This Week in Psychoactives - 2.8.19

CANNABIS

• World Health Organization Recommends Reclassifying Marijuana Under International Treaties (Forbes)

• The Most Efficient Way to Smoke Cannabis? Study Says Dabs (Leafly)

• Jury Convicts Church Of Cannabis Founder On Public Consumption Charges (Colorado Public Radio)

• Most Strains of Weed Are More Alike Than People Think (Men's Health)

• Hawaii Lawmakers Unanimously Approve Marijuana Legalization Bill In Committee (Marijuana Moment)

• Pennsylvania Lawmakers Introduce Bill To Legalize Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)

• A New Study Says Pot Smokers May Have Higher Sperm Counts. But There’s a Catch (TIME)

• Patients Frequently Substituting Cannabis For Anti-Anxiety Drugs (NORML)

• CBD-Infused Food Banned by Health Department at NYC Restaurant, Owner Says (Eater)

• After A Decade Of Testing, Israeli Medical Cannabis Comes To The US (Forbes)

• Republican Senator Pitches Weird Conspiracy Theory About Weed Legalization, Menthol Cigarettes, and the FDA (Reason)

• Science Backs Most Medical Cannabis Treatment, Study Finds (Leafly)

• Medicinal cannabis legalisation opens gateway for psychedelic research (Small Caps)

• Traffic fatalities on a high after cannabis legalisation (Medical Xpress)

• Nebraska Could Vote On This Medical Marijuana Ballot Measure In 2020 (Forbes)

• Congressional Democrats Plan Hearing And Vote On Marijuana Business Banking (Marijuana Moment)

• Pot for pets: Cannabis products for our furry friends increasing in popularity (The GrowthOp)

• A Hemp Company Sues After Police Mistake Their Product for Weed (Reason)

• Trump Allies Consider Using Hemp Concrete To Build Border Wall With Private Funds (Marijuana Moment)

• Here’s Where Ontario’s First Private Cannabis Stores Could Open (Leafly)

• More Seniors Are Using Marijuana and It May Decrease Their Opioid Use (Green Entrepreneur)

• New Hampshire Considers Legalization, but Gov. Sununu Vows to Veto It (Leafly)

• Maryland Lawmakers Introduce Marijuana Legalization Bills (Marijuana Moment)

• Latest Medical Marijuana Bill Proposes Full Use Of Cannabis Plant In Tennessee (WPLN)

• Reports Claim Bisexuals Smoke the Most Cannabis. Is There Any Truth to It? (Leafly)

• Why do so many Americans now support legalizing marijuana? (The Conversation)

• Study Reveals Little-Known Trick To Make Marijuana Plants Grow More Bud For Less (Marijuana Moment)

• Toronto Maple Leafs Suing Snoop’s Cannabis Brand Over Logo (Leafly)

• Smoke without fire: Cannabis for the observant Jew (ynetnews)

• Where Presidential Candidate Cory Booker Stands On Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)

• A Patient’s Guide to Using Cannabis for Cancer (Leafly)

• Cannabis in Small Commonwealth States: Turning a New Leaf? (Talking Drugs)

• How To Invest In Cannabis IPOs (Forbes)

• Why We Should Treat Cannabis like Organic Food or Fine Wine (Civilized)

LSD

• LSD allows more information to flood into the brain by altering activity in the thalamus (PsyPost)

MAGIC MUSHROOMS

• Denver Will Vote on Psilocybin Decriminalization in May (Westword)

• The Push to Legalize Magic Mushrooms for Depression and PTSD (WIRED)

• Shrooms Are the Safest Drug You Can Take (VICE)

• Oregon "Psilocybin Services" Ballot Measure Has Significant Support, Poll Shows (PR Newswire)

• 'Magic Mushrooms' May Soon Be Decriminalised in Parts of The US (Science Alert)

• Magic Truffles in Amsterdam and the Monastic Path: Interview with Chi of Truffles Therapy (Psychedelic Times)

MDMA

• MDMA users more empathetic than people who take other drugs, study finds (The Independent)

• Parents whose son died after taking ecstasy want to educate others on dangers of drug (WGN-TV)

• Antisocial Species Of Octopus Becomes Friendlier On MDMA, Study Finds (Study Finds)

DMT

• Why Do Jesters and Tricksters Appear in the DMT Experience? (Sam Woolfe)

NOVEL PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES

• Man filmed dying girlfriend at festival after taking 2C-P instead of helping her (Rave Jungle)

• First National Study on Flakka Finds Disturbing Trend Among Teens (Psychedelics Daily)

SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS

• Synthetic cannabis may stop colorectal cancer from growing, study suggests (Daily Mail)

• K2 Overdose Calls Reach Lowest Numbers since 2014 (Spectrum News)

• Natural and synthetic cannabinoids for agitation and aggression in Alzheimer’s disease: A meta-analysis (MDLinx)

• 'Spice turns you into a zombie': Battling an addiction with synthetic cannabis (Shropshire Star)

NITROUS OXIDE

• Longmont United Hospital Offers New Pain Management Option for Laboring Mothers (Longmont Observer)

• Laughing gas now available for women in labor (WGME)

KETAMINE

• Ketamine Could Be the Key to Reversing America’s Rising Suicide Rate (Bloomberg)

• New variation of ketamine to be approved by FDA for treatment of depression (Mixmag)

• Ketamine Noninferior to Fentanyl for Traumatic Injury Pain in Children (Clinical Pain Advisor)

• Kansas City woman credits controversial depression treatment with saving her life (Fox 4 Kansas City)

• Can ketamine help depression? (WTSP)

• Fears grow that Ketamine use by young is on the rise in England (The Guardian)

OPIATES/OPIOIDS

• U.S. Prosecutors Sue To Stop Nation's First Supervised Injection Site For Opioids (NPR)

• Family Behind OxyContin Made Billions By Pushing to Keep Patients on Drug Longer, Filing Shows (TIME)

• Study: Illicit opioid deaths to rise by 147 percent by 2025 (UPI.com)

• Fentanyl Overdoses Spike on Mexico’s Northern Border But Remain Invisible (Filter)

• #MSLeg: 'Parker's Law' would punish drug dealers for death or injuries (Clarion Ledger)

• Struggling to Compete with Fentanyl, Mexico’s Poppy Farmers Ask for Legalization (Filter)

• Naloxone boxes to be placed in Downtown Cincinnati in new bid to stem overdose deaths (Cincinnati.com)

• Ohio doctors must now offer overdose antidote naloxone to some pain patients (The Columbus Dispatch)

• Cops Claimed She Set Up A Drug Deal. Now She's Being Prosecuted for Manslaughter. (The Appeal)

• Alphabet's Verily is opening an opioid addiction center in Ohio (Engadget)

• Trump Decries Unjust Crack Sentences but Wants to Repeat the Mistake With Fentanyl (Reason)

• The Third Opium War (Manitoba Post)

• New bill clarifies who can dispense, administer Naloxone (KIVI-TV)

• Program trains high school officials to give naloxone (Tuscaloosa News)

• Myanmar's opium farmers cling on to lucrative crop (Mail and Guardian)

• IN PICTURES: Myanmar, the second biggest source of opium in the world (The Courier)

• Why we need to talk about take-home naloxone (Australian Journal of Pharmacy)

• How to Get and Use Fentanyl Testing Strips (Lifehacker)

• Let's define terms to understand the opioid crisis (Murfreesboro Post)

COCAINE

• This Is Why Cocaine Dealers Should Fear Venezuelan Unrest (OZY)

METHAMPHETAMINE

• DEA testing shows meth is running rampant in New Jersey (New Jersey 101.5 FM Radio)

• Iowa sees increase in methamphetamine use (Sioux City Journal)

ALCOHOL

• Richer, older men more likely to drink to excess, figures show (The Guardian)

• Heavy Drinking in Teens Causes Lasting Changes in Emotional Center of Brain (Neuroscience News)

• Utah lawmaker wants to scrap low-alcohol beer rule (KUTV)

• Some Super Bowl ads seem to suggest that some kinds of alcohol are better for you. Health officials say it's better to punt on the drinking altogether (Deseret News)

• Alcohol related deaths in England and Wales rocket in past decade (Yahoo! Sports)

• Know how alcohol is harming your teeth! (Times of India)

• 10 things that can happen to your body when you give up alcohol (INSIDER)

ABSINTHE

• This Maine-made absinthe won’t make you hallucinate (Bangor Daily News)

NOOTROPICS

• Nootropic spearmint extract may improve reactive agility, according to new study (Nutritional Outlook)

• The future's getting smarter (Mashable)

• Nootropics: A Necessary Mental Aid in Modern World? (The Frisky)

• Are ‘smart drugs’ all they claim to be? (ZME Science)

KRATOM

• Kratom Now Banned in Columbus (WCBI)

• Advocate: Kratom 'should be regulated,' not illegal (The Dispatch)

• Residents seek Kratom ban in Lowndes (The Dispatch)

MISCELLANEOUS

• Does microdosing improve your mood and performance? Here’s what the research say (The Conversation)

• GOP Lawmaker’s Bill Would Legalize Psychedelic Mushrooms And MDMA For Medical Use (Marijuana Moment)

• How the Drug War Eats the Poor (VICE)

• El Chapo Jury Begins Deliberation in Bombshell Drug Trafficking Trial (TIME)

• This is what psychedelic mainstreaming looks like…in Arizona (Psymposia)

• Houston Narcs Were 'Clearly Labeled' During Deadly Drug Raid, Police Spokesman Says (Reason)

• Why More and More People Are Leaning Toward Microdosing for Depression (Civilized)

• Are Electronic Cigarettes Facilitating Illicit Drug Use? (News-Medical.net)

• Is Permatripping Real? (Gizmodo)

• Should I Drug Test My Kids? Why the Experts Say No (Filter)

• Sri Lanka to begin hangings within months, ending 43-year stay on executions (The Guardian)

• Cory Booker Invites Former Drug War Prisoner To Trump’s State Of The Union (Marijuana Moment)

• Psychedelic Privilege: Report from the Women and Psychedelics Forum (Chacruna)

• The GOP Needs A Better Drug Policy to End HIV (Medium)

• Drug Reform Campaigner Calls For Legal MDMA, Cannabis & Pill Testing in Australia (Your EDM)

• Meet the Artists Designing Clothes For Businesswomen Who Micro-Dose LSD (Interview)

• Nine pill testing myths (Australia's Science Channel)

• This is why you should vote to make drugs safer (The Bristol Cable)

• I took daily doses of magic mushrooms to improve my performance and mental health. Here’s what happened (news.com.au)

• Psychedelics could treat mental disorders (4BC)

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Why Do Jesters and Tricksters Appear in the DMT Experience?

Sam Woolfe:

The prevalence of jesters and tricksters in the DMT experience is quite curious. Why do so many people come to meet them? I believe that the ideas of psychologist Carl Jung can shed some light on this phenomenon. I propose that the jester-type DMT entities are archetypal; manifestations of the collective unconscious. However, a Jungian perspective on the DMT experience may be able to explain why these entities exist, but it may not resolve the mystery of why DMT – as a specific substance – has a propensity to bring these entities to the surface, and in such a peculiar, idiosyncratic fashion. Of course, other archetypes may appear in the DMT experience but when jesters make their showy entrance, there must be a reason they do so.

The ultimate explanation for the appearance of jesters in the DMT experience is unclear to me. Nonetheless, I posit that – since they are archetypal in some sense – we can learn from these jesters. We can understand the trickster aspect of ourselves and find immense value in that if we dig deep enough. So let’s explore the meaning of the trickster. But first, we need to illuminate Jung’s ideas on the archetypes so we can better understand what the trickster is.

A brilliant and impressively deep piece.

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A Robot Teaches Itself to Play Jenga. But This Is No Game

Matt Simon, writing for WIRED:

Researchers at MIT report today in Science Robotics that they’ve engineered a robot to teach itself the complex physics of Jenga. This, though, is no game—it’s a big step in the daunting quest to get robots to manipulate objects in the real world.

These MIT researchers are teaching a new robot some brand-new tricks. It’s easy to see how a machine that has perfected skills like accurately assessing and maneuvering Jenga blocks could move around in a physical environment, interacting with and manipulating any objects (inanimate and inanimate alike) it comes across.

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This Week in Psychoactives - 2.1.19

CANNABIS

• These 10 States Are Most Likely To Pass Marijuana Legalization Bills In 2019 (Marijuana Moment)

• Philippines House of Representatives Approves Medical Cannabis Use, Production (Talking Drugs)

• In the age of luxury cannabis, it’s time to talk about Drug War reparations (Quartz)

• Weed in Your Suitcase? Canada Considering a Fine, Not Felony (Leafly)

• Trump Attorney General Pick Puts Marijuana Enforcement Pledge In Writing (Forbes)

• Mother Jones Admits it ‘Overstated’ Cannabis Mental Health Risks (Leafly)

• Cannabis Comes to Davos, Sharing Spotlight With Global Elites (Bloomberg)

• Marijuana Study: CBD Can Actually Enhance, Rather Than Counteract, High Caused By THC (Marijuana Moment)

• In Indonesia, One Group Fights to Reform Zero-Tolerance Cannabis Laws (Leafly)

• Study Documents Humanity’s Use Of Marijuana Over 10,000 Years Of History (Marijuana Moment)

• Got Anxiety? Study Finds Cannabis Strains to Try, or Avoid (Leafly)

• New Jersey Mayors Demand Automatic Marijuana Expungements If State Legalizes (Marijuana Moment)

• Baltimore's Top Prosecutor Will Stop Prosecuting Marijuana Possession Cases (Reason)

• Same-Day Cannabis Delivery is Coming to Ontario (Leafly)

• Scientists Used Marijuana Consumers’ Urine To Produce Electricity (Marijuana Moment)

• CBS And The Super Bowl's Rejection Of A Cannabis Ad May Still Change The Game (Forbes)

• UC Berkeley Launches a Cannabis Research Center (Leafly)

• Man Jailed over a Marijuana Cookie Died After Seizure in Prison (Reason)

• Legal Medical Marijuana Associated With Lower Opioid Use Rates, Another Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Minnesota Proposal Would Legalize Cannabis Sales in 2020 (Leafly)

• Survey: Three Of Four Military Veterans Would Consider Using Medical Cannabis (NORML)

• After Pleading Innocent, This Cannabis Convict's Sentence Went from 4 Years to Life (Civilized)

• Baltimore Prosecutor Files Rare Petition to Erase Cannabis Convictions (Leafly)

• Patients Are Substituting Marijuana For Addictive Pharmaceutical Drugs, Two New Studies Show (Marijuana Moment)

• Ukraine's Acting Health Minister endorses legalization of medical cannabis (112 International)

• Newfoundland Cannabis Store Closes Amidst Supply Shortages (Leafly)

• History Of Alcohol Prohibition Suggests Advantage For States That Legalize Marijuana Early (Marijuana Moment)

• Disappointed by Marijuana Tax Revenue, California Legislators Propose Rate Cuts (Reason)

• This Canadian Cannabis Advisory Ad Is Full-On Trippy (Leafly)

• Industrial Hemp Cultivation Exploded In The U.S. Last Year, Report Shows (Marijuana Moment)

• Cannabis Stocks Are Getting Their Second Wind (Real Money)

• Metrolinx to Ban Cannabis for Workers in Safety-Sensitive Jobs (Leafly)

• Here's What You Need to Know About California's Final Cannabis Regulations (Civilized)

• Officials Urging Cannabis Businesses To Beef Up Security After Increase In Robberies (CBS Sacramento)

• Where Presidential Candidate John Delaney Stands On Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)

• In Photos: Canada’s First Bongspiel, a Cannabis-Infused Curling Tournament (Leafly)

• Is Marijuana Competitive or Complementary to Alcohol Sales? (The Motley Fool)

• Which Is More Potent, Vaping Cannabis or Smoking a Joint? (Leafly)

• Dealers make violent threats against 12-year-olds over cannabis debt (TheJournal.ie)

LSD

• Scientists Identify Key Neural Mechanisms Behind an LSD Trip (Motherboard)

• 'I'M AN AVENGER': Student on LSD allegedly went on teacher groping spree (Canoe News)

MAGIC MUSHROOMS

• Magic mushrooms 'could be made LEGAL in Britain after huge breakthrough' (Daily Star)

• A top psychedelic scientist says 'the climate's looking good' for magic mushrooms and MDMA to turn into medicines at a gathering of the world's billionaires (Business Insider)

• Finding Psychedelic Mushrooms (The Third Wave)

• Oregon couple pushes to put mushroom therapy on the ballot (KATU)

• Psilocybin Mushrooms Are Changing the Way You Die (71 Republic)

MDMA

• Here’s how Ecstasy actually kill (Rave Jungle)

• Taking MDMA was 'a spur of the moment decision', says Shane Rattenbury (Brisbane Times)

• ‘Young people just aren’t getting the message’: Ecstasy revealed as the biggest killer at festivals (2GB)

• Pharmacies 'logical places' to talk about ecstasy (Australian Journal of Pharmacy)

• Liverpool teenager dies after suspected MDMA overdose (BBC)

DMT

• I Cooked DMT in My Kitchen for Four Years (VICE)

• Marriott staff find coworker's hallucinogenic drug lab in boiler room, Calif. cops say (The Sacramento Bee)

AYAHUASCA

• An Encounter with Ayahuasca Sorcery (Reality Sandwich)

SALVIA DIVINORUM

• Salvia Divinorum And Kratom: Not Safe To Combine Together (Kratom Guides)

NOVEL PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES

• Warning: These Ecstasy Pills Might Cause You to Have Sex With Trees (EDM Tunes)

• One percent of US teenagers are using flakka -- but it could be more (CNN)

• Police Issue Warning For Dangerous “Flakka” Pills Sold As MDMA (Your EDM)

SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS

• Devastating Impacts Of Synthetic Marijuana Take Hold In Wisconsin (WUWM)

NITROUS OXIDE

• Councillor calling on agencies to join forces to tackle growing problem of ‘laughing gas’ (Rochdale Online)

• Global Nitrous Oxide Market Is Determined to Grow with Immense Rate by 2025 (Digital Journal)

KETAMINE

• Minn. Hospital Says Paramedics Caused No Harm in Ketamine Study (EMS World)

• Hennepin Healthcare vows improvements after review into ketamine use on police subjects (Bring Me The News)

• Ketamine Clinics of Los Angeles Commemorates Five Years of Patient Success Stories (Benzinga)

• Teaching an Old Drug New Tricks: Ketamine and Depression (Breast Cancer News)

PCP

• South Brunswick police arrest man who allegedly destroyed home while high on PCP (MyCentralJersey.com)

OPIATES/OPIOIDS

• America’s Opioid Crisis: Access to Medication-Assisted Treatment in Cities (The Pew Charitable Trusts)

• All Niagara police to be equipped with naloxone (Thorold News)

• U.S. Border Patrol Reports Largest Fentanyl Bust of Nearly 254 Pounds of Opioid (TIME)

• Peterborough Public Health, community partners create opioid early monitoring system (Global News)

• Dana Larsen: Opium tea will end the overdose crisis (The Georgia Straight)

• Opioid overdose medication easier to access for schools (Sequim Gazette)

• Many Parents Conflicted About Opioids for Their Teens' Pain (U.S. News & World Report)

• London police officers used naloxone to save 57 people last year (CBC)

• Idaho Lawmakers Try To Make It Easier To Get Naloxone (Boise State Public Radio)

• Florida man spent 41 days in jail for heroin. But it was actually detergent, cops say (Miami Herald)

• Sears Once Sold Heroin (The Atlantic)

• No-Knock Warrant for Deadly Drug Raid Describes Heroin and a Gun Cops Didn't Find (Reason)

• Outreach worker says use of naloxone on the rise in Sudbury (CBC)

• Feds say Rancho Cordova nurse sold thousands of opioid pills nationwide on dark web (The Sacramento Bee)

• The Great Opium Bonfire of 1914 (Reason)

• Increased awareness about Naloxone (The Daily Journal)

COCAINE

• Cocaine in the River Thames is 'another problem eels don't need', says expert (London Evening Standard)

• The white stuff: why Britain can’t get enough cocaine (The Guardian)

BENZODIAZEPINES

• Fraser Health issues warning over 'large quantities' of fake Xanax (Vancouver Sun)

ALCOHOL

• Goa to ban alcohol on beaches (Kiwi.com)

• ‘Hangxiety’: why alcohol gives you a hangover and anxiety (The Guardian)

• Heavy drinking may change DNA, leading to increased craving for alcohol (ScienceDaily)

• Dry January Is Just the Beginning: Alcohol-Free Booze Is Poised for a Big 2019 (Fortune)

• Formerly dry Massachusetts town now allows alcohol sales (WWLP)

• Trump donates $100,000 to charity every quarter, but you never hear about it (Rooster Magazine)

• Virginia Alcohol Regulators Said Ending Ban on Happy Hour Ads Would Literally Kill People, Then Supported Ending the Ban (Reason)

• How to go alcohol free when you work in the drinks industry (The Drinks Business)

• As Problem Drinking Rises In Older Americans, Geriatrician Offers Tips For Those Who Imbibe Over 65 (Forbes)

• The celebrity alcohol brands worth a sip (GQ)

NOOTROPICS

• On Nootropics: How (and if) ‘smart pills’ work (Ladders)

• This New Blend Of Nootropics is Clinically Proven to Enhance Brain Function (Futurism)

• Global Nootropics Market to Observe Strong Development by 2024 (DailyCashReports.com)

KRATOM

• Kratom Migraine & Headaches: What You Must Do To Avoid This Unpleasant Effect (Kratom Guides)

• Kratom: It's legal, unregulated and has contributed to 2 Northwest Colorado deaths (Craig Daily Press)

KAVA

• Kava sold at N. Knox bar like 'mild, liquid Valium with happiness attached.' But what is it? (Knoxville News Sentinel)

MISCELLANEOUS

• 'There Is Officially No More War.' Mexico's President Declares an End to the Drug War Amid Skepticism (TIME)

• Man evades capture for 15 years by using fingerprint implants (The Guardian)

• Scientists Rethink Psychedelics As Attitudes Change Toward Formerly Illicit Drugs (Forbes)

• El Chapo's Defense Team Rests Its Case After Just 30 Minutes (TIME)

• Sacred Sexuality, Psychedelics and Erotic Hustle: Interview with Lana Baumgartner (Psychedelic Times)

• The Psychedelic Emotion: Why We Need More “Awe” In Everyday Life (High Existence)

• A Collection of Trip Sitter Manuals and Guides (Tam Integration)

• Pointing the way to psychedelic Christianity (The Institute for the Advancement of Psychedelic Christianity)

• Do you have to do drugs to enjoy dance music? (Mixmag)

• An inside look at drug networks flooding music festivals — and police are struggling to stop them (news.com.au)

• 'Don't bury your head in the sand': NZ police minister has spray at Australians over pill testing (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

• The Frankfurt Resolution of 1990 Still Inspires City-Level Drug Policy Reforms (Filter)

• This Podcast Gives You the Straight Dope About Drugs (OZY)

• Embodied Healing: A Personal Perspective on Resolving Trauma with Psychedelics (Chacruna)

• Illicit drugs should be regulated and distributed by pharmacies, leading doctor suggests (news.com.au)

• NSW Premier doubles down on pill testing stance following horror drug weekend (SBS)

• $4.6 million apartment used to host a drug-fuelled rave through Airbnb (news.com.au)

• 'County lines': huge scale of £500m drug industry revealed (The Guardian)

• Incarcerated Women Who Use Drugs Find Ways to Care for One Another (Filter)

• Health and county officials consider syringe exchange solutions (The Daily World)

• History, not harm, dictates why some drugs are legal and others aren’t (The Conversation)

• Interested in Harm Reduction? Check Out These Essential Resources (EDM Identity)

• Don't make tripping on psychedelics a daily habit (The Daily Evergreen)

• Why a public vote is the wrong way to determine drug policy (The Spinoff)

• Everything you need to know about microdosing (INSIDER)

• Harm reduction does not promote drug use (AOD Media Watch)

• Psychedelic drugs: Magic or menace? (The Irish Times)
  

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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:

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