Dana Goodyear: The Valley-Fever Menace : The New Yorker

Dust storms in the West stir up microscopic spores of the toxic soil-dwelling fungus Coccidioides immitis. The Centers for Disease Control reports a tenfold increase in infections, some of them fatal.

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Scottsdale council rejects bid for medical-marijuana bakery

 
The Scottsdale City Council has turned down a request to open a medical-marijuana bakery in the Scottsdale Airpark.

Pure Bliss Premium Medibles sought a conditional-use permit to operate the medical-marijuana kitchen at a site near Redfield and Hayden roads, which previously was approved for two dispensaries that never opened.

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A Colorado marijuana guide: 64 answers to commonly asked questions - The Denver Post

On Jan. 1, Colorado became the first place anywhere in the world to allow legal marijuana sales to anybody over 21 for any purpose. You have questions about it works? Here are 64 answers (See what we did there? No? Keep reading.) to commonly asked questions.

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Arizona targets lax medical marijuana doctors | Arizona Capitol Times

Arizona health officials are looking to root out physicians who are improperly recommending medical marijuana for patients who claim to suffer from chronic pain.

As part of the effort, the state Department of Health Services wants to collect more nuanced information about those patients with chronic pain, The Arizona Republic reported in a story published Saturday.

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