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58 Wayne L. Rev. 103 (2012-2013)
Caught in the Crossfire: The Dilemma of Marijuana Medicalization for Healthcare Providers

handle is hein.journals/waynlr58 and id is 113 raw text is: CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE: THE DILEMMA OF MARIJUANA MEDICALIZATION FOR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS WILLIAM VERTESt AND SARAH BARBANTINI' I. INTRODUCTION .................................... .....103 H. HISTORY.................14............................1 A. What is a Drug? ......................... ....... 106 B. Federal Drug Scheduling and Classification............................. 108 C. What is Medicine?........... 111 D. Significance to the Medicine Distinction? ........ ....... 114 III. MICHIGAN MEDICAL MARIHUANA ACT (MMMA) ...... ......117 A. Protections Are Limited ...................... ..... 117 B. Who Is Protected? ........ 119 C. Physician Participation Is a Required Element..... ...... 120 D. The Quandary of Marijuana as Medicine............ .......... 121 E. The Mysterious Bona Fide Physician-Patient Relationship.. 123 F. What Constitutes a Full-Assessment? .......... ......124 G. What Makes an Evaluation Proper?.. ................. 126 H. Standard of Care for Whom?........................ 127 I. The Spectre of Sanctions ...................... ..... 128 IV. CONCLUSION .............................................. 135 I. INTRODUCTION No plant in American culture is more glorified-nor more vilified- than Cannabis Sativa, known commonly as marijuana.' When smoked, or otherwise ingested, marijuana produces psychoactive effects that can include changes in time and space perception, lightheadedness, and t Principal and leader of the Medical Marijuana Practice, Kitch Drutchas Wagner Valitutti & Sherbrook, Detroit, Michigan. B.A. 1980, in Political Science, cum laude, Michigan State University; J.D.,1983, University of Notre Dame Law School. : Law Graduate, Insurance Practice, Kitch Drutchas Wagner Valitutti & Sherbrook, Detroit, Michigan. B.A. in Psychology, 2007, cum laude, Kalamazoo College. M.S.W., 2008, University of Michigan School of Social Work; J.D. May 2012, Wayne State University Law School. The authors would like to thank Gregory Drutchas, Daniel Shirey, Adam Kutinsky, and Michael Shpiece, of Kitch; Brian Hodgman, former Voting Note and Comment Editor, Wayne Law Review; and Jacqueline Marszalkowski and Helen Engelhard, Mr. Vertes's administrative assistants, for their assistance and support in the preparation of this article. 1. See LARRY RATSO SLOMAN, REEFER MADNESS: A HISTORY OF MARUUANA (1998). 103

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