Why isnt Ibogaine allowed in America?

Published July 4, 2010

Question by Johnny Quest: Why isnt Ibogaine allowed in America?
Ibogaine is an anti-addictive drug with potential to cure addiction to cocaine, crack, alcohol, presription drugs. However it has mild hallucogenic properties lasting for about 2-4 hrs after treatment and also ataxia( gross incordination of muscle movements lasting for about 12 hrs) More can be learnt about Ibogaine by searching wikipedia or the web.

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Answer by Frankie
Sheesh. If you read the Wikipedia article, you know exactly why it isn’t approved in the USA. It has potentially fatal brain & heart toxicity, and there isn’t enough profit in it for a drug company to put up funding for further FDA trials.

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