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Thursday, March 7, 2019

The New Yorker and its humorous piece on CBD

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/so-you-have-some-questions-about-cbd?utm_source=twitter&utm_brand=tny&utm_social-type=owned&utm_medium=social&mbid=social_twitter




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