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6 days ago
Medicine

Opinion | The D.E.A. Needs to Stay Out of Medicine

Patients in pain face challenges accessing opioids due to DEA restrictions.
Healthcare system struggles impact patients' access to necessary pain medications.
www.scientificamerican.com
2 weeks ago
Medicine

Medicaid Expansion Alone Won't Stop the Opioid Overdose Crisis

Over one million lives lost due to drug overdoses in the U.S. since 1999, with poverty as a significant factor.
Medicaid expansion, while crucial, has not fully harnessed its potential to combat the overdose epidemic.
www.nytimes.com
3 months ago
Medicine

Opinion | 48 Million Americans Live With Addiction. Here's How to Get Them Help That Works.

Many individuals struggling with substance use disorders face barriers in accessing proper treatment.
Addiction is a treatable condition, and there are effective therapies available.
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UK news
www.independent.co.uk
6 days ago
UK news

Warning over street drug so strong a dose the size of a grain of sand can kill you

Nitazene, a super-strength street drug, linked to multiple deaths at HMP Parc prison.
Nitazene, 500 times stronger than morphine, is becoming increasingly available in the UK.
www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
UK news

Barbara Kingsolver wins Women's Prize for Fiction for second time

Barbara Kingsolver has made history after becoming the first author to be awarded the Women's Prize for Fiction for a second time.The American author, 68, scooped the prestigious literary prize for her tenth novel Demon Copperhead after previously winning in 2010 with The Lacuna.Set in the Appalachian mountains in Virginia, her latest work is a modern retelling of Charles Dickens' classic David Copperfield.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Scandal-plagued Sackler name axed from Oxford University over role in opioid crisis

The University of Oxford will remove the Sackler name from its buildings and staff posts following a review into its ties with the family.It comes after a number of institutions have ended their relationships with the Sackler family in recent years over its association with the US opioid crisis.The Sackler Library in Oxford, as well as a number of galleries and staff posts at the Ashmolean Museum in the city, will be renamed following the review.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Oxford University drops Sackler name from buildings and staff posts after review

The University of Oxford will remove the Sackler name from its buildings and staff posts following a review into its ties with the family.It comes after a number of institutions have ended their relationships with the Sackler family in recent years over its association with the US opioid crisis.The Sackler Library in Oxford, as well as a number of galleries and staff posts at the Ashmolean Museum in the city, will be renamed following the review.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Two class-conscious novels named as winners of 2023 Pulitzer Prize for fiction

Two class-conscious novels have been announced as joint winners of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.Barbara Kingsolver's Demon Copperhead and Hernan Diaz's Trust were both awarded the prestigious literary prize on Monday.Kingsolver's novel is a modern recasting of Charles Dickens' classic David Copperfield following a similar narrative structure.
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Health
MedCity News
2 weeks ago
Health

How Marketing Fueled the Opioid Overdose Crisis and What We Can Learn From It

Settlements against companies for opioid crisis accountability
Role of marketing in opioid overdose crisis
www.nytimes.com
3 months ago
Health

Opinion | 48 Million Americans Live With Addiction. Here's How to Get Them Help That Works.

Many individuals struggling with substance use disorders face barriers in accessing proper treatment.
Addiction is a treatable condition, and there are effective therapies available.
www.nytimes.com
3 months ago
Health

Opinion | 48 Million Americans Live With Addiction. Here's How to Get Them Help That Works.

Many individuals struggling with substance use disorders face barriers in accessing proper treatment.
Addiction is a treatable condition, and there are effective therapies available.
www.theguardian.com
3 months ago
Health

No evidence cannabis reduces long-term illicit opioids use, study finds

A new study suggests that cannabis is not an effective long-term strategy for reducing opioid use.
The study followed 615 people with heroin dependence over a 20-year period and found no evidence that cannabis reduces illicit opioid use.
Clinicians and policymakers should not rely on cannabis to address problematic opioid use despite the growing access to cannabis products.
www.npr.org
9 months ago
Health

Addiction drug maker will pay more than $102 million fine for stifling competition

The settlement deal with Indivior, which makes an addiction treatment medication called Suboxone, ends a legal battle with 41 states and the District of Columbia.Spencer Platt/Getty Images The maker of an important addiction treatment medication has agreed to pay $102 million dollars to settle claims it stifled competition.
The Verge
1 year ago
Health

FDA makes it easier for harm reduction groups to purchase lifesaving naloxone

Harm reduction programs will soon be able to more easily bulk buy medication that can treat opioid overdoses, thanks to new guidance from the Food and Drug Administration.
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Los Angeles Times
4 weeks ago
California

California seized enough fentanyl last year to kill everyone in the world 'nearly twice over'

Around 62,000 pounds of fentanyl were seized in California, enough to potentially kill the global population twice over.
The total value of the fentanyl seized in 2023 is estimated at around $670 million, showing a significant increase compared to previous years.
Los Angeles Times
9 months ago
California

May was worst month for fentanyl deaths in San Francisco since 2020 despite crackdown

(Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times)

Despite a state crackdown to seize fentanyl and arrest its traffickers and dealers in San Francisco, more of the city's residents fatally overdosed on the synthetic opioid in May than in any month since at least 2020, according to city and county data.The California Highway Patrol has seized more than eight pounds of fentanyl in the city's Tenderloin district and its surrounding areas since May, following the governor's announcement of a task force with state and local authorities targeting traffickers and dealers.
KQED
10 months ago
California

Plan To Turn Los Angeles Gas Plant To Hydrogen Not Without Critics | KQED

This year, the city of Los Angeles decided to turn one of its methane gas plants into a hydrogen plant.It's part of the city's ambitious goal to run on 100% renewable energy by 2035.It might sound great, but it's actually a controversial move.Reporter: Caleigh Wells, KCRW
Committee Holds First Meeting On Opioid Crisis
A new state legislative committee focused on fentanyl and opioid addiction is holding its first meeting Wednesday in Sacramento.
Los Angeles Times
1 month ago
San Francisco

Some California D.A.s are fighting fentanyl with murder charges. Why San Francisco will join them

Local prosecutors in California are charging drug dealers with murder to combat the escalating fentanyl overdoses.
Several counties in California are implementing the novel legal strategy of prosecuting fentanyl dealers for homicide instead of drug sales.
www.theguardian.com
10 months ago
San Francisco

Walgreens reaches $230m settlement with San Francisco over opioids crisis

San Francisco has reached a $230m settlement with Walgreens over the corporation's role in the city's unprecedented opioid crisis.The settlement is the largest ever awarded to a local government amid years of continuing, nationwide opioid-centered litigation, according to San Francisco's city attorney.
KQED
5 months ago
San Francisco

SF Wants to Charge Drug Dealers With Homicide - But Could It Lead to More Overdose Deaths? | KQED

Efforts to increase punishments for drug dealers are increasing both locally and nationally.
San Francisco is following the lead of other counties in charging some drug dealers with homicide.
Austin Monitor
1 month ago
Austin

Partners unite in fight against opioid epidemic - Austin Monitor

Austin, TX is addressing the ongoing opioid crisis through various interventions including naloxone distribution and harm reduction services.
Travis County has been awarded over $1.4 million from the Texas Opioid Abatement Trust Fund for opioid abatement programs.
Austin Monitor
1 year ago
Austin

County conducts mass prescription drug take-back event - Austin Monitor

Thursday, October 27, 2022 by Seth Smalley
Saturday is prescription drug take-back day across the United States.On Tuesday, county commissioners unanimously passed a proclamation recognizing the day across Travis County.Local constables are teaming up with the Drug Enforcement Administration to carry out the event.
Austin Monitor
1 year ago
Austin

City explores harm reduction strategies to address the overdose crisis - Austin Monitor

Wednesday, June 15, 2022 by Willow Higgins
The Texas Harm Reduction Alliance addressed the Public Health Committee about the overdose crisis in Travis County.
Boston.com
1 month ago
Public health

Rhode Island is opening the nation's overdose prevention center. Could Massachusetts be next?

Rhode Island will open the country's first state-regulated overdose prevention center this summer.
The center will provide supervised drug use, overdose prevention, and support services.
Overdose prevention centers are controversial and illegal on a federal level, but Rhode Island's center will have a two-year pilot funded by opioid settlement funds.
www.scientificamerican.com
2 months ago
Public health

The Opioid Crisis Is Now Being Tracked with Wastewater

Wastewater-based epidemiology can provide up-to-date, population-level information about illicit drug use in a community.
Wastewater data can be used to inform overdose prevention efforts and improve public health strategies.
Los Angeles Times
3 months ago
Public health

'It's absolutely heartbreaking': Fentanyl is officially Los Angeles County's deadliest drug

Fentanyl is now the leading cause of fatal overdoses in Los Angeles County, surpassing methamphetamine.
Overdoses in general have increased in almost every measure from the prior year, exacerbating the opioid crisis.
english.elpais.com
4 months ago
Public health

Oregon's first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law faces growing pushback amid fentanyl crisis

Oregon's law decriminalizing small amounts of illicit drugs is facing opposition due to increased public drug use and opioid deaths.
Supporters of the law now express openness to revisiting it to address the crisis.
The law directed cannabis tax revenue towards addiction treatment services and decriminalized possession of small amounts of drugs.
New York Post
2 months ago
NYC politics

Gov. Hochul needs to declare state emergency over NY opioid deaths: Staten Island pols

A bipartisan task force in Staten Island is urging Gov. Kathy Hochul to declare a public health emergency to address the opioid crisis in New York.
The task force issued a report with recommendations including stiffening penalties for drug peddlers, tightening bail laws, and increasing funding for harm reduction, education, and addiction prevention.
The report compares the opioid crisis to the challenge of the Marshall Plan and highlights the increasing presence of fentanyl in overdose deaths.
BKReader
2 months ago
NYC politics

Takeaways From Hochul's 2024 State of the State Address

Governor Kathy Hochul unveiled her Back to Basics plan to improve reading proficiency in New York as a part of her 2024 State of the State.
Governor Kathy Hochul delivered her 2024 State of the State address Tuesday and released her 'Our New York, Our Future' agenda.
WSJ
3 months ago
Education

Opinion | Fentanyl: The Silent Killer of American Youth

The students discuss the fentanyl crisis
They explore the causes of the opioid crisis and suggest ways to combat it
LGBTQ Nation
1 year ago
Education

Louisiana asks people to report teachers & librarians who "sexualize children" with books

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry (R) has launched an online form encouraging state residents to report the "taxpayer-subsided sexualization of children" by librarians, their supervisors, teachers, school board members, and district superintendents."Librarians and teachers are neither empowering nor liberating our children by connecting them with books that contain extremely graphic sexual content that is far from age appropriate for young audiences," the form, entitled "Protect Minors," reads.
www.nytimes.com
3 months ago
US news

At Core of Purdue Pharma Case: Who Can Get Immunity in Settlements?

The Supreme Court is hearing arguments on whether a settlement involving Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family is a violation of federal law, with potential implications for other organizations using bankruptcy court to resolve mass injury claims.
The case revolves around whether a legal maneuver in the settlement agreement can grant the Sackler family full immunity from civil lawsuits related to the opioid crisis.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
US news

Wealthy Democratic Congressman Enters Maryland Senate Race

Representative David Trone, Democrat of Maryland, said he was set to launch a campaign for the Senate on Thursday, joining a race into which he is expected to pour tens of millions of dollars from his personal fortune in an effort to capitalize on a rare opportunity to seek an open seat in the deep-blue state.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
US news

Wealthy Democratic Congressman Enters Maryland Senate Race

Representative David Trone, Democrat of Maryland, said he was set to launch a campaign for the Senate on Thursday, joining a race into which he is expected to pour tens of millions of dollars from his personal fortune in an effort to capitalize on a rare opportunity to seek an open seat in the deep-blue state.
www.npr.org
9 months ago
Health

Drug-maker Mallinckrodt may renege on $1.7 billion opioid settlement

Mallinckrodt says it is considering its financial alternatives, including a second bankruptcy, and might not make a $200 million opioid payment next week.Whitney Curtis/AP The generic drug-maker Mallinckrodt says the company's board might not make a $200 million opioid settlement payment scheduled for later this week.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

CVS agrees to pay $5 billion to settle opioid lawsuits

CVS Health said it has agreed to pay about $5 billion to state, local and Native American tribal governments to settle lawsuits over the toll of opioids.CVS is not admitting wrongdoing and the company would make the payments over a decade.(Gene J. Puskar/AP)CVS Health, one of the nation's largest retail pharmacies, has agreed to pay nearly $5 billion to states, cities and Native American tribes to settle all opioid lawsuits against it.
www.cbc.ca
10 months ago
Toronto

Opioid-related deaths dropped in Toronto in 2022, expert says more robust response to crisis needed | CBC News

Toronto saw a drop in opioid-related deaths in 2022 compared to the previous year, but one expert says there still needs to be a more robust response to the opioid crisis.There were 702 opioid-related deaths in the city in 2022, which marks 158 fewer than the 860 recorded in 2021, recently released figures from Ontario's Office of the Chief Coroner show.
CBC
1 year ago
Toronto

Ontario Liberals, NDP promise help on opioid crisis as election looms | CBC News

Two parties pledged to help address Ontario's opioid crisis on the campaign trail Thursday.
Los Angeles Times
10 months ago
Los Angeles

Could a Narcan vending machine help stem opioid deaths among young people?

(Shae Hammond / Bay Area News Group)

A free vending machine that dispenses the overdose-reversal drug naloxone was unveiled this week at Santa Clara University, the first such campus resource in the Bay Area, school officials said.The machine at the school's Benson Memorial Center will dispense two-packs of Narcan, a nasal spray for delivering naloxone, with instructions on how to recognize signs of an overdose, how to administer the spray and to call 911, university officials said in a statement.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
US news

California moves to cap insulin cost at $30, start manufacturing naloxone

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Saturday that the state will cut insulin costs by 90% and that it will start manufacturing naloxone, a nasal spray used to reverse opioid overdoses.The lower insulin cost results from a collaboration between CalRx, a California Department of Health Care Services program, and the non-profit drug manufacturer Civica Rx, according to a news release from the governor's office.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Health

Synthetic opioids threaten communities including the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Statistics don't really show the human cost of opioid addiction in this country.What does show that is the effect on one community, one family, one 9-year-old girl who our colleague Brian Mann met in the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma.BRIAN MANN, BYLINE: Late afternoon, Mazzy Walker shows me around her family's farm near Tahlequah, Okla., capital of the Cherokee Nation.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Health

Synthetic opioids threaten communities including the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma

National The fentanyl-opioid crisis is hitting young people hard and some of the highest death rates are in Native American communities.The Cherokee Nation is working to help families recover.Copyright 2023 NPR.All rights reserved.Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Health

Offering addiction treatments in pharmacies could help combat the opioid crisis

A small study shows pharmacists could play a key role in getting addiction medication directly into the hands of more people who need it, but there are a lot of barriers to expanding the project.MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Medications can help people quit opioids, but fewer than 15% of patients who could benefit from those medications actually receive them.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Health

Addiction treatments in pharmacies could help combat the opioid crisis

LEILA FADEL, HOST: Medications can help people quit opioids, but fewer than 15% of patients who could benefit from those medications actually receive them.Researchers based at Rhode Island Hospital tested one possible remedy - offering addiction treatment in pharmacies.From member station WBUR, Martha Bebinger reports.
Chicago Tribune
10 months ago
Chicago

Letters: Why the broad legalization of drugs makes sense

Having just read Steven Chapman's column "The fentanyl crisis confirms the folly of the never-ending war on drugs" (May 4), I am prompted to thank him for raising a controversial but well-reasoned opinion on dealing with the opioid crisis we face.I do not illegally use opioids, but I am prescribed them for an extremely painful condition and do not take them to get high.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Letters: How can the CTA and Metra avoid fare increases? Here's an idea.

Regarding "CTA, Metra seek solutions for budget cliff on horizon" (Dec.12): The CTA and Metra are concerned that fare increases and service cutbacks won't be sufficient to make up for the budget cliff associated with the end of COVID-19 funds.Here are some ideas.It's always a tricky question of how much fares should be raised so the increased revenue isn't diminished by fewer riders willing to pay the higher rates.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Polls now closed in DuPage County Board chairman's race

With the polls now closed, the two candidates vying to be the next DuPage County Board chairman, Republican Greg Hart and Democrat Deb Conroy, were locked in a race to see who will succeed longtime DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin, an Elmhurst Republican.At stake is who will be the chair of the 19-person board, which also is entirely up for reelection due to redistricting.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

With incumbent stepping down, two candidates seek GOP nomination in DuPage County Board chairman race

Republican voters went to the polls in DuPage County on Tuesday to cast their ballots in the GOP primary for DuPage County Board chairman.
www.theguardian.com
10 months ago
Books

Dreda Say Mitchell: I'm a massive historical romance fangirl'

My earliest reading memory I don't have an individual book; what I have is a whole building.I grew up on a council estate in the East End of London and one of my earliest memories of books was my mum sending me and my siblings off to Whitechapel Library.Any children's book I wanted!What an adventure!
Nytimes
1 year ago
Television

'The White Lotus' cleans up in the limited and anthology series category.

Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month.Anyone can read what you share.
As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month.
www.cbc.ca
1 year ago
Toronto

CBC Toronto is in Jane and Finch, and we want to hear from you | CBC News

CBC Toronto is launching a community bureau in the Jane and Finch area this fall with the goal of reporting on affordable and dignified housing options and what opportunities, or lack thereof, there are for young people.
time.com
2 years ago
Left-wing politics

Why Joe Biden Sounded So Conservative in His State of the Union

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Washington Post
1 year ago
Books

6 books compete for nonfiction 'winner of winners' prize

LONDON - Books that explore subjects from William Shakespeare and The Beatles to the lure of Mount Everest and life inside one of the world's most secretive states are competing to be named the best-ever winner of Britain's leading nonfiction book prize.Are you on Telegram?Subscribe to our channel for the latest updates on Russia's war in Ukraine.
KQED
1 year ago
Healthcare

Dangerous 'Tranq' Animal Tranquilizer Found in San Francisco Street Drug Supply

San Francisco, however, has only recently started to test for xylazine, and health officials called the recent identification "concerning.""These facts suggest that the drug may not yet be widespread, but SFDPH and its City and community partners are working to learn more, share information and prepare street response teams to recognize the impacts of xylazine and respond appropriately," officials said in a press release on Thursday.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

California to receive $470 million from CVS in opioid settlement

California is expected to receive about $470 million from a multistate settlement with CVS over allegations that the pharmacy chain contributed to the country's opioid crisis, the state attorney general's office said Tuesday.Last year, CVS Health and Walgreens agreed to pay about $5 billion each to settle a raft of lawsuits brought by state and local governments accusing the chains of filling prescriptions that should have been flagged as inappropriate, helping to fuel an epidemic that has killed more than half a million Americans over the last 20 years.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

California could receive more than $500 million from Walgreens opioid settlement

California could receive more than $500 million from a $5.7-billion multistate agreement to settle a raft of lawsuits filed against Walgreens over the pharmacy chain's role in the opioid crisis, officials said."The settlement will resolve allegations that the company failed to appropriately oversee the dispensing of opioids at its pharmacies," the California attorney general's office said Monday in a release.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

CVS Health agrees to $5B settlement of opioid lawsuits

Health The Woonsocket, Rhode Island company would pay about $5 billion over 10 years under a deal that, if accepted, would be one of the largest settlements over the crisis.CVS Health has announced an agreement in principle that would make it the first major pharmacy chain to reach a nationwide settlement of lawsuits over how it handled prescriptions for powerful and addictive prescription opioid painkillers that are linked to an overdose epidemic.
www.cnn.com
7 years ago
Health

Controversial ADHD prescription rule scrapped from Georgia bill

Georgia bill provision would have required new ADHD prescriptions every five days The bill was changed after outcry over the provision A provision of a Georgia Senate bill that would have required adults and children on ADHD medications to get new prescriptions every five days has been scrapped.
New York Daily News
1 year ago
Medicine

12 medical professionals charged with illegal opioid distribution in sweep through Appalachian region

Fourteen people, including 12 medical professionals, have been charged with helping fuel the opioid epidemic across the Appalachian region, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Photography

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed' Review: Nan Goldin's Art and Activism

Among the thousands of items in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection is the 1980 Nan Goldin photograph titled Heart-Shaped Bruise, NYC.In it, a woman lies splayed across a messy bed wearing pulled-down stockings and a dress that's been hitched up just below her rear, exposing some bared leg imprinted with a bruise shaped like a heart.
www.npr.org
2 years ago
Law

Victims of the opioid crisis formally confront the Sackler family

Members of the Sackler family didn't respond as people confronted them during a court hearing about the harm caused by their company Purdue Pharma and its highly addictive pain medication OxyContin.
Portland Mercury
1 year ago
Portland

Good Morning, News: Dubious Lobbying Group With a Rhetorically Simple Name Complains About Portland, Massive Opioid Settlements, and OHSU Discovers the Clitoris

The  Mercury provides news and fun every single day-but your help is essential.If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making  a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us.Thanks for your support!Could Portlanders become even more enraged, ahead of election day?
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

Victoria and Albert Museum Reverses Course and Removes Sackler Name

The museum's director had previously said he was not going to erase the name of the Sackler family, which founded Purdue Pharma, the creator of an addictive opioid painkiller.
Nytimes
2 years ago
World politics

British Museum to Remove Sackler Name From Its Walls

LONDON - The British Museum here is to remove the name of the Sackler family from its walls, becoming the latest major cultural institution to cut ties with the family over its role in the opioid crisis.
Washington Post
1 year ago
DC food

Review | 'Vengeance' is a startlingly good first film from B.J. Novak

The movie "Vengeance" - a black comedy about cultural arrogance, the opioid crisis, guns, storytelling and the need to, well, get even - marks the feature debut of writer-director-producer B.J. Novak (best known as a writer, director, producer and ensemble cast member of "The Office").
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Health

Never-ending costs: When resolved medical bills keep popping up

Suzanne and Jim Rybak, inside the craft room where their son, Jameson, would encourage Suzanne to make colorful beach bags, received a $4,928 medical bill months after it was supposedly resolved.
www.npr.org
2 years ago
Health

For the first time, victims of the opioid crisis formally confront the Sackler family

Family members exchange photographs of their lost loved ones in the lobby of the Akin Gump law firm offices on Thursday in Manhattan, NY.
Eater NY
2 years ago
NYC food

Charles Entenmann, Who Helped Propel New York Entenmann's Snack Cakes to Sweet Success, Dies at 92

Charles Entenmann, the man who helped take his family's New York bakery to national distribution at supermarkets throughout the country, died in Miami on February 24, the New York Post reports.
www.npr.org
2 years ago
Health

Corporate payouts in the opioid crisis are being finalized

Companies embroiled in the opioid crisis are finalizing mega-settlements.
They are expected to pay more than $30 billion to settle claims that they fueled the deadly addiction epidemic.
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