Pubdate: Sat, 11 May 2013
Source: Macomb Daily, The (MI)
Copyright: 2013 Associated Press
Contact:  http://www.macombdaily.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2253

AG: MEDICAL MARIJUANA DOESN'T SPOIL CUSTODY CASES

LANSING (AP) - Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette says parents 
who use medical marijuana aren't disqualified from having custody of 
children or visiting them.

But Schuette says the immunity isn't absolute. He says it's 
appropriate for a judge to determine whether there are unreasonable 
dangers for children, similar to a parent's approved use of other 
controlled substances.

The attorney general says a judge can't independently determine if a 
parent should qualify to use marijuana.

Schuette's opinion was released Friday in response to a question by 
state Sen. Rick Jones, R-Grand Ledge. The opinion refers to people 
who are approved by the state to use marijuana to alleviate illnesses 
or grow it for others.
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