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UPDATE: Ibogaine death

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15 October
𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟮 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰. In 2019, we investigated Dr Anwar Jeewa, a dentist running a rehab clinic in Durban. Jeewa dosed his patients with ibogaine, a controversial psychedelic substance that blocks the symptoms of opiate withdrawal. Two years before our investigation, a young Canadian man who’d approached Dr Jeewa for help with his prescription addiction died just hours after his arrival at the clinic. Seven years later, the courts have finally had their say