ABOVE: Tabernanthe iboga Baill.
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The manager of the plant conservatory at Miami University in Ohio is out of a job, while its director, a biology professor, and an anthropology professor are set to be fired after authorities learned that the facility was growing several seedlings of a psychedelic plant called iboga, Inside Higher Ed reports. There is no indication that the researchers intended to cultivate the plant’s illegal, psychoactive substance, but a student who picked up several leftover seedlings reportedly wanted to “get high.”
Once the university learned of the student’s intention to grow the plant for illicit drug use, it alerted authorities and the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) confiscated the plant in November, but did not press charges against conservatory staff. A spokesperson for the agency tells Inside Higher Ed that research on narcotics classified as schedule 1 must be approved by DEA, but would not comment on ...
