title: Costs of compassion club marijuana to be covered.
abstract: In 2010, the Appeals Tribunal of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) of Ontario held that Gary Simpson's cannabis costs should be reimbursed. Simpson sustained an acute back injury in 2000 while working as a heavy equipment mechanic. In 2003, Health Canada approved his application for medical marijuana.
mesh_terms: D002188:Cannabis; D057176:Compassionate Use Trials; D006801:Humans; D009864:Ontario; D008517:Phytotherapy / Q000191:economics*