But how about if that fiction was itself based on life? Ibogaine, a hallucinogen from Africa, has been a folk remedy (with some medical evidence) for addiction

But how about if that fiction was itself based on life? Ibogaine, a hallucinogen from Africa, has been a folk remedy (with some medical evidence) for addiction for over a hundred years, and (appropriate for a Tintin reference) 1st came to European attention via French and Belgian explorers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibogaine#History http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibogaine#History