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It's a university far off the radar of the Princeton Review annual college rankings, yet it boasts more than 25,000 graduates, all lured by the promise of careers in the rapidly growing cannabis industry. Through sheer force of academia, marijuana-centric Oaksterdam University in Oakland, California, is determined to foster a sense of legitimacy in a line of business that struggles with stigma.
Oaksterdam University is part of a trend of cannabis universities that have opened their doors as fast as the industry has expanded. Administrators said pot programs are necessary to legitimize the legal weed market as marijuana legalization increasingly becomes the law of the land. But the training programs vary in credibility, prompting some marijuana advocates to question whether the intention is solely to cash in on the emerging cannabis market by duping vulnerable job seekers.
"There are more and more schools popping up and opportunity breeds opportunists," said Aseem Sappal, a dean at Oaksterdam.
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