A public relations project regarding medical marijuana is aiming to plant positive seeds in the realm of public opinion. Bobcat Update's Greg Arellano has the story.
This isn't your class average assignment. Students Tyerra Scott, Trent Spilman, Taylor Kroutter, Julia Wilson and Cecily Williams have been tasked with conducting research and charting their success as they map how their efforts have changed public opinion on medical marijuana.
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Charles Kaufman, a senior lecturer in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, says that the project's goal isn't advocacy per se, but to measure how successful the students are in conducting research and impacting public opinion.
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Though they entered this project as relatively uninvolved observers of marijuana law, it has become apparent that over time, the subject matter has struck a personal note for the students.
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