Hi.  I work with Michigan nurse practitioners who work in Nurse-managed, independent settings.  I work as part of M3-N, the Michigan Medical Marijuana Network.  The NP's I work with generally maintain their own practices.  Our collaborative arrangement allows interested nurse practitioners to provide in-house recommendations for Medical Marijuana treatment. 

Under the current law, NP's may not provide medical marijuana recommendations/certifications, themselves.  As a collaborating physician, however, working with and trusting my Nurse colleagues to do superior histories and physical examinations, I provide that service.  There is no charge to the NPs as this is a collaborative effort to make Medical Marijuana - which has many advantages over standard pain medications - more widely available to the general population of Michigan.  Moreover, I strongly believe that the patient should be followed and monitored appropriately.  This is best done by the patient's own provider, their local nurse practitioner.

We abide by all state rules and regulations regarding the collaborative arrangement.  Our arrangement has also been reviewed and accepted by the Michigan Department of Community Health, Medical Marihuana Registry.  Our organization has been functioning successfully for the past 10 months.

Up to this point, however, I work with very few NP's because it is most difficult to find those who are in independent practice or who wish to and are capable of participating in the project.  If you are interested in joining our project to help the citizens of Michigan, or if you know an appropriate NP who might be interested, please contact me either here or, preferably, via email at Dr.MACohn@M3-N.org.

Thank you,
Mitchell A. Cohn, D.O.