HOLYOKE The first time lifelong Holyoke resident Damaris Aponte sold marijuana, she was 14 and growing up in a city deeply impacted by the so-called War on Drugs. She saw many people she knew get arrested on drug charges, and her own brother was.
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Sandra Rubio, owner of Totally Baked in Holyoke, waits for permitting so she can take the next steps to opening her business. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS
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Holyoke Community College, American International College see future jobs in cannabis
Updated Mar 03, 2021;
Posted Feb 17, 2021
Holyoke Community College is offering a cannabis program with an eye on future job opportunities in the burgeoning field. An instructor demonstrates how to make cookie batter using cannabidiol (CBD oil) extracted from hemp during a cannabis culinary assistant training program.
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HOLYOKE Jeffrey Hayden says the clientele for Holyoke Community College’s cannabis industry training program is different than he expected.
“If you’d asked me a year or two ago, I would have probably gone with the stereotype and said we’d get young males in their 20s who think, ‘This is cool, man,’” said Hayden, the college vice president of business and community services.