Grace DeNoya is accustomed to jokes when people found out that he studied in marijuana.” My friends that make jokes with good intentions on my title on grass,”said DeNoya, one of the first students of a University four year program in chemistry of medicinal plant in the the Northern Michigan University. She responds that it is of “a serious degree, a degree in chemistry”. And adds: “It’s hard work, organic chemistry is complex”. As the fever of the Green gold for the legalization of marijuana and its derivatives of hemp spans North America, increasingly more universities add cannabis to their curricula to teach graduates to cultivate, investigate, analyze and market the grass. Research shows that it is the ideal time for all types of racing in cannabis, from direct greenhouses and clinics to develop edible products, specializing in marketing, lead quality assurance laboratories and Research pharmacists. The signature researcher Arcview Market Research, which focuses on trends in this sector, predicts that the industry will feature 467,000 jobs for 2022.
Even in States where it is still illegal recreational marijuana _as New York, New Jersey and Connecticut_ some universities have launched programs of study of cannabis in anticipation of the legalization or to prepare students to work in other States.
“We offer a fast track to enter the industry,” said Brandon Canfield, Professor of chemistry at the the Northern Michigan University in Marquette. Two years ago, he proposed a new career in chemistry of medicinal plant after attending a conference where industry representatives spoke of an urgent need for Analytical Chemists for evaluation and quality assurance of product. The four-year program, as similar to a career in marijuana at an accredited American University, attracted nearly 300 students from 48 States, said Canfield. Students will not grow the grass, which was recently legalized by voters in Michigan for recreational use. However, Canfield said that students learn how to measure and extract medicinal compounds of plants such as San Juan and ginseng, and transfer that knowledge to marijuana.” All our graduates will be qualified to be analysts in a laboratory environment,”said Canfield, noting that the experience may lead to a position as newly graduated that pays $70,000 a year. Those who wish to have their own business may choose a business path with additional courses in accounting, legal and marketing.
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