JD Vance’s adviser posted on Reddit for years about using cocaine, ‘gas station heroin’ and other drugs

Later in the thread, a different user accused PsychoticMammal of being Vance because the linked video was not listed. “Not listed? 21 views? Senator Vance, is that you?

“Lol I wish! I would love to roll in the dough like him and his VC friends,” PsychoticMammal replied. “Honestly, when I first saw this, I thought maybe I knew him because he’s a fan himself, but I think that’s doubtful given his politics. I’m sure there are a few congressmen that they allow it, but I doubt they use Zenes or other RCs (research chemicals). It seems like a coke job.”

In the comments of a now-deleted ar/ObscureDrugs post, PsychoticMammal, responding to a user who claimed that nitazens are not obscure drugs, called Vance a “Trump bootlicker.”

“Can’t believe this Trump bootlicker Vance is ahead of the curve here,” the comments read.

PsychoticMammal described numerous instances of drug use in publications dating back to when Kofsky was working for then-Senators Pat Toomey and Vance. “I love coke on its own, mixed with benzos, mixed with opiates (my favorite tbh), and I even love a line or two after smoking a few bowls. I’d even say coke is my second favorite drug behind opiates,” they wrote earlier this year. In May of last year, they wrote about “my latest tianeptine binge that has shot up my tolerance” and “hoping to finally kick Tia” – references to an off-the-shelf opioid-like antidepressant that is banned in 12 states and usually. sold in convenience stores. In May 2022, they wrote: “Coke, then opiates are always my go-to. I only speedball if I have enough opiates to re-dos when I’m out.”

PsychoticMammal has repeatedly posted about suffering from tianeptine addiction. In a post last year titled “ODSMT for Tianeptine Withdrawals” they wrote: “I’m trying to figure out what the equivalent dose conversion is for tianeptine to ODSMT. I have a few grams of ODSMT coming in the mail and I hope to eventually expel Tia using it.”

PsychoticMammal has also repeatedly referenced the use of kratom, a substance obtained from the leaves of a Southeast Asian tree that mimics the effects of opioids and is often sold in corner stores and convenience stores of tobacco Two years ago, in response to a Reddit user seeking pain relief, they wrote: “I’ve dabbled in every drug you can think of – kratom is the only drug that really got me going and I found myself addicted. No I’m sure what it was about since it’s like a much milder opiate, but that shit was hell for me to quit.”

WIRED’s investigation shows that Kofsky appears to be closely tied to the Internet username PsychoticMammal. In 2013, for example, PsychoticMammal wrote that they were a ski instructor at the same resort, Boston Mills Brandywine Ski Resorts, which Kofsky lists as a previous employer on his LinkedIn profile, and which he spoke to Cleveland Magazine in a 2014 profile of outstanding students in the area. In another post earlier this year, PsychoticMammal referred to the resort as his “home hill”.

In a separate post from November 2013, PsychoticMammal responded to a post about a St. Vincent–St. Mary High School football game, suggesting they went to that school and correctly listing the final score of the game. Kofsky’s LinkedIn account lists the Akron, Ohio-based school as his former high school, and he is listed as a 2015 graduate in the school magazine.