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Going to pot: Mine-bending investment craze can't last

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I inhaled. I coughed, and spluttered, gagged a bit, wretched some more, spat quite a lot, and then reached for a beer to wash the ghastly taste from my mouth, wondering what on earth all the fuss was...

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