{"id":2374,"date":"2018-10-28T14:42:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-28T14:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/projects\/horsesforsources\/rpa_gateway_drug_hfs-forbes_103018\/"},"modified":"2018-10-28T14:42:00","modified_gmt":"2018-10-28T14:42:00","slug":"rpa_gateway_drug_hfs-forbes_103018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/rpa_gateway_drug_hfs-forbes_103018\/","title":{"rendered":"RPA is a gateway drug &#8211; and magically these guys agree too! Don&#8217;t you just love coincidences.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And here we go again&#8230; Our now-infamous headline &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/RPA-gateway-drug_181010\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RPA is the gateway drug. 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