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kirstenelins.bsky.social
Assistant Professor BPRU Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (NIDA IRP alum). I study #kratom, opioids, & addiction. Absurdist. Hard Determinist. Tennessean. Ribald. Former Heroin Addict. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=FzbmTRcAAAAJ&hl=en
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Zero fucking percent confusion in my household.

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In keeping with the #kratom theme for this week (not that all weeks aren't kratom-themed for me), check out The Johns Hopkins University Hub article discussing kratom & how I became aware of it. Always good to have the opportunity to discuss the human element. hub.jhu.edu/2025/02/28/k...

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Really neat to have this paper discussing issues in the clinical evaluation of #kratom use and KUD (co-authored with @davidnotdave.bsky.social & Dr. Stephanie Weiss of NIDA IRP) highlighted by @hopkinsmedicine.bsky.social www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/article...

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We are looking for US adults who use #kratom regularly to join our study to help us better understand kratom's acute effects & any effects that may emerge when use is stopped. Click the link or scan QR code to learn more & screen. Please share widely! jhmi.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Really excited to have been interviewed by the amazing @noahemery.bsky.social and @samuelacuff.bsky.social to give an updated take on #kratom and novel #7OH products. Hopefully it'll help clinicians understand this rapidly changing space. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Every day, the goals become clearer: The point of DOGE is not efficiency, but regime change www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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www.nytimes.com/2024/09/03/h...

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The Trump Administration is maintaining the NIH grant freeze despite lawsuits challenging the order, a Nature article reported today. Science funding in the US is already lagging, leaving researchers in limbo. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

submitted 9 days ago • 3 comments

Where in the hell are all the exiled intellectuals & academics at? (I’ve arrived).

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