On the 1st day of #testimony in #HunterBiden’s federal #gun trial, #jurors heard his audio of his memoir, where he recounted his #drug use in graphic detail. A federal prosecutor told jurors “no one is above the #law,” & defense said the he did not “knowingly” lie when filling out forms to purchase a weapon.
Skop – who has called the supreme court’s overturning of #RoevWade “a victory in the battle but not the end of the #war” – has argued in favor of forcing #rape and #incest#victims as young as nine or 10 to carry #pregnancies to term.
#Trump has a huge posse today, including #KashPatel; #GerryKassar, a #conservative party leader in NY; #BernieKerik, fmr NYPD commissioner who was imprisoned for tax fraud & false statements; #AlanDershowitz, lawyer who defended Trump during his first impeachment, & #BorisEpshteyn, legal adviser who was #indicted in AZ for attempts to keep Trump in power after the 2020 election.
#SupremeCourt#AbortionPill case
Tue’s oral argument is focused on whether to overrule the #FDA & reimpose restrictions on getting #abortion medication. <2 yrs after #SCOTUS overturned #RoeVWade, the issue of #ReproductiveRights is returning to the high court on Tues as the justices consider whether to limit access to a med used in >60% of US abortions.
The #Biden admin & the manufacturer of #mifepristone are seeking to reverse a lower-court ruling.
The #pharmaceutical industry warned that 2nd-guessing the #FDA will broadly disrupt the nation’s #drug-approval process & stymie private investment in #research.
The case could make it harder to get #MedicationAbortions even in states where #abortion is legal. Allowing #medication abortions to proceed w/o an in-person medical visit has increased #access, particularly for women in #rural areas & others who struggle to go to a clinic in person, allowing them to complete the process from home. #law
For me it not only helps with pain, anxiety, and depression but it also seems to help me interacting with people and with what I think might be selective mutism.
Example, I went to the dentist three times since November. The first two times, besides being a sensory nightmare, I was unable to speak more than two words to the dentist. The third time, I smoked some cannabis before the appointment and was better able to cope with the lights and sounds, be polite to the dentist, and thank her for recommending a water flosser.
Before that I had been going back and forth on whether I am autistic but on the way home from that appointment I had the realization and the dots all connected: the rarity of me interacting with people unless I have to because of difficulty talking, my dislike of phone calls for the same reason, my borderline agoraphobia and dislike of cars both having to do with sensory hypersensitivity, the fact that I am so much better at communicating in writing than in person because I have more processing time, the list goes on. It just all clicked at once, I think another effect of the cannabis being the ability to see the big picture not just the details.
People look down on stoners and have all kinds of misconceptions about it but honestly, I would use it every day if I could. It helps me so much.
Anyway, I can't be the only one. In my state, autism is on the list of qualifying conditions for medical cannabis. So, I'm curious. How about you?
@MnemosyneSinger@actuallyautistic #Cannabis isn't legal here, so I've not tried it. But I started taking #CBD soon after it became available in health food shops, and it really helps me. Helen was initially sceptical (CBD? Cannabis? That's drugs!) but has since become completely supportive and said CBD has made me easier to live with.
One of the difficulties with CBD here is that, because it's regulated as a #supplement and not a #drug, there's no guarantee of quality. According to the BBC series "Trust Me, I'm a Doctor", some CBD supplements contain much more or much less CBD than is marked on the label, and some contain none at all. Combine that with the placebo effect and it's really hard to know what you're taking.
Oregon’s #Drug Decriminalization Aimed to Make #Cops a Gateway to Rehab, Not Jail. State Leaders Failed to Make It Work.
Just over three years since #Oregon voters passed Ballot Measure 110, elected officials want to repeal key elements, blaming the law for open drug use and soaring overdoses.
But it’s their own hands-off approach that isn’t working, advocates say.
Did #Drug Traffickers Funnel Millions of Dollars to Mexican President López Obrador’s First Campaign?
Years before López Obrador was elected president in 2018, #DEA agents uncovered evidence that major #cocaine traffickers had funneled $2M to political operatives working on his first presidential campaign.
Witnesses told the DEA the money was provided in return for a promise that a future AMLO government would tolerate the cartel’s operations.
Before a drug is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), it must demonstrate both safety and efficacy.
However, the #FDA does not require an understanding a drug’s mechanism of action for approval.
This acceptance of results without explanation raises the question of whether the "#blackbox" decision-making process of a safe and effective #artificial#intelligence model must be fully explained in order to secure FDA approval.
This topic was one of many discussion points addressed on Monday, Dec. 4 during the 🔸"MIT Abdul Latif Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health AI and Health Regulatory Policy Conference", 🔸which ignited a series of discussions and debates amongst faculty; regulators from the United States, EU, and Nigeria; and industry experts concerning the regulation of AI in health.
As #machine#learning continues to evolve rapidly, uncertainty persists as to whether regulators can keep up and still reduce the likelihood of harmful impact while ensuring that their respective countries remain competitive in innovation.
To promote an environment of frank and open discussion, the Jameel Clinic event’s attendance was highly curated for an audience of 100 attendees debating through the enforcement of the Chatham House Rule, to allow speakers anonymity for discussing controversial opinions and arguments without being identified as the source.
Rather than hosting an event to generate buzz around AI in health, the Jameel Clinic's goal was to create a space to keep regulators apprised of the most cutting-edge advancements in #AI, while allowing faculty and industry experts to propose new or different approaches to #regulatory frameworks for AI in #health, especially for AI use in #clinical settings and in #drug#development.
AI’s role in medicine is more relevant than ever, as the industry struggles with a post-pandemic labor shortage, increased costs (“Not a salary issue, despite common belief,” said one speaker), as well as high rates of burnout and resignations among health care professionals.
One speaker suggested that priorities for clinical AI deployment should be focused more on operational #tooling rather than patient diagnosis and treatment.
One attendee pointed out a “clear lack of #education across all constituents — not just amongst developer communities and health care systems, but with patients and regulators as well.”
Given that medical doctors are often the primary users of clinical AI tools, a number of the medical doctors present pleaded with regulators to consult them before taking action.
#Data#availability was a key issue for the majority of AI researchers in attendance.
They lamented the lack of data to make their AI tools work effectively.
Many faced barriers such as intellectual property barring access or simply a dearth of large, high-quality datasets.
“Developers can’t spend billions creating data, but the FDA can,” a speaker pointed out during the event.
“There’s a price uncertainty that could lead to underinvestment in AI.”
Speakers from the EU touted the development of a system obligating governments to make health data available for AI researchers.
The Senate on Thurs passed #legislation to keep the #federal govt open into March, kicking the measure to the House as #Congress continues its struggle to approve long-term spending #laws.
Apart from the fact that #anarchists are mentally different and not fixated on #capital, the content of this article is exciting:
«How a 27-year-old busted the myth of Bitcoin’s anonymity. Once, #drug dealers and #money launderers saw #cryptocurrency as perfectly untraceable.
JUST OVER A DECADE AGO, #Bitcoin appeared to many of its adherents to be the crypto-anarchist holy grail: truly #private#digital#cash for the #Internet.»
If you're a #doctor or in a related #health or #healthcare profession, consider following the group @medmastodon for news, etc.
The group could use more followers to become more effective. And use #MedMastodon in posts too for wider reach in that area. Also #IDmastodon for infectious #diseases.