Rick Perry

I'm excited to announce that we have begun a partnership with the Center for Brain Health, University of Texas at Dallas, Americans for Ibogaine, and Forward Intent to create the largest research study of Ibogaine to date focused on

on understanding its impact on the brain among the veteran community.

Dr. Francesca Philby, an expert in cognitive and translational neuroscience, especially the use of neuroimaging to study brain behavior relationships, will lead the research.

Our mission together is to move beyond the question of, does Ibogaine help?,

and instead answer the more practical questions veterans and clinicians need.

Number one, who benefits and why?

How long do the benefits last?

Which aspects of daily life functioning, i.e., cognition, sleep, substance use, and overall well-being, improve or worsen following treatment?

And how are these changes associated with brain alterations?

The three-year study will follow those treated with Ibogaine over the course of 18 months, which will allow us to create the first understanding of the sustained impacts of Ibogaine on the brain across various treatment regimes.

We'll be diving more into this topic on November the 19th at the Center for Brain Health's Brain Health Presents speaker series to share more.

By bringing world-class scientific rigor to this space, we aren't just studying a substance.

We're creating a foundation of knowledge that will expand safe, informed access for those who need it most.

That is

is what Americans for Ibogaine is really all about.

Making that type of penetration, having that type of success, seeing what Brian and the other folks have created here in the state of Texas.

I'm going to tell you something, brother.

There is nothing that I've been involved with in my life that gives me more pleasure

than to see what we're doing and knowing that there's a father out there, a mother out there, whose child's gonna be saved.

Hey, well, I remember what I wanted to talk about.