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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Ten-year-old Alexis Carey has a rare but intractable form of epilepsy, Dravet Syndrome. The genetic diseases causes severe and multiple seizures, which often leave parents guessing if the terror of watching their child seize up will pass or turn fatal. View the full article

Montevideo (AFP) - Tabare Vazquez was sworn in as president of Uruguay Sunday, returning to office a decade after first leading the left to power and drawing a curtain on folksy farmer Jose Mujica's colorful rule. View the full article

VANCOUVER - The free-for-all era of Canada's commercial medical marijuana industry is over as a new crop of growers try to woo scarce investment dollars in an increasingly competitive business, observers ... View the full article

The District of Columbia has defied threats from the US Congress and legalised marijuana. View the full article

Alaska has become the third state in the United States to legalise the recreational use of marijuana. View the full article

NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — A Caribbean trade bloc says it will form a commission to analyze the social, economic, health and legal impact of decriminalizing marijuana use. View the full article

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Federal authorities have seized more than 15 tons of marijuana in a near-record bust at a border crossing in Southern California. View the full article

TULALIP, Wash. (AP) — The Justice Department's announcement in December that it would allow the nation's Indian tribes to legalize and regulate marijuana on their reservations brought notes of caution — if not silence or opposition — from many tribes. View the full article

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — A small, Alabama-based Indian tribe that wants to expand its gambling operations into the Florida Panhandle is suggesting it might adopt a hardball negotiating stance with state leaders: Let us proceed, or we could consider growing and selling marijuana on our property. View the full article

At the Options Medical Center in Boulder, a top local seller of recreational marijuana, a steady stream of customers ranging from men in their 20s to middle-aged professional women goes through the door to buy pot. Just over a year after the first recreational pot shops opened in Colorado, “the sky is not falling,” says Options owner Greg Goldston, echoing a popular sentiment among legalization ... View the full article

By Daniel Wallis DENVER (Reuters) - Consumers in Colorado bought more than 17 tons of recreational marijuana buds during the first year of the state's new retail market, but sales of medicinal pot still outstripped that at almost 50 tons, officials said on Friday. In a national first, voters in Colorado and Washington state opted to legalize recreational marijuana use by adults in landmark twin ... View the full article

There are at least 10 drugs that are more deadly than marijuana, including some that are legal, such as alcohol and nicotine, a new study by researchers in Germany and Canada finds. In fact, drinking alcohol — the deadliest drug on the list — is about 100 times more dangerous than using marijuana, the scientists concluded in the study, which was based on data from animal studies and published ... View the full article

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- mCig® Inc. , a leading provider of advanced technologies and solutions to the global cannabis industry, is excited to announce the official start of CBD product line releases ... View the full article

LAS VEGAS -- Hemp, Inc. (OTC:HEMP) announced today it would be interviewed by PotStock Radio Sunday, February 22, 2015 from 8:30pm EST to 10:00pm EST. In this exclusive interview, PotStock Radio host, ... View the full article

Police have seized more than 1.5kg of cannabis from a car at Woolgoogla. They stopped the Holden Commodore on Solitary Islands Way yesterday. View the full article