Ashleigh Q Gallagher

January 11, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Once again embracing opioid alternatives as treatment for injured workers' pain, the Commonwealth Court recently ruled in Schmidt v. Schmidt, Kirifides and Rassias (Workers' Compensation Appeal Board), that cannabidiol (CBD) oil was a reimbursable treatment under the WCA because it was both a medical "supply" and a "medicine" under the WCA.

By Ashleigh Q. Gallagher

9 minute read

May 18, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

There has been a growing chorus that marijuana is a safer alternative to opioids for chronic pain management. In response, many states have passed laws allowing the use of marijuana for medical purposes. After Pennsylvania adopted its Medical Marijuana Act (MMA) in 2016, some doctors wanted to move patients suffering from chronic pain from opioids to marijuana.

By Ashleigh Q. Gallagher

8 minute read