Edit: I understand Peterson's appeal but I am not a fan because I think he's full of bs and himself. In the case of the drug addiction issue he blamed everybody but himself.
https://readpassage.com/jordan-petersons-handling-of-addicti...
I disagree, it was not understandable, it was just a plainly false statement.
According to Jordan's own statements, he went on those medications due to a severe reaction he had to something he ate (not due to his regular diet, but rather something he ate once): https://youtu.be/3ktjZhih3LQ?t=173
And I wholeheartedly disagree with your assessment of him. I don't agree with everything he says (in fact there are a fair number of things we do not see eye-to-eye on). However, he is obviously very intelligent, and unlike a large number of the media he has interacted with he has been decidedly civil in his discourse (even in the face of media figures who were purposefully being unfair and uncivil, trying to score points on him and make him appear to be something that he is not).