Long Beach City College offers an eight-week class at LAC to introduce and focus on the cannabis industry. The goal of the course is to educate those interested in the cannabis community and to build a network amongst key players in the industry.
Within the class is an introduction and training for cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, retail, labs, track, trace systems, waste regulation and workforce development.
Due to federal law, federal financial aid does not support the funding of these classes; however, the state regulatory guidelines authorize such training.
The class first started in the fall semester of 2020 and was the first class of this nature ever conducted at LBCC.
Melissa Infusino, director of Workforce Development at LBCC, explained that this program was in great part due to the consolidated efforts of industry partners within the Long Beach Collective Association (LBCA).
The LBCA consists of over 40 industry partners that support and contribute to the cannabis curriculum offered at Long Beach City College.
Nate Winokur, an instructor and member of the LBCA, says the program was created to involve key sectors like manufacturing, cultivation, retail, and distribution, in the cannabis industry to form an enriching curriculum.
The goal of the course is to educate those interested in the cannabis community and to build a network amongst key players in the industry.
One of the supporting industry partners, Chronic Long Beach, which is located at 1501 Santa Fe Ave, Long Beach, California had customers share their experience at the establishment.
Customers Tony Mawyin and his daughter Hanna Mawyin discovered the establishment while visiting Long Beach.
When the two were informed about the training at LBCC, they were surprised.
Tony Mawyin has been a long time supporter of cannabis and stated that “I have been smoking since I was thirteen years old. That’s pretty dope that they are giving classes there.”
Hanna Mawyin stated, “I only smoke for medicinal purposes.”
LBCC currently offers the class in the Spring 2022 semester with the next scheduled classes set to start March 15.