High Court Holds Federal Law Precludes Reimbursement for Cannabis

Minnesota employers can’t be ordered to reimburse injured workers for medical cannabis because doing so would require them to violate federal law, the state’s high court ruled. The Minnesota Supreme Court is the latest to weigh in on whether carriers or employers could be compelled to reimburse people who are using marijuana to treat work-related injuries. The New Jersey high court in April found that comp carriers can be ordered to reimburse injured workers who are using cannabis. New Hampshire’s high court in March similarly held there was no direct conflict between an o...