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Post by paratrooper on Apr 22, 2019 16:18:20 GMT -6
CHICAGO (AP) — More colleges are beginning to offer classes in growing and handling marijuana as demand for such skills from growers and dispensaries increases.
Colleges and universities in Illinois are noticing the benefits of preparing students for the industry but that there are restrictions on how fast the schools can offer new programming.
Karen Midden, interim dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, said she receives near-daily inquiries about the school’s cannabis program, and cultivators also call looking for students with expertise.
“People think it’s some magical thing you have to learn to grow marijuana,” Midden said. In reality, she said, the basic skills required to operate any greenhouse can be applied to cultivating cannabis in a greenhouse.
SIU in Carbondale plans to package existing classes with a couple of cannabis-focused courses for a 30-credit hour cannabis certificate program. That likely won’t be available until the end of the year, Midden said.
Numerous Illinois marijuana cultivators are expanding their growing facilities with an eye on fulfilling the demands of a medical marijuana program that added more than 27,000 patients in the past year. Gov. J. B. Pritzker is also toying with the idea of legalizing recreational marijuana use in the state, which could further increase demand. Sen. Heather Steans, D-Chicago, has been collaborating with other legislators to draft a legalization measure that they hope can get passed by May.
Oakton Community College in Des Plaines announced last month that it was launching a program to train students in working with medical marijuana patients.
Schools are launching cannabis courses or degree programs the nation over.
Northern Michigan University created a four-year medicinal plant chemistry degree in the fall of 2017. Twenty students joined in the first semester and enrollment jumped to 220 the following year.
Last fall, the University of California at Davis created a class about how cannabis compounds impact the human body. And last month, Oakton Community College in Des Plaines said it was launching a program that would train students in how to work with medical marijuana patients.
Additionally, marijuana law classes are becoming increasingly common, with courses being offered at schools in Colorado, Ohio and Chicago.
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Post by rocket on Apr 22, 2019 16:25:23 GMT -6
Chong can be teacher.
He makes the biggest joints.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2019 21:22:17 GMT -6
I watched a little of that Bong Appetit on vice.Humorous for a little while..
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Post by dive61364 on Apr 22, 2019 21:28:35 GMT -6
anything to make a buck is what i think. just like the windmills were suppose to hire all these people. the windmill company started their own classes and people paid for the classes thinking they would get a job with the windmill company. the employment never came and the people who attended the classes were out their money.
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Post by no1inparticular on Apr 23, 2019 10:29:14 GMT -6
Hers's the thing about the states "legalizing" recreational marijuana - it still won't make it "legal" federally...
Until it's reclassified, on the federal level, those who invest in the marijuana industry will have their hands tied when it comes to money...
Can't put it in banks or it can be seized...So what do they do with the astronomical profits? They buy and develop land...
Colorado is a prime example. Areas that were considered rural are now developed and congested...Their homeless population increased to unsustainable levels, housing costs are beyond insane, and it's quickly losing the allure due to overpopulation...
No doubt that Illinois will flub this venture, like they've flubbed every other positive thing they've touched...
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Post by dive61364 on Apr 23, 2019 12:15:28 GMT -6
the Illinois politicians will only do something if it can be overtaxed and licensed. just like medical marijuana, it costs a regular person lots of money and many hoops to jump through to get it. legal marijuana will cost more then a baggie from your street corner pusher. here is the cost for legal weed in Colorado. www.priceofweed.com/prices/United-States/Colorado.html |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2023 7:09:09 GMT -6
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Post by harleyrk on Mar 10, 2023 14:04:17 GMT -6
When you're driving North down 39 by Loves Truck stop Oglesby Exit Open your Window and take a Whiff.
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Post by JimmyB2 on May 18, 2023 14:49:42 GMT -6
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Post by JimmyB2 on Nov 16, 2023 17:00:35 GMT -6
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Post by dive61364 on Nov 16, 2023 18:48:55 GMT -6
next it will be willie nelson quitting the smoke. |
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Post by Anonymous on Nov 17, 2023 14:54:37 GMT -6
I don’t believe him for a minute.
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Post by JimmyB2 on Nov 20, 2023 14:54:46 GMT -6
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Post by Anonymous on Nov 20, 2023 15:13:08 GMT -6
He is such a weirdo.
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Post by JimmyB2 on Jan 24, 2024 14:08:15 GMT -6
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