FREETOWN — The Annual Town Meeting rolled out the red carpet for marijuana growing operations in 2013 when it rezoned a section of the business park off of South Main Street.

The Freetown action also included adult entertainment venues.

As town Planning Technician Lauren Moreau told The Standard-Times, the action lets the town satisfy the law while keeping these activities in an acceptable area.

Now the Colorado company AmeriCann's formal proposal with the Planning Board would build what will eventually be a huge — almost a million square feet huge — marijuana growing operation called the "Massachusetts Medical Cannabis Center.”

One of the world's top drug producing countries, Columbia, is planning to legalise medical marijuana. The country's president Juan Manuel Santos said recently that he would sign a decree sometime this week, which would control the use, production, and export of medicinal marijuana.

Colombian officials are betting that this move could become big business as it would increase the exports of legal marijuana. Santos, who opined that there was a big demand, told the BBC, "There are already firms in Canada and the US that are using marijuana for a variety of therapeutic, medicinal treatments."

The growth of the cannabis industry has led to a surge in the number of publicly traded cannabis companies. Investors must perform thorough due diligence prior to investing and we recommend looking into factors such as revenue growth, institutional investment, dilution potential, share count growth, and recent trading activity.

Today, we are going to highlight the quarterly results for Terra Tech Corp. (TRTC), Mentor Capital (MNTR), and Two Rivers Water & Farming Company (TURV).

Terra Tech Corp. (TRTC)

TRTC is a holding company that is focused on the cannabis industry through a few of its subsidiaries. TRTC’s consists of the following subsidiaries:

SAN JOSE, Calif., November 17, 2015 /MJbizwire/ – ZPCC launched medicinal cannabis-infused gourmet teas, offering the world’s first totally water-soluble cannabinoid infused beverage delivering fast-acting, reliable doses for an unparalleled medicinal experience.

ZPCC unveiled its products at the 4th Annual Marijuana Business Conference & Expo in Las Vegas, November 11-13, at the Rio Hotel & Casino.  ZPCC teas are currently available in select premiere dispensaries in California.

Some time ago there were news reports that, as part of the process of developing a regulatory framework for the Jamaican medical marijuana industry, the Government was planning to import 100 ganja seeds. As was expected, the usual responses to this announcement were observed. Namely shock, horror and outrage that the reputed "sensimilla capital" of the Caribbean is to import Cannabis sativa seeds.

For example one online response read: "This is total disrespect! We will have to import ganja seeds when we are said to have the best quality stuff!" These are typical knee-jerk reactions to headlines without considering the rationale behind the decision to import seeds. That assertion that Jamaica has the best quality "stuff" may be based more on feelings than on facts.

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO--(Marketwired - Oct 28, 2015) - Cannabis Science, Inc. (OTC PINK: CBIS), a U.S. company specializing in the development of cannabis-based medicines, is pleased to announce it will begin its dividend payout to its shareholders of record, as of December 31, 2010 and October 9 2015 respectively, triggering what the Company considers a 'breakthrough drug development growth plan'.

The Company will announce on Friday, October 30, 2015, the actual process for its shareholders to receive their dividend shares under the following two conditions:

Steamboat Springs — City officials say the long line of people wanting to get into the marijuana business in Steamboat Springs hasn't been making as much noise in recent months.

#"They were really trying to beat down the doors for a long time, but that has tapered off," Assistant City Attorney Dan Foote said Friday.

#Prior to August, Foote said, the city was hearing from as many as two new individuals each month who wanted to get in on the local marijuana industry.

Rapper Snoop Dogg enlisted design firm Pentagram to create the brand identity and packaging for his line of weed products.

Called ‘Leafs By Snoop,’ the line includes everything from chocolate bars to gummies and is available for purchase in a number of locations throughout Colorado.

The packaging was created by Pentagram partner Emily Oberman in collaboration with Stampede Management and Snoop himself.

Brandy Cavanagh, general manager of Mid-Island Health and Wellness Association, is upset after receiving written notice from the RCMP last Thursday that her marijuana dispensary has seven days to suspend operations.

Medical marijuana dispensary managers plan a united front and appeals to government in the wake of an ultimatum from the Nanaimo RCMP to shut down shop or face arrests.

The Nanaimo RCMP put 10 medical marijuana dispensaries on notice Thursday that they had seven days to stop the sale of marijuana and marijuana derivatives or they could be subject to police enforcement.

Medical marijuana shops have been growing in number in Nanaimo, selling bud, tinctures and marijuana-infused brownies.

Jean Kennedy has degrees in biology and a Master’s in special education. Now, she’s trying to decide what to do with her third degree: a  certificate of achievement from Oaksterdam University, the Harvard Business School of marijuana.

“I’m Italian,” said Ms Kennedy, 56, a retired high school biology teacher with graying hair and a heavy New York accent. “You know Italians, we grow tomatoes. Maybe I’ll grow some plants.” 

Horticulture 102 is one of the many subjects she studies at Oaksterdam, whose campus is set amid the hip cafés, restaurants and cannabis dispensaries of downtown Oakland. Founded in 2007, the school sees itself as a training ground for citizen advocates in the fight to legalise marijuana.