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SCHOOL OF POT: CANNABIS COLLEGE OFFERS HIGHER EDUCATION IN GROWING MEDICAL MARIJUANA
(Neatorama)

Gone are the days when college students get their weed fix thanks to creeps behind alleyways. Now colleges (namely Med Grow Cannabis College in Michigan) are educating students of all backgrounds in the history and growth of medical marijuana. "Students pay $475 for a six-week night-school course that includes classes in marijuana history, marijuana law, the basics of business, and, of course, several courses in how to grow and cook marijuana -- one taught by an anonymous professor who goes by the name 'Nature'" Even now, the stigma surrounding marijuana is often one of skepticism and fear. However, what we fail to realize is the lucridity of the plant -- hello, taxes up the wazoo once it's legalized and we have a booming secter of the economy. But, I digress. A college that specializes in this fascinating branch of botony illustrates that it is not only an interst of a hungry Harold and Kumar; classes were attended by everyone from the savvy business man to the priest treating AIDS patients. Also, just going on record to say that the number of recorded deaths due to marijuana are zero...I won't even get into how that compares to alcohol (which is legal, obviously). Ignoring these facts in favor of fear and ignorance will only perpetuate a negative connotation over a plant that has served the same purpose for thousands of years -- healing, both mentally and physically.


Link to story at netorama.com:
http://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/30/school-of-pot-cannabis-college-offers-higher-education-in-growing-medical-marijuana/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Neatorama+(Neatorama)