Workers’ Compensation
Ca. Workers' Comp. Quarterly 2015, Vol. 28, No. 3
Content
- Through the Looking Glass: the Epidemic of Therapeutic Opioids in Workers' Compensation
- Eight Quick Tips for Applicants and Defendants to Improve Their Mediations
- Blaming the Employer Could Negatively Impact Your Client's Recovery from a Third-Party Tortfeasor
- 2015 State Bar Annual Meeting October 8-11, 2015
- Farewell, Mailed Initial Panel Qme Requests—Hello, New Online Immediate Process!
- Workers' Compensation Section 2014-2015 Executive Committee Roster
Through the Looking Glass: the Epidemic of Therapeutic Opioids in Workers’ Compensation
KENT H. BALL, ESQ. Oakland, California
One pill makes you larger
And one pill makes you small
And the ones that mother gives you
Don’t do anything at all
Go ask Alice
When she’s ten feet tall
—from "White Rabbit" by Grace Slick; Jefferson Airplane, Surrealistic Pillow, RCA Victor 1967
Drug abuse has been epidemic for years; no, decades. Remember Nancy Reagan’s naive and shallow national campaign, "Just Say No"? "Get High on Life, not Drugs." "Don’t Do Pot, Your Brain Will Rot." "Hugs, Not Drugs." Catchy, aren’t they?