Psychoactive drug ibogaine shows success with TBI vets

As we’ve been learning, the earlier we detect mild TBIs, the more we can do for people who go on to develop neuropsychiatric conditions. But there may be hope now too for people for whom depression, anxiety and PTSD have taken hold. A new treatment - the psychoactive drug ibogaine (illegal in many countries) - has shown some promise.

I’ve been speaking to Nolan Williams who is leading research at Stanford University into the use of ibogaine to alleviate the plight of veterans suffering from the fallout of TBIs where 30 US ex special forces were treated with the drug in a clinic in Mexico...