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Colorado State Government
http://www.colorado.gov/

City and County of Denver Government site
http://www.denvergov.org/default.asp

Colorado General Assembly
http://www.leg.state.co.us/

Colorado Workforce Section on Workers' Compensation
http://www.coworkforce.com/DWC/

Regional Transportation District RTD Home Page
http://www.rtd-denver.com/

Denver Public Library
http://www.denver.lib.co.us/

Links to Colorado Local/City Governments
http://www.aclu-co.org/contact/links/links_localgov.htm

Colorado Labor Links

Denver Area Labor Federation
http://www.webshells.com/dalf/

XPDNC Colorado Labor Links
http://www.xpdnc.com/links/lousco.html

Colorado AFL/CIO
http://www.coaflcio.org/

Colorado Information Links

Colorado Bar Association
http://www.cobar.org/

University of Denver College of Law
http://www.law.du.edu/

CU School of Law
http://www.colorado.edu/law/

Colorado Court Rules, Forms, Constitution
http://198.187.128.12/colorado/lpext.dll?f=templates&fn=fs-main.htm&2.0

Contact Your Representative in Congress
http://congress.org/

Locate Your Colorado District
http://192.70.175.79/state/search.asp?map=2&scope=-105556669|39001946|416.204064|332.408312&name=map1

Colorado House Members
http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetdir.nsf/HouseMembers?openview

Colorado Senate Members
http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetdir.nsf/SenateMembers?openview

Colorado Ski Country USA
http://www.coloradoski.com/index.cfm?success=true

Official Site for Colorado Travel and Tourism
http://www.colorado.com/

Federal Government Links

Congressional Email Directory
http://www.webslingerz.com/jhoffman/congress-email.html

Federal Rules of Evidence
http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/fre/overview.html

Federal Register
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html

United States Constitution
http://www.house.gov/Constitution/Constitution.html

Amendments to the US Constitution
http://www.house.gov/Constitution/Amend.html

The Bill of Rights
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/funddocs/billeng.htm

White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/

United States House of Representatives
http://www.house.gov/

United States Senate
http://www.senate.gov/

Congressional Record
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces150.html

Library of Congress
http://lcweb.loc.gov/

U.S. Federal Courts
http://www.uscourts.gov/

Landmark Supreme Court Decisions
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases/historic.htm

Federal Court Docket Sheets
http://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/

Geographic Boundaries for Federal Courts
http://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/map.html

Federal World Government Agency Locator
http://www.fedworld.gov

United States Code
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode

Code of Federal Regulations
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/cfr

FECA Regulations - 20 CFR Parts 1, 10 & 25
http://nt5.scbbs.com/cgi-bin/om_isapi.dll?clientID=417593&infobase=feca-reg.nfo&softpage=PL_frame

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
http://www.irs.ustreas.gov

The Privacy Act / Freedom of Information Act
http://www.usdoj.gov/foia/privstat.htm

Office of Civil Rights
http://www.osec.doc.gov/ocr

Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP)
http://www.dol.gov/dol/esa/public/ofcp_org.htm

Official Federal Government Information
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs

LSU Libraries of Federal Agencies
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/fedgov.html

Legal Research Directory

CU Law Library
http://www.colorado.edu/Law/lawlib/

Comprehensive Legal Research Directory
http://www.crimelynx.com/research.html

Thomas Legislative Information on the Net
http://thomas.loc.gov/

Internet Law Library
http://www.lawguru.com/ilawlib/index.html

Comprehensive Legal Resource Directory from Washburn University
http://www.washlaw.edu

NAPIL - National Association of Personal Injury Lawyers

http://www.napil.com/

Workers' Compensation Directory

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
http://www.eeoc.gov/

Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP)
http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/owcp/fecacont.htm

Employees' Compensation Appeals Board (ECAB)
http://www.dol.gov/ecab

Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS)
http://www.opm.gov/retire/html/library/fers.html

Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS)
http://www.opm.gov/retire/html/library/csrs.html

Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB)
http://www.mspb.gov

Social Security Administration (SSA)
http://www.ssa.gov

Office of Civil Rights
http://www.osec.doc.gov/ocr

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
http://stats.bls.gov

Department of Labor (DOL)
http://www.dol.gov

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
http://www.eeoc.gov

Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP)
http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/owcp/fecacont.htm

Employees' Compensation Appeals Board (ECAB)
http://www.dol.gov/ecab

Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS)
http://www.opm.gov/retire/html/library/fers.html

Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS)
http://www.opm.gov/retire/html/library/csrs.html

Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB)
http://www.mspb.gov

Social Security Administration (SSA)
http://www.ssa.gov

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
http://stats.bls.gov

Department of Labor (DOL)
http://www.dol.gov

National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
http://www.nlrb.gov

Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
http://www.osha.gov

Grief Resources on the Net

Bereavement Education Center
Bereavement Education Center

Griefnet.org
http://griefnet.org/

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Other Legal Information

Medical marijuana has been all over the local news for the past 9 months. While the Colorado legislature contemplates regulating the use, the sale and the licensing of patients who wish to use medical marijuana, it appears as though the WC insurance industry is also contemplating what it should do when it comes to injured workers using medical marijuana to treat and relieve the symptoms of their work-related injury. The first indications given by the insurance industry is that they will not pay for marijuana; however, that position, which may or may not be supported by law, is one that is shortsighted. Unfortunately, due to narcotic prescriptions given to injured workers, they become dependent on the same and require a vast more amount of treatment than if they had not become dependent on the narcotics. This not only has a higher claim cost to the carriers and their insureds, but worse, it has a higher human cost. Carriers need to understand that the business decision of paying for medical marijuana versus narcotics can actually save money and prevent injured workers from having to deal with dependency and withdrawal problems. The "taboo" of actually authorizing and paying for medical marijuana appears to remain a huge obstacle to making good business decisions when it comes to helping injured workers live with the symptoms of their work-related injury.

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