Jump to content  The Patient/Caregiver Relationship  The
patient/caregiver relationship is established when a caregiver
has agreed to assist with the patient's medical use of
marijuana, meaning the acquisition, possession, cultivation,
manufacture, use, internal possession, delivery, transfer, or
transportation of marijuana or paraphernalia relating to the
administration of marijuana to treat or alleviate a patient's
debilitating medical condition or symptoms associated with the
debilitating medical condition.  Because the patient owns their
own plants, a caregiver's role in this relationship is
subordinate to the role of the patient. The Michigan Medical
Marijuana Act has established that caregivers are agents for
patients and may act on the patient's behalf to acquire or
cultivate marijuana for the patient's medical use. As an
independent agent for a patient or patients, caregivers are
basically small business people who take their direction from
their client, the patient.  Because a caregiver is essentiall