Like most colleges, posters and artwork line the hallways at the Cleveland School of Cannabis. Except the key difference here is what’s featured on the posters — cannabis. The Cleveland School of Cannabis prepares students to work in the cannabis industry by giving them hands-on experience in the school’s grow room, dispensary, and cooking lab.
“We’re not sitting around smoking all day,” said Nicole Fenix, the school’s director of education. “We do have fun, but it is like any other educational institute.” The school expects to see a boom in Ohio’s cannabis industry if Issue 2 passes next week.
The citizen initiative would legalize and regulate the cultivation, manufacturing, testing, and sale of cannabis to Ohioans 21 and up. It would also legalize home growth for Ohioans 21 and up with a limit of six plants per person and 12 plants per residence and impose a 10% tax at the point of sale for each transaction.
A recent Ohio State University Drug Enforcement and Policy Center study estimates the potential annual tax revenue from legalizing cannabis ranges from $276 million to $403 million in the fifth year of an operational cannabis market.
