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Traveling to our facility is an easy process. If you are traveling from within the United States, then you can fly into San Diego International Airport (SAN). Our drivers will pick you up and bring you over the border. Because you are crossing an international border you will need to have photo identification and proof of citizenship. This means either a passport, driver’s license, or an identification card accompanied by a birth certificate or social security card. While you don’t necessarily need them to get into Mexico, you will need them for your return to the United States.

If traveling from Canada or overseas you can select either San Diego or Tijuana as your destination. Both airports are approximately 45 minutes from our location. Our drivers can be dispatched to anywhere within a 100-mile radius to bring you back to our facility

Ibogaine is a naturally occurring substance that is both chemically and pharmacologically complex. Its multi-faceted mechanisms of action produce benefits in the treatment of a number of different conditions that involve neurological repair and/or the transformation of psychological states. While this including neurodegenerative disorders and various forms of psychological distress, its cumulative physical and psychological effects make ibogaine uniquely suited for the treatment of addiction.

One of the most predominant qualities of ibogaine is its powerful psychoactive effects, which some people experience as oneirogenic, “stimulating waking dreams.” Regardless of the specific content of this experience, ibogaine is known to bring on a profound shift of perspective around issues that are deeply existential or personally meaningful. On a neurological level, ibogaine stimulates a period of neuroplasticity that can repair neurological degeneration and ease various kinds of neurochemical transitions.

Anecdotal evidence suggests that ibogaine, which is derived from a plant found in the African rainforest, adjusts brain chemistry to the point that a person who otherwise might experience intense withdrawal symptoms for one or two weeks does not go through withdrawal or suffer from cravings. However, scientists exploring the potential of this drug in addiction treatment do not believe ibogaine completely ends addiction; instead, it interrupts the process. (1)

The addiction model of disease describes the condition as chronic due to long-term changes to the reward centers of the brain. When a person takes ibogaine, the drug is converted into a compound called noribogaine, which targets the areas of the brain affected by drug-seeking and addictive behaviors. Noribogaine “rewires” these areas, allowing the brain to restructure itself to a state similar to before addiction was triggered.