Cannabis Retail Specialist program launches online in May through College of the Rockies.

A college in the B.C. Interior is responding to the anticipated legalization of marijuana by launching a new course dedicated to the retail side of pot sales.

The Cannabis Retail Specialist program will be a 26-week online course with a practicum component. It launches in May through the College of the Rockies in Creston, B.C.

“It’s essentially training for employment in the emerging cannabis industry. So preparing retail workers and those working in client care,” campus manager Kim Garety said to CBC Daybreak South host Chris Walker.

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