From a home office in Annapolis, Jacquie Cohen Roth has come up with a multipart plan: Train people who have had a tough time finding a job to work in the cannabis industry, including those with prior cannabis-related arrests. Through her company, CannabizMD, she also plans to train those who grow, process, test, or sell cannabis, as required by Maryland law. Another focus is boosting diversity in the cannabis industry through networking and other means.
This is how Roth is using the master’s degree she earned from the medical cannabis science and therapeutics program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore’s School of Pharmacy.
“Having that M.S. after my name is very necessary to be regarded as an expert,” said Roth. “I’m going 100% in, so I need to understand the clinical, as well as the policy and other aspects.
“I think there will be more and more training like this,” she said about the university program.
Indeed, cannabis education is becoming more common for people who want it, and training is becoming more available for people who are required to get it, all of which educators and observers say will professionalize the burgeoning industry.
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