Pressure Builds for Marijuana Reimbursement

As lawmakers in New Mexico rejected a bill exempting employers from reimbursing injured workers for medical marijuana, lawmakers in Kansas introduced a bill that would require employers to pay for marijuana in the same way they would any other medication. New Mexico employers notched one victory in the short budget session that ended Thursday, with lawmakers finally approving a bill authorizing a reduction in indemnity benefits when a worker was intoxicated at the time of the injury.  But a bill passed by the House of Representatives that would have eliminated the requirement that emplo...