Driftwood should be fine, as long as it doesn't have too much salt (like from a seawater aquarium or being collected on the coast). You should be able to get a lot of salt out by soaking it in fresh water.
Don't know about the monkey plants, though. I'm guessing it would be ok as long as it doesn't have any strong smells and the live plant doesn't leak anything milky-looking.
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