This university is letting students major in the marijuana industry

Students at a small midwestern college can now major in medical plant chemistry -- basically a degree in marijuana. Talk about higher education!

Northern Michigan University created the program because of the growing demand for analytical chemists in the marijuana field.

It's the first degree of its kind at a four-year undergraduate college, according to CBS Detroit. You could call the school a trailblazer.

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Given the legal weed business employs up to 230,000 Americans according to Business Insider, we'd say the degree isn't a half baked idea.

Staffers hope the school will be a major pipeline for people to work in the pot industry.

Since they don't want any burn-outs, there's a no smoking policy, so you won't be testing your product. It won't even be much of a hands-on experience since they won't be growing pot on campus. But that could change after Michigan's 2018 election.

There are only a dozen students enrolled in the inaugural semester. Staffers expect next year's class to double or triple in size, just like the junk food section of a stoner's pantry.

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