Marc Swogger
@MarcSwogger
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Social scientist & substance use researcher. Humor adjacent. He/him #harmreduction #kratom #TheFall #psychedelics #fortean
Rochester, NY
Joined February 2017
I'll stop eating your garbage when you stop anthropomorphizing me.
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In NC right now, it's getting very difficult for any pain patients to get their pain treated, and nearly impossible for them to find continuity of care if they lose their doctors/meds/pharmacy. @NCMedBoard and @NCMedSoc and NCHHS have done nothing to help. Kratom, CBD, and
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I'm starting to think the reverence for randomized clinical trials - at the expense of all of the other good science - is religion.
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Emergency rooms in Rochester are experiencing significant overcrowding, being at 100% capacity and many patients bypassing primary care doctors and urgent care centers.
whec.com
HENRIETTA, N.Y. — Emergency rooms in Rochester are experiencing significant overcrowding, being at 100% capacity and many patients bypassing primary care doctors and urgent care centers. News10NBC’s...
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Any disruption in healthcare services for our brave veterans is unacceptable. This is deeply concerning. I'm fighting in Congress to make sure our veterans receive the care they've rightfully earned.
whec.com
HENRIETTA, N.Y. – As the Trump administration works to shrink the size of the federal workforce, some of the cuts to the Veterans Administration are hitting here at home.Nationwide, more than 1,000...
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BREAKING: Two sources tell @theprospect that the acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration has asked for a plan for cuts to 50% of the workforce, including at the 1,200 field offices that serve millions of beneficiaries.
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I'm starting to think the reverence for randomized clinical trials - at the expense of all of the other good science - is religion.
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Stage 1, 2, and 3 trials, published in peer-reviewed journals showed that #MDMA-assisted therapy is safe and efficacious for PTSD. The scientific protocols that were used? Well, they were co-developed with the FDA since 2017. Funny time for them to have a problem with the science
FDA advisers vote overwhelmingly against the use of MDMA, commonly known as ecstasy, as a treatment for PTSD
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Psychedelics don't quite fit into the standard way we evaluate drugs—randomized double-blind trials—as you can't really mistake MDMA for a placebo. Are psychedelics the problem? Or does our gold standard need updating? My first for @TheAtlantic
https://t.co/ovEo1N0Vy1
theatlantic.com
How do you study mind-altering drugs when every clinical-trial participant knows they’re tripping?
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A hit piece on a well-respected, rigorous, Federally-funded career scientist that fails to properly contextualize the work. Roland Griffiths would sometimes describe his complex findings in spiritual ways. Y'know...like Einstein.
nytimes.com
A Johns Hopkins scientist was known for rigorous studies of psychedelics. Was he a true believer?
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Also run and lift heavy things and meditate and spend time in nature and bang drums and connect with good people and all the rest, right?
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You are not talking about ketamine. You are talking about the pharmacological reductionist model. Administer ketamine at higher, subanesthetic doses with prep and support and you've got a LEGAL psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. "Holism" is not the compound.
Ketamine for depression is Prozac 2.0. It’s dangerous and not a holistic and integrated approach to healing. Depressed? Run or lift heavy things daily, work on a farm or in a garden, stop using smartphones and social-media, participate in ayahuasca or mushroom ceremonies with
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Big news! The DEA & Department of Justice are planning to reclassify cannabis, moving it from Schedule I (most restrictive) to Schedule III, which is prescribable. To the best of our knowledge this will be the first drug ever moved out of Schedule I. https://t.co/eS8yHExgmb
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Peel session no.6. Recorded 21/3/83. Broadcast 23/3/83. Bloody superb. #FallFriday
https://t.co/A5tYADpxvA
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A hit piece on a well-respected, rigorous, Federally-funded career scientist that fails to properly contextualize the work. Roland Griffiths would sometimes describe his complex findings in spiritual ways. Y'know...like Einstein.
nytimes.com
A Johns Hopkins scientist was known for rigorous studies of psychedelics. Was he a true believer?
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Today marks the 7th anniversary of the first time that the DEA rescinded an intention to ban a substance. It showed the world that there were cracks in the formerly impenetrable machinery of prohibition. Kratom set the stage, now psychedelics have followed.
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“You have to die a few times before you can really live.” ~ Charles Bukowski
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JUST OUT: An impressive study in @JAMAPsych concludes that the #Oregon decrim initiative (and a similar law in #Washington) DID NOT result in an increase in #overdose fatalities. Evidence-based studies were & are crucial to sustaining support for #decrim
https://t.co/YJhfff5jR0
jamanetwork.com
This cohort study examines the rates of fatal drug overdose in Oregon and Washington 1 year after implementation of policy changes eliminating or lower criminal charges for drug possession.
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