University of New England to offer online cannabis education classes [Video]

The University of New England Online will soon offer a set of classes aimed at teaching students about one of the state’s fastest-growing and most lucrative industries: cannabis.

The Biddeford-based college on Wednesday announced a set of five certificate programs for the online school that cover business, health care and medicine, law and policy, product development and design, and agriculture and horticulture in the cannabis industry.

UNE is partnering with Green Flower, a cannabis education company in California, to offer the certification programs.

“(Cannabis is) a growing industry that has educational and training needs that are, at this point in time, going largely unmet,” said Ed Cervone, director of partnerships and external relations at UNE. “We feel that by being a small part of serving in that space, we will help the longevity of the industry, which, fortunately, is paying for a lot of needed services” for the state through additional tax revenue.

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