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Colorado Girl Suing U.S. Attorney General to Legalize Medical Marijuana Nationwide

The sixth-grader said traditional medicine wasn't helping her seizures and doctors in her home state recommended invasive brain surgery.

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LARKSPUR, Colo. -- Alexis Bortell is hardly the first child whose family moved to Colorado for access to medical marijuana.

But the 12-year-old is the first Colorado kid to sue U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions over the nation's official marijuana policy.

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"As the seizures got worse, we had to move to Colorado to get cannabis because it's illegal in Texas," said Bortell, who was diagnosed with epilepsy as a young child.

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The sixth-grader said traditional medicine wasn't helping her seizures and doctors in her home state were recommending invasive brain surgery.

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But a pediatrician did mention an out-of-state option: Medical marijuana.

But Bortell said the federal prohibition on marijuana prevents her from returning to Texas.

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