Dried hemp plants are sorted and trimmed at Hepworth Farms in Milton, N.Y., Monday, April 12, 2021. New York's first 100 to 200 retail cannabis licenses will be solely for people with marijuana-related convictions or their immediate family, state officials said Wednesday, March 9, 2022, in an effort to redress the inequities of a system that has locked up people of color for marijuana offenses at disproportionate rates. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) "Workers' comp tends to be the redheaded stepchild with legislators. They forget about it until things are forced to a point and they don't have a choice," said Julie Schum, a partner with Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A. She noted that no state considered the effect medical marijuana would have on workers' comp when initially shaping legislation to legalize cannabis. (Credit: Seth Wenig)

Editor's note: This is the first installment of a two-part series reviewing the unintended effects marijuana legalization has had on the U.S. workers' comp sector. The second half, which touches on the unintended benefits of cannabis and how psychedelics might change things, is available here.

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Steve Hallo

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