Howard Lotsof-Final Essay

Howard Lotsof is a genius! I mean what other person do you know was a heroine addict and after experimenting with Ibogaine, got cured from it after one use and decided to spread his findings among the world. "Howard Lotsof, an American filmmaker and political activist, found that ibogaine was particularly useful in treating opiate addiction, based on his own experience and that of his friends since the early 1960s." (Marlatt 171) For a man to basically stumble onto these findings and use it to help other addicts such as himself is remarkable. Many people are giving him less credit than he deserves. "Ibogaine is not a euphoriant and has not shown itself to have abuse potential." (Lotsof 1) When people hear this they should actually believe the research that Lotsof and his research team have discovered and be extraordinarily proud of the achievements he has made. He is not telling everyone this is a sure fire way to cure yourself. This isn't successful with every patient who uses it but it has helped many people along the way and with more research it will go even further.


Work Cited Page
Marlatt, Alan. Harm Reduction: Pragmatic Strategies for Managing High-Risk Behaviors. Guildford Press. New York: New York. 2002

Lotsof, Howard. The Ibogaine Dossier. http://www.ibogaine.desk.nl/lotsof.html

Twilight Movie

This last weekend I went to go to Twilight. I am a huge fan of the books and was ecstatic to see it on the big screen. I went to the Thursday night showing at 12:01. I thought it was a let down to be completely honest with you. I have to watch it again because throughout the movie little girls were screaming out things because they are little girls- which bugged me extremely!! I am such a devoted fan and I was surprised at how the movie came out because the previews made it look amazing. Don't get me wrong there were some great moments in the movie but I thought it could of lived up to the book more. This is because the author of the book did NOT write the script which I believe to be the biggest mistake they could have made!! Hopefully for the next book the movie will be more like the book so I can enjoy it just as much.

November

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PERVERTS!

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Hunter S. Thompson

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Joan Didion

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Ovid

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The Love Books of Ovid: The Art of Love: Book 1