Courier Journal: Does Kentucky really grow more marijuana?
UC expert weighs in on claim that neighboring state grows the most marijuana
No one really knows how much marijuana is grown in Kentucky, as the crop is illegal, reports the Louisville Courier Journal.
Thus, the long-held belief – that marijuana is the states’ largest cash crop – cannot be validated.
Claims that the state is the top producer “puzzles” Bonnie Rabin, an adjunct professor with the Cannabis Certificate Program at the University of Cincinnati.
“Kentucky doesn’t allow marijuana cultivation, processing or retail, she said, so how could cannabis be the top cash crop?”, Rabin told the journal.
There might also be some confusion between cannabis and hemp, she says.
UC launched the certificate program in 2020. It is offered through the horticulture program in the College of Design, Art, Architecture, Art and Planning (DAAP)'s School of Planning as a response to an increasing need for knowledgeable graduates familiar with cannabis as the industry becomes more mainstream. It offers students a multi-disciplinary foundation for understanding the cannabis plant and the cannabis industry, enabling them to more readily gain employment in one of its many subfields.
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