Digger’s Polaris, two October 2021 decisions that held that the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeal lacks jurisdiction to determine whether the Controlled Substances Act preempts state law, as it would require interpreting federal law.
Workers compensation judges in both cases had ruled that ongoing congressional appropriation riders prohibiting the DOJ from prosecuting acts that comply with state medical marijuana laws eliminated any risk that employers in both cases would face.
Attorneys filed a petition in November asking the U.S.
Gavin Newsom signed into law a measure to require hospitals to permit medical marijuana use by certain patients, reports Marijuana Moment.