Company eyes Freetown land for medical marijuana facility

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FREETOWN, Mass. —

Admittedly, it's not much to look at now. But one company says an empty lot in Freetown could become the leading facility in the world for pot.

"It's what we want as a town," said Planning Board Chairman Keven Desmarais.

The plan is a massive one: about 1 million square feet to grow and process medical marijuana at a state-of the-art facility indoors.

The company, AmeriCann Inc., won't actually sell any of the cannabis. But instead will lease the facility to licensed growers. The weed would only be used in Massachusetts, where voters overwhelmingly approved it for medical use in 2012.

"Obviously, there was some concern from residents, but I think most of those concerns were eliminated by the responses that they got," said Desmarais.

And Freetown stands to gain big with as many as 300 jobs, and perhaps an extra $1 million annually, in...

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