Kentucky colleges offering medical marijuana courses [Video]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Bellarmine University’s rolling out four new certification courses ahead of Kentucky’s medical cannabis legalization in 2025.

Abigail Walsh oversees professional education at Bellarmine. She said the program is “the future,” adding, “we’re just doing what we can to help educate the community in advance of this.”

Each online course begins with Cannabis 101 then moves on to one of four specializations—business, agriculture, compliance or healthcare.

“I hope it’s gonna be super popular up front. We can get individuals who are just interested who are kind of out on their own right now and then we can start partnering with our healthcare systems, with some of our larger companies in the city, and things like that,” Walsh said.

The course is offered through a partnership with a corporate cannabis educator, Green Flower. Industry experts instruct the classes on a week-by-week basis over the six-month certification process. 

Daniel Kalef, a Louisville native who works …