Rick Perry Ibogaine - Joe Rogan Experience

Ibogaine has been floating around the edges of public conversation for years, but it reached a very different crowd when Rick Perry sat down with Joe Rogan to talk about it. Hearing a former Texas governor go deep on a psychedelic root was unexpected, and that’s probably why the episode stuck with so many people.

Perry kept coming back to one thing: veterans who’ve run through every option the system offers and still end up stuck, addicted, or dealing with heavy PTSD symptoms. He’s met enough of them to take the subject seriously, even if it sits far outside traditional politics.

The two talked about how people in the U.S. have to leave the country to try ibogaine in a safe, supervised setting, and why the research around it keeps hitting political walls. Perry didn’t pitch ibogaine as a miracle cure — just something that deserves proper study instead of being pushed to the margins.

Whatever your position on psychedelics, the conversation is worth watching. It’s rare to hear someone from Perry’s world speak honestly about why people are looking for alternatives and how much suffering sits behind that search.

If you’re trying to understand why ibogaine keeps coming up in discussions about addiction and trauma, this episode gives a clear window into the bigger picture.