Ibogaine, a potent psychedelic, is coming to red-state America. Tamara Gilkes Borr meets one of the movement’s most determined advocates, an evangelist on a mission to spread ibogaine across America, to understand why this illegal and potentially dangerous psychedelic is gaining popularity among conservatives.
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