NEW YORK, Oct. 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- (Meki Cox) In an aggressive move to change the public perception of the cannabis industry and insure patient safety while demanding medical marijuana industry compliance and self-regulation, International Cannabis Association, Cannabis Career Institute and Cannabis Integrity Authority partnered together to create an entry level Cannabis Certification Program. This Certification Program will be BETA Pilot Tested at the ICA Regulatory Summit in New York City on October 11, 2014 with legislators attending, including NY Senator Diane Savino, for approval and recommendation for potential regulatory requirement.

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This is the first established and modulated Cannabis Certification Program made specifically for training and educating the cannabis professional at any level, including basic entry level. The design of the program is geared towards the industry worker, regardless of position, in a manner that is easy to understand, simple to process while exposing industry workers to business standards, patient care, higher expectations of compliance and self-regulation.

Unlike other certification programs that have been designed on students understanding laws, this program was made specifically for training and educating the cannabis professional base business practice and patient safety information, leaving the law requirements to each state to determine. This program was specifically designed to provide nationwide standardized expectations for the professional operations of cannabis businesses and focuses on the worker changing their perception of the industry by education. It is the first program geared towards the industry worker, regardless of position, at entry level, and was designed to provide patient safety and best practice standards for all Cannabis Industry employers, employees, care takers, medical personnel and volunteers who communicate with or are part of the process of recommending, growing, shipping, manufacturing, processing, storing, labeling or distribution of cannabis products to consumers or patients.

The purpose of creating professional standards and best practice training is to raise the expectation of self-regulation and compliance in a brand new industry that has negative stigma associated with it and to ensure patient safety. The demand to create this certification is vast and the need is critical, change of public perception is necessary and the only way to change perception is to prove the value of the industry.

The standards and best practice guidance will cause employers, employees and volunteers to strongly focus on quality services and quality medical marijuana products for the very ill, and provide safe products and informative education to all consumers and patients, while shaping the cannabis industry in a manner that will change the current negative perspective of the nation.

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Robert Calkin

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http://cannabiscareerinstitute.com

http://internationalcannabisassociation.com

http://cannabisintegrityauthority.com

SOURCE Cannabis Career Institute