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Martinez would repeal medical marijuana law

Andrianq — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:40:54 +0000

one of the candidates for governor says new mexico’s medical marijuana program should be done away with. susana martinez says she’d would work to repeal the three year old law. jeremy jojola spoke with one of the first new mexicans to enroll in the program. he’s live downtown with her take on what martinez wants to do. jeremy. from cancer, post traumatic stress disorder, to aids.. all sorts of patients in new mexico are now legally smoking marijuana under state law. but susana martinez says patients should be using other options and that minute thumbnail 06:05 pm marijuana is still illegal under federal law. she’s 65 years old and living alone with aids. this frail albuquerque woman, who wants to be called mary, says marijuana saved her life. "basically it’s kept me alive. if it were not for that i would not be sitting here. in the last three years, i came close to death twice." "jojola: you probably don’t have a medicine cabinet that can fit all of this." mary says the 30 pills she takes every day are nauseating. and that the marijuana on her coffee table helps her eat. "it overrides the nausea and gives me the energy to get up and prepare the food when i need it." in her wallet—a state medical cannabis card. she’s among the first to get one. "there are more than two thousand patients participating in the state’s medical cannabis program. a program so tightly regulated, you don’t see any marijuana shops anywhere."

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All in a day’s work: Drug test = dismissal

carloshale — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:28:14 +0000

You would think it would be a fairly clear cut case: employer has a contractual right to drug test post incident; employee returns a positive drug test and dismissal ensues. In the eyes of the Employment Relations Authority, it…

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New Two-Hour TB Test

hsin37 — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:18:04 +0000

JOHANNESBURG, Sep 3 (PlusNews) - A new, accurate, easy-to-use test can diagnose tuberculosis (TB) - including drug-resistant strains of the disease - in less than two hours. It has the potential to save thousands of lives in developing countries, where current tests are often unreliable, take weeks to process, or are simply unavailable.

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Neuro test sa drivers inalmahan

RigobertoReck76 — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:19:26 +0000

Umalma ang militanteng grupong Pagkakaisa ng Samahan ng Tsuper at Opereytors Nationwide (PISTON) sa Department of Transportation and Communications (DoTC) na paigtingin na lamang ang pagpapatupad ng medical at drug test sa mga aplikante ng drivers license sa Land Transportation Office (LTO) sa halip na sumailalm pa sa neuro psychological test ang mga tsuper sa bansa para lamang mabawasan ang mga …

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Experimental TB Test Called Fast and Accurate

MikeWink — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:28:12 +0000

Title: Experimental TB Test Called Fast and Accurate Category: Health News Created: 9/2/2010 4:10:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 9/3/2010

New test detects TB faster, with more accuracy than current diagnostics, study says

Drug Test Expert — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:58:02 +0000

A new molecular test for tuberculosis can diagnose the disease and detect a drug-resistant form of it in less than two hours and more accurately than current tests, according to the findings of a study published online in the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday, Reuters reports (Kelland, 9/1).

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MSNBC w/ Cenk: Marijuana Ads On TV?

Drug Test Expert — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:12:27 +0000

Cenk Uygur (host of The Young Turks) filling in for Dylan Ratigan on MSNBC talks to Stern School of Business professor Scott Galloway on if companies should be allowed to advertise medical marijuana.

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Breakthrough test gives fast diagnosis of drug-resistant TB

hsin37 — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:16:48 +0000

A groundbreaking new test can accurately diagnose drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in as little as two hours, researchers wrote in a study published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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Trial To Test Experimental Drug For Advanced Pancreatic Cancer

carloshale — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:42:01 +0000

Cancer Research UK’s Drug Development Office has launched a clinical trial* to test an experimental drug in patients with advanced (Stage IV) pancreatic cancer - one of the most difficult cancers to treat. Around 60 patients with advanced pancreatic cancer will be recruited for the first Phase I/IIclinical trial of a drug called MK-0752** in this disease. MK-0752 will be administered in …

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CannaCare Commercial

hsin37 — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:12:36 +0000

A Starcasm.net Exclusive This is the first known medicinal marijuana advertisement to be aired on television. Commercial provided by permission from CannaCare. This spot first ran on FOX 40 in Sacramento, California in August of 2010. www.starcasm.net

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