You're looking at an archived, read-only version of our old community forum. See our new community forum here.
Home » Forums » Community » General Discussion

Weed is being sold in vending machines now

archard

Joined: Jan 11 2007

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/01/ ... th_3770460

(AP) The city that popularized the fast food drive-thru has a new innovation: 24-hour medical marijuana vending machines.

Patients suffering from chronic pain, loss of appetite and other ailments that marijuana is said to alleviate can get their pot with a dose of convenience at the Herbal Nutrition Center, where a large machine will dole out the drug around the clock.

“Convenient access, lower prices, safety, anonymity,” inventor and owner Vincent Mehdizadeh said, extolling the benefits of the machine.

But federal drug agents say the invention may need unplugging.

“Somebody owns (it), it's on a property and somebody fills it,” said DEA Special Agent Jose Martinez. “Once we find out where it's at, we'll look into it and see if they're violating laws.”

At least three dispensaries in the city, including two belonging to Mehdizadeh, have installed vending machines to distribute the drug to people who carry cards authorizing marijuana use.

Someone needs to tell the DEA to **** off
Submitted on Wed, 01/30/2008 - 20:29

Re: Weed is being sold in vending machines now

Eythan

Joined: Jan 30 2008

That's pretty ridiculous, that they're looking into it. I wonder how much pot it actually gives out... And if you have to someway scan your card saying you're legally allowed to have it...
Submitted on Wed, 01/30/2008 - 20:46

Re: Weed is being sold in vending machines now

MetalMario702

The Mario of Metal

Location: Rhode Island

Joined: Oct 27 2007

and you got to think about how people WILL break into these and steal their weed from them XD

----------

Those too weak to follow their own dreams always find a way to discourage others...
Those who think that they know everything annoy those of us that do
[img:23q2yhj0]http://offbeat-zero.net/pulse/sig/thfrbiddn1.png[/img:23q2yhj0]
Submitted on Thu, 01/31/2008 - 15:00

Re: Weed is being sold in vending machines now

L10N

I am the user, Lybaerd

Joined: Feb 10 2008

Ugh at least now people will be robbing machines, instead of other people?
Except for the people getting robbed after buying some pop can reefer.

----------

I am the user, Lybaerd.
Submitted on Sat, 03/08/2008 - 01:12

Re: Weed is being sold in vending machines now

Rembrant

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK

Joined: Aug 12 2007

I don't see the problem. It seems that it is only for people authorized to use marijuana. If somebody random just went up there to get high, it wouldn't accept him.

----------

I am working on Spiral Mountain Blues for Banjo Tooie.
Submitted on Sat, 03/08/2008 - 11:23

Re: Weed is being sold in vending machines now

rancidfetus

Classical Metalhead

Joined: Oct 09 2007

I think that's probably some pretty weak herb. If you're buying weed from a VENDING MACHINE, you don't really know how long it's been in there. And who grows the weed sold in there? That's what I want to know.
Submitted on Sat, 03/08/2008 - 14:09

Re: Weed is being sold in vending machines now

archard

Joined: Jan 11 2007

"rancidfetus" posted:

I think that's probably some pretty weak herb. If you're buying weed from a VENDING MACHINE, you don't really know how long it's been in there. And who grows the weed sold in there? That's what I want to know.

It's medical marijuana. I'm sure it's really strong

----------

DANG
Submitted on Sat, 03/08/2008 - 14:24