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Eastern º£½Ç»»ÆÞ State University students can now minor in cannabis

º£½Ç»»ÆÞ Radio | By Lori Mack and Jeni Ahrens
Published January 7, 2022 at 11:00 AM EST
An employee holds a container of hemp flowers at Empire Standard, a hemp extract processing and distribution plant, on April 13, 2021 in Binghamton, New York.
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An employee holds a container of hemp flowers at Empire Standard, a hemp extract processing and distribution plant, on April 13, 2021 in Binghamton, New York.

Recreational use of marijuana is already legal in º£½Ç»»ÆÞ and sometime later this year, it’s expected retail shops will be opened to sell it. The growing legalization of Cannabis products is opening a whole new industry in New England and that industry needs trained and educated workers. That’s prompting a new area of study for some Eastern º£½Ç»»ÆÞ State University students, this spring semester the school is launching a Cannabis Cultivation and Chemistry Minor. Lori Mack spoke with the program’s coordinator, Assistant Professor of Biology Bryan Connolly.
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