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MEGA CITY HEALTH ALERT

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Sunday, March 12, 1999: 17:00 Mega City Standard Time
MCHAN-ALG-72500-3300-31000-WRTRES-BRDRM

Urgent Health Alert: Distribution of "Deadly Reds" on the Rise

Mega City is being flooded with a new drug, "reds" which contains deadly
ingredients including strychnine.

A representative for the mayor's office announced the formation of an
emergency outreach task force including police, social workers, drug
rehabilitation workers, needle distribution volunteers, and others to
spread the word.

The drug is being "marketed" with a peculiar rationale: that it allows a
true perception of reality. As the drug-dealer's pitch usually goes, we
live in a false, constructed reality governed by malign, non-human
entities. The drug will allow, supposedly, the user to "wake up."

The drug's prevalence has brought with it a host of rumors attributed to
the near-death hallucinations and dementia, hallmarks of this deadly new
drug. Authorities are investigating rumors that the chief dealer is the
storied terrorist "Morpheus" although he was known to have been killed
in Southern Asia.

City residents are urged to turn in the drugs to police, no questions
asked. Mega City Citizens are urged: Under no circumstances should they
experimentally take the drug, which almost uniformly leads to death.

(This message was distributed to Local Mega City Health Officers, MCHAN
Public Information Officers, Neighborhood Public Health Associations,
Lab Directors, and Clinician organizations.)