crystal meth: c or d?

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josef albers, Saturday, 14 May 2005 02:06 (twenty years ago)

Pff.

kirsten (kirsten), Saturday, 14 May 2005 02:08 (twenty years ago)

Darwinising stupid idiots = CLASSICK.

Trayce (trayce), Saturday, 14 May 2005 02:13 (twenty years ago)

Dud. Shit is poison.

giboyeux (skowly), Saturday, 14 May 2005 02:21 (twenty years ago)

Darwinising stupid idiots = CLASSICK.

Uhhh....

Andrew (enneff), Saturday, 14 May 2005 03:04 (twenty years ago)

As in, anyone stupid enough to do meth and suffer the consequences, well, I'm not gonna shed a tear.

Trayce (trayce), Saturday, 14 May 2005 03:06 (twenty years ago)

Right. Because intelligent people never become addicted to bad drugs. And surely anyone who is uneducated about said drugs is an idiot.

Andrew (enneff), Saturday, 14 May 2005 03:10 (twenty years ago)

I once worked at this music shop, and there was a really cute girl that worked there. As it turned out, she was like 8 years older than she looked and used to use meth. And she didn't shave her armpits. The shop closed about a month and a half later and I went to new employment.

Dud.

Alan Conceicao (Alan Conceicao), Saturday, 14 May 2005 03:10 (twenty years ago)

There's really not much of an excuse to being "uneducated" toward any illegal substance these days.

Alan Conceicao (Alan Conceicao), Saturday, 14 May 2005 03:11 (twenty years ago)

dud (wow people are still scared of hairy armpits?? jesus)

jones (actual), Saturday, 14 May 2005 03:15 (twenty years ago)

There's really not much of an excuse to being "uneducated" toward any illegal substance these days.

Oh come on.

Andrew (enneff), Saturday, 14 May 2005 03:16 (twenty years ago)

hollaback auckland!

(do people still say "hillbilly heroin"?)

etc, Saturday, 14 May 2005 03:22 (twenty years ago)

Andrew, you know Im quite pro-drug. Meths one of the few I laugh at, like dickheads who chrome, because it is a shitty drug with shitty side effects, thats really all I meant. Drugs R great, but crappy dodgy cooked up ex-sudafed is a stupid idea. Why so defensive?

Trayce (trayce), Saturday, 14 May 2005 03:26 (twenty years ago)

My point I guess was - if you're gonna indulge, get one taste and indulge sensibly in something half decent.

Trayce (trayce), Saturday, 14 May 2005 03:28 (twenty years ago)

duddity dud dud

mike h. (mike h.), Saturday, 14 May 2005 03:33 (twenty years ago)

judging addicts in terms of which "sensible choices" they do or don't make is pretty lame

jones (actual), Saturday, 14 May 2005 03:34 (twenty years ago)

but hey we still have a consensus so far. "hillbilly heroin" = oxycontin here.

jones (actual), Saturday, 14 May 2005 03:38 (twenty years ago)

All addicts are victims. No one is responsible for his actions.

puh-lease, Saturday, 14 May 2005 04:34 (twenty years ago)

It sure rots your teeth- apparently all the bacteria in the mouth of a tweeker are also high and they get to work destroying the enamel of your teeth with great vim and vigor- you can tell a lifelong tweeker by their dentures/bad teeth/million fillings in the mouth etc.

Drew Daniel (Drew Daniel), Saturday, 14 May 2005 07:59 (twenty years ago)

MOJO reports this month that oasis were on it thru their first big u.s. tour oddly enough.

piscesboy, Saturday, 14 May 2005 08:27 (twenty years ago)

Addicts aren't complete victims but I don't think you can say its something they really choose either. In any case its sad to see people destroy themselves in that way (just as its sad to see people self-destruct in a million other ways)

J. Tooley, Saturday, 14 May 2005 08:28 (twenty years ago)

Turns attractive young women into totally BENT-looking skeetchballz and makes young men old before they're young. Never that

LeCoq (LeCoq), Saturday, 14 May 2005 09:43 (twenty years ago)

Gee, well since it's only helping the AIDS crisis re-explode and spiral out of control here, I'd have to say it's kind of dud...and being HIV+ is more than just a "shitty side effect," wouldn't you agree?

Vichitravirya XI, Saturday, 14 May 2005 09:56 (twenty years ago)

My point I guess was - if you're gonna indulge, get one taste and indulge sensibly in something half decent.
-- Trayce

I have one taste, and I enjoy meth. Good for studying/partying/cleaning. Obviously dud in excess, but what inebriant isn't?

Just out of curiosity, what does it take for a drug to qualify as half-decent?

Seuss, Saturday, 14 May 2005 10:36 (twenty years ago)

Well thats a fair point I guess. Me - I dont touch anything that was probably cooked up in a lab somewhere, so I dont do pills, though Ive tried E a couple times, but mostly - nah. W33d, booze, thats all I'll touch. Just my opinion on all I've said ovb.

Trayce (trayce), Saturday, 14 May 2005 10:41 (twenty years ago)

All addicts are victims. No one is responsible for his actions.

Don't be such a fuckwit, EComplex (who I've never heard of?). Presenting the other extreme does not an argument make.

Andrew (enneff), Saturday, 14 May 2005 12:04 (twenty years ago)

Clearly Andrew, you have an agenda - I'm curious as to what it is, you seem pissed off with comments thus far with no rebuttal...?

Trayce (trayce), Saturday, 14 May 2005 12:18 (twenty years ago)

meth is extremely dud.

Miss Misery (thatgirl), Saturday, 14 May 2005 14:55 (twenty years ago)

People make mistakes and sometimes end up addicted to things they never thought they would be. It doesn't indicate intelligence at all. Incredibly smart people are just as susceptible to really hurting their lives as everybody else. Insinuating that people who do become addicted to crystal meth deserve to die for their mistake is in extremely poor taste. I don't know anything about Andrew's personal life, but I imagine he feels the same way.

Mickey (modestmickey), Saturday, 14 May 2005 15:23 (twenty years ago)

Also, is it really necessary for Andrew to issue a rebuttal? Is it really necessary for someone to explain what is offensive about the idea that stupid people killing themselves on drugs is "CLASSICK"?

Mickey (modestmickey), Saturday, 14 May 2005 15:27 (twenty years ago)

Meth is the duddest of duds. The last bar I worked at, pretty much the entire staff had gotten addicted, from cocktails to management. I wasn't going to get close to it before, but after watching them (hallucinating after week-long binges) I couldn't even begin to think about using.

milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Saturday, 14 May 2005 19:52 (twenty years ago)

The cock-shriveling part is really really dud.

Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Saturday, 14 May 2005 19:59 (twenty years ago)

As I've said before, I've never heard of a mobile home exploding because someone was growing weed inside.

Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Saturday, 14 May 2005 19:59 (twenty years ago)

>dud (wow people are still scared of hairy armpits?? jesus)<

Hell yeah, I am. I don't want a girl friend with tribbles under her arms. I don't find it attractive. End of story.

And as someone noted before, shit rots your teeth out too. Her grill was kinda busted under closer inspection.

Alan Conceicao (Alan Conceicao), Saturday, 14 May 2005 20:11 (twenty years ago)

1/2 the price of coke and lasts a zillion times longer. whats not to be classic? ill grant it takes a certain type of personality to ride through the come down and still want more.

"I have one taste, and I enjoy meth. Good for studying/partying/cleaning. Obviously dud in excess, but what inebriant isn't?"

OTM - the scrubbing ive done on meth left me with one very rusty fridge (scrubbed too hard) and the cleanest multi-animal house on the block. forget the forest, its all about the trees. and its gold for the socially awkward. doesnt make you nasty and sloppy like booze or nasty and paranoid like pot.

i guess the teeth thing depends on whats in it. i had great teeth through my meth years then some problems into the opiate years (primarily otc codiene, mind you).

sunny successor (katharine), Saturday, 14 May 2005 21:40 (twenty years ago)

hmmm should i be a lil bit socially awkward or should i have a shriveled dick, poor mental faculties, a depleted bank account, and teeth faling out. tough decision.

()ops (()()ps), Saturday, 14 May 2005 21:44 (twenty years ago)

youll get all those from alcohol too, kiddo

sunny successor (katharine), Saturday, 14 May 2005 21:48 (twenty years ago)

all i know about crystal meth is that it makes dudes want to have lots and lots of unprotected anal sex. and unprotected anal sex = hiv. i dont want hiv. i dont want crystal meth.

phil-two (phil-two), Saturday, 14 May 2005 21:48 (twenty years ago)

you feel less socially awkward while tweaking = you are tweaking

jones (actual), Saturday, 14 May 2005 21:51 (twenty years ago)

alcohol isn't good for you either duh! but, at least for me, alcohol isn't as addictive and it takes doing a lot more of it than meth to have extremely negative side effects. plus, no one is going to arrest me merely for being in possession of alcohol.

()ops (()()ps), Saturday, 14 May 2005 21:51 (twenty years ago)

Phil the mechanics of anal sex while on meth are kind of eluding me. It just doesn't seem like it would work.

Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Saturday, 14 May 2005 21:57 (twenty years ago)

My mother was, at different times, a meth addict and an alcoholic. Give me an alcoholic any day.

Miss Misery (thatgirl), Saturday, 14 May 2005 22:06 (twenty years ago)

Well, if you are looking for a way to destroy yourself by destroying your mental and physical health, alientating your friends, estranging your family, and recklessly endangering random people through purposeless rage and vehicular assault, then crystal meth is classic way to have it all in one excessively expensive package!

Aimless (Aimless), Saturday, 14 May 2005 22:12 (twenty years ago)

"alcohol isn't good for you either duh! but, at least for me, alcohol isn't as addictive and it takes doing a lot more of it than meth to have extremely negative side effects. plus, no one is going to arrest me merely for being in possession of alcohol."

yeah, no one will arrest you for alcohol possession, but in my experience with people who like alcohol a little too much, maybe they should be. lord knows it'd give the rest of us a break.

it seems kind of useless to argue whats more addictive. heroin is addictive, speed is addictive, alcohol is addictive, pills are addictive, sex is addictive, sugar is addictive etc etc etc whichever one you let catch you is going to make your life a misery in one form or another. as has been said a ton of times already here: excess = resounding dud

sunny successor (katharine), Saturday, 14 May 2005 22:22 (twenty years ago)

meth was the only thing that caused people i knew to completely fuck up. well, excepting my friend that killed himself while on coke. so i also feel pretty negatively towards coke but meth gets the edge definitely.

plus as i recall it really tastes like crap on the throat

ronny longjohns (ronny longjohns), Saturday, 14 May 2005 23:50 (twenty years ago)

Tracer you should visit Chelsea and spend some quality time there next time you're in NYC (I forget if you're currently living there or not); that should answer your questions.

Vichitravirya XI, Saturday, 14 May 2005 23:53 (twenty years ago)

is it really useless? would you rather take a drug that was highly addictive, or one which was minimally addictive?

()ops (()()ps), Sunday, 15 May 2005 00:45 (twenty years ago)

i don't know why we need to pretend all drugs are equal, cuz, like, they're not.

()ops (()()ps), Sunday, 15 May 2005 00:46 (twenty years ago)

Meth sucks. I see Trayce's "natural selection" point, and I also see Andrew's compassionate viewpoint. I've been very close to people fucked up on meth and they are far worse to themselves and those around them than any junkie or alcoholic that I've ever seen. And I've seen a lot.

Being around methheads is enough to make you feel both points of view at the same time, which was always hard.

Orbit (Orbit), Sunday, 15 May 2005 00:51 (twenty years ago)

"is it really useless? would you rather take a drug that was highly addictive, or one which was minimally addictive?"

are you serious?

i didnt say they were equal, i said that different addictions cause misery in their own different ways but its misery nonetheless. the title of the thread isnt "crystal meth addiction c/d". i bet if there were an "alcohol c/d" thread there would be a overall CLASSIC vote even though were all aware that alcoholism isnt pretty.

sunny successor (katharine), Sunday, 15 May 2005 01:05 (twenty years ago)

I know people with alcohol. Lots of them. What can it mean?

kenan, Sunday, 17 June 2007 14:39 (eighteen years ago)

we eat from the table = we are not tweakers but neanderthalers

nathalie, Sunday, 17 June 2007 14:57 (eighteen years ago)

OK, "ass maw" got me - congratulations unclejessjess

Tracer Hand, Sunday, 17 June 2007 15:11 (eighteen years ago)

one year passes...

Ryan O'Neal, son Redmond booked on suspicion of drug possession
The Sheriff's Department says it was doing a probation search involving Redmond O'Neal at his father's Malibu home when deputies found the two in possession of methamphetamine.
By Andrew Blankstein
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

10:29 AM PDT, September 17, 2008

Ryan O'Neal and his son were being booked on suspicion of narcotics possession this morning after a probation search at the actor's Malibu home, authorities said.

Deputies found Redmond O'Neal, 24, in possession of methamphetamine while a vial of the drug was found in Ryan O'Neal's bedroom, said Los Angeles County Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore.

The father and son will be held in lieu of $10,000 bail, he said.

The O'Neals were detained shortly after 7:15 a.m. during a probation search related to a case involving Redmond O'Neal. The two were taken to the sheriff's Malibu/Lost Hills station.

Redmond, whose mother is actress Farrah Fawcett, was arrested last year on charges related to carrying heroin and crystal meth while driving under the influence in Malibu.

He pleaded not guilty to drug possession and one misdemeanor DUI charge as part of a deal intended to help him avoid jail. He was sentenced to three years probation and $1,688 in fines for the DUI charge.

In another case from 2005, Redmond O'Neal was placed on probation stemming from an arrest on suspicion of methamphetamine and cocaine possession.

Ryan O'Neal, 67, was arrested last year on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and negligent discharge of a firearm after firing a gunshot during an argument with another son, Griffin O'Neal.

The actor told authorities that Griffin, 43, picked up a fireplace poker and started swinging it. Griffin grazed him four or five times and "aimed at my head, I ducked, he hit his own girlfriend in the head," Ryan O'Neal said at the time.

The actor said he fired a warning shot intended to scare his son.

The elder O'Neal was nominated for an Oscar for the 1970 movie "Love Story."

the bridge to erewhon (velko), Wednesday, 17 September 2008 18:08 (seventeen years ago)

Meth means never not having to unsay "oh dear fucking god where is my meth I need meth right now meeetttttttttttthhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh better drive to every drugstore in the tri-county area to pick up one box of psedo-ephedrine cold medicine at each oh god and make some meth and possible also the thing about love and apologies goddammit where is my meth."

Abbott loves her turtle (Abbott), Wednesday, 17 September 2008 18:52 (seventeen years ago)

Meth is a sad, sad epidemic everywhere,,,,smalllllllll town population "insane brown fragments of what were once human teeth."

Abbott loves her turtle (Abbott), Wednesday, 17 September 2008 18:56 (seventeen years ago)

dud

but joy behar knew better (tremendoid), Wednesday, 17 September 2008 20:27 (seventeen years ago)

one year passes...

god, total dud. my one time was terrible.

last night i went back to this guy's house and he was smoking meth, and all i could think was, 'i have no way to get home. well, fuck.' obviously, we're not going to see each other again.

my bach penises and their contrapuntal technique (the table is the table), Saturday, 14 November 2009 04:38 (sixteen years ago)

nine months pass...

Welp.

My brother managed a whole three months out of prison this time before being caught in possession. He's done.

My totem animal is a hamburger. (WmC), Friday, 27 August 2010 23:05 (fifteen years ago)

i'm sorry, man

('_') (omar little), Friday, 27 August 2010 23:07 (fifteen years ago)

^^^

call all destroyer, Friday, 27 August 2010 23:13 (fifteen years ago)

Thanks guys. The last time I felt any kind of brotherly bond with him was about 1974, but I do feel bad for him and worse for my mom.

My totem animal is a hamburger. (WmC), Friday, 27 August 2010 23:18 (fifteen years ago)

three months pass...

Deputies find 4 monkeys at Hawkins County meth lab

ROGERSVILLE (WATE/AP) - Hawkins County deputies investigating a meth lab on December 17 met with four aggressive monkeys.

Narcotics Unit supervisor Sgt. Chad Gillenwater said deputies smelled meth at the home of William Alan "Monkey Man" Givan, 40, of Whitesburg.

Inside the home they found methamphetamine cooking. They also found four monkeys Givan kept as pets.

The monkeys were aggressive toward officers and ripped the jacket of a Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency officer who was called in to investigate.

Officers turned the monkeys over to Givan's wife, who was not charged in relation to the meth lab.

Gillenwater said the monkeys were kept in an area that was separate from the meth lab and did not have to be decontaminated.

Givan is charged with manufacturing meth, possession of meth and marijuana, maintaining a dwelling where narcotics are sold and possession of drug paraphernalia.

He is free on a $25,000 bond.

In a sheriff's office report, Givan is quoted as telling officers that when they went in his home, "I'm going away for a long time."

The Tennessee Meth Task Force and a chemical cleanup crew disposed of the hazardous materials. The entire property is quarantined.

something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 21 December 2010 16:32 (fifteen years ago)

Tried it once, I was in Manila which seemed an appropriate place to do something seedy. Just made me unpleasantly wired, when I could finally sleep it was a real blessing.

A brownish area with points (chap), Tuesday, 21 December 2010 19:01 (fifteen years ago)

so classic it is beyond criticism - srsly how can u knock this shit?

jerkstore cowboy (Pillbox), Tuesday, 21 December 2010 19:17 (fifteen years ago)

Givan...of Whitesburg.

That is very disorienting to me, to see.

Jesus Christ, the apple tree! (Laurel), Tuesday, 21 December 2010 19:49 (fifteen years ago)

It's White Haven and it's not as nice as it sounds.

WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 21 December 2010 19:52 (fifteen years ago)

It's v close to my surname AND my family place of residence. Disconcerting.

Jesus Christ, the apple tree! (Laurel), Tuesday, 21 December 2010 19:53 (fifteen years ago)

dudududud. i work with kids hooked on it.

Let me explore your musky garden. (chrisv2010), Tuesday, 21 December 2010 20:21 (fifteen years ago)

agree it's a major dud. Friends fucked their lives up with it and one went to jail for a time--though apparently that finally straightened her out.

WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 21 December 2010 20:23 (fifteen years ago)

I live in No. AR, about a hundred miles from where Winter's Bone is set, and it would be difficult to overstate the scale and scope of the problem here. Not sure what else to say. Everyone's brother, cousin, song, pet dog is hooked on it.

the distance between me and a sackful is gonna be like 0 inches (rip van wanko), Tuesday, 21 December 2010 20:28 (fifteen years ago)

song=son

the distance between me and a sackful is gonna be like 0 inches (rip van wanko), Tuesday, 21 December 2010 20:28 (fifteen years ago)

to see 13-14 yr olds on it, sad.

Let me explore your musky garden. (chrisv2010), Tuesday, 21 December 2010 20:30 (fifteen years ago)

that's awful

WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 21 December 2010 20:50 (fifteen years ago)

The amount of shit these kids are on. Shit I had no idea existed when i was their age

Let me explore your musky garden. (chrisv2010), Tuesday, 21 December 2010 20:52 (fifteen years ago)

I like how in a post above it says ass-maw. Wtf

Let me explore your musky garden. (chrisv2010), Tuesday, 21 December 2010 20:56 (fifteen years ago)

i wonder if meth is "happening" in my neck of the wood. there is one of these bruised/skeezy looking young mens who burned an appartment building a few days ago, obv had mental issues that some say were "caused by drugs" but go figure.
googling "smell of meth contamination" right now.

Sébastien, Tuesday, 21 December 2010 22:52 (fifteen years ago)

eight months pass...

When a college professor wants to be a Kurt Sutter and a Vince Gilligan character at the same time.

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 1 September 2011 20:08 (fourteen years ago)

indiana and san bernadino. a volatile mix.

esteenban HOOTez (kkvgz), Thursday, 1 September 2011 20:15 (fourteen years ago)

six months pass...

Meth suspect accused of torching 3,500-year-old Fla. cypress

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2012/02/suspected-meth-user-accused-of-torching-3500-year-old-tree/1?csp=34news#.T07wg8xm1n4

buzza, Thursday, 1 March 2012 03:54 (thirteen years ago)

Fucking hell.

stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 1 March 2012 04:12 (thirteen years ago)

Witnesses told them she showed off the images, saying, "I can't believe I burned down a tree older than Jesus."

33 is not really that old for a tree.

cashmere tears-soaker (Abbbottt), Thursday, 1 March 2012 04:13 (thirteen years ago)

Sorry, killing an ancient tree is deeply fucked.

cashmere tears-soaker (Abbbottt), Thursday, 1 March 2012 04:14 (thirteen years ago)

xp looool

mookieproof, Thursday, 1 March 2012 04:17 (thirteen years ago)

Barnes, who describes herself on Facebook as a model, posted bond today. A court date is pending.

Jurgis Rudkus // Dick Butkus (Pillbox), Thursday, 1 March 2012 04:21 (thirteen years ago)

http://i.usatoday.net/communitymanager/_photos/on-deadline/2012/02/29/Barnesx-inset-community.jpg

looks like a model to me

call all destroyer, Thursday, 1 March 2012 04:23 (thirteen years ago)

like how do you even ignite living flora in that kind of climate and atmosphere? Even w/ gasoline or whatev, that tree was so massive!

srsly a damn shame.

Jurgis Rudkus // Dick Butkus (Pillbox), Thursday, 1 March 2012 04:24 (thirteen years ago)

Whenever I drive through some economically depressed rural area I find myself wondering "how huge is meth out here?"

Raymond Cummings, Thursday, 1 March 2012 04:57 (thirteen years ago)

i find myself wondering "how many huge trees are there to burn down?"

Little GTFO (contenderizer), Thursday, 1 March 2012 05:01 (thirteen years ago)

I live like 45 mins away from that park. Used to pass it all the time when taking shortcuts to work when I lived in that area. Was really infuriating that it happened (my FB feed was blowing up with people flipping out the day it happened).

I had kinda hoped it was an accident so that we could say "well it's been 3.5 millenia, shit happens", but this...man, fuuuuuck her.

Bo Jackson Overdrive, Thursday, 1 March 2012 05:07 (thirteen years ago)

like the park was called BIG TREE PARK. Kinda loses its luster now, ya know? And considering how little else that town had to brag about (I should know, I lived in it for 20+ years)...this really blows.

Bo Jackson Overdrive, Thursday, 1 March 2012 05:10 (thirteen years ago)

two months pass...

the faces despair shocking images etc

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2138407/The-faces-despair-Shocking-images-meth-addicts-reveal-devastating-effects-dangerous-drug.html?ICO=most_read_module

For bodies we are ready to build pyramids (whatever), Thursday, 3 May 2012 22:28 (thirteen years ago)

http://files.dailycontributor.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/crystal-meth-abuse-steve-buscemi.jpeg

Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 3 May 2012 22:36 (thirteen years ago)

Ha ha!

What's kind of weird is how bad most of them look when they're first taken in.

L'ennui, cette maladie de tous les (Michael White), Thursday, 3 May 2012 22:41 (thirteen years ago)

seven years pass...

41 years old, jesus Christ

this shit has come to my hometown, it's awful

frogbs, Wednesday, 29 January 2020 19:57 (five years ago)

Holy shit, he looks 70.

warn me about a lurking rake (One Eye Open), Wednesday, 29 January 2020 22:12 (five years ago)

oh my god

Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 29 January 2020 22:34 (five years ago)

yeah that's a hell of a shame. real classy police department social media post too.

i live in a notoriously methy neighbourhood, lots of ravaged folks, it's a real monster of a drug

frederik b. godt (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 29 January 2020 22:35 (five years ago)

That is nightmare fuel. Don't do meth.

A perfect transcript of a routine post (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 29 January 2020 23:04 (five years ago)


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