparently healthy people
who are at serious risk when they take ibogaine. In addition of course to
people who have more obvious health issues. Matt
From: sara119 at xs4all.nl (Sara Glatt)
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 20:37:04 +0200
Subject: [Ibogaine] Treatment Fatality Rate
that person was dancing at my home 36 hours after she was admitted to the
hospital by an Ambulance which I had called for her, She even refused to go
with them, but I could NOT take responsibility for her. in previous email here,I
was writing about Iboga, not Ibogaine. it is 100% natural and has been used for
healing for thousands of years, if it was so deadly I'm sure that people would not do
that. you can twist what I'm writing anyway you like it, but it will not change the reality.
If anyone would have died here because of my neglect or wrong doses I will not
be still practising and having a permission to do so from the inspector of the Dutch
health ministry. the only person who has an clear idea what has happened here is
the health inspector and not a journalist. with 6-12 people a month being treated
here I would not see any reason to be
passing judgement on my practises. Regards, Sara
From: sara119 at xs4all.nl (Sara Glatt)
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 06:48:36 +0200
Subject: [Ibogaine] [Fwd: Re: Treatment Fatality Rate-]
Hi Matt, you are mixing up two people, the person who you thinking about now, is
a few years back, and didn't suffer from a Q-T but from a brain tumor,which was
too big to be removed at that point. but the person himself didn't know it, we found
that out after the autopsy report came out. He saw his death in the iboga
trip and told that to his wife who was here detoxing at the same time.
the guy was already eating and walking around in the garden, he was in day five
of the treatment, and didn't complain about anything,he was suppose to go to
an hotel in Amsterdam a day later, to have a good time with his wife. so even if he
would have been in the best clinical setting in the world where they would check his
heart and liver all the time, they wouldn't have found a brain cancer, before or after
the treatment, unless they would do an MRI. a Doctor would only do an MRI if there
is a reason to, and not before a drug detox. anyway this person didn't have any
money, his wife's family paid for it because they didn't want him to OD again in
their house, which happened few times before the Ibo. treatment.
well, tell me which Ibogaine provider does MRI test for every client? before giving
them a treatment? please don't hesitated to ask me directly. all the best, Sara
