Ibogaine Treatment in Colorado: Where Things Stand
Colorado has done more for ibogaine than almost any other state. Voters decriminalized it for personal use in 2022, and in 2026 the legislature created a research pilot that could license up to five sites. If you live along the Front Range, you’ve probably seen the headlines and wondered whether you can get treated at home now.
Not yet. The pilot hadn’t licensed a single site when the law took effect in August 2026, and when it does start, it will be a research study with strict entry rules, not a clinic you can call and book. Today, Coloradans who want medically supervised ibogaine treatment travel for it.
Many of them come to us. We offer ibogaine treatment near Tijuana, Mexico, in the small beach town of Rosarito. Denver to San Diego is a quick nonstop, and from the airport we take you across the border ourselves.
Most Coloradans board in Denver after breakfast, land in San Diego before lunch, and check in with our nurses that afternoon.
A Short Flight
Four airlines fly Denver to San Diego nonstop, usually in under three hours. When you land, our team drives you the rest of the way. Plan your trip with us →
Decriminalized, Not Available
Personal use isn’t a state crime in Colorado anymore, but nobody can legally sell ibogaine or offer treatment there. How Colorado’s law works →
Price Up Front
You’ll know the full program price before you book. Veterans and first responders pay less, and we don’t bill insurance. Our pricing →
Is Ibogaine Legal in Colorado?
It’s complicated, and the short version is this: an adult 21 or older won’t face state charges for personal use, but there is still no legal way to buy ibogaine or be treated with it in Colorado. Federal law hasn’t changed either.
Proposition 122
In 2022, Colorado voters passed the Natural Medicine Health Act. It removed state penalties for adults who possess or use five natural psychedelics, ibogaine among them. Licensed healing centers that opened under the same law offer psilocybin only, not ibogaine.
The 2026 Pilot
Governor Polis signed HB 26-1325 on June 4, 2026. It lets the Behavioral Health Administration license up to five research sites, each with medical screening and heart monitoring. Funding and start dates are still being worked out. Read the bill →
Federal Law and Mexico
Ibogaine is still Schedule I under federal law, so no doctor in Colorado can prescribe it. Mexico doesn’t ban it, which is why clinics there can offer it with medical supervision.
Colorado’s pilot is a real step forward, and we’re rooting for it. But research sites will enroll small groups with strict criteria, and they may be years away. If you need help now, treatment in Mexico is the lawful option. How ibogaine trials work →
Getting Here From Colorado
Fly from Denver International Airport (DEN) to San Diego International (SAN). Southwest, United, Alaska and Frontier all run nonstops, and the flight usually takes two and a half hours or less. Colorado and San Diego are only an hour apart, so the time change barely registers. From Colorado Springs, Grand Junction, Durango or the mountain airports, expect to connect, often through Denver.
Once you land in San Diego, we pick you up and handle the border crossing to Rosarito. There’s no car to rent and no need to figure out Tijuana on your own.
Before You Buy a Ticket
Send us your full medication list first. Methadone, Suboxone, some antidepressants and a few heart medications can change your start date or require extra days before the dose. Let our doctors confirm your plan, then book. A changeable fare is worth the small extra cost. In winter, give yourself a cushion in case snow at DEN delays your flight.
Coming From Different Parts of Colorado
Most trips start at DEN, but here’s how it looks from around the state.
Denver and the Front Range
From Denver, Boulder, Aurora, Fort Collins or Longmont, head to DEN for a nonstop. Leave extra time for the drive and security on weekend mornings.
Colorado Springs and Pueblo
Fly out of Colorado Springs with a connection, or drive about ninety minutes north to DEN and take a nonstop. Many people find the drive is faster overall.
Western Slope and Mountain Towns
From Grand Junction, Durango, Aspen, Vail or Steamboat, you’ll likely connect through Denver. Send us your itinerary, and we’ll meet you at the San Diego airport.
Your Path From Colorado to Treatment
1. Reach out. Apply online or call. We’ll ask what you’re using, how long you’ve used it and what health problems you have.
2. Doctor review. Our physicians look over your medications and history, then tell you how many nights to plan for.
3. Travel day. Fly into San Diego. Our driver brings you across the border to the clinic.
4. Heart and lab checks. Before any dose, we record your heart rhythm and run a complete set of labs.
5. Treatment night. Expect your flood dose on your second or third morning with us, in a private room. Two physicians and our nursing team are present the whole time, with your heart rhythm on a screen beside the bed. What the experience is like →
Inside Your Stay
A standard program is seven nights. That covers your heart and lab checks, the flood dose itself, every meal and staff on site day and night. If you’re coming off a long-acting opioid like methadone or fentanyl, plan on some switch days beforehand, and we price those once you’re screened. After the dose, the rest of the week goes to sleep, meals and a plan for going home.
What the program costs →
Ibogaine Treatment for Colorado Residents: FAQs
Not at a licensed clinic. Colorado’s law lets adults possess and use ibogaine without state charges, but nobody is licensed to sell or administer it. The 2026 research pilot hasn’t started enrolling patients.
Partly. Since Proposition 122 passed in 2022, adults 21 and over won’t face state penalties for personal use. Selling it and treating people with it are still not allowed, and it remains illegal under federal law.
HB 26-1325, signed in June 2026, lets the state license up to five research sites to study ibogaine for conditions like PTSD and addiction. It’s research under FDA rules, with screening and heart monitoring, not open treatment. No sites were licensed when it took effect.
Because the danger isn’t legal, it’s medical. Ibogaine can cause serious heart rhythm problems, and people coming off opioids face added risks. Doing it without heart testing, labs and someone watching a monitor is how people get hurt. That’s why every client here is screened first and watched through the night.
San Diego International (SAN). Denver has several nonstops a day. Please don’t book into Tijuana’s airport before talking with us.
Yes. To drive back into the US you’ll need a US passport book or card. A SENTRI or similar trusted traveler card also works. A Colorado driver’s license alone won’t do.
Most people plan for eight or nine days: seven nights with us plus travel on each end. If you need time to switch off methadone, Suboxone or fentanyl first, add those days. We’ll give you the number after your screening.
No. Ibogaine isn’t FDA-approved, so neither private insurance nor Health First Colorado, the state’s Medicaid program, will cover it. We don’t bill insurance, though we do lower the price for veterans and first responders.
Most people come to us for fentanyl or other opioids like heroin, or to get off methadone or Suboxone. We also treat kratom and 7-OH, cocaine and crack, meth and alcohol dependence, plus trauma and PTSD.
Yes. Statewide opioid deaths dipped in 2024, but Denver’s health department reported 346 fatal fentanyl overdoses in 2025, up nearly 25% from the year before. Many of the Coloradans who call us are trying to get off fentanyl or the methadone and Suboxone they started taking to quit it.
We can’t vouch for anyone working outside the law, and that’s the problem: there’s no license, no inspection and often no doctor in the room. Ask any provider whether they’ll test your heart and run labs before dosing, who watches your heart during the dose and what happens in an emergency. If the answers are vague, walk away.
Psilocybin and ibogaine are very different. Psilocybin sessions at licensed centers aren’t designed as a medical detox, and they don’t address opioid withdrawal the way an ibogaine flood dose aims to. If addiction is the main problem, talk with us about whether ibogaine fits your situation.
Most residential rehab programs run 30 days or longer and lean on counseling, groups and time. Ours is a one-week medical stay centered on a single ibogaine flood dose. It’s shorter and more intense, and many people pair it with counseling or a program once they’re back home.
Rosarito is a small beach town where Southern Californians have spent weekends for generations. Our driver meets you at San Diego’s airport, takes you to the clinic and brings you back when your stay is done, so you’re never navigating on your own.
Very little. San Diego is one hour behind Colorado, and coming down to sea level usually makes sleep and breathing easier, not harder. Mention any heart or lung condition at screening, though, since our doctors check everything before the dose.
Yes. Colorado has a large veteran community, from Fort Carson to the Air Force Academy. Anyone who served, and any first responder, pays a lower rate with us. Veterans and first responders →
Yes. Stay on everything as prescribed until our doctors have looked at the full list. Quitting methadone, Suboxone, a benzodiazepine or a psychiatric drug abruptly carries real risk, and it won’t move your date up.
On your last days with us, we map out the first weeks home: who you’ll lean on, which people and places to steer clear of, and where to find counseling or meetings near you. Your opioid tolerance drops after treatment, so your old amount can now kill you. Have naloxone (Narcan) in the house.
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