Cannabis education abuses medical marijuana rights
Molly Skyles
Issue date: 12/3/09 Section: Opinions
Marijuana. Weed. Cannabis. Pot. Most know this illegal substance as a purely extracurricular activity. That isn't entirely the case anymore, so stoners, listen up. Here is a college whose curriculum is purely rooted in marijuana.
Med Grow Cannabis College recently opened in Michigan, offering classes that teach students how to grow and use medical marijuana. At first this seems like a good concept: a school that is teaching the known, but sometimes ignored, advantages of medical marijuana. However, this college is nothing like any school I'm used to. With its pot leaf logo and its barely out of college, 24-year-old founder, Nick Tennant, who seems more a frat boy than a business entrepreneur, Med Grow just seems a bit too sketchy and lacking in any type of regulation to be a legitimate learning establishment.
What first tipped me off that Med Grow was a joke of a college was its curriculum. It offers classes on horticulture and legal matters, which are legitimate classes in this field, but it also offers a class on cooking with marijuana. Cooking with marijuana, come on. The Med Grow Web site's course summary describes the class as a hands-on way to "eat your work." In other words, let's come to class and get high on pot brownies.
Students at the college say that the school is a business investment, according to an article in the Nov. 28 issue of the New York Times. With the uncertain economy, getting into a new field where there are many interested patients seems like a no-brainer way to make money. However, many people interviewed in this article would not disclose their names, or they said they hadn't told their families about the college. This just further emphasizes my point of Med Grow's illegitimacy. Even the students are afraid to talk about it. When starting a new business or delving into a new field, most people are proud and want to make their name public. Not at Med Grow. Med Grow makes you ashamed of yourself.
After completing a six-week course at Med Grow, students become caregivers. With a care-giving card, in Michigan, one can have up to five patients to whom they legally distribute and for whom they legally grow marijuana. The law regarding the legalization of medical marijuana in Michigan regulates how much can be grown. However, this marijuana is being grown for supposedly medical purposes. Thus, two months of learning how to grow and bake with marijuana certifies you to give prescriptions for dosages of an illegal drug to sick or even terminally ill patients. Two months is just not enough preparation. If I'm ever terminally ill, I will most definitely not be taking my medical advice from anyone other than a trained professional doctor.
Med Grow Cannabis College recently opened in Michigan, offering classes that teach students how to grow and use medical marijuana. At first this seems like a good concept: a school that is teaching the known, but sometimes ignored, advantages of medical marijuana. However, this college is nothing like any school I'm used to. With its pot leaf logo and its barely out of college, 24-year-old founder, Nick Tennant, who seems more a frat boy than a business entrepreneur, Med Grow just seems a bit too sketchy and lacking in any type of regulation to be a legitimate learning establishment.
What first tipped me off that Med Grow was a joke of a college was its curriculum. It offers classes on horticulture and legal matters, which are legitimate classes in this field, but it also offers a class on cooking with marijuana. Cooking with marijuana, come on. The Med Grow Web site's course summary describes the class as a hands-on way to "eat your work." In other words, let's come to class and get high on pot brownies.
Students at the college say that the school is a business investment, according to an article in the Nov. 28 issue of the New York Times. With the uncertain economy, getting into a new field where there are many interested patients seems like a no-brainer way to make money. However, many people interviewed in this article would not disclose their names, or they said they hadn't told their families about the college. This just further emphasizes my point of Med Grow's illegitimacy. Even the students are afraid to talk about it. When starting a new business or delving into a new field, most people are proud and want to make their name public. Not at Med Grow. Med Grow makes you ashamed of yourself.
After completing a six-week course at Med Grow, students become caregivers. With a care-giving card, in Michigan, one can have up to five patients to whom they legally distribute and for whom they legally grow marijuana. The law regarding the legalization of medical marijuana in Michigan regulates how much can be grown. However, this marijuana is being grown for supposedly medical purposes. Thus, two months of learning how to grow and bake with marijuana certifies you to give prescriptions for dosages of an illegal drug to sick or even terminally ill patients. Two months is just not enough preparation. If I'm ever terminally ill, I will most definitely not be taking my medical advice from anyone other than a trained professional doctor.
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Medical Marijuana Freedom Association
posted 12/13/09 @ 10:34 AM CST
It is sad to see that you have not really done a good job on your research.
The benefits to medical patients is not strictly from the well known THC but
from the CBDs which we get when eat the plant in various forms. (Continued…)
Advocate
posted 12/14/09 @ 8:59 PM CST
This article is very poorly informed. Medical marijuana caregivers DO NOT prescribe marijuana or provide medical advice. That is still the responsibility of doctors who attend medical school and receive full medical education. (Continued…)
lol
posted 12/26/09 @ 1:29 AM CST
And people wonder why the Index and Communication majors at Truman are often considered a joke.
I've seen middle school kids with better research and writing skills. (Continued…)
Other
posted 12/27/09 @ 12:50 AM CST
Might the reason these people are "ashamed" come from the stigmatization of the field by society and families/friends, not necessarily undermining the legitimacy of this business? There's a huge stigma about it-who WOULD want their name out?
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