(relatively low stakes, as in like not 9/11 or JFK level)
Mine: plastic straw (and now plastic cutlery) ban initiatives are directly funded by petrochemical companies. Plastic straws are one of the most common and useful types of disposable plastic an average American encounters every day, so banning them causes people a huge inconvenience and tarnishes the idea of other green initiatives (that might have actual teeth) as more nanny state "not allowed to have this"-ery (also has the side effect of making gullible libs think they're actually doing something to help the planet by using a reusable straw while they get their plastic container of meat products)
SSRI's didn't work for me, but my psychiatrist used it as a stepping stone, eventually finding one that really really helped me basically to the point of recovering from OCD. I'm luckily not in the Capitalist Dystopia of the USA, but from my research and brief discussions with psychiatrists, it seems SSRIs are a (relatively) safe introductory medicine. I believe it's prescribed more as a placeholder with the added bonus of potentially helping you out maybe.