Detroit Free Press, 26 Sep 2010 – Unlike Michigan, Some States Have Allowed Clinics to Take Hold, Prosper With nearly 28,000 Michigan residents now registered as patient users, the state is proving a hot spot in the national debate on medical marijuana use.

Detroit Free Press, 26 Sep 2010 – Michigan voters overwhelmingly approved a 2008 law to allow doctors to prescribe marijuana to patients suffering from chronic pain and nausea, as well as serious illnesses like cancer and HIV. The law contains restrictions about how much marijuana a patient can have, and where he or she can get it.