Marijuana College: Classes Going On! December 2
Yes, you are reading that right — there is no marijuana restriction in place in this school, because the curriculum is marijuana. One of the more recent additions to the educational institutions operating in the State of Michigan is Med Grow Cannabis College.
The school is reportedly the brain child of a 24 year-old entrepreneur, Nick Tennant. The “college” is more of a trade school for medical marijuana, and operates out of a few rooms in a suburb of Detroit. Tennant hopes to contribute towards improving the state’s employment rates by equipping interested people with the skills needed to become a player in the new medical marijuana industry.
When compared to the state of California, medical marijuana is still in its infancy in the state of Michigan. Hence, there is definitely still a lot to be learned in as far as managing the “industry” that will undoubtedly emerge as a result of the legalization of marijuana for medical use. Even among the students, there is an air of anxiety and nervousness over setting up a business that revolves around medical marijuana.
Michigan’s medical marijuana law allows patients or their designated caregivers to grow up to 12 cannabis plants. Patients will need to have a doctor’s certification to support their medical need for marijuana. Caregivers need to be over the age of 21 and have no felony drug convictions; those who fit the bill can be a caregiver to up to five patients. At this time, the Michigan Department of Community Health reportedly has an estimated 5,800 patients and 2,400 caregivers registered in its roster.
Nick Tennant, the school’s founder, is registered both as a patient and as a caregiver. Med Grow serves as his latest business venture after his auto detailing business – which he started straight out of high school – took the brunt of the uncertain economic times. The school started offering courses in September and continues to offer new classes each month.
Among the courses in the curriculum are various cannabis recipes with such names as crockpot cannabutter, chocolate canna-ganche and greenies (brownies with a marijuana twist, and no, there were no taste tests). There was also a class that discussed the cannabis growing cycle and harvest and curing techniques that may increase the potency of marijuana.
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