Hydrolife Magazine April/May 2016 (USA Edition)

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Oaksterdam University is recognized as
America’s first cannabis college. Founded in 2007
by Richard Lee, a medical marijuana activist,
Oaksterdam’s mission is to offer quality training
for people with a desire to work in the medical
cannabis industry and to work toward changing
laws to make cannabis legal. Lee was inspired
to create Oaksterdam University after visiting
Cannabis College in Amsterdam in 2006, citing
the need for more well-informed professionals to
work in the budding cannabis industry.
When OU was founded, few states legally
recognized cannabis either for recreational or
medicinal use (California recognized medicinal
cannabis in 1996, but had limited framework
to support it). Today, there are 23 states, as
Oaksterdam University is recognized as America's first cannabis
college. Pictured here are students at work in various seminars.
WHAT I REALLY HOPE
PEOPLE GET FROM THIS
IS TO GROW QUALITY
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well as the District of Columbia, that
have legalized medical marijuana in
some form while four states—Alaska,
Colorado, Washington State and Oregon—have
legally approved restricted
recreational use.
While OU is currently a non-accredited
academic institution, as opposition to
the cannabis industry wanes and more
education is required to build a framework
surrounding the industry, OU is
working towards becoming fully accredited.
Kushman Veganics is scheduled to
be introduced as early as spring 2016
as an elective before being rolled out
as a full-length course later this year.
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