URSY.NEWS / The Guardian / 18 Oct 2026
The next ayahuasca? Gabon fights to protect sacred plant from US drug companies
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Iboga root, central to several Gabonese ritual traditions, is believed to have huge potential for use in treating addiction and some mental illnessesThe temple is dark, its sandy floor edged with candles. People sit shoulder to shoulder beneath palm fronds hung from the rafters. Through the night, they swallow what they have come here for: a bitter root bark called iboga.Tabernanthe iboga is a sl…
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