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...
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