MACOMB, Ill. _ A public university here this fall will join a handful of colleges across the country offering students classes on the state's newest cash crop: cannabis.
Starting in August, agriculture students at Western Illinois University will be able to enroll in a minor designed to teach them all about growing the cannabis plant: both marijuana and it's nonpsychoactive relative, hemp.
The university approved the program Feb. 4, shortly after marijuana dispensaries in Illinois reported more than $40 million in sales since the state legalized recreational use Jan. 1.
