An American university is taking a bold step into the future, and has begun offering the first-ever marijuana-focused degree.

美国一所大学向未来跨出了勇敢的一步，开设了有史以来第一个大麻专业。

The new degree will allow students at Northern Michigan University to get an professional edge as marijuana seems poised¹ to become an explosive industry in the United States.

随着大麻即将成为美国一个规模庞大的产业，这一新学位将给北密歇根大学的学生带来专业优势。

But, administrators² there say the four-year medical plant chemistry degree isn't for your stereotypical³ stoner.

但是该校的管理人员表示，这一四年制的药物种植化学学位并不是像你想象的那样种植大麻。

"Obviously, the programme is new and it might speak to a certain crowd. But, for a student to succeed, they're going to have to be very dedicated⁴ and motivated," Brandon Canfield, an associate chemistry professor at the school, told the Detroit Free Press. "This is not an easy programme. It's a really intense biology chemistry programme."

该校的副教授布兰登·坎菲尔德向《底特律自由报》透：“显然，这是一门新的学科，它可能会对某些人群产生影响。但对于想要成功的学生来说，他们必须非常富有专注力和机动力。这不是一个简单的学科。这是一个难度非常大的生物化学学科。”

Mr Canfield said that students won't be growing marijuana as a part of their degree, but they would be studying similar plants with medicinal value. The programme includes studies in soils, biochemstiry, biology, and biostatistics.

坎菲尔德表示，学生们不会在他们学习期间种植大麻，以作为他们获得学位的一部分，但他们会研究类似具有药用价值的植物，包括进行土壤、生物化学、生物学和生物统计学方面的研究。

More and more states are approving the use of recreational or medical marijuana in recent years, leading to millions of dollars in added tax income for states who have decided⁵ to implement⁶ more lenient⁷ laws.

近年来，美国越来越多的州批准大麻的娱乐使用以及医用，这些已经决定实施更宽松法律的州也因此增加了数百万美元的税收。

In the last election alone, eight states voted to legalise marijuana for one of those uses.

仅在去年美国大选期间，就有8个州趁机公投支持大麻合法化。