Howard Lotsof
Howard S. Lotsof (* 1. March 1943 in the Bronx , New York ; † 31 January 2010 on Staten Iceland , New York ) discovered in 1962 in New York by chance in a self-experiment that examined disrupting properties of ibogaine and sat down since then for research and medical use of this substance - banned in the USA - .
Since 1985 he held patents for the treatment of substance-related addictions with ibogaine.
literature
- Cheryl Pellerin: Trips: How Hallucinogens Work . AT-Verl., Aarau, Switzerland 2001, ISBN 3-85502-680-7 , Chapter 9: How hallucinogens work ( ibeginagain.org ).
Individual evidence
- ^ Howard Lotsof Dies at 66; Saw Drug Cure in a Plant. In: nytimes.com. February 17, 2010.
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| SURNAME | Lotsof, Howard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lotsof, Howard S. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American discoverer of the addictive properties of ibogaine |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 1, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bronx , New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 31, 2010 |
| Place of death | Staten Island , New York City |