Twin Rivers Paper Company doesn't have to pay for medical marijuana for a former employee who was injured on the job because the federal Controlled Substances Act trumps the state's Medical Use of Marijuana Act, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled.
Gaetan H. Bourgeon sustained a back injury in 1989 while working for Fraser Papers in Madawaska, Maine that resulted in a finding of total disability. Opioid painkillers caused bad side effects, so in January 2012 he obtained certification from the state to use marijuana to deal with his chronic pain.
The city of Manchester, New Hampshire is flying the rainbow flag outside city hall for the first time, to commemorate so-called "Pride Month," which honors homosexuals, bisexuals, and transgender people.
A male couple who own a restaurant in Manchester were shocked not to see rainbow flags after moving from Boston, where, one noted to The Union Leader, they are "everywhere."
