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Marijuana’s Steve Fox on FDL Book Salon by Chelsea Green Patient Expert

Posted Tue 27 Oct 2009 11:00pm Why is marijuana illegal while alcohol, which many argue is a more dangerous substance, remains legal? That’s the gist of the question Steve Fox, co-author of Marijuana Is Safer: So Why Are We Driving People to Drink? attempted to answer during a recent appearance on FireDogLake’s book salon. Short answer: times are changing, attitudes are changing, and [...] Read on »

VA Revises Policy to Allow Veterans to Use Medical Marijuana Where Medical Marijuana Is Legally Permitted by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Sun 25 Jul 2010 8:51pm California is right up on the list where medical marijuana is legal with a prescription from a doctor. Over the last year the City of Los Angeles has come on strong as it became almost too easy. BD United States Department of Veterans Affairs has decided to revise a policy to allow veterans in states where medical marijuana is legally Read on »

Medical Marijuana News in California–First TV Ad Airs in California And Workers At Marijuana Factory Join the Teamsters by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Fri 03 Sep 2010 10:58pm company retained by multiple lawful cooperatives organized under California laws for the purpose of providing patient access to medical marijuana. The workers are trimmers, gardeners and cloners. Cloners clone different strains of marijuana, depending on its medical needs, said Lou Marchetti, the business agent for Local 70, which organized the workers Read on »

Marijuana Withdrawal? What Marijuana Withdrawal? by Dirk H. Patient Expert

Posted Sun 24 Aug 2008 7:08pm

3 Comments smoking? Don't worry, Paul Armentano has the answer: You're full of bullshit. Armentano, in an article for AlterNet entitled "B.S. on the idea of 'marijuana addiction... to 70 percent of all individuals in drug treatment for marijuana are placed there by the criminal justice system. Of those in treatment, some 36 percent had not even used Read on »

No Urine Test for Addiction by Dirk H. Patient Expert

Posted Fri 02 Apr 2010 11:00am the counter as Advil or Motrin, registers on some tests as positive for marijuana. Cold remedies such as Nyquil, Allerest, Contac, Dimetapp, and Triaminicin all contain a substance... the drug tests themselves are not refined enough to reliably distinguish between casual use and consistent abuse. There is no urine test for addiction. Adapted from Read on »

purple urine by Martin Eastwood Posted Sun 04 Oct 2009 11:11pm Coloured urine can be a dilemma to diagnose. Beeturia, red urine after eating beetroot is well known and the dark urine of dehydration also. Purple urine has been reported after patient catheterisation. It is commoner in women, alkaline urine , constipation, plastic urinary catheterisation and certain bacteria e.g. E Coli , P mirabilis Read on »

Urine Anion Gap by Matt S. Posted Tue 09 Dec 2008 12:00am The urine anion gap is calculated as follows: [urine Na] + [urine K] - [urine Cl]. Think about the urine anion gap much as you think about the serum anion gap. The urine anion gap is really determining unmeasured anions - unmeasured cations. The major unmeasured cation in the urine is ammonium ion, which is how the kidneys get rid Read on »

Importance of urine microalbumin test for diabetics!!!! by Dr. Virashri R. Complimentary & Alternative Medicine

Posted Wed 24 Jun 2009 12:13pm

1 Comment A urine microalbumin test reveals important information about your kidneys. Healthy kidneys filter waste products from your blood. If your kidneys become damaged, some of these waste products may remain in your blood. At the same time, a type of protein called albumin — which should stay in your blood — leaks into your urine. The microalbumin test Read on »

Urine eosinophils by Matt S. Posted Fri 15 Aug 2008 12:00am Eosinophils in the urine can be detected by applying a Hansel's stain to the urine sediment. The presence of >1% eosinophils of the total urine WBCs constitute a positive test. In general, the same things which cause +urine eosinophils may also show elevated serum eosinophils, and in my limited experience it is the presence of SERUM eosinophilia Read on »