Pot vending machines take root in Los Angeles

BridgeTheGap

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Wed Jan-30-08 12:41 PM
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Pot vending machines take root in Los Angeles

Machines distribute the drug to people with cards authorizing use

LOS ANGELES - 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.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22910820/?GT1=10755

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halobeam

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Wed Jan-30-08 12:48 PM
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1. Too cool

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Faux pas

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Wed Jan-30-08 01:13 PM
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2. I wouldn't mind owning one of those machines myself. Wonder

when they'll get to Oregon?

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orleans

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Wed Jan-30-08 01:22 PM
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3. if people think there is a problem with vandals and atm machines

just wait for this one...

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Deja Q

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Wed Jan-30-08 07:00 PM
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6. Some brainless dipshit will ruin it for everyone else.

At least, that's how the theory goes.

Expect bulletproof plastic and a chassis made from a tank.

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orleans

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Wed Jan-30-08 09:24 PM
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7. olbermann did a short piece on this--i guess it has high security

from what i caught, there is a security guard, also it is accessed by fingerprint

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WilyWondr

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Wed Jan-30-08 02:09 PM
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4. Gotta love the google ads

that show up when there is a thread with the word pot in it.

I am getting an ad for ebay that shows oven mits and kitchen items or an add from some company that sells pot racks to hang your pots and pans on.

It's like the people that setup that google database didn't know what pot was :smoke:

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awoke_in_2003

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Wed Jan-30-08 05:10 PM
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5. Is the google feature,

I think it is called safe search, turned on? If it is, turn it off and your results should change

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