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Will California Legalize Pot?
By Escape The Illusion on July 30, 2010 | 1 Comment
By Daniela Perdomo. With only a few months to go until the election, the campaign to legalize marijuana in California has only $50,000 in cash on hand. The question now is: How can it win? Today, at least a third of Americans say they’ve tried smoking weed. Is it possible that after half a ce... -
Fellow Humans Under Fire ~ Examining the Arizona Immi...
By Escape The Illusion on May 3, 2010 | 12 Comments
The Arizona Immigration Law SB1070. So what exactly IS this law about anyway? Considering the immense controversy (and in some cases downright hysteria) in regards to the Arizona Immigration Law we thought perhaps it would be a good idea to present both sides of this issue as best as possible. Incl... -
Is The CIA Behind Mexico’s Bloody Drug War?
By Escape The Illusion on April 30, 2010 | 1 Comment
The evidence of CIA involvement in the drug trade is vast, documented and compelling. On April 23, two patrol cars were ambushed by armed gunman in downtown Ciudad Juarez. In the ensuing firefight, seven policemen were killed as well as a 17-year old boy who was caught in the crossfire. All of the ... -
Revealed: Pfizer’s payments to censured doctors
By Escape The Illusion on April 26, 2010 | No Comments
They are billed as “healthcare professionals who spend years building expertise in their fields”. Using materials firmly grounded in science, they educate their peers in the risks and benefits of drugs. This is how Pfizer, the pharmaceuticals giant, describes the experts it hires to lead... -
New Method for Producing Proteins Critical to Medical...
By Escape The Illusion on April 4, 2010 | No Comments
Scientists at the University of Delaware have developed a new method for producing proteins critical to research on cancer, Alzheimer’s, and other diseases. Developed by Zhihao Zhuang, UD assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and his research group, the chemical method yields hund... -
Neglected by ‘lazy’ nurses, man, 22, dying of thi...
By Escape The Illusion on March 7, 2010 | 1 Comment
A man of 22 died in agony of dehydration after three days in a leading teaching hospital. Kane Gorny was so desperate for a drink that he rang police to beg for their help. They arrived on the ward only to be told by doctors that everything was under control. The next day his mother Rita Cronin foun... -
Outrage in San Francisco: City Gives Residents ‘...
By Escape The Illusion on March 6, 2010 | No Comments
The city’s actions are a wake-up call that the entire nation regularly consumes foods grown on fields fertilized with sludge. When San Francisco, one of the greenest cities in America, offered its residents free compost, many were excited to take it. After all, purchasing enough compost for ev... -
How the DEA Scrubbed Thomas Jefferson’s Montice...
By Escape The Illusion on March 3, 2010 | 2 Comments
Visitors to Monticello don’t learn how Jefferson cultivated poppies, and his personal opium use may as well never have happened. Thomas Jefferson was a drug criminal. But he managed to escape the terrible sword of justice by dying a century before the DEA was created. In 1987 agents from the D... -
Hemp for Alternative Energy and More
By 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... -
Ultrasound Beams Could Destroy Stroke-Causing Blood C...
By Escape The Illusion on February 19, 2010 | 2 Comments
Physicians usually rely on surgery or drugs to bust blood clots in the brain that might otherwise cause a stroke, but sound waves might provide a third noninvasive choice. U.S. researchers have begun testing an Israeli ultrasound device to see whether it may prove accurate enough to break up a clot ...











































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