<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>Courtesy of today's (March 2, 2015) Spokesman-Review.</div><div><br></div><div>--------------------------------------</div><div><h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 5px 0px 20px; -webkit-font-feature-settings: 'liga' 1, 'dlig' 1; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 1; font-size: 48px; font-family: 'Chronicle Display A', 'Chronicle Display B', serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Young girl's story could prompt lawmakers to relent on cannabis extract</h1><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><span style="font-weight: 800; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">By Betsy Z. Russell</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Proponents of cannabidiol oil, a non-psychotropic extract of marijuana, say it reduces the amount and length of seizures in children with a rare form of epilepsy called Dravet Syndrome. The parents of a 10-year-old Boise girl who suffers from the syndrome have been pushing for two years for use of the oil to be allowed in Idaho, the AP reports, but Idaho lawmakers in 2013 passed a resolution vowing never to legalize marijuana for any purpose. Alexis Carey began having seizures when she was two months old; now 10, she requires constant supervision, night and day. "Like any parent, you never give up hope that you can get complete seizure control," said her mother, Clare Carey. "Children die from Dravet by any one of the seizures. Alexis could have a seizure that may not stop, we never really know." </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Now, the family has some hope: Legislation to allow the use of the extract for treatment of the disease has been introduced in the Senate State Affairs Committee, and its co-sponsors are Senate State Affairs Chairman Curt McKenzie, R-Nampa, and House State Affairs Chairman Tom Loertscher, R-Iona. Twelve states have legalized the oil while still banning medical marijuana. The bill is awaiting a committee hearing; AP reporter Kimberlee Kruesi has a <a href="http://media.spokesman.com/documents/2015/03/ap-oil-sty-3-2-15.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted;">full report here</a>.</span></p></div><div>--------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>Legalize it! Regulate it! Tax it!</div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:9B057781-5C7C-40B5-BA5F-41030D0A8E46" alt="image1.jpeg" id="9B057781-5C7C-40B5-BA5F-41030D0A8E46"></div><div><br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></body></html>