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In late March the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court ruled that workers’ compensation must cover the cost of medical cannabis for treatment of injuries suffered on the job. 

Pennsylvania Court Rules Workers’ Compensation for Medical Cannabis is Not Illegal

A civil lawsuit filed in Arkansas by a medical cannabis patient alleges that three cannabis growers and one testing laboratory inflated the amount of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in numerous cannabis products.

Civil Lawsuit Accuses Arkansas' Largest Cannabis Testing Laboratory of Conspiring with Cultivators to Inflate THC Levels

 For years, Congress and various veterans' advocates have been working to get Veterans Affairs to drop the obstacles blocking medical cannabis use for veterans. Now real progress is at hand and we speak with Congressman Earl Blumenauer on the work he’s been doing as well as updates on the current state of legislation related to veteran access to medical cannabis.

Bipartisan Support Steps in to Help Veterans’ Access to Medical Cannabis

Brittany Griner had been arrested in Moscow, Russia and sentenced to prison for cannabis possession, which is illegal in Russia.

Imprisoned WNBA Player Brittany Griner Is Freed from Russia

Meg is the Group Editorial Director for Cannabis Patient Care and Cannabis Science and Technology magazines at MJH Life Sciences.

In a statement released from the White House on October 6, 2022, President Joe Biden announced plans to pardon Federal convictions for simple possession of marijuana and issued a call to review the scheduling of cannabis (1).

US President Joe Biden Announces Cannabis Possession Pardons at the Federal Level and Calls for a Schedule Review

Madeline Colli is the Associate Editor for Cannabis Patient Care and Cannabis Science and Technology magazines at MJH Life Sciences.

In early June 2022, the New York State Senate approved a bill which mandated public health insurance programs to cover medical cannabis expenses and defined how private insurers are allowed to handle these expenses as well (1).