Good post addressing valium and ibogaine, holybark.
Even in Africa, there are Iboga deaths.
These folk from the article are thrust into a whirlwind, and I have compassion for what they must face.
One of my elders said to me once, that there is an ibogaine death about every three hundred people who take ibogaine. That is based on decades of observation, not internet reports.
This is a dangerous sacrament. There are many, many ways to make it safer, and not all of them are biomedical. Having medical staff absolutely does not ensure there will not be a death.
A colleague once shared with me some years ago that everyone they knew who was experienced in working with iboga had experienced the death of a client. Everyone. That's something. My colleague is not one for exaggeration.
When I work with people, I am so very, very careful. On so very many levels. I've yet to have someone die, but I've also yet to have worked with 300 people, though I am not far.
For most people, death is shocking, frightening, mysterious and disorienting.
My prayers go out to those in the community impacted by this reported death, and certainly my prayers go out to the gf and family of the deceased.
Iboga, guys, c'mon. Take all warnings seriously. Research the skill level of your provider. Research all you can about how to best prepare.
A good journey on it's own, is to actually prepare for death, write up your will, your last instructions, who you like present at your funeral, what kind of service you would like, what music played, etc.
Then, keep researching iboga, knowing that sometimes, even with the best of preparations, people die.
Okie dokie.