Paddo's en MDMA: verboden geneeskrachtige softdrugs!

Twee berichten die wijzen op de 'geneeskrachtige' eigenschappen van de softdrugs MDMA en paddo's, die over MDMA van 30 augustus jl. en het artikel over paddo's van afgelopen maandag.

De (VS) Food and Drug Administration heeft MDMA eindelijk aangewezen als een middel voor een baanbrekende therapie tegen posttraumatische stressstoornis (PTSS). De Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)meldde e.e.a., deze organisatie ijvert al vanaf 1986 om deze stof in te zetten tegen PTSS.

Bovendien is uit studies gebleken, dat MDMA ook mensen met andere stoornissen kan helpen zoals mensen met een sociale angststoornis.

Eerdere berichten dat MDMA bij veelvuldig gebruik hersenschade zou veroorzaken, zijn middels andere studies naar het rijk der fabelen verwezen. Bovendien is MDMA de belangrijkste stof in XTC, dagelijks gebruik van grote hoeveelheden is zonder gebruik van harddrugs als speed, zo goed als onmogelijk, daar je na fiks te hebben gebruikt, de volgende dag ongelofelijk moe bent (hetzelfde geldt overigens voor LSD, ook al een stof die in therapieën wordt ingezet).

Overigens dient nog opgemerkt te worden dat ook cannabis (of wiet, zo je wilt) op een paar gebieden een sterke geneeskrachtige werking heeft, zoals je ongetwijfeld al veel eerder zal hebben begrepen. Zo wordt cannabis ingezet tegen bepaalde vormen van kanker.

Het tweede artikel beschrijft de geneeskrachtige werking van paddo's. Onderzoekers van het Imperial College London hebben de werkzame stof psilocybine, die een aantal paddenstoelensoorten  bevatten, aangewezen als een probaat middel tegen depressies. De hersenen van depressieve mensen worden met deze stof 'gereset' en dat gebeurt zelfs in vrij korte tijd, waarna deze mensen aanmerkelijke verbeteringen in hun geestelijk leven constateren!

Ongelofelijk dat stoffen als MDMA, paddo's en LSD zijn verboden in Nederland....... Terwijl er voor de harddrug die verreweg de meeste schade veroorzaakt, gewoon reclame gemaakt mag worden, je had het alweer begrepen: de harddrug alcohol..... Alcohol richt die schade aan bij zowel de gebruiker, diens omgeving en de maatschappij in haar geheel en dat zowel direct als indirect............ Dagelijks overlijden 12 mensen aan de gevolgen van langdurig en overmatig alcoholgebruik........

Meer en meer probeert men XTC als veel gevaarlijker aan te wijzen, waarbij men wijst op meerdere doden per jaar, echter jaarlijks wordt er door de reguliere media gemiddeld over 2 XTC doden gesproken........ In die berichten schenkt men dan ook nog eens geen aandacht aan de enorme hoeveelheid alcohol die de slachtoffers bijna zonder uitzondering (naast de XTC) hebben gebruikt, om nog maar te zwijgen over zwaar medicijngebruik naast die XTC (en alcohol).......

Met paddo's is het nog zotter, de VVD lobbyist voor de drugsmaffia, de murmelende plork Opstelten verbood paddo's nadat er godbetert in één jaar tijd twee mensen overleden, na onder meer paddo's te hebben gebruikt....... Terwijl in het ene geval, een Franse tiener met psychische problemen, deze naast paddo's ook alcohol en psychofarmaca had gebruikt en het andere geval, een man die naast paddo's hele sloten alcohol had gebruikt........ Niet moeilijk te raden welke stof werkelijk verantwoordelijk was voor het overlijden: alcohol, de harddrug die zoals gezegd 12 doden per dag eist.........

Het drugsbeleid is knotsknettergek en contraproductief!! (en kost daarnaast een enorme zinloze politie-inzet!)

FDA Finally Labels MDMA as ‘Breakthrough Therapy’ for PTSD

August 30, 2017 at 8:58 am

Written by Carey Wedler

(ANTIMEDIA) — This week, the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) announced the FDA’s August 16 decision to designate MDMA as a breakthrough therapy. Along with this designation, the FDA has approved Phase 3 trials to test the effectiveness of the drug in treating PTSD.

According to a press release from MAPS, which has lobbied for the medicinal use of MDMA since 1986, the “breakthrough” status may lead to quicker approval for the substance. MAPS has already conducted smaller Phase 2 trials, and the FDA evidently found the results promising enough to warrant further study.

“In MAPS’ completed Phase 2 trials with 107 participants,” the organization summarized, “61% no longer qualified for PTSD after three sessions of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy two months following treatment. At the 12-month follow-up, 68% no longer had PTSD. All Phase 2 participants had chronic, treatment-resistant PTSD, and had suffered from PTSD for an average of 17.8 years.”

The next phase of trials will commence in spring of 2018.

“The Phase 3 trials will assess the efficacy and safety of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy in 200-300 participants with PTSD, aged 18 and older, at sites in the U.S., Canada, and Israel,” MAPS explained.

“Participants will be randomized to receive three day-long sessions of either MDMA or placebo in conjunction with psychotherapy over a 12-week treatment period, along with 12 associated 90-minute non-drug preparatory and integration sessions.”

Phase 3 trials are the last clinical testing period before a drug is allowed to go to market, though additional testing is conducted after the fact. MAPS says that if the Phase 3 testing yields promising results, the drug could be available to the public by 2021.

MAPS, based in Santa Cruz, California, has lobbied on behalf of the therapeutic uses of MDMA since 1986, a year after the DEA deemed it an illegal substance, Science Mag notes. The group has poured millions of dollars into trials to study the drug’s potential and has hope it may be particularly useful for war veterans suffering from PTSD. They have also invested in research to study other problems it could help treat, such as social anxiety. MAPS’ executive director, Rick Doblin, believes the FDA’s approval to move forward in official testing demonstrates MDMA’s possibilities. He says it’s “kind of a public acknowledgment of the promise of this research.”

Similarly, David Nutt, a neuropsychopharmacologist at Imperial College London, said “This is not a big scientific step. It’s been obvious for 40 years that these drugs are medicines. But it’s a huge step in acceptance.“

In a piece exploring the psychological benefits of psychedelics in general, Rolling Stone noted that though some studies have found brain damage in chronic ecstasy users, a Harvard Medical School examination of Mormons who used the substance — and no others — “failed to find cognitive consequences.” The outlet also notes that  “safety studies of the dosages used in MDMA therapy have found no evidence of neurotoxicity or permanent changes in serotonin transporters.”

MAPS notes that MDMA “transiently increases heart rate, blood pressure, and body temperature in a dose-dependent manner that is generally not problematic for physically healthy individuals,” also adding that “Serious Adverse Events involving administration of MDMA in MAPS studies have been uncommon and non-life threatening.” Still, side effects do include dehydration — which, in extreme cases can cause death — as well as nausea, sweating, and chills.

Though drug warriors may balk at the idea of a Schedule I substance being used to treat PTSD (cannabis, another Schedule I drug is also proving effective), it is clear that current treatments, especially those the VA administers to veterans, are not solving the problem. Prescription cocktails often worsen symptoms and fail to help users process their trauma. In contrast, when used in a clinical setting with professional guidance, MDMA — which was used in therapeutic settings before it was outlawed — is believed to help those struggling with PTSD delve into the root causes of their suffering.

Indeed, as Popular Science observes, “[t]he FDA only grants breakthrough status when a medication (for a serious disease) is likely to offer significantly better results than currently available treatments.” Unsurprisingly, the agency has approved trials for cannabis in treating veterans with PTSD.

MAPS is working to raise $12.5 million to meet the roughly $25 million total the Phase 3 trials are expected to cost and plans to launch a similar effort with the European Medicines Agency.

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Magic Mushrooms Can Literally ‘Reset’ Brains of Depressed People, Study Finds

October 16, 2017 at 6:52 am
Written by Josie Wales

(ANTIMEDIA) — A groundbreaking new study shows that magic mushrooms may actually be an effective treatment for people with depression. Researchers from Imperial College London found that patients taking psilocybin, the psychoactive compound that occurs naturally in magic mushrooms, showed reduced symptoms weeks after treatment following a “reset” of their brains.

In the clinical trials, patients with treatment-resistant depression received two doses of psilocybin — 10 mg followed by 25 mg, one-week apart — while researchers focused on changes in brain function before and after treatment with the drug. The findings showed that the treatment produced “rapid and sustained antidepressant effects.”

Brain scans show a reset of brain connectivity and blood flow.

Comparisons of images of patients’ brains before and after treatment with psilocybin showed reduced blood flow in areas of the brain responsible for processing emotional responses like stress and fear. Researchers found increased stability in another brain network that has been previously linked to psilocybin’s immediate effects, as well as to depression itself.

The small study of 19 people was led by Head of Psychedelic Research at Imperial College London Dr.

Robin Carhart-Harris, who said:

“We have shown for the first time clear changes in brain activity in depressed people treated with psilocybin after failing to respond to conventional treatments.

“Several of our patients described feeling ‘reset’ after the treatment and often used computer analogies.

For example, one said he felt like his brain had been ‘defragged’ like a computer hard drive, and another said he felt ‘rebooted.’

“Psilocybin may be giving these individuals the temporary ‘kick start’ they need to break out of their depressive states and these imaging results do tentatively support a ‘reset’ analogy. Similar brain effects to these have been seen with electroconvulsive therapy.”

In addition, the trials revealed that patients scoring highest on “peak” or “mystical” experience showed a more significant change. This is consistent with findings from previous studies that have shown that such experiences can lead to long-term changes in the behaviors, attitudes, and values of patients treated with psilocybin.

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Zie ook:
'Drugsgebruikers moeten als de dealers strafrechtelijk vervolgd worden, aldus CDA en ChristenUnie'

'Grapperhaus (CDA minister Justitie en Veiligheid): dronken rijden wordt zwaarder gestraft'

'Lancet: cannabis helpt niet tegen depressies en andere psychische aandoeningen'

'Grapperhaus (CDA minister Justitie en 'Veiligheid') wil Narcotica Unit tegen drugsmaffia...... Oef!!'

'Ferdinand Grapperhaus (CDA minister Justitie) gaat drugsoverlast aanpakken Oei!!'

'Waarom is de farmaceutische maffia tegen cannabis?'

'Experts verwijzen claim van lijkschouwer over 'THC dode' naar het rijk der fabelen'

Blokhuis (CU staatssecretaris Volksgezondheid) gaat xtc en niet bestaande designerdrugs te lijf... Oei, als dat maar goed gaat.....' 

'Niet cannabis maar alcohol is de opstap naar andere drugs'

'Gert-Jan Segers alleen voor alcoholgebruik, dat eist immers maar 12 doden per dag......' (Segers is partijcollega van Blokhuis)

'Nieuwe leugens over cannabis gebruik >> psychose opwekkend'

'Cannabis vs. verslavende medicatie >> Tulsi Gabbard (pres.kandidaat Hawaï) wil de grote farmaceuten straffen i.p.v. marihuana gebruikers'

'Where Presidential Candidate Tulsi Gabbard Stands On Marijuana'

'Marijuana and Driving: A Review of the Scientific Evidence' (cannabis gebruikers zijn de betere chauffeurs op de weg!)

'Stoned drivers are a lot safer than drunk ones, new federal data show'

'Does Weed Actually Make You A Better Or Worse Driver?'

'FDA Is Exploring ‘Alternative Approaches’ To CBD Regulation,Commissioner Says'

'Madeleine van Toorenburg wil alle koffieshops sluiten....... ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha!'

'Gert-Jan Segers tegen legale wietteelt, zoals bepleit met universitair onderzoek.........'

'Gert-Jan Segers wil alleen de harddrug alcohol in Nederland zien, omdat daar geen problemen meer mee zijn.....ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha!'

'Gert-Jan Segers in het cannabishol van de duivel'

'Corruptie op het hoogste niveau >> Coca Cola sponsort Roemeense wens tot voorzitterschap van de Europese Unie' (en zie de labels in dat bericht voor meer bevoordeling van bedrijven, lobbyisme en andere vormen van corruptie)

'Oxycodon: Bruno Bruins (VVD) schiet in hysterische navolging van de VS een enorme bok......'

'XTC legalisering: niet als het aan de Amsterdamse hoofdofficier van Justitie Zandee ligt'

'Rutte houdt in Canada een onzin verhaal over cannabis en zet Nederland alweer voor schut'

'Grapperhaus (CDA min. Justitie) vindt het beschamend dat criminelen vorig jaar voor 19 miljard omzetten in drugshandel..... OEI!!!'

'Recherche komt 2.000 man tekort en Nederland is narcostaat schreeuwen de reguliere media'

'No, Bernie Sanders Tells Jeff Sessions, Marijuana Is Not the Same as Heroin' Common Dreams 4 januari jl.  In de VS voltrekt zich een kleine ramp, veel mensen zijn verslaafd geraakt aan pijnmedicatie, door deze medicatie verstrekking te beperken en door gewenning, hebben velen hun toevlucht gezocht tot heroïne.... 'Gelukkig' heeft de illegale oorlog van de VS en NAVO tegen de Taliban in Afghanistan (waar ook Sessions groot voorstander van was) ervoor gezorgd dat er nooit eerder zoveel papaver werd geoogst in dat land als de laatste jaren, papaver je weet wel, de grondstof voor heroïne........ (tekst uit eerder bericht)

Jeff Sessions Coming for Nation’s Legalized Marijuana

'Jeff Sessions just doesn't like marihuhuhuana..........'

'Arno Rutte (VVD 2de Kamer): wil meer drugscontroles op de Nederlandse wegen, terwijl er amper op de harddrug alcohol wordt gecontroleerd..........' (zie de voorgaande links: de gebruikers van cannabis zijn betere chauffeurs. Kijk dat hoort de alcoholmaffia niet graag en bestookt daarom de politiek met verzoeken cannabis geheel te verbieden, zoals o.a. CDA 'lobbypolitici' als Toorenburg voor die maffia eisen)

'Nationale Politie geeft harddrug alcohol weg............'

Politie VS verwijderde naarstig bericht over 'grote drugsvangst......'

De politie van het Jasper Police Department in Missouri (VS) heeft vorige week een bok van enorm formaat geschoten: men ruimde 'een wietplantage' op en liet dit vol trots fotograferen. De politie plaatste e.e.a. op het internet, waaronder een fiks aantal reacties werden geplaatst van deskundigen die 'de vangst' herkenden in wat men in de V S 'hemp' noemt, ofwel hennep. In tegenstelling tot de cannabis die hier in koffieshops (wat een belachelijk woord eigenlijk) wordt verkocht, wordt je van de 'wiet' die deze agenten rooiden, amper of niet stoned, je moet er giga hoeveelheden van roken om iets te kunnen voelen, echter volgens mij is het dan meer de reactie van veel roken, die z'n (schadelijke) werk doet....... (bijvoorbeeld door het veel roken van deze hennep in combinatie met tabak, wat dan een nicotinevergiftiging oplevert)

Van de hennep die de politie van Jasper vond, kan men overigens veel nuttige zaken maken, zoals touw, kleding, papier en zeep.

Kortom 'het lijkt erop' dat de politie de pret voor een aantal sufferds heeft verpest, dit daar de politie beweert dat deze plantage werd bewerkt. Deze figuren dachten waarschijnlijk dat ze met wiet van hoogwaardige kwaliteit te maken hadden......... Ach, het scheelt hen in ieder geval heel veel joints roken, waar je amper of niet 'high'van wordt....... Zo bezien is deze mislukte drugvangst toch nog ergens goed voor! In de VS sterven in verhouding per dag nog meer mensen aan de gevolgen van alcoholgebruik dan de 12 in ons land, alcohol is dan ook de dodelijkste harddrug op aarde........ En toch maakt men jacht op andere drugs, die veelal via vuile deals met the Drugs Enforcement Agency (DEA) en de CIA het land binnenkomen........

Hier het bericht van Anti-Media dat ik gisteren ontving, daaronder nog een Anti-Media bericht dat vanmorgen werd verstuurd, let op de reacties op het internet die daarin te lezen zijn, mocht je wat somber zijn, hierna kan je dag niet meer stuk! Let wel het gaat hier m.n. om softdrugs, terwijl zoals gezegd alcohol een harddrug is!

Cops Delete FB Post of Massive ‘Weed’ Bust After the Internet Corrects Them

ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! 

September 21, 2017 at 1:07 pm
Written by Carey Wedler

(ANTIMEDIA) — Last week, officers from Missouri’s Jasper Police Department celebrated a marijuana bust they deemed worth roughly $100,000. In a now-deleted Facebook post, they disclosed their satisfaction with their operation, which took ten cops and sheriff’s deputies and a National Guard helicopter to conduct.

As the Riverfront Times noted (grabbing screenshots before the post was taken down):

“’What a great team effort today,’ the Jasper department’s now-deleted post read. ‘It was hot and humid and not easy getting these plants. We ALL got in the thick of things and got it done.’“

The Times summarized the post’s sentiment:

“In a curious bit of show-your-work math, the department calculated the nearly 290 plants seized would have produced — “on the low side” — 63 pounds of marijuana with a “street value” of roughly $100,000.”

But commenters were quick to point out an apparent flaw in the officers’ bust: it wasn’t cannabis they had seized, but hemp, they said. You can’t get high from smoking hemp, and the material can be used to create anything from clothing, soap, paper to sails, rope, fuel, and concrete, called “hempcrete.” It is both durable and sustainable.

“That’s hemp,” one comment bluntly said, according to the Times, though the rest of the comments are not available to view because the original post has been removed. One of Missouri’s two entities allowed to grow hemp for certain medicinal purposes, Mitch Meyers of BeLeaf, said, “Sure looks like hemp to me.”

“These look to me like wild hemp plants, because they are tall and without buds,” Show-Me Cannabis

Executive Director John Payne told the Times, which sent images of the confiscated plants to several experts. “That probably means that no one was actively cultivating them. If that’s the case, the street value of those plants is next to nothing.”

Many comments echoed similar sentiments, “as the post racked up hundreds of comments, among them mocking congratulations to cops for confiscating the raw material of natural fiber rope,” the Times reported.“Jasper Police, who cover an area about twenty miles northeast of Joplin, pulled the post on Wednesday morning.”

However, there is still some doubt as to whether the plants were hemp or cannabis. Dr. Jason Strotheide, founder of licensed hemp grower Noah’s Arc Foundation, said it is “nearly impossible to tell the difference between hemp and marijuana until late in flower.“

Rusty Rives, police chief of the Lamar Police Department, which participated in raid stuck by the claim that it was weed. “I’m just looking at the picture,” he said. “but they look like marijuana plants to me.”

It doesn’t matter either way. Both are illegal in the state of Missouri despite nationwide efforts to legalize both marijuana and the hemp plant.

The Times had difficulty obtaining comment other officials involved, but by last Thursday, Jasper police chief Chad Karr responded, defending the Facebook post.

“The goal, Karr says, was never to brag about a bunch of pot plants, but rather to serve notice to a suspected meth dealer operating in the area.” But the post reached many more people, accruing over 1,000 comments, Karr said, some of which were “abusive.”

As far as the “$100,000” estimation, “Karr says he tried to estimate conservatively. He admits he’s no expert when it comes to marijuana and doesn’t care to be.” However, he suggested the plants were not growing on their own, without human cultivation, because there were trails leading out to the field where they were confiscated.

Nevertheless, he claims cannabis is not an issue for him.

“I think the misconception is we go to work to bust pot heads,” he said. “I personally do not. I know what the problem is — it’s opiates and methamphetamine.”

Hopefully, his sentiment will continue to grow among law enforcement, who are increasingly trolledwhen they boast of cannabis busts on social media. The Times reports that for now, it doesn’t appear any charges have been filed over the plants.

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3 Times Cops Posted About Weed Busts on FB This Week and Instantly Regretted It

September 22, 2017 at 5:01 pm

Written by Carey Wedler

(ANTIMEDIA) — Drug warrior cops are having a rough week on social media. Police departments have taken to Facebook and other platforms to boast about drug busts, and in turn, they’re receiving strong pushback from internet users, particularly when cannabis is concerned.

From North Carolina and Ohio to Indiana, Missouri, and Texas, cops have been taking a beating.

On September 7, Lincolnton, North Carolina police posted a mugshot of a young man charged with PWISD (possession of a controlled substance with the intent to manufacture, sell or deliver) of marijuana, as well as “Possession of Marijuana Paraphernalia” and “Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.” They estimated the street value of the confiscated drugs to be a whopping $200.

Though the post went relatively unnoticed for over a week, by Wednesday, both trolls and serious commenters had descended upon it. “’Don’t do drugs, it’ll ruin your life.’ That’s true, in most cases it’s the government that ruins that person’s life,” one Facebook user wrote in a comment that received over 1,000 likes.

The comments ranged from sarcastic to serious:

Facebook users also bombarded their ratings section, where users can review pages. Fox 46 Charlotte reported that “The Lincolnton Police Department went from a five-star rated department to a 2.1 rated star department over the course of a few days.”  In a post, the police boasted about the backlash:

“If you read the one star reviews you will notice we are being attacked because we enforce the drug laws of North Carolina. So basically the pro-drug crowd is rating us one star for doing our jobs. We see this as a good thing.“

Nevertheless, they ultimately removed their ratings system altogether.

Meanwhile, in Ohio, the state’s highway patrol posted on Facebook about a cannabis bust that yielded $3,000 and felony charges against two men. They wrote:

“2009 Cadillac with Ohio registration was stopped for failure to display a front license plate. Criminal indicators were observed and a Patrol drug-sniffing canine alerted to the vehicle. A probable cause search revealed 600 grams of marijuana. “

Once again, trolls and concerned citizens flooded the page, leaving over 1,600 comments and calling the cops out for everything from stealing property to violating freedom and wasting resources chasing a plant (their page rating has dropped well below a 3.0). Still others called out the hypocrisy of the drug war and the dangers of legal drugs Some even questioned the philosophical and moral legitimacy of policing institutions all together:

Some mocked the cops:

Others were straightforward and blunt (no pun intended):

Some commenters defended the cops, claiming the fact that cannabis is illegal justified the bust or that the cops were just doing their job. Other commenters made sure to respond:

The same thing happened on a post from cops in Mt. Vernon, Indiana, where Posey County police seized “Over 50 pounds of marijuana” and, in turn, received an internet lashing:

One commenter claimed marijuana was killing her friend’s son, only to be shut down by a slew of pro-cannabis commenters:

In yet another post, on Friday, the Wharton County Sheriff’s Office in Texas claimed to have seized $25,000 worth of “alleged” drug money. After dissenters streamed onto their post, complaining that they stole a private citizen’s cash without even finding drugs, they evidently modified their post (see screenshots below), removing “alleged” and adding that the suspect had been arrested for money laundering.

Original post:

Edited post: 

Still, no evidence was presented, and in seven hours over 900 commenters had bombarded the post (some of the comments reflect the original post’s use of the term “alleged”:

When Anti-Media attempted to message the page for comment on what evidence they might have to warrant their actions, we received an “Action Blocked” notification (indicating they likely shut off private messages due to the spike in activity). Like Lincolnton police, they also appear to have removed their rating system (note the time in the upper right corner of each image):

These are just a few of the instances in which cops have received powerful pushback for bragging about enforcing a drug war much of the nation now believes is unwinnable. The increase in resistance has been largely assisted by at least one Facebook page: Liberty Memes. The libertarian page often posts about police brutality and misconduct, and last year made headlines when Facebook banned them over their anti-Hillary Clinton memes. According to their mission statement, Liberty Memes “uses memes to defend the libertarian principles of the rights to life, liberty, and property.”

The page has made a habit of sharing cops’ posts about drug busts and other controversial actions with their nearly 400,000 followers, providing a veritable alert system for those who want to express their opinions directly to the enforcement class.

As the page’s “Admin 2” told Anti-Media,”the intention is to very specifically get them to think twice about committing these actions, as they are in violation of their oaths and run contrary to a vast portion of public opinions.”

As the trend of trolling and confronting cops online grows, some departments have deleted comments, which experts say is unconstitutional. Several departments have been sued for doing so.  Still, in many cases, the comments are left intact. This aligns with guidance from PoliceOne, a website for law enforcement that advises officers to leave comments on their pages unless they contain profanity or other potentially actionable threats.

As demonstrated this week, the internet is increasingly calling out cops for cannabis busts, both sarcastically mocking them and sincerely pointing out the ethical and logical problems that come with violently arresting nonviolent people over a plant that is increasingly found to provide medicinal benefits. But as this week also shows, it appears cops have yet to listen.

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