Seth Levy

Founder of @DrugClassroom. YouTube:

[Seth Levy @TDCSeth]

@realstrature TDC isn’t done. I’ve been dealing with an issue since earlier this year and luckily it’s nearly resolved, so I am looking forward to fully engaging with TDC again soon.

[Seth Levy @TDCSeth]

@BenSessa I agree, but it’s probably not initially that way for the average reader who may need to spend more time learning or even change their opinion in order to share a merely pro-MDMA therapy article rather than an ecstasy-centric article.

[Seth Levy @TDCSeth]

@BenSessa The coverage partly relies on the angle of “you won’t believe what they are treating people with!!” so they cannot help but connect medical research with recreational use.

The public is aware of recreational ecstasy whereas clinical MDMA isn’t as intriguing.

[Seth Levy @TDCSeth]

@ChrisMedinaK @drcarlhart I agree in many cases. And I’m not especially supportive of age restrictions, I just think they’re reasonable *if* applied to sale (penalty for businesses), whereas going after underage consumers doesn’t seem helpful.

[Seth Levy @TDCSeth]

@thevlvtundrgrnd Standing in the way of cannabis legalization is particularly infuriating because there’s not even a notable political advantage for republicans. A narrow majority of republicans support legalization and it’s not a top issue. The Rs just won’t break the habit of opposing reform.

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Considering drug prohibition is uniquely damaging as it involves the government actively harming people via imprisonment, policy reform needs to go faster.

Americans favor cannabis legalization and may favor drug decriminalization, yet the federal government is glacially slow.

[Seth Levy @TDCSeth]

@amazing__matt Congrats!

[Seth Levy @TDCSeth]

In the latest TDC video I discuss the ketamine enantiomers and which appears to be most effective.

[The Drug Classroom @DrugClassroom]

Ketamine in Psychiatry: S-Ketamine vs. R-Ketamine

https://t.co/YYr3xxqUS3

[Seth Levy @TDCSeth]

@ChristinaBDent Definitely, people have heard anti-drug views for decades, they can’t be faulted for resisting new ideas.

I was more referring to a fair portion who, through ongoing conversation, reveal themselves to be motivated by moralism, disgust, etc, despite claiming to care about health

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@cdreue A reasonable theory is they amplify each other. The neuroplasticity aspect discussed in the paper arguing peak experiences aren’t needed may enable peak experiences to work so well. After all, they cite ketamine, yet that only works for days, not months/years like psychedelics.

[Seth Levy @TDCSeth]

@cdreue @reddit @Narcomania @ian_hamilton_ @ProfDavidNutt Perhaps non-prescription use of prescription drugs is simply considered “recreational drug use”? As opposed to there being a specific “recreational use of prescription drugs” category. If they wouldn’t allow that interpretation of the category, then it’s an oversight.

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@MorganGodvin As someone without firsthand experience, is it common within prisons to worry that the staff is lying about what a pill/injection is? I’ve heard a lot about inappropriate medical treatment (or lack thereof), but less about outright misrepresentation.

[Seth Levy @TDCSeth]

@StaffordChase @cdreue @reddit @Narcomania @ian_hamilton_ @ProfDavidNutt I strongly agree. Today is essentially my last day of university, aside from a couple upcoming exams. For the next 9 months I’ll be back to only working on TDC, lots of content to come.

[Seth Levy @TDCSeth]

@ZachWritesStuff @chicagosmayor It’s just performative. Politicians can almost always benefit from “protect the kids” actions. It doesn’t really matter what impact the policy will have, few want to stick up for nicotine vaping during a period of alarmism.

[Seth Levy @TDCSeth]

@ZachWritesStuff We can spend ages philosophically debating the value of sobriety. But in the real world, sobriety is a bad target. Just as someone in a harmful relationship isn’t counseled to end every relationship--the *type* of relationship (like drug use) is key. Being healthy is what matters

[Seth Levy @TDCSeth]

@ZachWritesStuff Almost as if treatment decisions are driven more by moralism than by evidence, trying to get people to adopt the lifestyle a provider believes is best, even if it means harming many. It doesn’t sound like medicine, that’s for sure.

[Seth Levy @TDCSeth]

@NaturesPoisons Plus many years of consuming insane media. If someone has been watching extremists and propagandists for the past decade, they may as well be living in a different universe. But yep, with racism/nativism being a major reason people cling to bad media in the first place.