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Medical marijuana school opens in San Jose

Submitted by Jacob Hunter on Mon, 07/12/2010 - 1:41pm
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By. Karina Rusk
 
Oakland had the country's first college for cannabis - Oaksterdam University - which was founded in 2007. Now, a similar concept is taking root in the South Bay and a new school focused on medical marijuana is opening.
 
Jeffrey Zorn has founded the Cannabis Training University to serve the South Bay. Zorn, a graduate of Oaksterdam University, says the timing is right for San Jose to have its own education facility. This weekend marks the first boot camp classes at a hotel conference room.
 
"Our workshops provide students with knowledge about how to open their own medical marijuana dispensary, how to properly run the dispensary, how to cook with cannabis, how to grown their own cannabis," Zorn says. Read more »

Bigger is better for pot dispensaries, Oakland advocate says

Submitted by Jacob Hunter on Thu, 04/15/2010 - 3:22pm
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By Peter Hecht
For Sacramento and other California cities wanting fewer medical pot clubs, Steve DeAngelo offers a potential model: the world's largest marijuana dispensary.
 
DeAngelo is executive director of the Harborside Health Center, a 48,000-member patient collective he says serves more marijuana users than anywhere else. For sure, the Oakland dispensary – one of just four allowed in the city – is a titan in California's legal medicinal pot trade. Read more »

SJ Considers Regulating Medical Marijuana

Submitted by Jacob Hunter on Mon, 11/23/2009 - 11:54am
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By. KCBS Staff

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KCBS) - More and more pot clubs seem to be sprouting up in Silicon Valley, even as one major city considers a different approach to medical marijuana.

Four months ago, the San Jose Cannabis Buyers Collective opened for business in San Jose, in an office building near Santana Row. That was the city's first pot club. Now, there are at least two more, with several others waiting in the wings.

 

One man who recently tried to open a similar business in Gilroy said there is high demand for medical marijuana in Silicon Valley. "There's people who are suffering," he said. "You see them walking in. These people need relief."

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