美國北密歇根大學開設大麻專業大綱

An American university is taking a bold step into the future, and has begun offering the first-ever marijuana-focused degree.
美國一所大學向未來跨出了勇敢的一步，開設了有史以來第一個大麻專業。

The new degree will allow students at Northern Michigan University to get an professional edge as marijuana seems poised to become an explosive industry in the United States.
隨着大麻即將成爲美國一個規模龐大的產業，這一新學位將給北密歇根大學的學生帶來專業優勢。

But, administrators there say the four-year medical plant chemistry degree isn't for your stereotypical stoner.
但是該校的管理人員表示，這一四年制的藥物種植化學學位並不是像你想象的那樣種植大麻。

"Obviously, the programme is new and it might speak to a certain crowd. But, for a student to succeed, they're going to have to be very dedicated and Motivated," Brandon Canfield, an associate chemistry professor at the school, told the Detroit Free Press. "This is not an easy programme. It's a really intense biology chemistry programme."
該校的副教授布蘭登·坎菲爾德向《底特律自由報》透：“顯然，這是一門新的學科，它可能會對某些人羣產生影響。但對於想要成功的學生來說，他們必須非常富有專注力和機動力。這不是一個簡單的學科。這是一個難度非常大的生物化學學科。”

Mr Canfield said that students won't be growing marijuana as a part of their degree, but they would be studying similar plants with medicinal value. The programme includes studies in soils, biochemstiry, biology, and biostatistics.
坎菲爾德表示，學生們不會在他們學習期間種植大麻，以作爲他們獲得學位的一部分，但他們會研究類似具有藥用價值的植物，包括進行土壤、生物化學、生物學和生物統計學方面的研究。

More and more states are approving the use of recreational or medical marijuana in recent years, leading to millions of dollars in added tax income for states who have decided to implement more lenient laws.
近年來，美國越來越多的州批准大麻的娛樂使用以及醫用，這些已經決定實施更寬鬆法律的州也因此增加了數百萬美元的稅收。

In the last election alone, eight states voted to legalise marijuana for one of those uses.
僅在去年美國大選期間，就有8個州趁機公投支持大麻合法化。