Florida Gulf Coast University is taking the lead among Florida’s public universities when it comes to the broader world of medical cannabis. It’s getting ready to offer its new Cannabis Education Certificate Program for the second time next month, starting on August 7th.
The intensive 5-day workshop is aimed at people in the medical cannabis industry, and members of the public, who want to increase their understanding of cannabis and its effects, the cannabis industry, and the environment in which it operates these days in Florida. The workshop aims to educate participants about the history of cannabis; cannabis laws and policies; the characteristics of the plant; cultivation and extraction techniques; cannabis as a business; its physiology, pharmacology, medicinal uses, and more.
We're revisiting a conversation we had back in April with its instructor, Dr. Martha Rosenthal, she is a professor of neuroscience and physiology at Florida Gulf Coast University, and is also Director of Education and Research at the new Cannabis Research, Education, and Workforce Initiative at FGCU.
