UNLV launches cannabis career certificate programs 71%

By Spencer Levering32%

8/5/2026, 4:52:06 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 14 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, Optimism Bias, and Halo Effect, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 60.6% saturation with 191 hits. Analysis detected 724 faulty-reasoning hits from 315 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 56.3% and a BS Rank of 71% (8,423 of 28,902 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 70.90% of the article peer group.

UNLV launches cannabis career certificate programs 
Through six new online courses, UNLV students can learn the skills needed to enter the growing cannabis industry, the Las Vegas college said. 
A career in cannabis has become easier to pursue through several new UNLV certificate programs, the university announced Tuesday. 
UNLV will offer six online programs that prepare students to enter and succeed in the cannabis industry, according to a news release. 
Students can register now for the first cohort of classes, which begins Sept. 1, and new start dates will be offered every eight weeks, UNLV said. 
One program, lasting eight weeks and costing $850, gives students “a comprehensive foundation to enter the industry, making students job-ready for entry-level roles,” the release said. 
The other programs, all 16 weeks and costing $2,200, explore topics including cannabis cultivation, sales, and product development, as well as the drug’s medical uses and industry compliance standards, according to UNLV. 
Interested students can learn more and enroll at cannabis.lifelonglearning.unlv.edu. 
“As a public research university in one of the nation’s most dynamic cannabis markets, UNLV is uniquely positioned to bring together academic expertise, industry perspectives, and policymakers to help shape thoughtful, evidence-based approaches to the complex issues surrounding cannabis,” UNLV Interim President Chris Heavey said in the release. 
More than 50 cannabis industry leaders and subject matter experts helped create the programs and are featured in the courses, which were developed in partnership with the cannabis education company Green Flower, the release said. 
“We’re proud to collaborate with Green Flower to deliver high-quality, workforce-aligned cannabis education to our students,” said Riana Durrett, director of UNLV’s Cannabis Policy Institute. 
“This partnership allows learners to gain the knowledge and skills they need to join the cannabis industry and provides a vital workforce pipeline for employers in this new and growing industry.” 
Contact Spencer Levering at slevering@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0253. 
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0.4%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 7.9%Spencer Levering: 0.6%Las Vegas Review-Journal: 3.2%Appeal to Emotion7.9%This article: 9.8%Spencer Levering: 1.2%Las Vegas Review-Journal: 0.9%Begging the Question9.8%This article: 0.0%Spencer Levering: 0.0%Las Vegas Review-Journal: 1.0%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Spencer Levering: 0.0%Las Vegas Review-Journal: 0.0%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Spencer Levering: 0.0%Las Vegas Review-Journal: 0.6%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 15.2%Spencer Levering: 1.1%Las Vegas Review-Journal: 0.1%Appeal to Nature15.2%This article: 0.0%Spencer Levering: 0.0%Las Vegas Review-Journal: 0.1%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Spencer Levering: 0.6%Las Vegas Review-Journal: 1.3%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Spencer Levering: 0.0%Las Vegas Review-Journal: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Spencer Levering: 1.9%Las Vegas Review-Journal: 1.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Spencer Levering: 0.0%Las Vegas Review-Journal: 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Levering: 9.8%Las Vegas Review-Journal: 1.0%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…39.0%

315 words analyzed.

Speakers

3speakers85%attributed speech47writer words
Selected voice

Riana Durrett

100%flagged-word coverage
56 attributed words21% of attributed speech60% writer coverage
0%50.0%100.0%Attempt to Sell a Product +80.9 ptsWriter: 19.1%Riana Durrett: 100.0%100.0%Biased Writer Voice+44.6 ptsWriter: 0.0%Riana Durrett: 44.6%44.6%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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Analysis

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