What might marijuana law look like if we really treated marijuana like a medicine?

The question in the title of this post is the question being raised by a student presentation in in my Marijuana Law, Policy & Reform seminar next week. The student addressing this issue has assembled the following background reading:

1.  Press article: “11 key findings from one of the most comprehensive reports ever on the health effects of marijuana”

2.  Information from the FDA: “What is the approval process for a new prescription drug?”

3.  More from the FDA: “FDA and Marijuana”

4.  Press article: “Most uses of medical marijuana wouldn’t pass FDA review, study finds”

5.  Press article: “When Your State Says Yes To Medical Marijuana, But Your Insurer Says No”