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WalMart Fires Associate Of Year, Cancer Patient For M...
By Escape The Illusion on March 14, 2010 | No Comments
Despite medical marijuana being legal in Michigan, WalMart has fired a cancer patient and former employee of the year who tested positive for the drug, which was recommended by his doctor. “I was terminated because I failed a drug screening,” ex-WalMart employee Joseph Casias told WZZM-1... -
The Great Mistake: Prostate (PSA) Test ScamBy Escape The Illusion on March 14, 2010 | 2 Comments
EACH year some 30 million American men undergo testing for prostate-specific antigen, an enzyme made by the prostate. Approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1994, the P.S.A. test is the most commonly used tool for detecting prostate cancer. The test’s popularity has led to a hugely ex... -
Hemp for Alternative Energy and MoreBy Escape The Illusion on March 3, 2010 | 2 Comments
Fuel: * Farming 6% of the continental U.S. acreage with biomass crops would provide all of America’s energy needs. 1 * Hemp is Earth’s number-one biomass resource; it is capable of producing 10 tons per acre in four months. 1 * Biomass can be converted to methane, methanol, o... -
Profiting From Immigration InjusticeBy Escape The Illusion on February 16, 2010 | 2 Comments
When an architect named Norman Pfeiffer designed the Evo DeConcini Federal Courthouse in Tucson, Ariz., he claimed to have been inspired by its natural surroundings. “From afar,” Pfeiffer told Architecture Week, “the desert tells little of what it knows. … But upon closer scrutiny it rev... -
Millimeter-Scale, Energy-Harvesting Sensor System Can...By Escape The Illusion on February 9, 2010 | No Comments
A 9 cubic millimeter solar-powered sensor system developed at the University of Michigan is the smallest that can harvest energy from its surroundings to operate nearly perpetually. The U-M system’s processor, solar cells, and battery are all contained in its tiny frame, which measures 2.5 by ... -
Is Pot Legalization Push in California a Trend That W...By Escape The Illusion on February 8, 2010 | No Comments
San Francisco – It’s almost a cliché these days that this city and its sister to the east, Oakland, stand as the primary incubators of some of California’s infamously wacky but later transformational social and political ideas. From the Silicon Valley to Oakland and Berkeley to th... -
The Year In Pot: Top 10 Events That Will Change the W...By Escape The Illusion on January 4, 2010 | 1 Comment
There has been a tidal shift in politics and on Marijuana laws in America, from Obama lightening up on pot prosecutions to the recognition of cancer prevention properties. #1 Obama Administration: Don’t Focus On Medical Marijuana Prosecutions United States Deputy Attorney General David Ogden issue... -
Medical Marijuana Apartheid: Different Rules Apply fo...By Escape The Illusion on December 14, 2009 | 1 Comment
A California hipster can hit the vaporizer without fear of harassment, but a lower-class person smoking a blunt may not be so lucky. About 80 percent of Americans approve of medical marijuana laws, but some conservatives are incensed that state legislatures keep passing them. In a recent column, Geo...
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Software models aid gene expression toxin studyBy Escape The Illusion on December 7, 2009 | No Comments
Digital 3D models of the workings of genes are helping unpick the process of aging and how toxins poison the body. Scientists are using the technique to give a fuller picture of which genes respond to toxins and how poisons corrupt the biochemistry of worms. The software speeds up a process which us...
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Pharmaceutical companies write their own drug informa...By Escape The Illusion on November 24, 2009 | No Comments
Two doctors from the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice recently reported that many prescription drug labels do not contain accurate information about all side effects and the true severity of listed side effects, and they fail to mention that certain medicines are not truly...
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