Marijuana: A Career Opportunity?
At a school career day event recently, a few students approached San Joaquin Delta College horticulture instructor Michael Toscano and asked him, in so many words: "Can you teach me how to grow marijuana?"
They were serious, he said. With the passage of Proposition 64 last November legalizing recreational marijuana use, a brand-new industry will emerge in the years to come with legitimate jobs for those willing to learn.
Which is why Toscano is now unofficially marketing some of the classes he teaches at Delta as learning opportunities for those who want a future in the pot business.
No, Delta is not offering courses specifically about marijuana. But the topics covered in general horticulture classes - irrigation, pesticides, greenhouse growing and more - will be useful for would-be career cannabis cultivators, Toscano says.
"The industry is going to happen," he said. "And they're going to need people who are skilled...
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