I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
A recent Canadian medical study of chronic pain sufferers concluded that smoking marijuana three times a day reduces pain, improves mood, and helps sleep. The clinical trial had 23 subjects and used marijuana obtained from Prairie Plant Systems Inc. (Saskatoon, Sask.) and the United States National Institute of Drug Abuse.
Canadian researchers studied three different blends of marijuana, of varying strengths, as well as a placebo. Researchers stated that more, larger research studies are needed on the medicinal effects of smoking marijuana, and that they believed their methodology could be considered for future research.
