What s True
LSSU is offering a scholarship in the fall of 2021, for students who want to earn a cannabis chemistry degree, a program that was established in 2019. This scholarship is the first of its kind to be offered in this field. However. What s False
LSSU s cannabis chemistry program is not the first of its kind. Northern Michigan University already offered a similar four-year undergraduate degree program in medicinal plant chemistry, which focuses on marijuana, starting in 2017.
Origin
A Michigan university is offering scholarships for an unusual degree starting in the fall of 2021: cannabis chemistry. In 2019, Lake Superior State University (LSSU) established a chemistry program focused on cannabis study.