Cheeba Cannabis Academy has so far trained about 600 people and is hoping to get a leg-up from the government, which has announced grand but so far sketchy plans for cannabis
In a leafy suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, green leaves adorn the walls of a school where students learn how to grow cannabis—but smoking pot is banned.
The teaching aims to dispel stigma around marijuana, says Linda Siboto, the co-founder of the institution, which styles itself as Africa's first cannabis academy.
"It's important for us to professionalise this industry and basically showcase that we're not stoners with red eyes all the time talking about how great the weed is," he says.
The academy is hoping to ride a global re-think of cannabis regulations.