1.6 million addicts in Afghanistan are the result of our war on drugs.
Ibogaine For Afghanistan BenefitTuesday, July 28th, 2015
6:30-9:30 PM
@The Henley Vaporium
23 Cleveland Pl, NYC, NY, USA
Suggested Donation: $20
Come on down to the party,
a half block south of the Spring St.
stop on the east side of the park.
(Cleveland Pl is
the northern most block of Center St.)
from the scourge of heroin.
Problem:
Drug addiction inAfghanistan
Drug addiction in
Solution:
Establish an Ibogaine Clinic in
WHAT IS IBOGAINE?
Ibogaine is a
naturally occurring alkaloid obtained from the root bark of the shrub Tabernanthe
iboga. It grows in Gabon and other areas in West Africa . Ibogaine root bark has been used for many
centuries during the ritualistic ceremonies of the Bwiti religion.
But ibogaine is
best-known for interrupting the symptoms of drug withdrawal and reducing drug craving
for extended periods of time -- allowing an heroin addict to detoxify with minimal symptoms.
Ibogaine also appears to reset the
brain's neurotransmitter function to a pre-addictive state.
RITUAL
WHAT IS IBOGAINE FOR AFGHANISTAN ?
Ibogaine For
Afghanistan is a project created for the specific purpose of:
• Implementing and
legalizing Ibogaine in Afghanistan .
• Including it in the
Afghan ‘prescribed medicines list.
• Creating a circle of
treatment for drug users in Afghanistan
and war veterans in theUnited States .
and war veterans in the
The project began back
in 2010. A number of difficult obstacles forced it to to be temporarily
discontinued. In early 2014, it was reactivated after the difficulties were worked
out and eliminated.
WHY AFGHANISTAN ?
Its poor performance never
really gained the support of government officials. As the heroin crisis
increases, a new and more effective treatment method is desperately needed to
help turn the tide. The arrival of Ibogaine as the quickest, safest and most
cost-effective medication is expediting the government approval of a license
for the clinic.
Targeted authorities:
• Ministry of Health.
• Ministry of Counter
Narcotics.
• Ministry of Justice.
• Ministry of
Religious Affairs.
• Ministry of
Information and Culture.
• Ministry of labor
and social affairs, civil society and local influential faces.
Strategy:
The project consists
of three stages: Stage 1. included Murtaza Majeed traveling to Kabul ,
Afghanistan to utilize his relationship with
government and the country’s Drug Demand Reduction committee of the nation’s
two most populated areas besides Kabul . (Herat and Mazar-i-Sharif)
Stage 2. is now
focused on the demonstration of ibogaine for heroin detox in six to ten addicts
and the establishment of a clinic. This stage includes foreign experts training
a medical staff, establishment of a clinic in Kabul .
Stage 3. The expansion
of ibogaine therapy across the country as an alternative for detoxification in
all U.N.-affiliated treatment centers.
Timeline: Due to
complications resulting from the disputed election, the project has been
postponed to start on September 1, 2014. Stage 1, leading to approval to do the first
demonstration treatments required Murtaza to go to Kabul again in March to negotiate a memorandum of
understanding with the most advanced hospital addiction clinic in the
country. That was followed by the
appointment a harm reductionist, Salamat Azime, as new Minister for Counter-narcotics.
Salamat is a former student of Murtaza's closest associate, Dr. Zabi; and on
June 13 Zabi arrived in Kabul . The last key
player, Dr. Anwar Jeewa of S. Africa, is set to bring ibogaine, adjunct
medications and certain medical equipment up from Durban
just as soon as Ms. Azime produces a visa--a process complicated by the fact Afghanistan doesn't maintain an Embassy in Pretoria .
All of this is
contingent upon funding.
Ibogaine For
Afghanistan Executive Director, Murtaza Majeed has established a local NGO,
"Medawa", to work on drug treatment, policy making, advocacy on drug
policy and harm reduction services. Murtaza is working with people who use
drugs for their rights, access to treatment and health.
Since Murtaza Majeed
is a veteran of the National AIDS
Control Program in Afghanistan and was a
national training and resource center coordinator for Afghanistan National AIDS
Control Program, everyone in the country is familiar with his work. The first
methadone clinic funded by the Global Fund and Afghanistan
government was one of his achievements. Training and development of methadone treatment
to other health staffs in Afghanistan was part
of his responsibilities through the National Training and Resource Centre.
In 2010 he started to
advocate for Ibogaine in order to have a licensed and prescribed Ibogaine in Afghanistan and to open a clinic for drug treatment. He
actually went so far as to schedule Dr. Zabi for training at Minds Alive Clinic
in Durban in early 2011, but visa problems
interfered. Murtaza has a long experience working with community development, human
rights, drug users rights, HIV/AIDS, needle exchange program and organizational
development. He urgently needs your financial backing. We are so close to
effectuating the first 10 treatments!
Contribute to Ibogaine for Afghanistan today!
For more information contact
Dana Beal
Dana@Phantom.com or call 646-713-1690
