Column: Southland community colleges offer courses in launching, managing cannabis businesses

And South Suburban is planning to offer an 18-credit hour cannabis dispensary operations certificate, said Matthew Beasland, dean of adult and continuing education at the college. The South Suburban program will cover “cannabis science, the horticultural portion, cannabis law, dispensary operations and cannabis business classes” for a cost of $2,500, he said. The college hopes to launch that by next spring.