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US (OH): Colleges offering cannabis studies program

With recreational marijuana now in full swing in Ohio, some students might have a burning desire to enter this growing industry.

Cannabis studies aren't new to Ohio colleges and universities. In 2018, Hocking College launched the first laboratory sciences associates degree program in the U.S. specializing in cannabis. The public two-year technical college in Athens County is licensed through the state to test medical marijuana.

The University of Cincinnati was among the first to offer a cannabis studies certificate in 2020, a multidisciplinary program offered through the College of Design, Art, Architecture, Art and Planning's horticulture program.

And the Cleveland College of Cannabis became the first and only accredited cannabis school in the country, offering four majors and three minor programs exclusively focused on the agriculture, production and the business of marijuana.

Read more at Farmers Advance.

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