South Jersey college preparing students for work in state cannabis industry

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NEW JERSEY (KYW Newsradio) — A South Jersey college is teaming up with the state's budding cannabis community, hoping to prepare workers for the new cannabis industry in the state. 

The Atlantic Cape Community College is collaborating with the New Jersey CannaBusiness Association. 

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College spokeswoman Josette Katz says the school plans to offer a non-credit course on cannabis studies. 

"Since we had an Academy of Culinary Arts, we thought there might be a connection between cooking with this new ingredient to help individuals who are in need of cannabis for medicinal reasons," Katz said. 

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Scott Rudder, president of the CannaBusiness Association, says other states that have legalized recreational marijuana are a template of what to expect.

"Whether you're talking about edibles, drinks or lotions, all those things are readily available in other states, will come here to New Jersey as well. And working with a group like Atlantic Cape and their Academy of Culinary Arts program, to really refine, to help train the next generation of work force, is really rather exciting," Rudder said. 

The curriculum is expected to be ready in April.