Why is Ibogaine illegal in the US?

Heroin is an illegal drug commonly used by young people in the US. It is considered to be dangerous because of its side effects and is very addictive. 

Ibogaine hydrochloride is a naturally occurring psychoactive substance that has been proved to cure heroin addiction. The reason for which only few people know about this is simple: drug companies don't want to produce it due to the patent has expired. 

Ibogaine works within 48 hours and without withdrawal symptoms, it seems utopic but it's not. Pharmaceutical companies know about the effectiveness of this alkaloid, but they refuse to produce it because it means less money. Drug companies earn more by selling less effective medications than by selling ibogaine. 

If ibogaine is so effective, why is it illegal in the US? Because the patent expired, so no drug company can make a profit of it. No one will pay for ibogaine to go for FTE (full time equivalent) trials. 

Obviously this is wrong! Hundreds of lives could be saved, diseases such as hepatitis B and HIV could be prevented if these people decided to do what's best for society. 

The TV show "Law and Order Svu" dedicated an episode to this issue in 2009, becoming one of the first programs in making this alkaloid known. That's how I found out about this.

Others have already started to disclose about ibogaine, what are you waiting for?