Legacy cannabis study at Cal Poly Humboldt set to launch later this year

ARCATA, Calif. — A new legacy cannabis study at Cal Poly Humboldt is looking to preserve California's cannabis genetics and its connection to communities across the state.

The two-year legacy cannabis study is set to begin this set and will include students from the university's new cannabis studies program. The research team behind the study received nearly $2.7 million from the California Department of Cannabis Control.

Their work will help support the study, "Legacy Cannabis Genetics: People and Their Plants." Sociology Professor and Cannabis Studies Program Director Dominic Corva is the principal investigator on the team. He said the cannabis study aims to preserve its genetics and community stories around it.

"What we hope to collect is an opportunity to show other people a model for doing something that is not exploitative and that is, you know, all about preserving heritage, even if we're only 50 years old here, by now Humboldt is the youngest member of that global cannabis heritage site," Corva said.

Part of the community-based research model is also set to include advisory boards, town halls, and hundreds of interviews.

In addition to Cal Poly Humboldt, 15 other academy institutions also received funding from the DCC. It's all part of a $20 million investment into scientific research of cannabis.