 Since 1968, the school operates the only legal marijuana farm and production facility in the United States.The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) contracts to the university the production of cannabis for use in approved research studies on the plant as well as for distribution to the seven surviving medical cannabis patients grandfathered into the Compassionate Investigational New Drug program (established in 1978 and canceled in 1991).The university houses one of the largest blues music archives in the United States.