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The Psychopharmacology Of The FTX Crash

Published: Nov. 18, 2022, 3:25 p.m.

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https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/the-psychopharmacology-of-the-ftx

Must not blog about FTX . . . must not blog about . . . ah, $#@% it

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Tyler Cowen linked Milky Eggs\\u2019 excellent overview of the FTX crash. I\\u2019m unqualified to comment on any of the financial or regulatory aspects. But it turns out there\\u2019s a psychopharmacology angle, which I am qualified to talk about, so let\\u2019s go.

I wrote this pretty rushed because it\\u2019s an evolving news story. Sorry if it\\u2019s less polished than usual.1

1: Was SBF Using A Medication That Can Cause Overspending And Compulsive Gambling As A Side Effect?

Probably yes, and maybe it could have had some small effect, but probably not as much as the people discussing it on Twitter think.

Milky Eggs reports a claim by an employee that Sam was on \\u201ca patch for designer stimulants that mainlined them into his blood to give him a constant buzz at all times\\u201d. This could be a hyperbolic description of Emsam, a patch form of the antidepressant/antiparkinsonian agent selegiline. The detectives at the @AutismCapital Twitter account found a photo of SBF, zoomed in on a scrap of paper on his desk, and recognized it as an Emsam wrapper.

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