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Worlds First Cannabis Vending Machine Unveiled in Colorado.....

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A dispensary in Colorado is making the most of the state’s recent legalisation of cannabis by introducing the world’s first marijuana vending machines.

The machine, called ZaZZZ, will work in a similar way to cigarette machines but includes new technology that requires would-be tokers to scan their driving licence (or other, similar documentation) before they can access the goods.

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Multiple cameras attached to the machine make sure the person swiping the card is definitely its owner and will deny access if there is no obvious match.

American Green, the creator of the ZaZZZ, has labelled it "an automated, age-verifying, climate-controlled marijuana dispensing machine."

For the moment, the automated dispensary is only for medical marijuana users, of which there are 2.5 million in the US, but plans are afoot to update them for full commercial use and to include "edibles" such as brownies and cookies.

The unveiling of the machine comes on the heels of news that Colorado collected £1.2 million in taxes from recreational marijuana suppliers in January; the suppliers themselves rung up $14 million in sales......

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I never thought I would see the day. When they came out with Vending Machines to sell Marijuana. But here it is.....April 14 2014.

For myself.....I am not against those that are into Marijuana. Medical or recreational. But I do think there has been some falsehoods put out there with the legalization of it. Moreover here Right before the final deadline on taxes, Colorado releases these numbers and is celebrating over them. Now while they gained revenue thru this endeavor. IMO the numbers are not all that great. 1.2 Mil in taxes. I am wondering the cost of legalization and with regulation, what the percentage is on if they are in the red or actually gained.

The next step is to have these machines for recreational users. Already some are saying they have them in Bars ready to go. Yet have not sold thru this means due to the law. Now while I believe there is more good that is associated with Marijuana.....I have some concerns about access to it by Kids. Granted, I was a kid when I first came into contact with it and began growing up with it. Vending machines.....to me presents a problem with this. As this opens up businesses to more possibilities with crime. As in theft.....armed and unarmed. Despite the concern we know it will end up becoming a reality.

So.....then I would be adamant about No Vending machines being placed in Businesses around schools. What is your take upon the matter and what say ye?
 
I think it's pretty neat.

So.....then I would be adamant about No Vending machines being placed in Businesses around schools

That won't help at all. If the kids are that set on trying something stupid with the machines, it won't matter how close they are.
 
Just another reason to never step foot in Colorado again, or Washington State (for the first time), when crap like this comes along.
 
Pennsylvania used to have wine vending machines that did pretty much the same thing. The were later removed when people stopped trying to use them. Government requirements were so onerous that you had to put in your license and blow into a receptacle and if you "passed" you could select your wine.
 
Pennsylvania used to have wine vending machines that did pretty much the same thing. The were later removed when people stopped trying to use them. Government requirements were so onerous that you had to put in your license and blow into a receptacle and if you "passed" you could select your wine.

That's another commodity I would never agree to having in a vending machine.... alcohol.
 
That's another commodity I would never agree to having in a vending machine.... alcohol.

I bet you are against those condom machines in the men's room too.

When the state is being challenged for their control of alcohol, they begin to seek small compromises to maintain their monopoly.
 
I bet you are against those condom machines in the men's room too.

When the state is being challenged for their control of alcohol, they begin to seek small compromises to maintain their monopoly.

Yes I am.

State control of alcohol, like marijuana, should come down to one issue.... One bullet or two for anyone found posessing the ****.
 
Until this guy gets a hold of them. (stealing an ATM)

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The Chinese must be rubbing their hands in joy thinking about millions of Americans high on weed.
 
The Chinese must be rubbing their hands in joy thinking about millions of Americans high on weed.

Yep. Just more worthless, useless, and unproductive Americans. Not like that's anything new in the last 50 years.
 
Yes I am.

State control of alcohol, like marijuana, should come down to one issue.... One bullet or two for anyone found posessing the ****.

Death penalty for alcohol consumption. You've got to be kidding me...
 
Death penalty for alcohol consumption. You've got to be kidding me...

Nope. I see absolutely no positive in the allowance of consumptive alcohol or any tobacco products nor is there a need for marijuana or any other illicit drug.
 
Nope. I see absolutely no positive in the allowance of consumptive alcohol or any tobacco products nor is there a need for marijuana or any other illicit drug.

I couldn't give a flying leap what you think. It's my choice to make. If I want to drink beer and smoke weed, I can do so as long as I don't harm others. Locking people up for victimless crimes is bad enough, but the death penalty?
 
A dispensary in Colorado is making the most of the state’s recent legalisation of cannabis by introducing the world’s first marijuana vending machines.

The machine, called ZaZZZ, will work in a similar way to cigarette machines but includes new technology that requires would-be tokers to scan their driving licence (or other, similar documentation) before they can access the goods.

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Cool.
 
I couldn't give a flying leap what you think.

Nor have I ever had anyone show me a positive benefit to the use of any of those substances, though I see on an almost daily basis the negatives of each and every one of them.

It's my choice to make.....

Which is why I don't believe in personal choices, or Freedom.
 
Yes I am.

State control of alcohol, like marijuana, should come down to one issue.... One bullet or two for anyone found posessing the ****.

And don't forget anyone swearing/cursing. The state should control that too. Oh, and anything that is sweet that isn't using high fructose corn syrup. Sugar is bad too!

Maybe we should just start aborting those with bad parents or without two good ones. Those people will cause most of the problems in the world anyway.

I'm sure you are with me on those things too. Or are you one of those progressive conservatives?
 
Nor have I ever had anyone show me a positive benefit to the use of any of those substances, though I see on an almost daily basis the negatives of each and every one of them.



Which is why I don't believe in personal choices, or Freedom.

You need to stop coddling people and let them make their own bad choices. Are we adults, or children?
 
Not a bad idea, for those who need that midnight toke, as long as the verification aspect holds up.
 
The Chinese must be rubbing their hands in joy thinking about millions of Americans high on weed.

No, that's Taco Bell you're thinking about.
 
And don't forget anyone swearing/cursing. The state should control that too. Oh, and anything that is sweet that isn't using high fructose corn syrup. Sugar is bad too!

Cursing, definitely. With the sugar, I'm more on the side of just letting them get Diabetes and then have to pay for their own care; but I could see a ban as well.

Maybe we should just start aborting those with bad parents or without two good ones. Those people will cause most of the problems in the world anyway.

I'm all for not allowing those parents to get pregnant in the first place, nevermind allowing the abortions.


You need to stop coddling people and let them make their own bad choices. Are we adults, or children?

Good question. We SHOULD be adults, but I still see children in my age group (I'll be 40 this summer). I see two "adult" women in my fiance's family who are nothing more than children. Zero jobs, 7 kids, and 1 husband among them. There's another sister who's 22 going on 14. No job. No interest in getting out there and doing anything. Not even finding herself a husband to settle down with. She's perfectly fine sitting at home, mooching off her adoptive parents forever.
 
I think it's pretty neat.



That won't help at all. If the kids are that set on trying something stupid with the machines, it won't matter how close they are.


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Well it would help keep it away from around the schools.....although truthfully I was looking schools like Junior High and Elementary schools. Wouldn't work with high Schools as some kids have drivers licenses.

Kids are distracted enough as is.....smoking weed isn't going to help them with wanting to learn and to treat education with Importance for their lives. To many kids today talk about education and accepting the way things are.
 
The Chinese must be rubbing their hands in joy thinking about millions of Americans high on weed.

You know China has an enormous narcotics problem? This is a country that literally abuts the Golden Triangle. I think we can suffer people's recreational use of marijuana.
 
Cursing, definitely. With the sugar, I'm more on the side of just letting them get Diabetes and then have to pay for their own care; but I could see a ban as well.

Right, lets just ban everything. That will create a utopia in which everyone is moral and everything I don't like just disappears.

Good question. We SHOULD be adults, but I still see children in my age group (I'll be 40 this summer). I see two "adult" women in my fiance's family who are nothing more than children. Zero jobs, 7 kids, and 1 husband among them. There's another sister who's 22 going on 14. No job. No interest in getting out there and doing anything. Not even finding herself a husband to settle down with. She's perfectly fine sitting at home, mooching off her adoptive parents forever.

That would be because people like you alleviate all personal responsibility any given adult has. In your eyes, other people are nothing but children that have to be coddled by the government for the rest of their life. Don't eat junk. If you lose your job, I'll give you money. Don't say "potty words". At this point, I'm not so sure if I even moved out of my parent's house. It seems to me like I just got assigned a new set of parents. Whatever happened to personal responsibility and self-ownership?
 
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Hello :2wave:

I was looking schools like Junior High and Elementary schools.

Perhaps, though I still don't think that will help. Besides, elementary schoolers are not allowed to leave the campus without adult supervision. I think middle schools are like that too.

Kids are distracted enough as is.....smoking weed isn't going to help them with wanting to learn and to treat education with Importance for their lives. To many kids today talk about education and accepting the way things are.

Yeah, kids probably shouldn't be smoking weed. But instituting a bunch of insane laws and regulations will not help the situation, and will likely just make things worse. What you suggested sounds good on paper, but when instituted it will create messy and unnecessary bureaucracy.
 
Right, lets just ban everything. That will create a utopia in which everyone is moral and everything I don't like just disappears.

No. It would create a Utopia where people are held accountable for their actions compared to what IS Right rather than what THEY WANT TO BE Right.

That would be because people like you alleviate all personal responsibility any given adult has. In your eyes, other people are nothing but children that have to be coddled by the government for the rest of their life. Don't eat junk. If you lose your job, I'll give you money. Don't say "potty words". At this point, I'm not so sure if I even moved out of my parent's house. It seems to me like I just got assigned a new set of parents. Whatever happened to personal responsibility and self-ownership?

We don't allevaite personal responsibility. We're simply reacting to the fact that the vast, extreme super-majority of Americans have proven that they have no willingness or capability of living a properly moral life when left to their own devices. It should be up to society to enforce that morality, but American society no longer even bothers to try to do that. Therefore only the Government is left to fill that void.

When you moved out of your parent's house you should have gotten a new "parent", though the more common title for Him is HUSBAND.
 
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