California Opens First Weed Vending Machine: Rad or Bad?
SodaHead News
2012/04/24 22:00:00
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Japanese vending machines sell everything from beer to veggies, so why shouldn't California set up vending machines for its biggest cash crop? Well, it's illegal for starters, but that's not stopping The Dispensary Group from launching the state's first automated marijuana dispenser so patients can get their relief when the shops are closed. Of course, you need a medical marijuana card to use it, and there are a few more "by the ways" for potential customers.
According to Dvice, the machine (called the AutoSpense) requires a special swipe card, a thumbprint, and a pin code to function. Oh, and it's under constant surveillance. We assume an electrified metal cage comes down around you and alerts a SWAT team if you get the pin code wrong, but then again, we're just guessing. So, tell us: Does California's first weed vending machine sound like a good idea?
According to Dvice, the machine (called the AutoSpense) requires a special swipe card, a thumbprint, and a pin code to function. Oh, and it's under constant surveillance. We assume an electrified metal cage comes down around you and alerts a SWAT team if you get the pin code wrong, but then again, we're just guessing. So, tell us: Does California's first weed vending machine sound like a good idea?
Top Opinion
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Incognito 2012/04/25 16:30:50Rad
+25Our government claims that Marijuana is illegal because it is a health hazard. Meanwhile, cigarettes and alcohol, which are far worse for your health are legal. Not to mention pharmaceuticals, some food additives, and other things in our enviornment, remain to be huge obstacles to good health. So where is the logic?
Now I know how little red riding hood felt :-)
If there ever was a time in history to admit failure and retreat, the "War on Drugs" is it. 40 years and trillions of dollars, millions of otherwise normal productive people arrested and jailed, and for what? A drug that is far less harmful than alcohol and almost every prescription approved by the F.D.A.?
Grow up, get over it and go on with life. We have far more dangerous things to worry about than weed, specifically a Government who is removing our Constitutional rights on a daily basis. Now that's something to worry about!
My point is that the War on Drugs is a very expensive failure and that the Government does not have the right to tell us what to put in our bodies.