Education

Alabama State University in Montgomery, Alabama is the latest historically Black college or university (HBCU) to offer cannabis education certificate programs.

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) said in a recent address that she plans to use tax revenue generated by the state’s medical cannabis industry to fund free meals in schools around the state.

The Cannabis Marketing Association is partnering with GetCannaFacts to equip cannabis operators with the resources needed to educate, inform, engage, and attract new customers.

Stockton University in Galloway, New Jersey this fall will begin to offer undergraduate bachelor degrees through its School of Business covering Hemp and Cannabis Business Management.

The largest school district in Kentucky last week approved a policy allowing students to use prescribed medical cannabis treatments while at school.

The Cleveland School of Cannabis announced it received accreditation from the U.S. Department of Education’s Middle States Association-Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools.

Cannabis health-tech company Veriheal last week announced three winners for its annual Innovation in Cannabis Scholarship for 2023, with each winner receiving $10,000 for college tuition and fees.

The Canadian Paediatric Society has released a position statement on medical cannabis treatments for children under 18 years old.

Harvest New York recently released a hemp growing manual assembled by researchers from Cornell Cooperative Extension and Alabama A&M University, a USDA research geneticist, and other industry experts.

New York’s Elmira College is partnering with cannabis education company Green Flower to offer three online cannabis certificate programs covering cannabis cultivation, retail, and extraction/product development.

Minnesota’s St. Cloud State University is partnering with cannabis education company Green Flower to offer a certificate-based cannabis education program.

Wayne State University in Michigan is launching a new cannabis chemistry undergrad certificate that will focus on the instrumentation, standard operating procedures, business and law practices, and science behind the testing and regulation of cannabis.

The St. Louis Community College is now offering three in-person, for-credit cannabis education courses, while Missouri’s Metropolitan Communication College has launched three not-for-credit online classes in partnership with cannabis education company Green Flower.

The Capital District Educational Opportunity Center in New York has received $75,000 in grants from the University of Southern California’s Race and Equity Center to establish a new cannabis construction training program.

Pennsylvania is funding three agriculture non-profits with just over $390,000 in grants to increase hemp fiber and food market awareness throughout the state.

New Mexico officials have rolled out a new cannabis public education campaign for the state, centered around the phrase: “Yes – cannabis is legal. Know – the rules.”

Clinton County Community College in Plattsburgh, New York announced it has partnered with Green Flower to offer three new certificate courses covering cannabis manufacturing, cultivation, and retail.

U.S. Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) has asked the U.S. Botanic Garden to display a female cannabis plant for the first time alongside the male hemp plant already featured in the garden display.

Colorado-based Veriheal opened submissions on Tuesday for its fourth annual Innovation in Cannabis Scholarship Fund, which will award $10,000 each to three students for college tuition and fees.

The New Jersey Business Action Center Cannabis Training Academy is helping potential underrepresented entrepreneurs get started in the industry.