A Michigan university could be the pioneer in offering a cannabis degree with an undergraduate curriculum. Check out the exciting news in this post from CNBC! The University of Northern Michigan is offering a new degree this year: medicinal plant chemistry. And apparently it pays. "All of our graduates are going to be qualified to be analysts in a lab setting," Brandon ... Continue Reading
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Engineers Design a Hybrid Greenhouse for Growing Marijuana
Engineering students team with a hybrid greenhouse design firm for capturing the benefits of outdoor growing as well as indoor climate control for growing marijuana. This post from The Cannabist unveils a scale model of the new hybrid greenhouse. Students team with Boulder firm Surna, which designs hybrid greenhouses, on a project that boasts the benefits of outdoor ... Continue Reading
First Mexican Permits Granted for Growing Marijuana
The Mexican court ruled that growing marijuana for personal use is covered under the right of ‘free development of personality’, but it won’t allow sales of the drug. This post from The Guardian turns the spot light on how the first permits for growing marijuana may be setting the precedent for a change in marijuana law. The Mexican government has granted the first ... Continue Reading
Federal Prison for 3 Medical Marijuana Growers in Washington
3 Medical marijuana users, under trial for growing marijuana, have been sentenced to federal prison in a state that has legalized marijuana for medical as well as recreational use. This post from Reason.com highlights the anomalous case of genuine medical marijuana patients being sentenced in a state that tolerates commercial cannabis. On Friday the three remaining ... Continue Reading
3 Medical Marijuana Users Under Trial For Growing Marijuana
In this article from Forbes, Jacob Sullum reports that in a state where marijuana is legal, three medical marijuana patients await sentencing for openly growing marijuana. During their trial at the federal courthouse in Spokane last March, Rhonda Firestack-Harvey and her two fellow defendants—her son, Rolland Gregg, and his wife, Michelle Gregg—were not allowed to explain why ... Continue Reading