Trump green lights a psychotropic gold rush in the jungle…

If ibogaine could be cultured in a lab, Trump’s order might be less contentious, but so far it can’t. For now, most of the world’s supply grows in the jungles of Gabon in central Africa, where it is revered as a holy sacrament and the foundation stone of Gabon’s Bwiti culture. It’s a natural hallucinogen of almost mystical power, or as one conservationist puts it, “a very pokey psychotropic”. One teaspoon induces “absolute euphoria,” this person says. A full “initiation dose” of 40 tablespoons takes a week to prepare for and two weeks to recover from.