I agree 100% about chocolate. But if "Buddhism is true" & meditating makes people better, how is that we have been at war for decades? Yoga, Buddhism and meditation came to America (and much of the West) full force in the 60s when the Beatles began doing TM. Buddhism, Yoga-ism & other Eastern religions have become as ubiquitous as Starbucks, with Yoga centers & meditating centers on every corner (especially in Boulder).
 It got more of a hold in the 70s. Here we are in 2017 & I really do not see Americans as better off for having embraced these Eastern practices. 
And what about the absolultion of murderers in Buddhist texts? Warrior King Dutthagamani was absolved from murders because he "killed only Tamils, who are no better than beasts." There have been violent battles between Buddhists & Muslims in Sri Lanka for decades.
Issatsu tashō is a Buddhist concept which means "kill one to save many." Meditate away but please know that Buddhism is complicated.