More Smoke

The drumbeat for medical marijuana in workers’ compensation systems continues. Earlier this week I attended a lunchtime talk by a Bay Area physician which included his comments on the potential benefits of medical marijuana in treating certain patients. Legal issues surround this, and a California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board panel has twice remanded a workers' compensation judge’s decision on reimbursement of marijuana in light of statutory interpretation questions. The case is Cockrell V. Farmers (see link at bottom of this post). I blogged about Cockrell earlier...