Ohio-based Hocking College had some big news this week. The college has announced that it plans to become licensed to test medical marijuana.
The school’s president, Betty Young, said in a press conference, “We recognize that this is a bold leadership decision and one that we have not taken lightly.”
“The research and academic potential of serving as the lab testing site will support the kind of hands-on, high-tech training that is the hallmark of Hocking College,” Young explained in a news release.
The school will be offering cannabis lab technology as a major and will also launch a new laboratory sciences program in the fall of 2018.
According to Young, this is the first of its kind program in the country.
“In addition to the legislative mandate, Hocking College’s role will be to ensure public safety by providing necessary lab services that will assure access to a safe medical product to the citizens of Ohio,” Young said in the news release.
