california will never cease to amaze me!!

http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/01/hot-button-medi.html?loc=interstitialskip

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"Hot button: Medical marijuana vending machines open in L.A. Americans who have traveled to Japan are no doubt familiar with the ubiquitous jidoohanbaiki: standalone vending machines that dispense soft drinks, coffee, food, comic books, paperbacks, clothing (including underwear and stockings), videos, CDs, jewelry, flowers — and booze (beer, whiskey, sake). California went a big step further today: Vending machines that dispense medical marijuana. The first two were activated today in Los Angeles at licensed cannabis clubs. State voters approved doctor-prescribed marijuana in 1996 for patients suffering serious pain or nausea who don't get relief from other drugs. (Here's background on medical marijuana in California.) This is how the AVMs — Anytime Vending Machines — work: • Customers bring their prescriptions for approval at the AVMs, housed in enclosed room guarded 24/7. • They are fingerprinted and photographed. • They receive a pre-paid credit carded loaded with their individual profiles. • They choose their dosage (3.5 grams or 7 grams) and one of five strains of marijuana. • The marijuana is in capsule form and dispensed in vacuum-sealed packages. • They can buy no more than 1 ounce a week. Anticipated future vending: Viagra, Vicodin, Propecia and anti-depressants. (Seriously.) The BBC can tell you more. Here's a clip from CBS News:"

1/30/2008 1:31:28 PM

I wonder if this story has changed any since I read a thread about it on TWW 2 weeks ago

1/30/2008 1:33:39 PM

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1/30/2008 1:35:01 PM

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1/30/2008 1:40:59 PM

pm a link to this thread to DrSteveChaos...its his most important issue this election

1/30/2008 1:43:13 PM

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1/30/2008 1:54:36 PM