Jesse Vivian, a pharmacist and professor in Wayne State\'s Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, commented in a story about the legal controversies surrounding the drug Vioxx. Michigan is the only state in the country where lawmakers have prohibited residents from suing the company that makes the arthritis medication. Vivian said the system is not working the way it should and that oftentimes lawsuits have revealed dangerous information about drugs that even the Food and Drug Administration never knew. \"Suing the manufacturers is one way of assuring the patients\' safety,\" Vivian explained.