On Monday, federal authorities raided a San Francisco-area school known as the “Princeton of Pot” devoted to teaching cannabis cultivation techniques. The resulting shutdown has led to a backlash of protests by supporters of medical marijuana in Northern California.
The Oakland-based school, called Oaksterdam University, offers courses in the growth and distribution of marijuana. Advocates for the school have argued that the school’s activities are legal since the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes is decriminalized in the state of California.
Since its founding in 2007, the school has been nicknamed both the “Princeton of Pot” and the “Harvard of Hemp” because it is one of the first institutions founded to instruct students in marijuana growth practices.After the Drug Enforcement Agency’s Monday raid, hundreds of protesters gathered in front of City Hall in San Francisco on Tuesday to demonstrate against the closing of the school. Attendees also protested against the raid of the home of Oaksterdam founder Richard Lee, a prominent proponent of the failed 2010 California ballot initiative to legalize possession of small quantities of marijuana for recreational purposes.
The raid and shutdown come in the context of a larger debate over how much authority federal law enforcement officers have over marijuana cultivators in states where medical use is decriminalized.
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