Grinspoon Endorses California Ballot Initiative to Regulate Marijuana Like Wine

Cannabis Culture reports:

"Dr. Lester Grinspoon, renowned Harvard psychiatry professor and marijuana movement icon, is lending his support to the Regulate Marijuana Like Wine ballot initiative to legalize cannabis in California in 2012.
"It will be an improvement and help move us toward the ultimate goal of ending this heinous prohibition," Grinspoon told Cannabis Culture in a telephone interview. "I'll endorse anything that moves us away from prohibition and towards freedom."
Regulate Marijuana Like Wine would legalize cannabis for adults in California and allow for a system of production, distribution and regulation similar to that of alcohol."

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GreenGro Technologies Announces Aggressive Expansion Plans to Capitalize on Eco-Friendly Products and Technologies

Announces Grand Opening of New Corporate Headquarters and Sales Showroom in Orange County February 1, 2012

WESTMINSTER, CA--(Marketwire - Jan 25, 2012) - GreenGro Technologies Inc. (PINKSHEETS: GRNH) is opening its first retail location in Orange County, CA. on February 1, 2012. The facility will also house GreenGro's corporate operations.

According to GreenGro's Dave Rudat, "This expansion is part of our continuing mission to market the vertical cultivation system acquired from Vertical Hydrogarden last year. We are excited to showcase and sell our current and future products to the public from the new facility. We already have orders for our new consumer cultivation products which are being manufactured, so obviously this gives us confidence in our expansion decision."

Cannabis Science Updates Latest Remarkable Follow up Photographs Received from 3rd Cancer Patient

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cannabis Science, Inc. (OTCBB: CBIS.OB) a pioneering U.S. biotech company developing pharmaceutical cannabis (marijuana) products, is pleased to announce new remarkable photographic updates of the 3rd cancer patient, with treatment-resistant squamous cell carcinoma on his head.

Cannabis Science has been working with a number of self-medicated skin cancer patients, who are using cannabis-based extracts. Today Cannabis Science receives the latest photographs for the 3rd self-administering cancer patient, mentioned in the previous news release dated, January 11, 2012. The treatment process is ongoing, but the results have been visually dramatic, the cannabis extracts have drastically shrunk some tumors and others are gone.

RightSmile, Inc. Confirms Reverse Merger Plans with BG Medical Technologies, Inc.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Jan. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- RightSmile, Inc. (Pink Sheets: RIGH) confirms reverse merger plans with BG Medical Technologies, Inc., parent company of popular medical cannabis portal, BudGenius.com.
RightSmile entered into merger discussions in October 2011. Since this time BG Medical has worked to complete an ongoing due diligence study of the public entity and market conditions. Throughout December, RightSmile complied with requests and obligations to prepare the public entity for completion of the merger along with formal exit of the RightSmile management team. Full requirements have now been met to the satisfaction of both companies. Final state and corporate filings in Florida and Nevada are progressing for the respective companies. BG Medical Technologies expects to complete the merger January 18th, 2012. Name change and symbol change requests are to be filed shortly thereafter.

Federal Judge Throws Out Gov. Jan Brewer's Lawsuit that was Blocking Arizona's State Medical Marijuana Dispensary Program

Federal Judge Bolton dismisses all of Arizona Governor Jan Brewer's legal claims in case # 2:11 - cv-01072-SRB.

PHOENIX, Jan. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Altitude Organic Corporation (ERBB:OTC:Pink) is pleased to announce that U.S. District Judge Susan R. Bolton has thrown out the lawsuit that has currently been blocking the Arizona medical marijuana dispensary program from proceeding. Judge Bolton made a number of comments upon dismissing the case including a comment referencing the plaintiff's complete absence of any evidence that in 16 other medical marijuana states no state employee has ever been targeted by the federal government for implementing any, "state medical marijuana licensing scheme." The court filing may be viewed in its entirety here:

http://www.acluaz.org/sites/default/files/documents/Medical%20Marijuana%...

General Cannabis Announces Corporate Name Change to SearchCore, Inc. and Stock Ticker Symbol Change to "SRER" Effective Today

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Jan. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- General Cannabis, Inc., a technology-based Internet marketing services company, today announced its name change to SearchCore, Inc., effective immediately, to reflect the company's expansion of comprehensive marketing services aimed at connecting consumers with lifestyle brands, products and services. The company's common shares have commenced trading under its new name and stock ticker symbol "SRER" (OTCBB: SRER and OTCQX: SRER), effective as of the market open today, January 6, 2012. There are no changes to the Company's management team in connection with the name change.

About SearchCore, Inc.
SearchCore, Inc., formerly General Cannabis, Inc., is a technology-based Internet marketing services company that offers customers an integrated suite of services including media, technology, marketing and information. Founded in 2010, SearchCore is headquartered in Newport Beach, California. The Company's common stock trades on the OTC market's highest tier, OTCQX, under the ticker symbol "SRER." www.SearchCore.com

Cannabis Science Issues Earnings Guidance for 2012 forecasted at $6,846,000 and potential increased to $65,740,000 in 2014 with $0.02 per share positive earnings

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cannabis Science, Inc. (OTCBB: CBIS), a pioneering US biotech company developing pharmaceutical cannabis products, is pleased to issue Sales Guidance and Outlook for 2012. There are three main markets for Cannabis Science Brand formulations for distribution, FDA approved prescriptions, OTC Non-psychoactive Neutroceuticals, and licensed dispensaries in legal Medical Marijuana states (currently 16). Cannabis Science sales for 2012 are forecasted to be $6,846,000 and has the potential to increase to $65,740,000 in 2014.

This sales forecast translates into positive earnings of $.02 per share earnings for 2014. We are dedicated to working with Federal, State, and Local regulatory agencies, as well as similar agencies in other countries such as Health Canada, and other international regulatory bodies. This forecast includes sales from both the MEDBOX strategic alliance and the revenues from our licensing fees from cannabis-extract based formulations. The above average growth in sales and revenue from 2012 to 2014 is due to the release of additional formulations and a higher number of license agreements as Cannabis Science expands into additional states and international markets over the next three years.

WeedMaps Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Leading Medical Marijuana Software Company

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Dec. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- General Cannabis, Inc. (OTCBB: CANA), (OTCQX: CANA), a technology-based Internet marketing services company, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, WeedMaps Media, Inc., has signed documents to acquire the assets of MMJMenu, LLC, the medical marijuana industry's leading provider of seed-to-sale collective management and point of sale software.

MMJMenu provides business management software for dispensaries and growers, enabling them to track their medical cannabis from seed to sale. www.MMJMenu.com is used by hundreds of medical marijuana businesses in California, Colorado, Michigan, Montana, Washington as well as in Canada.

"Alex and Justin Weidmann, Co-Founders of MMJMenu, have built a great company around great software," said Justin Hartfield, Chief Web Officer of WeedMaps. "This acquisition will complete the medical marijuana end-to-end technology platform we set out to establish at the onset, and MMJMenu will be at the core of our new product offering coming in early 2012. MMJMenu's closed end data offers substantial value to medical marijuana users, patients and our industry. We will provide physicians, vendors and dispensaries with the tools they need to run a successful and compliant marijuana business. Pooling this software with the rest of our solutions will allow us to strategically price MMJMenu for maximum acceptance."

Medical Marijuana Inc., Update

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Medical Marijuana Inc. (OTC: MJNA) is the first publicly held company vested in the medical marijuana and industrial hemp industries. The company is comprised of a diversified portfolio of hemp and cannabis based businesses. These businesses range from hydroponic stores, to pharmaceutical compounds derived legally from the hemp plant. The company has gone through many changes over the course of the past few years, some expected and some unexpected due to the nature of rapidly changing legal and political environments that surround marijuana and hemp in the United States. This ability to change has been one of the corner stones of MJNA's success in laying a much stronger foundation from which the industry can prosper.

At MJNA's inception, its focus was on providing educational seminars on medical marijuana and supporting the industry through technology, with its patent pending tax remittance card and compliance tracking software. Today the company has made significant advancements within a challenging industry. In the beginning MJNA's market was made up of mom and pop dispensaries, collectives and trade shows, which were seen as the "hot gold rushes". Like many rapidly emerging industries, it seemed as if every ancillary business was a good investment opportunity. Today however, MJNA has honed its focus on several aspects of the medicinal and industrial markets and has laid a solid foundation for its growth worldwide.

MediSwipe Inc. Announces Over Two Million Dollars in New Merchant Processing Transactions in Rx Pharmacies, Wellness Centers and Retail Merchants for Months of November and December

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 22, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MediSwipe Inc. (www.MediSwipe.com) (OTCBB:MWIP), a merchant payment solutions and financial products company for the medical health care industry, and its wholly owned subsidiary 800 Commerce Inc. (www.800Commerce.com), a leading enabler and turnkey e-commerce solution provider including mobile payment solutions, today announced over two million dollars ($2,000,000) in merchant processing transactions on behalf of client Rx Pharmacies, wellness centers and retail merchants for the months of November and December. These numbers are not consolidated and do not include the 800 Commerce division.

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