Why wouldn't they be able to IPO? Making money off of pushing addictive chemicals to vulnerable people is a very attractive proposition. We know this because

Why wouldn't they be able to IPO? Making money off of pushing addictive chemicals to vulnerable people is a very attractive proposition. We know this because people will do it despite its being illegal. If you can make money, legally, doing something that hurts people, people will do it. Ask the Sacklers. Ask health insurers that deny coverage. It would be fashionable to say "the cruelty is the point" but it's not - the cruelty is just icing. Whether it is 'cruel' or 'moral' never even enters into the picture. People invest in companies that make torture devices, sell addictive chemicals, develop nerve toxins, and slaughter animals wholesale, without a second thought, because there is money to be made.