You are right. The knowledge base of getting people addicted to drugs is a recent phenomenon. We can find no comparison in the ancient world nor can we find instances of it a half century ago.

Yes, there is a hack here. There is someone who justifies charlatan practice with hyperbole about discoveries in psychology.

I understand how you can feel that placing psychiatry next to German national socialism could be seen as appalling. People like me should be rounded up and subjected to a regime of chemical treatment. I am familiar with the mindset.