Contributing Opinion Writer, NY Times. Author: Undoing Drugs, Unbroken Brain, Help At Any Cost; Co-auth: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog & Born for Love (w/ Bruce D. Perry). Addiction, autism, neuroscience, troubled-teen industry, harm reduction, cats.https://bsky.app/profile/maiasz.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/maiasz.bsky.social/post/3ml4awrcpks26this dialog underscores why addiction & dependence are NOT the same; dependence can include withdrawal & means u need something to function. adxn = compulsive behavior despite harm. if benefits outweigh risks, it's NOT adxn & this is frequently true for SSRIs. nicotine user RFK can f off w stigma. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 13:07 +0000at://did:plc:rpiiyxlkdpbc2kytbxrtovqs/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4awrcpks26https://bsky.app/profile/maiasz.bsky.social/post/3ml2gpw6wfs2jwow, congratulations and well deserved!!!!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 May 2026 19:45 +0000at://did:plc:rpiiyxlkdpbc2kytbxrtovqs/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2gpw6wfs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/maiasz.bsky.social/post/3mkvvjyjhak25it's not a "vibe cession"— uncertainty & insecurity driven by wild swings in policy & deliberate nonsense are bad for economic & mental health. excellent by @alissaquart.bsky.social https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/insecurity-inequality-economic-hardship-ice-medicaid-inequality/03 May 2026 00:27 +0000at://did:plc:rpiiyxlkdpbc2kytbxrtovqs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkvvjyjhak25https://bsky.app/profile/maiasz.bsky.social/post/3mkvlxkoza22sdangerous & harmful. even voluntary abstinence trtmt in age of fentanyl is linked w/ *double* the death rate compared to NO TREATMENT! & these confrontational programs can cause trauma that *worsens* adxn, beyond just rejecting meds. & they often become cults... [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 May 2026 21:35 +0000at://did:plc:rpiiyxlkdpbc2kytbxrtovqs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkvlxkoza22shttps://bsky.app/profile/maiasz.bsky.social/post/3mkut5uegm22aexcept it's a straw man version of this idea. the point is that teen to early adult years are a sensitive period different in brain plasticity than other times. a period of intense cortical development does occur in late adolescence & is linked with higher impulsivity & less executive control. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 May 2026 14:11 +0000at://did:plc:rpiiyxlkdpbc2kytbxrtovqs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkut5uegm22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/maiasz.bsky.social/post/3mkn6dz2dr22ftoday I learned that the same chemical—pheomelanin— gives cats and humans red hair.29 Apr 2026 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:rpiiyxlkdpbc2kytbxrtovqs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkn6dz2dr22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/maiasz.bsky.social/post/3mkn62chdvs2sthis drives me crazy & the first thing the Democrats do when they get scared is go back to "tough on crime" despite the fact that it actually makes things worse. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Apr 2026 13:05 +0000at://did:plc:rpiiyxlkdpbc2kytbxrtovqs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkn62chdvs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/maiasz.bsky.social/post/3mkdasmhlms2ui had no idea how far back the relationship between cats and keyboards went... [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Apr 2026 14:28 +0000at://did:plc:rpiiyxlkdpbc2kytbxrtovqs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdasmhlms2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/maiasz.bsky.social/post/3mkd64kcnps2jwow, let's use extortion to get mineral rights by withholding care for a fatal infectious disease.... [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Apr 2026 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:rpiiyxlkdpbc2kytbxrtovqs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkd64kcnps2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/maiasz.bsky.social/post/3mkbbyxgt722dwow, these people are all in on anti-coercion.... for people they see as human. but when it comes to people they don't, it's all lock them up & be as coercive as possible. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Apr 2026 19:44 +0000at://did:plc:rpiiyxlkdpbc2kytbxrtovqs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkbbyxgt722dhttps://bsky.app/profile/maiasz.bsky.social/post/3mkbahdcp2k2uthis makes me so furious. it would cost more to police this than could possibly be saved & for what? so a poor kid doesn't get more time with his mom? why are these people so evil? https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/04/hhs-medicaid-paid-family-care-disability-congress/?utm_source=mj-newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-newsletter-04-24-202624 Apr 2026 19:16 +0000at://did:plc:rpiiyxlkdpbc2kytbxrtovqs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkbahdcp2k2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/maiasz.bsky.social/post/3mkb7lud3322uabsolutely illegal and ridiculous [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Apr 2026 19:01 +0000at://did:plc:rpiiyxlkdpbc2kytbxrtovqs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkb7lud3322u