That's a great question @ journeyoflife!
Here's what my opinion on the subject is:
It's still illegal because it allows people to be in good health and use their brains to really think for themselves. When people are sick, fat, tired and nearly dead, they are really easy to control, and they're great pharmaceutical consumers. The general population has been led to believe that they can only survive if they take their monthly prescriptions (x3-7 depending on geographical location) because they've given their power away to others who they think have more authority than themselves. This belief removes the onus on the person to take responsibility for their own health. Instead of changing their lifestyle habits, it is easier to take a hand full of pills, pay through the nose for them and call it a day.
This herb balances every system and gland in the body. It also balances brain chemistry and provides long lasting relief from chronic pain. It's just plain evil, that it's still illegal. (My rant is over. Hahaha!)