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Legal & Legislative Updates

• Canada: Second Country to Legalize Marijuana. What’d They Do to Get Here?

  (December 14, 2018)

  (Winter 2018) Uruguay gave the nod to marijuana in 2013, and Canada, our neighbor to the north, just began recreational marijuana sales in October. Canadian residents aged 18 or older […]

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• Workers’ Compensation Decisions Emphasize Confusion Regarding Medical Marijuana

  (December 14, 2018)

  (Winter 2018) This past June, two conflicting decisions came down from Maine and New Jersey on the issue of workers’ compensation and medical marijuana. In the Garden State, it was […]

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• Impact to Ohio from the Recent Bill Signed by Trump

  (December 14, 2018)

  (Winter 2018) Just over a week before election day, legislators in the Buckeye State announced that close to $56 million was allocated by the federal government to fight Ohio’s opioid […]

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• Workplace Relevance of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act

  (December 14, 2018)

  (Winter 2018) Employers may also see changes due to the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act. There is a high probability that the Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing […]

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• Crackdown on “Dark Web” Dealers

  (September 21, 2018)

  (Fall 2018) The Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) reclassification of opioids like hydrocodone and oxycodone from Schedule III to Schedule II impacted how physicians prescribe these substances.  One consequence of the […]

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