JD Vance’s Mentor Writes on Reddit for Years Using Cocaine, ‘Gas Station Heroin,’ 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’d love to roll in the dough like him and his VC buddies,” replied PsychoticMammal. “To be honest, when I started watching this, I thought that maybe he is familiar with him because he is a fan himself, but I think that is questionable because of his politics. I’m sure there are a few congressmen who volunteer, but I doubt they use zenes or other RCs. [research chemicals]. Seems like a coke job. “

In a comment on a now-deleted post on r/ObscureDrugs, PsychoticMammal, responding to a user who said nitazenes are not obscure drugs, called Vance a “Trump boot licker.”

“I just can’t believe this Trump bootlicker Vance is ahead of the curve here,” the comment read.

PsychoticMammal described many instances of drug use in documents dating back to when Kofsky worked for then-Senators Pat Toomey and Vance. “I like coke on its own, mixed with benzos, mixed with opiates (my fav tbh), and I like a line or two after smoking a few bowls. I would even say that coke is my second favorite drug after opiates,” they wrote earlier this year. In May of last year, they wrote about “my recent addiction to tianeptine which has increased my tolerance” and “hope to finally kick Tia”—referring to an unscheduled antidepressant that produces an effect similar to opioids and is banned in 12 countries and generally. which are sold in convenience stores. In May 2022, they wrote: “Coke and opiates are always my go-to. I only play speedball when I have enough opiates to take when I pass out.”

PsychoticMammal has posted several times about suffering from tianeptine addiction. In a post from last year titled “ODSMT for Tianeptine Withdrawal,” 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’m hoping to finally get Tia to use it.”

PsychoticMammal also made frequent references to the use of kratom, a substance derived from the leaves of a Southeast Asian tree that mimics the effects of opioids and is commonly sold in convenience stores and smoke shops. Two years ago, in response to a Reddit user seeking pain relief, they wrote: “I’ve been involved with every drug you can think of—kratom is the only drug that really got me hooked and I got addicted to it. I’m not sure what it was about it since it’s like a mild opiate, but this man was hell for me to quit. “

A WIRED investigation shows that Kofsky appears to be closely related to the username PsychoticMammal all over the internet. In 2013, for example, PsychoticMammal wrote that they were ski instructors at the same resort, Boston Mills Brandywine Ski Resorts, that Kofsky listed as a former employer on his LinkedIn profile, and talked about with Cleveland Magazine in a 2014 profile for LinkedIn. students of a remarkable place. In another post earlier this year, PsychoticMammal referred to the area as his “home mountain.”

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