Inside the College for Budding Weed Entrepreneurs

VICE’s Erica Matson spent a day at Oaksterdam University, America’s first cannabis college where they cover everything from the business side to the science side to the legal side of weed. It’s one of a handful of schools around the country offering a marijuana education for people hoping to enter the growing cannabis industry.

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51 Comments

  1. TangoHarrietCharlie on November 3, 2017 at 9:50 pm

    Google, youtube and the darkweb are my best friends. No fee’s, my own time and no time restraints. Just saying



  2. Beto Blanco on November 3, 2017 at 9:52 pm

    6:21 looks like snoop dogg found his college



  3. Loch Deiner Mutter on November 3, 2017 at 9:53 pm

    1:28 disgusting ๐Ÿ™ˆ like a men or a monkey ๐Ÿ˜



  4. MEOW Chairmen on November 3, 2017 at 9:55 pm

    Hey anyone who’s gone here I have one very important question. Did your certificate from this institution help you find a job in the industry?



  5. Lolna Mickal on November 3, 2017 at 9:56 pm

    only in cali
    nothing wrong tho im just really jealousssss



  6. Pedro Mariscal on November 3, 2017 at 9:57 pm

    I live 30 minutes from Oakland bout to sign up here foreal



  7. SuperWookieDookie on November 3, 2017 at 9:57 pm

    Holy fuck, is this a cash cow. Too bad I already lost all my money getting dicked by Trump U or I’d fork it over to these heads.



  8. Suh. on November 3, 2017 at 9:59 pm

    that transgender had me dead lmao



  9. gam man on November 3, 2017 at 9:59 pm

    Just to be honest I thank this school shouldn’t exist



  10. Antoni Charles-Davis on November 3, 2017 at 10:01 pm

    This shit goofy as fuck



  11. Tito Brozzi on November 3, 2017 at 10:01 pm

    Weed University is in the outdoors !!



  12. MattIsLoling on November 3, 2017 at 10:01 pm

    Man just finished video-nothing they said i didnt already know lmao!



  13. Dan Williams on November 3, 2017 at 10:02 pm

    Ery body be getting high, the Constitution was written on hemp!



  14. David Thomas on November 3, 2017 at 10:04 pm

    it all looks like meds



  15. Geyersh Mork on November 3, 2017 at 10:05 pm

    looks like a non-validated school that is trying really hard to be an accredited institution – comprised of a population of students with a combined IQ of 3



  16. collin on November 3, 2017 at 10:06 pm

    I just tryna boonk gang this place ๐Ÿ˜ฉ



  17. redrum murder on November 3, 2017 at 10:06 pm

    I’ve learned all this information on the internet…



  18. Beautiful Verbs on November 3, 2017 at 10:10 pm

    Considering very few people share knowledge and itโ€™s hard to find legitimate information independently, this seems absolutely worth it for a individual coming from a illegal state in my case Indiana, and getting into the industry the legal way with no bullshit.



  19. Carmen Scott on November 3, 2017 at 10:13 pm

    "In my former life" – This bitch got re-incarnated



  20. mason baer on November 3, 2017 at 10:17 pm

    I disagree some of those most knowledgable people on the subject are people that started for nothing with no training. They did years of research and trial and error. Especially today it’s even easier to find this stuff out because it’s legal in some areas.



  21. ConfusedPixelMC on November 3, 2017 at 10:22 pm

    1:32 i thought i learn everything about mari juana but i only know mari juana is drugs lol



  22. Drunksheep on November 3, 2017 at 10:23 pm

    Oaksterdam Amsterdam Same



  23. ABS on November 3, 2017 at 10:23 pm

    4:18 is that seth rogan… ?



  24. Rabbi Benyamin Goyim on November 3, 2017 at 10:24 pm

    Why are most vice reporters drug addicts. So many of them make drug videos and they’re junkies



  25. Lucy Everett on November 3, 2017 at 10:24 pm

    I can’t tell if this is a real thing i’m also high so I don’t know



  26. Stone on November 3, 2017 at 10:25 pm

    bitch did not just say in my former life .



  27. Captain Nobody on November 3, 2017 at 10:27 pm

    …look…. My expert (not) opinion is thus….
    If everybody….men women and children and otherwise……animals….
    birds!….um reptiles!! (especially bloody reptiles)
    Were all stoned as you could get… For…420 hours or 240 which ever comes first ( I’m too stoned too know…or care)
    There would be 87.265% less crime, misery and suffering world wide!
    The other 12.635%
    Yeah…sorry I got lost counting cause I was a talking…. Now I gotta go back…..
    Anyway yeah. So in summation.. Evryone. Stoned….no work for Piggy…
    Poor Piggy he no like bein stoned..
    Its hard to be a grandiose violent SOB WHEN your all mellow like…
    That’s where the other 12.sumpin % went
    Angry Pigs who don’t wanna play nice.
    No good for pigbiz.



  28. DapperDan on November 3, 2017 at 10:27 pm

    people who think that they can get this info online are probably the same people who think smoking a menthol cigarette after smoking a bowl gets you higher



  29. Tore Thyen on November 3, 2017 at 10:27 pm

    It is worth it!
    Check it out if you can!



  30. chu on November 3, 2017 at 10:27 pm

    The homie Jessica got a peepee



  31. Loch Deiner Mutter on November 3, 2017 at 10:29 pm

    All they looks like transgender



  32. Eric Hernandez on November 3, 2017 at 10:29 pm

    Fucking scam!



  33. Dan Eliseo on November 3, 2017 at 10:31 pm

    Jessica sounds like your dad



  34. Nathansyupp on November 3, 2017 at 10:32 pm

    Join my facebook group, Cannabis Daily. For advocates of medical and recreational cannabis use.. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1546180302291810



  35. anchovy memez on November 3, 2017 at 10:33 pm

    Weed u say…i wont some



  36. MacBook Mac on November 3, 2017 at 10:35 pm

    I want to go to this school



  37. Aztec 420 on November 3, 2017 at 10:35 pm

    Hahahah … You build the school and they will come … No matter how ridiculous the school is …. All this weed information are in hundreds of books already published …. Grab a book and read !!!



  38. Island_Kermode on November 3, 2017 at 10:37 pm

    pretty sure Jessica is a man… ewww



  39. Happy Life Inc. on November 3, 2017 at 10:38 pm

    I go to school 2 blocks from there



  40. Alberts stuff on November 3, 2017 at 10:39 pm

    Bud school, awesome!



  41. The Canna Guide on November 3, 2017 at 10:39 pm

    As a current a veteran budtender, I have so much to say about this video! FIrst, if I have learned anything in my time behind the counter, is that everyone thinks they know everything about cannabis. Man, are we all sooo wrong. People don’t see OU as time and effort well spent, but I would soundly disagree. I would say, a majority of budtenders know little about the true intricacies of cannabis. OU would absolutely provide a solid footing for anyone trying to enter the industry ESPECIALLY budtending. You really would come out of OU knowing more than most current industry professionals. Having said that, no it is not necessary, and you can indeed learn all of this on you own as that is the route I took, but it is cut and dry. If you are educating yourself on cannabis, a major part of the work is actually finding decent information that is up to date, and correct.



  42. Dlejfj4y Jewfbhr3gfvb4trf on November 3, 2017 at 10:39 pm

    lmao i wonder what everyone does after school



  43. Kar on November 3, 2017 at 10:40 pm

    Btw i would like go to that college in cali go back to my country where its illegal but decriminalized and start a weed buisness and get rich



  44. tommy Twotone on November 3, 2017 at 10:40 pm

    Wtf I need to go here



  45. MattIsLoling on November 3, 2017 at 10:41 pm

    Lmao…glad to say i grow better weed and i didnt even have to go to college for it



  46. miki77YT on November 3, 2017 at 10:42 pm

    2:44

    Holy fuck I wasn’t expecting that



  47. HOWARD42069 Tran on November 3, 2017 at 10:45 pm

    I might go to this college. Ima noob and I use apple pipes.



  48. Scott Baldwin on November 3, 2017 at 10:46 pm

    jessica sounds like a grotenstein.



  49. FeDoR EmElIaNeNkO on November 3, 2017 at 10:47 pm

    I would like to work here



  50. redrum murder on November 3, 2017 at 10:48 pm

    Weed now days is the equivalent of a cup of coffee… Every body smokes



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