Recreational marijuana became legal in Canada on October 17th and the country is already facing a shortage of the drug.
Beleave’s chief science officer, Roger Ferreira said that the Ontario marijuana company aims to build an empire of plant scientists, regulatory experts and security personnel in a nascent industry with exploding demand. There is however a shortage of experienced staff members in Canada.
“I’m going to pillage the top of your class,” Ferreira said. “All your 4.0 GPAs, send them this way.”
Starting in January of 2020, Montreal’s McGill University will offer a graduate degree in cannabis production, open only to students with botany backgrounds or bachelor’s degrees in related fields.
Anja Geitmann, the dean of McGill’s faculty of agricultural and environmental sciences said that the school’s new focus on marijuana may seem edgy, but studying pot cultivation requires a grasp of hardcore science.
