This Week in Psychedelics - 6.11.21

Cannabis

• Nevada: Governor Signs Bill into Law Regulating Cannabis Consumption Lounges (NORML)

• Senate Votes to Legalize Recreational Marijuana in Conn. (NBC Connecticut)

• Washington state offers ‘joints for jabs’ to boost vaccination rates (The Guardian)

• Louisiana lawmakers pass bill to decriminalize marijuana (The Hill)

• Biden Administration Wants to Uphold Ban on Adult-Use Cannabis Sales in DC (MERRY JANE)

• Testing People For Marijuana Impairment Based On THC Levels Is ‘Not Reliable,’ Federally Funded Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Study: Enactment of Adult-Use Marijuana Laws Doesn’t Encourage Drugged Driving Behavior (NORML)

• Medical Cannabis Users Are More Likely to Cut Back on Cigarettes, Study Finds (MERRY JANE)

• NFL Funds Marijuana Research As Federal Prohibition ‘Adversely’ Impacts Studies Into Opioid Alternative For Players (Marijuana Moment)

• Virginia: Marijuana Arrests Fall Dramatically Following Enactment of 2020 Decriminalization Law (NORML)

• Bill Would Finally Let Researchers Obtain Marijuana From Dispensaries (Filter)

• LA Is Literally the Worst Place to Buy Legal Weed, Thanks to Exorbitant Sales Taxes (MERRY JANE)

LSD

• Susi’s Tram Ride: Recognizing the First Woman to Take LSD (Chacruna)

• Deepak Chopra did LSD for the first time in a lab and felt his consciousness shift while staring at a photo of Mother Teresa (Insider)

• Blotter paper part of LSD mixture, must be weighed too (The Times of India)

• LSD and the Anarchic Brain (Psychedelic Science Review)

• LSD for Bipolar Disorder: Is LSD the Answer? (The Third Wave)

Magic Mushrooms

• Silo Pharma Announces Collaboration with University California San Francisco to study Psilocybin as an Anti-Inflammatory agent in Parkinson’s and Bipolar Patients (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Psilocybin Oral Strips: Benefits and Drawbacks (Truffle Report)

• Mydecine Discovers Over 40 Groundbreaking Potential Pharmacologically Active Novel Compounds in Mushrooms (Psilocybin Alpha)

MDMA

• Pill-iD App Lets Users Scan MDMA Pills To See What They Contain (LADbible)

• MDMA soaring in popularity in New Zealand, making its way into high schools (Newshub)

• MDMA, Water, Seizures, and Death: Interview with Gabriel Kearns, M.D. and Founder of Elevation Chemicals (Psychedelic Times)

Ayahuasca

• Is Ayahuasca Legal? (DoubleBlind)

5-MeO-DMT

• A hallucinogenic toad in peril (High Country News)

Iboga

• Iboga Conservation (Chacruna)

Nitrous Oxide

• Can Laughing Gas (Nitrous Oxide) Help People With Treatment-Resistant Depression? (Forbes)

Ketamine

• Colorado bill to restrict ketamine use outside of hospitals close to passing (Colorado Newsline)

• Deaths Resulting from Ketamine Injection Rare, Study Indicates (JEMS)

Miscellaneous

• Connecticut Governor Signs Psychedelics Study Measure As He Awaits Marijuana Legalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• The FBI Secretly Ran an Encrypted Messaging Service To Conduct the Same Old Drug War Stings (Reason)

• Aphrodite Health Is Here To Shift The Narrative: The First Psychedelics Company ‘For Women, By Women’ (Forbes)

• Poll Shows Huge Public Opposition to “War on Drugs,” After 50 Years (Filter)

• Seattle City Council Signs Letter Proposing Psychedelic Use in Opioid Addiction Treatment (Truffle Report)

• Field Trip Health Ltd. Applies to List Its Common Shares on the NASDAQ Stock Market (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Over One Third of US Voters Know Psychedelics Have Valid Medical Use, Poll Says (MERRY JANE)

• Psychedelics For Frontline Clinicians With Covid-Related Burnout? A Study Is Looking Into It (Forbes)

• Accountability & Transformative Justice in the Psychedelic Space: A Roadmap for Change (Psychedelics Today)

• Study Links Hallucinogen Use to Emotional Dysregulation, Risk Taking Among Youth (Psychedelic News Wire)

• Life Sciences Announces Launch of Initial Public Offering (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Are Psychedelics the Next Big Cure? (Good Housekeeping)

• Is Absinthe an Hallucinogen? Debunking the Green Fairy (Truffle Report)

• Tolerance, Tachyphylaxis, and Psychedelic Drug Action (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Basics for Tripping in Nature (Maps of the Mind)

• Psychedelic Cartoons: Through the Decades (Reality Sandwich)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 12.4.20

Cannabis

• House Approves Federal Marijuana Legalization Bill In Historic Vote (Marijuana Moment)

• U.N. Reclassifies Cannabis as a Less Dangerous Drug (The New York Times)

• MORE Act Approved by House Rules Committee (NORML)

• These States Could Have Marijuana Legalization On Their 2022 Ballots (Marijuana Moment)

• Arizona: Prop. 207 Legalization Measure Officially Takes Effect (NORML)

• CBD Doesn’t Impair Driving, Landmark Study Finds, While THC’s Effects Fade In Hours (Marijuana Moment)

• DEA Asks Federal Court To Dismiss Marijuana Rescheduling Lawsuit—Again (Marijuana Moment)

• Lawsuit Filed Against the DEA and Attorney General to Compel Issuance of Licenses to Manufacture Marijuana for Clinical Trials and Potential FDA Approval (MAPS)

• The Future Of The Cannabis Industry After The Pandemic (Forbes)

• “No Evidence” that Adult-Use Marijuana Laws Influence Cannabis Use by Teens (NORML)

• What History Teaches Us About Shaping South Africa's New Cannabis Laws (TalkingDrugs)

• How pagans used cannabis at Christmastime (Leafly)

LSD

• ‘We have a drug problem’: Camp Lejeune starts random LSD testing (Stars and Stripes)

• Silo Pharma Announces Plans for a Phase 2B Investigator Lead Study Using Psychedelics Psilocybin and Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (“LSD”) to Treat Parkinson’s Disease (Psilocybin Alpha)

• I'm an 'LSD Specialist' Who Sells Acid to Oxford University Students (VICE)

Magic Mushrooms

• Oregon Governor Takes First Step To Regulate Psilocybin Mushroom Therapy By Forming New Board (Marijuana Moment)

• Understanding The Psilocybin Supply Chain: Every Production Method Explained (Yahoo! Finance)

MDMA

• Numinus and MAPS Public Benefit Corporation announce collaboration agreement to seek approval of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD single-arm, open-label trial (Psilocybin Alpha)

DMT

• Entheon Biomedical Announces CRO Agreement with CHDR for Phase 1 Clinical Trial; Centre for Human Drug Research Led DMT Study to Start in 2021 (Psilocybin Alpha)

Ayahuasca

• Coronavirus and Evolving Ceremonial Practice Among Ayahuasca Practitioners in the US (Chacruna)

• Ayahuasca, Healing and Cognitive Justice (Chacruna)

5-MeO-DMT

• Mike Tyson credits toad venom for his return to boxing ring (New York Post)

Salvia Divinorum

• New research shows a link between Salvinorin A and the DMN (The Psychedelic Scientist)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• CaaMTech Researchers Synthesize and Structurally Characterize Deprocin Hydrochloride (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Tackling the Global Issue of New Psychoactive Substances (News-Medical.net)

Ketamine

• Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy – Online? (Psychedelic Support)

Miscellaneous

• Where Will Psychedelics and Other Drugs Be Decriminalized Next? (DoubleBlind)

• 'Sistine Chapel of the ancients' rock art discovered in remote Amazon forest (The Guardian)

• New Study Identifies Link Between Personality Traits And Psychedelic Experiences (IFLScience)

• Leaked FBI Report: Drug Sellers Practice Harm Reduction (Filter)

• What will 'psychedelic therapy' look like when it's legalized? (Big Think)

• How Do American Psychiatrists View Psychedelics? (Psychedelic Support)

• How Are Psychedelics Companies Generating Revenue Before Legalization? (Microdose)

• Psychedelics, Masculinity, and Mental Health (Sam Woolfe)

• “Please Write Up Your Work!”: Laura Archera Huxley as a Psychedelic Pioneer (Chacruna)

• A Sub-Perceptual Promise: Can Microdosing Solve Mainstream Problems? (The Third Wave)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 10.2.20

Cannabis

• FBI: Marijuana Arrests Decline Year-Over-Year, But Still Outpace Arrests for All Violent Crimes (NORML)

• Colorado Governor Grants Thousands Of Marijuana Pardons With New Clemency Powers (Marijuana Moment)

• New Jersey: Lawmakers Approve Telemedicine for Medical Cannabis Authorizations (NORML)

• Hawaii: Governor Legalizes Sales of Edible Products by Licensed Medical Cannabis Dispensaries (NORML)

• Democrats Remove Marijuana Research Bill From House Floor Schedule After Briefly Listing Possible Vote (Marijuana Moment)

• Michigan: Lawmakers Approve Marijuana Expungement Legislation (NORML)

• Where President Donald Trump Stands On Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)

• New Jersey: Voter Support Solidly in Favor of Marijuana Legalization Ahead of Ballot Initiative Vote (NORML)

• Study: Nearly Thirty Percent of Women Report Having Used Cannabis for Menopause Symptoms (NORML)

LSD

• LSD, Music, and the Mysteries of Consciousness (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Crystal Structure of LSD & 5-HT2AR- Part 1: Capturing the First Steps of a Psychedelic Trip (Psychedelic Science Review)

Magic Mushrooms

• Oregon Psilocybin Initiative Gets Boost From New TV Ad But Draws Opposition From Unlikely Source (Marijuana Moment)

• Psygen Labs To Supply NeonMind With Psilocybin For Weight Loss Study (Green Market Report)

• Denver Mushroom Dealer Pleads Guilty in Federal Court (Westword)

• Psilocybin Patents: Predictors and Drivers of Company Value? (Psilocybin Alpha)

MDMA

• ATAI Life Sciences Company, EmpathBio, Dives Into MDMA Derivatives, Calls MAPS’ Approach “MDMA 1.0” (Psymposia)

• LGBTQIA Providers and Participants in MDMA Clinical Trials with Terence Ching (Chacruna)

DMT

• Combatting resistant depression with DMT and digital therapy (Health Europa)

Ayahuasca

• Dating My Ayahuasca Shaman: Sex, Power, and Consent (Chacruna)

• Women’s Historical Influence on “Set and Setting” (Chacruna)

Iboga

• In Defending Hunter, Biden Showed Us His Potential (Rolling Stone)

• Why Ibogaine Is Not the Answer to the Opioid Crisis (Chacruna)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Crystal Structure of CB1 and MDMB-Fubinaca Gives Insight Into Synthetic Cannabinoids’ Potency (Psychedelic Science Review)

Ketamine

• Statement on Ketamine Sedation and Law Enforcement from the American College of Medical Toxicology (PR Web)

• Study reveals how subanesthetic ketamine is effective in treating adult amblyopia (News-Medical.net)

• A Dose of Ketamine Can Treat 'Lazy Eye' in Adults (Futurity)

Miscellaneous

• Psychedelic Gold Rush? Psilocybin Startup Compass Pathways Goes Public at More than $1B (DoubleBlind)

• Michigan Prosecutor Won’t Pursue Psychedelics Possession Cases Following Local Decriminalization Vote (Marijuana Moment)

• Decriminalize Nature Promotes New Oakland Initiative While Condemning Fellow Activists (Lucid News)

• Vermont Democratic Party Platform Calls For Decriminalizing Drugs And Legalizing Marijuana Sales (Marijuana Moment)

• Field Trip Psychedelics Inc. Announces Successful GLP Synthesis, Results From Initial Preclinical Testing for FT-104, its First Molecule in Development (PR Newswire)

• Psychedelics as a Catalyst for Existential Joy (Sam Woolfe)

• ‘The Word of God in a Molecule’: Turning to Psychedelics During a Pandemic (Bedford + Bowery)

• Did Early Christians Use Psychedelics? (The Daily Beast)

• Mydecine Innovations Group Announces The Official Mindleap Health Mobile App Launch in IOS and Android Stores Today (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy in the Post-Pandemic Era (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Psychedelic Industry 101: How to Get Involved (Reality Sandwich)

• The Systemic Culture Problems of the Psychedelics Industry (Lucid News)

• How I Used Psychedelics To Support My Sobriety (Yes, You Read That Right) (mindbodygreen)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 4.10.20

Cannabis

• Delaware Approves Medical Cannabis Delivery Option (NORML)

• New York Legal Marijuana Push ‘Effectively Over’ For 2020, Governor Says (Forbes)

• North Dakota Activists Say Marijuana Legalization Initiative Unlikely In 2020 Due To Coronavirus (Marijuana Moment)

• Cannabis Workers Claim Unsafe Conditions After Testing Positive for Coronavirus (MERRY JANE)

• Participate in a Confidential Survey Assessing Cannabis Use Patterns During the COVID-19 Pandemic (NORML)

• More People Are Seeking Medical Marijuana Cards Amid Coronavirus Outbreak (WBUR)

• Coronavirus gave cannabis companies a big bump in sales and it wasn’t just for the wake-and-bake set (Fortune)

• DEA loosens rules on prescription CBD drug Epidiolex (Leafly)

• Adult-Use Pot Shops Are Supplying Medical Dispensaries with Weed During Pandemic (MERRY JANE)

• Colorado Girl Who Inspired 'Charlotte's Web' Medical Marijuana Oil Dies at 13 (TIME)

• Legal Marijuana States Had Fewer Vaping-Related Lung Injuries, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Trump Hires Anti-Marijuana White House Press Secretary (Forbes)

• Legalisation of cannabis in America has led to surge of drug imports to UK, reveals National Crime Agency (The Telegraph)

• DEA continues to make empty promises on clinical cannabis research (The Hill)

• Two Marijuana Magazines Owned By High Times Suspend Publication Due To Coronavirus (Marijuana Moment)

• Septic shock: Did tainted CBD contribute to this woman’s death? (Leafly)

• FBI Policy On CBD Use By Agents Is ‘Under Review’ (Marijuana Moment)

• Ireland's Drug Users Switching From Cocaine to Cannabis Amid COVID-19 Crisis (MERRY JANE)

• Arizona Legal Marijuana Campaign Asks Supreme Court To Allow Electronic Signatures Amid Coronavirus (Marijuana Moment)

• Florida researchers studying COVID-19 impact on marijuana users (KNOE)

• Businesses That ‘Indirectly’ Work With Marijuana Industry Ineligible For Federal Coronavirus Loans (Marijuana Moment)

• Rats develop cannabis-seeking behavior (Medical News Today)

• Cannabis Withdrawal Syndrome Prevalent Among Regular Users (MD Magazine)

Magic Mushrooms

• A single high dose of psilocybin alters brain function up to one month later (PsyPost)

• Psilocybin Is Better at Treating Depression Than Ketamine, New Study Finds (MERRY JANE)

• New Biosynthesis of Psilocybin and Related Tryptamines (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Challenges to a Company’s Psilocybin Patent Highlight Contrasting Business Strategies for Developers of Psychedelic Therapies (Lucid News)

• Psilocybin Superior to Ketamine for Prolonged Antidepressant-Like Effects (Rodent Model) (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Beyond Psilocybe Cubensis: 10 Magic Mushroom Strains You Should Know About (DoubleBlind)

• Treating Trauma with Psilocybin (Oregon Daily Herald)

• How Microdosing Magic Mushrooms Can Change Your Life (VENTS Magazine)

DMT

• This Startup is Developing a DMT-Based Addiction Treatment (DoubleBlind)

Ayahuasca

• The Ultimate Guide to Iowaska (Ayahuasca) (Kahpi)

• Ayahuasca and the Amazon (LIMINAL)

Peyote

• Southern Comfort: Why People in Rural Alabama Are Turning to Peyote Instead of Therapy (MERRY JANE)

Iboga

• Interview about Bwiti initiation and iboga with Nima Grégory Puente (LIMINAL)

Ketamine

• A Disgraced Ex-Doctor Says He's Behind the Use of Ketamine to 'Cure' a Child with Autism (VICE)

• IV Esketamine, Ketamine Equally Effective for Resistant Depression (Medscape)

Datura

• Twelve taken ill after consuming ‘coronavirus shaped’ datura seeds (The Hindu)

Miscellaneous

• We Could Be Taking Psychedelics to Help Treat Mental Illness in Just Five Years (Newsweek)

• Why coronavirus is making people hoard illegal drugs (Citizen TV)

• Amidst Pandemic, Psychedelic Investor Christan Angermayer Can't Imagine Life Beyond Capitalism (Psymposia)

• Psychedelic drugs like LSD and magic mushrooms could help treat mental health issues, study claims (Metro)

• How Israel has become an unexpected leader in medicinal psychedelics (ISRAEL21c)

• How psychedelic clinical trials are being affected by coronavirus (Psymposia)

• National Psychedelics Advocacy Group Takes Next Step In Movement (Marijuana Moment)

• Scientists Discover Intricacies of Serotonin Receptor Crucial for Better Therapeutics (UNC Health and UNC School of Medicine Newsroom)

• If You Can’t Go Out, Go In: How Psychedelics Make Quarantine a Time of Self Renewal (DoubleBlind)

• Why Some People Have Weird Drug Reactions (VICE)

• Life During Lockdown: Psychedelics, Prison and COVID-19 (Scales)

• Field Trip Psychedelics Inc. Announces Creation of Field Trip Discovery, the Company's Drug Development Division (PR Newswire)

• Psychedelics in Addiction Recovery: Taking a Deep Look at “Sober” Communities that Use Psychedelics (Psychedelics Today)

• Integration: The Upside of Coming Down – Debriefing, Disrupting & Dark Journeys (Chacruna)

• Should FDA Fast-Track Psychedelic Treatment Under Coronavirus Pandemic? (The Fresh Toast)

• Magic mushrooms, ayahuasca and LSD can all act as catalysts of connection to the natural world (Ecohustler)

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This Week in Psychoactives - 10.25.19

Cannabis

• Poll: Two-Thirds of Americans Support Legalizing Marijuana for Personal Use (NORML)

• Finland’s Government Will Consider Decriminalizing Marijuana In Response To Citizen Petition (Marijuana Moment)

• Here’s What Researchers Know So Far About How Marijuana Legalization Affects Public Health (Marijuana Moment)

• CBD Is Googled More Than Acupuncture or Meditation, New Study Finds (MERRY JANE)

• China Has Officially Kicked Off Its Own Reefer Madness Campaign (MERRY JANE)

• CBD Linked to Sleep Disturbances in Adolescent Rats (The Scientist)

• FDA Warns Pregnant and Breastfeeding Mothers to Avoid THC and CBD (MERRY JANE)

• Matt Every Reveals Cannabis Use Was the Reason for 3-Month PGA Tour Suspension (Bleacher Report)

• Presidential Candidate Julián Castro Calls For Marijuana Legalization And Expungements In New Plan (Marijuana Moment)

• Sleep Deprivation Triggers the Munchies the Same Way Pot Does, Study Shows (MERRY JANE)

• Questions Raised Over Whether The Cannabis Industry Is Contributing To Air Pollution (NPR)

LSD

• The Man Who Turned On The World: The Life Of Michael Hollingshead (The Quietus)

Magic Mushrooms

• Mindfulness meditation enhances positive effects of psilocybin (EurekAlert!)

Ayahuasca

• A Homosexual Marriage Experience in Santo Daime (Chacruna)

• Can Ayahuasca Save The World? What I Learned at the 2019 Ayahuasca Conference (The Link)

Iboga

• Interview about Bwiti initiation and iboga with Nima Grégory Puente (LIMINAL)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• We need to talk about the deadly dangers of designer drugs (MedCity News)

Nitrous Oxide

• Laughing gas helpful for labor pain, but epidural still top choice (EurekAlert!)

• Edmond emergency room using nitrous oxide to alleviate fear, pain in pediatric patients (KFOR)

Ketamine

• One in three pain patients suffer side effects after ketamine infusion therapy (EurekAlert!)

PCP

• Police: Man high on PCP breaks into Germantown Walmart, uses hair clippers on $2 pumpkin (WJLA)

• Driver admits he was high on PCP when he killed expecting mother in crash (KFGO)

Opioids

• Massachusetts Study Confirms That People Rarely Die After Using Opioids Prescribed for Them (Reason)

• People who smoke or snort drugs half as likely to carry naloxone: BCCDC (The Tri-City News)

• Drug users urged to get naloxone kits after research shows many in B.C. don’t have one (Coast Mountain News)

Cocaine

• You Can (Illegally) Order a "Cocaine Taxi" in Germany (MERRY JANE)

• The Public Needs to Know Today's Cocaine Contains Fentanyl (The Cleveland Scene)

Methamphetamine

• Meth is most common drug in overdose deaths in chunk of US (San Francisco Chronicle)

• Iowa Cops Denied Medical Care to Arrested Man Who Died of Meth Intoxication (Filter)

CAFFEINE

• WVU researcher studies link between caffeine, sleep and alcohol use in middle-schoolers (The Herald-Dispatch)

• More electronic device use tied to more sugar and caffeine in teens (Medical Xpress)

TOBACCO

• In a First, FDA Endorses Brand of Tobacco Pouches as a 'Reduced Risk' Alternative to Cigarettes (TIME)

• Young people who use flavored tobacco at first are more likely to keep using tobacco later, study says (CNN)

• Which Countries Do Best — And Worst — At Keeping Big Tobacco Out Of Politics (NPR)

• Tobacco firms accused of using gimmicks to subvert plain packaging (The Guardian)

Alcohol

• FBI Rules Out Poisoned Alcohol In Deaths Of American Tourists (HuffPost)

• Antibiotics caused man’s gut to turn carbs into alcohol (New York Post)

• New Study Says People Who Frequently Drink Alcohol Had Lower Rates Of Obesity, But Doctors Disagree (CBS Philly)

• World first clinical trial commenced in alcohol use disorder (PR Newswire)

Nootropics

• The ‘smart drugs’ revolution: how pharmaceuticals will leave us ‘accelerating into a 24/7 society’ (Metro)

Kratom

• A new kratom report maps one possible future for the drug (Inverse)

Kava

• Government aims to establish a Kava research institute (FBC News)

• Behind the kava craze: Fiji's world-famous plant putting people to sleep (New Zealand Herald)

Miscellaneous

• Chicago Follows Oakland, Introduces Resolution to Decriminalize Psychedelic Plants (Psychedelic Science Review)

• There’s Now a Federal Psychedelic Lobby (DoubleBlind)

• What the heck happened to Reality Sandwich? (Psymposia)

• UK Parliament Committee Endorses Decriminalizing Drugs (Marijuana Moment)

• What Drugs Are Most Popular Globally? Scientists Screened Sewage for Years to Find Out (VICE)

• B.C. festival-goers' drugs contain only expected substance 2 out of 3 times: study (CTV News)

• Vaping Companies Brace for Wave of Lawsuits Over Lung Illness (Courthouse News Service)

• Drug laws not fit-for-purpose, world-leading drug experts warn (The Sydney Morning Herald)

• Beto O’Rourke Calls For Drug Decriminalization And Safe Injection Sites In New Plan (Marijuana Moment)

• Drugs and Me sets up the First Harm Reduction Information Booth in Malta (Talking Drugs)

• What’s the Psychedelic Community Talking About? Three Main Takeaways from the 2019 Horizon’s Conference (Psychedelics Today)

• For-Profit Psychedelics and Access for All: A Conversation with Ronan Levy of Field Trip Psychedelics (Psychedelic Times)

• Should I try microdosing at work? The science behind the Silicon Valley brain hack (Mic)

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