COAST Game Changer: Amy Oppedisano, founder of Terra Tech Corp.

How does a nice interior designer and mother from Laguna Beach become the founder of the first publicly traded cannabis company in the U.S.? It involves surfing, a box truck and a lot of perseverance.
After Amy Oppedisano’s husband, Derek Peterson, fractured vertebrae in his neck while catching some waves at Dana Point’s Salt Creek Beach, doctors prescribed opioids to ease his agony. But Peterson couldn’t stand the feeling of being on those pills and worried about the dangers o