A whole new education niche has started to sprout in Phoenix thanks to the passage in November of Proposition 203, which legalizes the use of marijuana for medical purposes. Just this week, the Phoenix Business Journal received notices from two entities of new class offerings.
Greenway University, headquartered in Denver, touts itself as “America’s first and only state-approved and regulated medical marijuana education provider.”
The school is holding its first Arizona event at Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale Jan. 29 and Jan. 30. Read more »
This November, Californians will have the opportunity to vote on an historic proposition. If passed, Proposition 19 would spurn federal law by permitting recreational use of marijuana in California.
Prop 19 has sparked furious debate on both sides, and it has also caught the attention of young voters.
“Prop 19 caught my attention and made me want to vote this year,” said Kevin Chan, a kinesiology major. “I did a term paper my senior year in high school on how marijuana is less harmful than tobacco and alcohol. You can overdose on alcohol and tobacco. It’s been proven it’s physically impossible to overdose on marijuana.” Read more »
When Native American carver John Williams was shot and killed by a Seattle police officer last week, some advocates claimed that his death was caused by "cultural ignorance." An American Indian with a knife and a piece of wood, they said, wasn't a threat, he was a man practicing his trade. Now comes a study that would seem to reinforce that claim, showing that better-educated cops use less force.
There's always been anecdotal evidence that cops with some college education are less likely to draw their batons, Tasers or guns. But now criminal justice professors at Michigan State say they've proved the distinction. Read more »
New this fall The University of Arkansas has decided to equalize penalties when it comes to marijuana and alcohol possession on campus.
Last year a misdemeanor pot possession, which consists of an ounce or less, resulted in a mental health evaluation, 50 hours community service, suspended parking privileges for one year, one year probation and a $200 fine.
Students for Sensible Drug Policy have been working for the past year to reduce that penalty to the same as a misdemeanor alcohol offense, which is a drug education class, 15 hours community service and a $50 fine.
"There is a lot of people who are in power that are isolated from the rest of the public so we get the word out there to the students, and the lower level and inform the public," said Rob Pfountz. Read more »
KEARNEY - A group of University of Nebraska at Kearney students joined the movement to make Nebraska a green state.
by SARA GIBONEY, World-Herald News Service
The UNK chapter of NORML, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, is working to educate the campus about marijuana and lobby for the legalization of marijuana.
"From a national standpoint, we want to educate the public in order to get a body of voters to push legislators to overturn marijuana prohibition," UNK NORML President Matt Cass said.
NORML, the oldest marijuana legalization organization in the country, works to lobby state and federal legislators to stop arresting marijuana smokers.
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. | Nearly a year after voters in this economically disadvantaged state overwhelmingly passed a ballot initiative approving the consumption of medicinal marijuana, a new trade school has opened its doors to educate aspiring growers.
Med Grow Cannabis College, located in the Detroit suburb of Southfield, is set to graduate its first class of students later this month. Its co-founder and president, Nick Tennant, the 24-year-old son of a General Motors Corp. employee, said he sees a significant opportunity to teach standards and safety in an industry that can eventually improve the state's sagging business climate.
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KEARNEY - A group of University of Nebraska at Kearney students joined the movement to make Nebraska a green state.
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