Australia's first '101' course on medicinal cannabis

By Timna Jacks, Education Reporter
Updated May 21 2017 - 1:03am, first published 12:52am
SMH/AGE News. Story by, Timna. Story, Deakin University students will be undertaking the country's first medical cannabis course in August. The program will have a hybrid biomedical/legislation/commerce and research focus, and follows recent legislation in allowing for medical cannabis trials. Other universities are now opening their own medical cannabis research arms too, but this will be the first course for undergraduate students.
Rhys Cohen has designed the program. Photo shows, Rhys Cohen. Peter Rae Friday 19 May, 2017. Photo: Peter Rae
SMH/AGE News. Story by, Timna. Story, Deakin University students will be undertaking the country's first medical cannabis course in August. The program will have a hybrid biomedical/legislation/commerce and research focus, and follows recent legislation in allowing for medical cannabis trials. Other universities are now opening their own medical cannabis research arms too, but this will be the first course for undergraduate students. Rhys Cohen has designed the program. Photo shows, Rhys Cohen. Peter Rae Friday 19 May, 2017. Photo: Peter Rae

Students of Australia's first medicinal cannabis course will learn everything there is to know about the plant, short of ingesting the thing.

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