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GoogleLocated in the pot-friendly "Oaksterdam" section of Oakland, California, Oaksterdam University aims to teach its students the fundamentals of growing and marketing marijuana.
The curriculum covers everything from law and politics to
business and horticulture. The university also provides training
for entrepreneurs in the pot industry as well as several
dispensaries, a Bulldog Coffeeshop, and a gift shop. University
founder Richard Lee tells Reason.tv that he and other Bay Area
activists were inspired by the example of Amsterdam, a city with
some of the most liberal marijuana policies in the world. As he put
it, "We went to Amsterdam and said you know, hey, we can do this
here; it shows it can work."
Oaksterdam University is one of the major sponsors of the "Tax and
Regulate" initiative that will be on the ballot in California this
November. If passed, marijuana would be legalized and regulated
like alcohol.
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