Now, the farmer's son, truth be told, had dabbled in this kind of potion before, but he knew it was wrong and had sworn off it.

现在，农夫的儿子已经染上了这种药水，终于如梦初醒，他知道这是不对的，想要痛改前非。

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But outside of Hollywood, no drug passes muster as a potion capable of getting accurately at the truth.

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