Two Puzzling Murders Challenge The CSIs In 'Getting Off'

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A well-dressed man named Ed Burnell stands in an alley on the seedy side of town. Suddenly, a shadowy figure, knife in hand approaches him, and stabs him repeatedly. The CSIs must find his killer in the new episode "Getting Off."

CSI Files sources recently released details for the sixteenth episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigations's fourth episode of the season. While Grissom and Brass look into Burnell's murder, Sara and Catherine have to identify the body of a clown. Sara notes that some clowns get patents for their face make up design, and the two hope that this clown's make up pattern will lead them to his identity, and his killer.

Grissom and Warrick have located Burnell's car, and the junkie driving it, who managed to crash it and seriously injure his legs. The junkie, who claims to be named Jamal, is so high that Grissom and Warrick can barely get a straight answer out of him. Once the nurse gives him morphine, he starts babbling, claiming that Burnell was so dumb, he was looking to be killed.

Sara and Catherine visit Buddy, an agent who signs a lot of clowns. In his book they locate their victim, a man named Donny Zanks, who went by Doodles. Buddy booked a lot of Doodles's jobs, but he stayed away from Doodles's more colorful jobs, which included fulfilling the fantasies of women who wanted to have sex with clowns.

Catherine visits Mrs. Stern, who hired Doodles for her son's birthday party. However, the birthday party went sour when Doodles attacked the mime who was also hired for the birthday party.

Grissom and Brass question Jake Sinclair, a former junkie and convict who now runs a rehab center. Sinclair uses the drug Ibogaine to force addicts to face their demons. The treatment worked so well for Burnell that he became a changed man, not only kicking his addictions but becoming spiritual as well. But Burnell's desire to help others with similar problems led him into dangerous territory...

Please note that the above plot details have not been confirmed by CBS, Alliance Atlantis or Bruckheimer Films, and until such time you should treat this information as you would any other rumour. The above information comes from an early draft of the script and details may change before the episode goes to air.

"Getting Off" will likely air in spring of 2004.<center></center>
 
As CSI is one of my favorite programs and ibogaine development is principally my life's work I am hoping that CSI will provide an honest view of this valuable experimental antiaddictive medication. But, time will tell. It is interesting the way that concepts of ibogaine have moved from the West African forests to the streets of US, European and Candian cities and finally to sets of CSI. Regards and looking to a good job and an interesting show.

Howard S. Lotsof
President
Dora Weiner Foundation
dwf123@earthlink.net web page Dora Weiner Foundation
 
. As an intake counselor for addicted persons who I help into Ibogaine drug treatment facilities outside the US, I met the news that Ibogaine would be a topic on a crime TV show with some chagrin. The character Burnell seems eerily similar to myself. Realizing that CSI is not a cops and robbers show per se but a murder drama, I can imagine a few realistic possibilities for the plot line. However, since TV is an entertainment medium, realism often gives way to the cruel distortions of sensationalism. I hope the show airs with sympathy toward Ibogaine and those who struggle against the drug war bureaucrats who stand in the way of addicts who desperately need this addiction antidote. Two facts MUST be included. No Ibogaine treatments are happening on US soil and Ibogaine patients are immobile while under its influence.
. When I walk the streets of Detroit, for instance, I feel the triple threat of "dangerous territory" that consist of the addicts themselves who can be quite unpredictable, the pushers in the gangs who would come after me if they knew what I was up to on their turf and the federal authorities who seek to snare me for a 10 year prison stint for conspiracy to distribute a Schedule I Controlled Substance, irregardless of the fact that the alleged crime happens outside the US. I will take serious personal offence if CSI becomes a launching pad for an attack on Ibogaine or providers like myself. I make great personal sacrifices and live in poverty for Ibogaine because it is better than living comfortably in a nation that would rather not have the only corrective treatment for addiction available.
:(God Forgive America.
 
Well,

I must say the ibogaine and noribogaine information were very well handled on CSI though I thought the usual tension of the program was lacking....or am I just too used to the drug scenes presented?

Howard S. Lotsof
President
Dora Weiner Foundation
http://www.doraweiner.org
 
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