I am actually going through a rebirthing process very rapidly I feel incredible devotional love coming from my parents

"I am actually going through a rebirthing process very rapidly I feel incredible devotional love coming from my parents. This memory enables me to accept the mistakes I thought my parents had made in the process of my growing up. At the end of the 36 hours that an ibogaine session lasts, addicts claim a depth of insight into their behaviour that professionals estimate is the equivalent of a year in conventional therapy.Geerte's experience is typical "I see myself as a foetus in my mother's womb," she says. The drug has an extraordinary ability to give people a kind of high-speed overview of their life. Heroin is now the most commonly seized Class A drug, and assuming that the volume of drugs seized is a fraction of those being used, warnings by police and Customs of an impending epidemic seem all too plausible.In this context, the claims made for ibogaine, a drug scarcely known in Britain, deserve to be taken seriously.

Last week, police made one of their largest seizures of heroin, a haul said to have been worth some pounds 20m, in a raid on a central London car park; two days later in east London, police seized 25kg of the drug, worth around pounds 2m. It is a drug called ibogaine, and a growing band of researchers believe that the experiences Geerte and other addicts have had after taking ibogaine just once can cure them of their heroin addiction. If all this is to be believed, ibogaine could be the ultimate answer to a drug problem that appears to be increasing. "After about an hour, I start visualising pink-green diamond shapes .. sounds are especially irritating ... there is a constant zooming sound in the room as if there is a gigantic fly ...

There is the sound of an African drum in the back of my head ... I have visions of walking through the jungle of dark Africa ... I am making vibration sounds with my mouth but I don't understand why ... Now I am walking through my brain as if through a giant computer-like file cabinet..." These are, indeed, the stoned ramblings of someone on a drug, but it is a drug with revolutionary potential. The speaker is Geerte, a 26-year- old Dutch woman who is addicted to heroin, yet it is not heroin that is prompting these visions. The top four have two chances of reaching the final while the bottom four play sudden-death matches.

Manly play Sydney City next Sunday while Brisbane take on North Sydney on Saturday.. Cronulla secured fifth place with a 22-0 defeat of Newcastle on Saturday, with Canberra sixth after trouncing South Queensland 36-10 yesterday. On Friday, St George eased past Western Reds 22-16 for seventh while Western Suburbs claimed eighth place by beating Illawarra 12-8.The top eight sides in the standings now go through to the ARL's play- offs which begin next week. Gary Divorty led the way with two, following a try each to Gareth Stephens and John Aston.However two second half tries to the Cougars through Critchley and Phil Cantillon plus three Simon Irving conversions and a drop goal from Jason Ramshaw, saw the Cougars home.They now face their second successive Premiership Final at Old Trafford, where they will meet Salford next Sunday.Four tries from John Hopoate helped Manly claim first place in the Australian (ARL) standings as they completed their regular season matches with a 48-10 defeat of lowly South Sydney on Sunday.Manly, coached by Australia boss Bob Fulton, lived up to their early season status as favourites by running in nine tries in all to end their campaign two points clear of Brisbane who secured second place with a 38-6 defeat of Auckland on Friday.North Sydney beat Gold Coast 38-8 for third place while Sydney City managed to reverse a recent slump in form to beat Sydney Tigers 24-10 and grab fourth place. Police also made many arrests during after crowd trouble, which included a pitch invasion midway through the first half. A surge of Hull fans forced the barriers behind the post to collapse 24 minutes into the game.