Students Taught How to Grow Marijuana in Detroit's New Cannabis College

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Source: Guardian



It goes without saying that there's no smoking in class. But there is a good deal of sniffing of leaves, discussion of the finer points of inhaling and debate over which plant gives the biggest hit.

Welcome to Detroit's cannabis college, recently opened with courses on how to grow marijuana – and harvest, cook and sell it too – after Michigan legalised the drug as a medicine.

Students get instruction from horticulturalists, doctors and lawyers as well as hands-on experience cultivating plants and guidance on how to protect their stash from the criminal element.

"Growing pot by chucking seeds in the garden is fine for the recreational industry," says the college co-founder, Nick Tennant, whose wholesome and youthful appearance, including acne-covered cheeks, startles some of the more ragged-looking students. "But when we're using this from a medicinal standpoint, you really need to document your strains and your genetics. The horticultural process is very complex. If you want to do it right you're going to need to learn. There's a lot of money in this if you do it right."

With more than 1,000 medical marijuana certificates issued each month in Michigan for users and growers to sell to them, there is demand for places at MedGrow Cannabis College, located in a small office block.

Among the first students paying $475 (£285) for six evening classes are people reliant on marijuana for pain relief and those who help them, including a clergyman who runs an Aids clinic.

more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/20/cannabis-college-detroit

[ixion]

1. Good. Let it grow.

and stop busting people for growing and/or smoking it.

[LynneSin]

2. And I'm guessing all that Pot will get taxed...

which will bring in more income into Michigan's hurting economy!

[Soylent Brice]

3. K&R

[Ezlivin]

4. Now we know what Bush meant

...when he said we should return to school and learn a new trade.

The one thing that all the anti-drug commercials in the world cannot do and that is paint pot users and growers as "lazy." They've constructed a damn-near bulletproof cultivation and distribution system that couldn't be brought down despite our government spending $40,000,000,000 a year to do exactly that. For a bunch of so-called "stupid", "dazed" and "lazy" stoners that's one hell of a business model.

[BakedAtAMileHigh]

5. Detroit's Best Growth Industry!!

We have these courses here in Denver as well, covering everything from how to grow to the medical laws of the state. Medical Marijuana is quite literally saving Denver's economic ass right now and every politician in Colorado knows it.

[Bluenorthwest]

6. There is a similar teaching college in Oakland, CA

Michigan knows what it needs.

[Romulox]

7. I'm *seriously* thinking about enrolling.

:wow:

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

8. Rust Belt to Rasta Belt?

:shrug:

[snooper2]

9. THIS IS BAD ASS!

:) :smoke:

[CrownPrinceBandar]

10. Legalize and tax it NOW!!!!!!!!!............

Lord knows we need the money.

[Echo In Light]

11. A heartfelt Rec!

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[Vincardog]

12. That is the change I can believe in

[Warren DeMontague]

13. Noooo! Noooooo! NOOOOOO!!!!!!

[Blue_In_AK]

14. It's really easy to grow.

There's a reason it's called "weed." I'm glad to see the tradition getting some more mainstream support. :)

[Romulox]

16. Cancer payments don't want "weed"--they want Sensi.

Takes a little more work.

[Blue_In_AK]

17. I know,

I just posted on impulse. I need to stop doing that.

[Romulox]

18. No biggie. The other thing is, growing is still being done indoors

The law is not clear as to what the rights/liabilities/etc. etc. are to growing outdoors--even in a greenhouse. At any rate, it's easy to get arrested, a lot harder to defend yourself in court, even if you are in the right in the first place.

So I would expect this class focuses on indoor techniques--artificial lighting, but also things like ventilation, fire safety, and that sort of thing, too.

[LaPera]

15. Great-The more the merrier-Bring prices down way down til it's unprofitable to sell - ONLY to smoke!

Everyone should just grow and smoke their own.

[mdmc]

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