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		<title>Supreme Court Will Hear Case by Trucker Claiming CBD Product Got Him Fired</title>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 05:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from a CBD hemp oil maker fighting a lawsuit from a truck driver who says he got fired after using a product falsely advertised as being free from marijuana&#8217;s active ingredient. &#8230;]]></description>
				
		
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		<title>Medical Marijuana Law Does Not Impair Connecticut Employers&#8217; Right to Drug-Free Workplace</title>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2024 15:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A Connecticut employer has the right to terminate an employee who is impaired by medical marijuana in the workplace. The Connecticut Appellate Court on March 19 upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit brought against a nonprofit pre-school by a teaching &#8230;]]></description>
				
		
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		<title>Pa. Court Rules Workers&#8217; Comp Insurer Must Pay for Injured Worker&#8217;s CBD Oil</title>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 17 Nov 2023 16:49:35 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Eight months after it ruled that medical marijuana is covered under workers&#8217; compensation, a Pennsylvania appeals court has concluded that an injured worker&#8217;s cost of CBD oil is also reimbursable. A Commonwealth Court has found that CBD oil qualifies under &#8230;]]></description>
				
		
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		<title>N.D. Officials Say Medical Marijuana Would Decline if Pot Legalized</title>
		<link>https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/midwest/2022/09/20/312785.htm</link>
		
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						<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2022 14:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Legalizing recreational pot in North Dakota could cut the number of people who are registered to use the drug as medicine by at least 80%, due to access to bigger quantities and more varied products, a health official said last &#8230;]]></description>
				
		
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		<title>Courts in N.Y., N.H. Rule Workers&#8217; Comp Should Cover Marijuana Costs for Injured Workers</title>
		<link>https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/east/2021/03/02/302319.htm</link>
		
						<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Sams]]></dc:creator>
						<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2021 06:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Courts in New York and New Hampshire have joined jurists in New Jersey in ruling that the cost of medical marijuana should be covered by state workers&#8217; compensation systems. The New Hampshire Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a decision by &#8230;]]></description>
				
		
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		<title>School District Fires Marine Vet Over Medical Marijuana Use</title>
		<link>https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/southeast/2020/11/06/300360.htm</link>
		
						<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2020 17:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[OCALA, Fla. &#8212; A Florida high school dean has been fired after he tested positive for marijuana, even though it had been prescribed for him by a doctor to treat post-traumatic stress disorder he incurred in the Marines. The Marion &#8230;]]></description>
				
		
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		<title>Medical Pot on Campus: Colleges Say No and Face Lawsuits</title>
		<link>https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2019/10/25/293789.htm</link>
		
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						<pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2019 16:27:58 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[HARTFORD, Conn. &#8212; Colleges are becoming a battleground in the conflict between federal and state marijuana laws as students who use medical pot challenge decades-old campus drug policies. In states where medical marijuana is legal, students disciplined for using it &#8230;]]></description>
				
		
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		<title>Florida Medical Marijuana Cap and Regulations Ruled Unconstitutional</title>
		<link>https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/southeast/2019/07/17/292006.htm</link>
		
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						<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2019 05:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A Florida appellate court ruled that the state&#8217;s approach to regulating marijuana is unconstitutional, possibly allowing more providers to jump into a market positioned to become one of the country&#8217;s most lucrative. If the ruling stands, it could force state &#8230;]]></description>
				
		
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		<title>Texas Push to Decriminalize Pot Falters Despite GOP Support</title>
		<link>https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/southcentral/2019/05/01/290688.htm</link>
		
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						<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2019 13:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[AUSTIN, Texas &#8212; Texas&#8217; tough stance on marijuana as the drug becomes increasingly legal elsewhere in the U.S. has grounded a bipartisan push in the state to decriminalize minor offenses _ a change the Texas GOP platform has come around &#8230;]]></description>
				
		
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		<title>New Hampshire Supreme Court Rules Board Wrong to Deny Workers&#8217; Comp for Medical Pot</title>
		<link>https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/east/2019/03/08/289664.htm</link>
		
						<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2019 16:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The New Hampshire Supreme Court has ruled that a labor appeals board was wrong to determine that workers&#8217; compensation insurance can&#8217;t reimburse an employee for the cost of medical marijuana. The court found that under the state&#8217;s medical marijuana law, &#8230;]]></description>
				
		
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		<title>Michigan Court Upholds Dismissal of Job Offer Case Alleging Marijuana Bias</title>
		<link>https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/midwest/2019/02/25/289399.htm</link>
		
						<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2019 06:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A Michigan Court of Appeals ruling could reinforce zero-tolerance workplace rules for marijuana even in cases in which a person has a medical marijuana card. The Detroit Free Press reports Tuesday&#8217;s ruling came in a lawsuit brought by Angela Eplee &#8230;]]></description>
				
		
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		<title>North Dakota Bills Aim to Improve Medical Marijuana Access</title>
		<link>https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/midwest/2019/02/12/289206.htm</link>
		
						<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2019 10:08:24 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[As North Dakota&#8217;s Health Department enters the final stages of implementing a statewide distribution system for medical marijuana, state lawmakers are considering proposals that would make it easier for patients to get doctor approval for the drug. Medical marijuana advocates &#8230;]]></description>
				
		
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		<title>Study Finds Chronic Pain Drives Patients to Use Medical Marijuana</title>
		<link>https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2019/02/05/289085.htm</link>
		
						<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2019 15:39:19 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[As of 2018, 33 states and the District of Columbia have approved the medical use of cannabis, while 10 states have legalized marijuana for recreational use. Despite this fact, at the federal level, marijuana remains a Schedule 1 drug under &#8230;]]></description>
				
		
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		<title>South Carolina Lawmakers Try Again With New Medical Marijuana Bill</title>
		<link>https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/southeast/2019/01/16/288755.htm</link>
		
						<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2019 09:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[South Carolina lawmakers are once again introducing legislation to legalize marijuana for treatment of critically ill patients in the state, making another go at a debate that has gradually made progress in this deeply red state in recent years. Sen. &#8230;]]></description>
				
		
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		<title>Study Finds Marijuana Users More Likely to Be Fired, Laid Off</title>
		<link>https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2019/01/16/288743.htm</link>
		
						<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2019 09:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[As the rate of marijuana use continues to rise in the U.S., workers who use marijuana may be at higher risk of losing their jobs, suggests a study in the January Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. &#8220;Job loss may &#8230;]]></description>
				
		
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