This Week in Psychedelics - 6.4.21

Cannabis

• Bill To Federally Legalize Marijuana Reintroduced In Congress As Senate Prepares Separate Measure (Marijuana Moment)

• Amazon Now Supports Federal Cannabis Legalization (Forbes)

• Nevada: Lawmakers Approve Measure to Regulate Cannabis Consumption Lounges (NORML)

• Idaho Marijuana Activists Launch Limited Legalization Campaign For 2022 Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• Medical cannabis has ‘96% chance of seizure reduction’ in childhood epilepsy (Cannabis Health News)

• Tennessee Governor Signs Bill To Expand State’s Limited Medical Marijuana Program (Marijuana Moment)

• Colorado: Senate Lawmakers Advance Measure Amending State’s Medical Cannabis Access Law (NORML)

• Mississippi Lawmakers Hold Medical Marijuana Hearing After Court Overturns Voter-Approved Law (Marijuana Moment)

• As legal marijuana booms, people push for justice for those impacted by war on drugs (ABC News)

• Illinois: Lawmakers Approve Equity Measure to Award Over 100 New Dispensary Licenses (NORML)

Magic Mushrooms

• Want to Measure the Magic in Your Mushrooms? You Can Now Test Psilocybin Potency at Home (DoubleBlind)

• Psilocybin May Reduce Suicidal Thoughts in Terminally Ill Patients, Suggests New Study (Lucid News)

• Psychedelic Mushroom Shops Reach The Americas (Forbes)

• Psilocybin-assisted Therapy for Mental Health: A New Paradigm? (Volteface)

• COMPASS Pathways and Kings College London publish cognition results from COMP360 psilocybin study in healthy volunteers (Psilocybin Alpha)

• The Psilocybin vs. Escitalopram Trial – Part 2 (Psychedelic Science Review)

MDMA

• One Man Took 40,000 Ecstasy Pills In Nine Years – This Is What Happened To Him (IFLScience)

5-MeO-DMT

• Studying Ibogaine and 5-MeO-DMT for Traumatic Brain Injuries: Interview with Amber Capone of VETS (Psychedelic Times)

San Pedro

• Microdosing Huachuma: Sacred Cactus of the Andes (EntheoNation)

Iboga

• MINDCURE Successfully Completes First Stage of Manufacturing Synthetic Ibogaine for Use in Psychedelic Clinical Research (Psilocybin Alpha)

Salvia Divinorum

• Salvia Flowers: Cultivation and Consumption (DoubleBlind)

Ketamine

• Ketamine a game changer in treating eating disorders (Toronto Sun)

Miscellaneous

• California Senate Approves Bill To Legalize Possession Of Psychedelics Like Psilocybin And LSD (Marijuana Moment)

• Psychedelics Patent Claim Raises Questions From Researchers Who Say They Did It First (VICE)

• Texas Bills To Expand Medical Marijuana Program And Require Psychedelics Study Head To Governor’s Desk (Marijuana Moment)

• New York Bill Would Create State-Sponsored Psychedelics Research Institute (Marijuana Moment)

• The psychologists signing up for psychedelic therapy training: ‘Amazing things can happen’ (The Guardian)

• NIH: It’s time to make your mark on the renaissance of medicinal psychedelics (STAT)

• Andrew Yang Proposes Legal Psychedelic Therapies For Veterans In NYC Mayoral Plan (Marijuana Moment)

• New Zealand scientists explore medical benefits of psychedelic drugs (Newshub)

• Can Psychedelics Help Heal Moral Injury? (Psychedelics Today)

• Psychedelics: A New Fountain of Youth? (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Pandemic Drug Use and the Cartel (Reality Sandwich)

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This Week in Psychoactives - 1.31.20

Cannabis

• New Mexico Lawmakers Approve Marijuana Legalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• New Hampshire Lawmakers Approve Marijuana Legalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Illinois Is Already Getting a Weed Lounge, Just Weeks After Legalizing (MERRY JANE)

• Berkeley Council Votes To Allow Cannabis Consumption In Lounges (CBS San Francisco)

• First Alaska retail pot shops get approval for on-site consumption (Anchorage Daily News)

• Local Australian Marijuana Legalization Law Takes Effect This Week (Marijuana Moment)

• Cleveland City Council approves eliminating fines, jail time and criminal records for low level marijuana possession (Cleveland.com)

• Key Virginia Senate Committee Approves Marijuana Decriminalization Bill, While Broader Legalization Study Advances (Marijuana Moment)

• Cannabis Helps Protect HIV Patients’ Brains From Deteriorating, Study Finds (MERRY JANE)

• President Trump: Marijuana Makes You “Lose IQ Points” (NORML)

• Abnormal imaging findings key to EVALI diagnosis in vapers (Medical Xpress)

• Find That CBG and CGC Can Kill Gastrointestinal Cancer Cells (MERRY JANE)

• Missouri Activists Launch Signature Drive To Put Marijuana Legalization On 2020 Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• Cannabis vaping devices reimbursement approval for Canadian veterans (Health Europa)

• American Cannabis Stocks Are Working Their Way To Wall Street (Forbes)

• Legalization may mean more cannabis and less alcohol in colleges (Medical News Today)

• U.S. Military Reiterates That CBD Is Off Limits To Service Members (Marijuana Moment)

• Across Utah more students are reporting using marijuana (KUTV)

• Weed-Sniffing K-9s in New York Are Getting Hounded into Early Retirement (MERRY JANE)

• Pennsylvania: Marijuana possession arrests decline statewide (NORML)

Magic Mushrooms

• Andrew Yang Wants To Legalize Psychedelic Mushrooms For Military Veterans (Marijuana Moment)

Iboga

• 'I cannot claim to have prevailed': Miami University professor reinstated after iboga tree suspension (Cincinnati.com)

• Special Forces: How Ibogaine is Helping Former Special Operations Soldiers with Traumatic Brain Injury and PTSD (Psychedelic Times)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Chicago Shop Owner Gets Prison Sentence For Selling K2 Laced With Rat Poison (High Times)

• Synthetic cannabinoids on the rise in Toledo, costing taxpayers thousands for EMS (WNWO)

Opioids

• Tom Steyer Calls For Marijuana Legalization And Opioid Decriminalization (Marijuana Moment)

• Could a Naloxone Implant Have a Major Impact on the Overdose Crisis? (Filter)

• Federal Crackdown On Fentanyl Analogues Repeats the Mistakes of the Drug War, Advocates Say (The Appeal)

Caffeine

• Everyone is making coffee wrong, study suggests (Fox News)

Nicotine

• WHO Report: Tobacco Use is Declining Worldwide (Vaping Post)

• International Experts Slam World Health Organization’s Deceptive Vaping Release (Filter)

• Wisconsin can’t enforce tobacco age at 21 because of state law, causing confusion at stores (WQOW)

• Study: Teens with ADHD Face Increased Risk for Nicotine Addiction (ADDitude)

Kratom

• Reasons why kratom is getting more popular in the past decade (Augusta Free Press)

Miscellaneous

• Santa Cruz City Council Approves Psychedelics Decriminalization Measure (Marijuana Moment)

• Goop on psychedelics isn’t bad, it’s just boring (WIRED)

• Psychedelic drugs may reduce depression and anxiety by increasing psychological flexibility (PsyPost)

• Heroin and cocaine can be injected safely in UK's first 'mock drugs room' (Sky News)

• Oakland Activists Unveil Plan To Legalize Sale Of Psychedelics This Year (Marijuana Moment)

• Music festivals responsible for minuscule percentage of drug deaths (The Age)

• Are Investors Ready To Change Their Minds About Psychedelic Drugs? (Forbes)

• Drug deaths summit to take place in Glasgow (BBC)

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This Week in Psychoactives - 12.20.19

CANNABIS

• Marijuana’s Ten Biggest Victories Of 2019 (Forbes)

• Illinois cannabis dispensaries open New Year’s Day for adult-use sales (Leafly)

• New Jersey: Governor Signs Marijuana Expungement Bill into Law (NORML)

• Italy legalizes 'cannabis light' (The Local)

• Opioid Prescriptions Down In States With Legal Marijuana, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• New Jersey Lawmakers Pass Marijuana Referendum to Send to Voters in 2020 (TIME)

• Kids Aren't Buying Weed From Legal Pot Shops, Study Finds (MERRY JANE)

• Majority Of Americans Support Marijuana Legalization, Two More New Polls Show (Marijuana Moment)

• State recalls cannabis vape cartridges tainted with deadly vitamin E acetate (Detroit Metro Times)

• Survey shows boom in marijuana vaping among school kids (WHDH)

• Regular Cannabis Use Linked to Changes in Heart Structure, Study Finds (MERRY JANE)

• EPA Approves Pesticides For Hemp In Time For 2020 Growing Season (Marijuana Moment)

• Zenabis recalls mislabeled CBD gelcaps that actually contained THC (Leafly)

• Millions of Americans are driving under the influence of marijuana, CDC says (CNN)

• Atlanta Will Seal Records for Minor Weed Offenses by February (MERRY JANE)

• Oklahoma Activists Take First Step To Put Marijuana Legalization On State’s 2020 Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• Indiana resists legalization, but it’ll be a hot issue in 2020 state elections (Leafly)

• Medical Marijuana Legalization Measure Officially Qualifies For South Dakota 2020 Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• Elizabeth Warren Files Marijuana Bills For Veterans And Immigrants (Marijuana Moment)

• Patients rally in Ecuador for legal use of medical cannabis (San Francisco Chronicle)

LSD

• Microdosing LSD for Alzheimer’s proves safe in early human trial (New Atlas)

• Paul McCartney Disturbing Teen Drug Claim Revealed (Alternative Nation)

MAGIC MUSHROOMS

• Andrew Yang Says He’s ‘Very Open’ To Legalizing Magic Mushrooms (The Inquisitr)

• 'Magic mushroom' ingredient could be used to treat depression, study says (CNN)

• E. coli Could Produce a Popular Psychedelic for Therapeutic Use (Scientific American)

• Psilocybin: Four Important Takeaways from a Clinical Trial (Psychology Today)

• 5 Fast Facts About Magic Mushroom Compounds (Psychedelic Science Review)

MDMA

• MDMA Is Inches Away From Getting FDA Approval (MERRY JANE)

• Why MDMA must be reclassified as a Schedule 2 drug (Health Europa)

• MDMA-assisted couples therapy: How a psychedelic is enhancing intimacy and healing PTSD (The Conversation)

5-MEO-DMT

• Psychedelic drug 5-MeO-DMT induces rapid changes in inflammatory markers (PsyPost)

• Psychedelic Toad Makes People More Accepting and Less Depressed, Study Shows (MERRY JANE)

• Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze: The Impact of Climate Change, Development, and Psychonauts on the Sonoran Desert Toad (Psychedelics Today)

SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS

• More than a dozen children collapse after vaping fake cannabis oil laced with ‘spice’ (The Independent)

• DEA approves synthetic marijuana for big pharma company against legalization (Stock Daily Dish)

NITROUS OXIDE

• Doctors issue warning after 'whippits' misuse lands B.C. woman in hospital (CTV News)

KETAMINE

• Ketamine-like drug for depression gets UK licence (The Guardian)

• In 2019, a ketamine-based antidepressant raised hopes and concerns (ScienceNews)

OPIOIDS

• We have a solution for the opioid epidemic. It’s dramatically underused. (Vox)

• Purdue's Payments to the Sackler Family Grew Amid Scrutiny Over the Opioid Epidemic, Court Filing Shows (TIME)

• Naloxone Dispensing Sees Major Increase In Last Two Years (Indiana Public Media)

METHAMPHETAMINE

• A New Drug Scourge: Deaths Involving Meth Are Rising Fast (The New York Times)

CAFFEINE

• New insights into anti-obesity mechanisms of caffeine (New Atlas)

NICOTINE

• Congress Approves Raising Age to 21 for E-Cigarette and Tobacco Sales (The New York Times)

• Vaping Damages Your Lungs, But Is Still Safer Than Smoking, a Long-Term Study Suggests (TIME)

• WHO launches new report on global tobacco use trends (World Health Organization)

• Instagram bans influencers from getting paid to promote vaping and guns (CNBC)

• Plan to ban tobacco sales to anyone under 21 will hit the military too (Military Times)

• Addictive nicotine in Juul nearly identical to a Marlboro: study (Reuters)

• US permits sale of cigarettes with 95% less nicotine (The Seattle Times)

• Why is Texas throwing high schoolers in jail just for vaping? (Washington Examiner)

BENZODIAZEPINES

• Benzodiazepine Overdose Rates Increasing in Teens (MD Magazine)

• Problem Drinking Linked to Higher Benzo Use (Sleep Review)

• Are benzodiazepines the new opioids? (Medical Xpress)

ALCOHOL

• Two standard alcoholic drinks a day no longer safe, health officials say (The Guardian)

• The sale of alcohol at the University of South Carolina athletic events has been approved (ABC News 4)

• My Friends Serve Underage Kids Alcohol. Should I Speak Up? (The New York Times)

NOOTROPICS

• People Tell Us About Using ‘Smart Drugs’ to Max out Their Productivity (VICE)

KRATOM

• Justice minister says he’ll speed up kratom decriminalisation (The Thaiger)

• Five uses of mitragyna speciosa (The Leaf Online)

• Kratom for Chronic Pain? (WholeFoods Magazine)

KANNA

• Kanna: The Soothing Succulent of the San People (World of Lucid Dreaming)

KAVA

• Kava and anxiety: What science says about the popular plant supplement (Inverse)

• Increased Import Of Kava For Personal Consumption Allowed Into Australia (Fiji Sun)

• Welcome to Kava Culture: A Spreading Alternative to Reduce Anxiety (Filter)

DATURA

• Vet on call: Watch out for datura plant, an animal killer (Daily Nation)

MISCELLANEOUS

• Drug Prohibition Makes Illegal Drugs Cheaper and More Lethal, New Report Finds (MERRY JANE)

• On Drug Decriminalization in the United States (Playboy)

• The Vaping-Related Lung Disease Outbreak May Be Coming to an End (TIME)

• More Americans Facing Murder Charges in Drug Deaths (Truthdig)

• Call for pill tests as more than 50% of music festivalgoers say they take drugs (The Guardian)

• How to Rethink Drug Dealing and Punishment (The Appeal)

• Why Chronic Microdosing Might Break Your Heart (Chacruna)

• “The state only detains, beats and kills us”: Testimonies from women who use drugs in Mexico (Talking Drugs)

• How to Trip Sit (DoubleBlind)

• Why Doctors Are Turning to Psychedelics to Treat Depression and Addiction (Men's Journal)

• Could Micro-Dosing Psychedelics Lift Depression? (Psychology Today)

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This Week in Psychoactives - 12.6.19

Cannabis

• Michigan celebrates first legal cannabis purchases (Leafly)

• DEA Finalizes Plan To Grow 3.2 Million Grams Of Marijuana In 2020 (Marijuana Moment)

• Cannabis Stocks Are Scrambling to Conserve Cash (Nasdaq)

• Illinois City Will Use Weed Taxes to Pay Reparations for Black Residents (MERRY JANE)

• Field test kits will help police distinguish between marijuana and hemp (Richmond-Times Dispatch)

• CBD could help doctors use lower doses of chemotherapy (Israel21c)

• Brazil approves medical marijuana rules, blocks cannabis cultivation (Reuters)

• Shoppers Drug Mart expands online medical cannabis retail into Saskatchewan (Saskatoon Star Phoenix)

• Minnesota OKs medical cannabis for chronic pain, eye disease (Minnesota Public Radio News)

• New Zealand Government Unveils Marijuana Legalization Bill Ahead Of 2020 Referendum (Marijuana Moment)

• Harborside got around a regulatory ban to open SoCal’s first drive-thru cannabis shop in Desert Hot Springs (Palm Springs Desert Sun)

• Clinical Trial: Transdermal Application of CBD Effective in Patients with Myofascial Pain (NORML)

• Willie Nelson Quit Smoking Weed, But He’s Still Eating It (MERRY JANE)

• Cannabis on the Tickets in the Coming UK Elections (New Frontier Data)

• North Dakota Activists Submit Measure To Legalize Marijuana In 2020 (Marijuana Moment)

• L.A.’s Cannabis Cafe Is Rebranding and Parting Ways with Lowell Herb Co. (LA Magazine)

• Men who regularly smoke cannabis have increased risk of developing testicular cancer, study claims (Yahoo! News)

• Michael Bloomberg Backs Decriminalization As Marijuana Views Evolve Amid Presidential Run (Marijuana Moment)

• Lil Wayne Just Launched His Own Cannabis Brand (Forbes)

LSD

• NASA prepped for alien communication with 'LSD dolphin sex' experiment (Daily Star)

Magic Mushrooms

• World’s first magic mushroom nasal spray for PTSD and depression (Health Europa)

• Scientists Finally Figured Out Why Magic Mushrooms Turn Blue (MERRY JANE)

• A Glimpse of Life After Magic Mushroom Legalization (Forbes)

• The Keys To Understanding Psilocybin's Medical Value, Market Potential (Benzinga)

MDMA

• How to Legalize MDMA, With the Help of Pharmacies and Nightlife Spaces (Filter)

Ketamine

• 'Bad' ketamine and ecstasy warning after Liverpool clubbers hospitalised (BBC)

Opioids

• Drugs Used to Replace Opioids Linked With Increase in Suicide Attempts Across U.S. (Newsweek)

• 7 Heroin Users Die From Flesh-Eating Bacteria in San Diego (The New York Times)

• MLB Wants Rehab Rather Than Suspension for Players Who Use Opioids (MERRY JANE)

• Congressman calls on airlines to carry naloxone, NARCAN to help fight opioid epidemic (NBC Montana)

• Iowa Organization Offers Free Access to Opioid Overdose Reversal Drug (WHO TV)

Cocaine

• Cocaine deaths in Wales 'quadruple in five years' (BBC)

• Europe becomes cocaine exporter as countries overflow with drug (The Telegraph)

Methamphetamine

• Meth is killing more Utahns than ever before (The Salt Lake Tribune)

Caffeine

• You're Using Caffeine the Wrong Way (Psychology Today)

• What Are Caffeine Pills—And Are They Safe? (Health.com)

Nicotine

• E-cigarettes do NOT increase pneumonia risks: Study suggests vapor does not weaken the immune system in the same way as cigarette smoke (Daily Mail)

• More than 6 million US middle and high schoolers used tobacco products in 2019, report says (CNN)

• Minnesota Is the Latest State to Sue E-Cigarette Maker Juul Over Youth Vaping (TIME)

• Marijuana and Nicotine Are Trading Places as Prohibitionists’ Target (Filter)

• Tobacco Companies Win Temporary Reprieve on Low-Nicotine Cigarettes (The Motley Fool)

Alcohol

• Prescription Alcohol Can Help Problem Drinkers (Elemental)

• A nimbler way to track alcohol use—by mining Twitter and Google searches (Medical Xpress)

• Alcohol death rates dropping in Scotland (BBC)

• Alcohol tolerance may have saved our ancestors from extinction (Phys.org)

Kratom

• Flying With Kratom – Can You Take Mitragyna Speciosa On A Plane? (Kratom Guides)

• Kratom vs. Nutmeg: Which Is More Dangerous? (Pain News Network)

Miscellaneous

• Scientist Talks Benefits Of Psychedelics At Federal Health Agency Event (Marijuana Moment)

• Renewed push for pill-testing in more Australian states following latest festival death (The Music Network)

• Study outlines concerns around natural psychoactive substances (Medical News Today)

• Orthogonal Thinker Launches First Psychedelics Lifestyle Brand PsillyLife to Promote Psychedelic Culture and Proprietary Research (Yahoo! Finance)

• Andrew Yang Calls For Investments In Safe Injection Sites For Illegal Drugs (Marijuana Moment)

• Julián Castro Open To Decriminalizing Drugs And Endorses Safe Consumption Sites (Marijuana Moment)

• The Ethical Quagmire of Conducting Drug Trials With Incarcerated People (Filter)

• Successful Alcohol And Drug Recovery Still Hindered By Stigma (Forbes)

• At Penn, people in recovery are helping more patients with addiction enter treatment (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

• The nautical beginnings of America’s war on drugs (NavyTimes)

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This Week in Psychoactives - 8.16.19

CANNABIS

• Scent of unburnt marijuana exclusively is not grounds to search warehouse, SJC rules (The Boston Globe)

• Vaping linked to marijuana use in young people, research says (CNN)

• Here Are The Top 20 Most And Least Marijuana-Friendly U.S. Colleges (Marijuana Moment)

• UC Davis Partners With DEA-Approved Company to Conduct Cannabis Research (UC Davis)

• Cannabis restaurants are coming to California, with 'budtenders' and 'flower' service (The Washington Post)

• Where Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang Stands On Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)

• Outside Lands Music Festival Raked in $1 Million in Legal Weed Sales (MERRY JANE)

• Adults who mix cannabis with opioids for pain report higher anxiety, depression (Science Daily)

• Medicinal cannabis: the hype is strong, but the evidence is weak (The Guardian)

• Lack of Patient Protection Gets Colorado a "B" Grade in Medical Marijuana (Westword)

• Is Your Weed Vegan? How Vegan Weed and Veganic Farming Avoids Fertilizers that Impact the Purity and Safety of Cannabis (Psychedelic Times)

MAGIC MUSHROOMS

• There’s Already a Company Developing Magic Mushroom Tea and Coffee in Denver (MERRY JANE)

• Oregon Activists Take Next Step To Legalize Psilocybin For Medical Use (Marijuana Moment)

MDMA

• Swingers Love Combining Ecstasy with Sex, Study Finds (MERRY JANE)

• Ecstasy 'too child-friendly' as deaths rise to record levels (BBC)

• Devastated mum of girl, 13, who died after taking ecstasy blames herself and wishes she’d told her ‘I love you’ (The Sun)

IBOGA

• What To Expect on an Ibogaine Trip (The Third Wave)

NOVEL PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES

• Synthetic MDMA-Like Drug Banned, Reportedly Linked to 125 Deaths (Your EDM)

SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS

• Synthetic Cannabinoids and the Developing Fetus (Advanced Science News)

NITROUS OXIDE

• No laughing matter: Netherlands considers ban of nitrous oxide (The Straits Times)

OPIOIDS

• Overdose survival rates high with naloxone, Stockton study finds (The Press of Atlantic City)

• How to get naloxone, the antidote for an opioid overdose, in Maryland (The Baltimore Sun)

• ETSU installs overdose drug Naloxone in every residence hall (WCYB)

CAFFEINE

• Drinking coffee before bed does not affect sleep quality, study finds (Fox17)

• Comparing different caffeine doses, as opposed to comparing to placebo alone, leads to robust sports nutrition conclusions, paper argues (NutraIngrediants-usa.com)

TOBACCO

• The World Health Organization Blithely Denies Vaping Science (Filter)

• FDA Rolls Out New Graphic Warnings For Cigarette Packages And Tobacco Ads (NPR)

• WHO statement urging governments to ban tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship at international expositions (World Health Organization)

ALCOHOL

• Religion and Drinking Alcohol in the U.S. (Gallup)

• Bud and Booze Make Bad Bedfellows, Study Says (MERRY JANE)

KRATOM

• Oxford becomes latest Mississippi government to ban kratom (Mississippi Business Journal)

MISCELLANEOUS

• All U.S. Adults Should Be Screened for Illicit Drug Use, National Panel Urges (U.S. News & World Report)

• Stay Off Your Phone While You're High, Study Says (MERRY JANE)

• Benefits and challenges of psychedelic microdosing – as reported by microdosers (BMC Blogs Network)

• The 40 Best Books About Shamanism and Plant Medicines (Chacruna)

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On the Monday following each edition of “This Week in Psychoactives,” I post a “Last Week in Psychoactives” video recap to my YouTube channel. After that is done, I retroactively add the video to the corresponding blog post. Here is this week’s video recap, which actually covers the past four weeks’ worth of news since I was away on vacation for a few weeks:

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