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

Have a beer..

It's not going to happen. I've had probably less than a dozen drinks (beers, shots, etc...) over the course of my life, and I'll be 40 this July. I don't find any need for it, nor do I find anything positive in the ingestion of alcoholic beverages.
 
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 was recently in Buenos Aires. And about 1 1/2 hours away is Uruguay. Pot in that country is 100% legal...no bars hold, no taxing conditions, no government control, no forbidden amounts. NOW THAT'S HOW IT NEEDS TO BE IN THE U.S.A.! Sorry, MMC, got carried away. And I don't smoke dope anymore, haven't in nearly 30 years. But for the 20 I did made up for the past 30. ;)

There's a difference in decriminalizing and truly legalizing. The way Colorado's law is setup...it's kind of somewhere on the continuum between decriminalizing and legalizing. They have a really strict licensing law. And there's a lot of legal strings attached.

I say, "Let'er rip tator chip". Degovernmentization is what's needed.
 
If I COULD get out of here, I would. One of the problems with Freedom is that it allows people to do things you don't like; which is why I'm not in favor of Freedom.

If you have two people (Jay and Bob) with opposite views about what is right and wrong, but they both agree that violators of their own ideas should be killed, who is determined to be right and who dies?
 
If you have two people (Jay and Bob) with opposite views about what is right and wrong, but they both agree that violators of their own ideas should be killed, who is determined to be right and who dies?

The one with the bigger gun and the greater willingness to use it.
 
Murder isn't against your morals?

It's not murder when the other person isn't a human being; and those people who don't agree with my morals aren't human beings. Problem solved.
 
It's not murder when the other person isn't a human being; and those people who don't agree with my morals aren't human beings. Problem solved.
It's not murder when they're killing someone that's doing something that you personally don't like. Maybe North Korea would take you. Seems like you'd dig it there.
 
It's not murder when they're killing someone that's doing something that you personally don't like. Maybe North Korea would take you. Seems like you'd dig it there.

Like the other two locations discussed earlier, they don't really care for Americans of any type.
 
Like the other two locations discussed earlier, they don't really care for Americans of any type.
I'd wager that you're not serious about your extreme position and just baiting the thread. No one in their right mind would consider North Korea as a place to move.
 
I'd wager that you're not serious about your extreme position and just baiting the thread. No one in their right mind would consider North Korea as a place to move.

Ask some of those who've been around here longer than you have. They'll tell you my position has been dead-on consistant the whold time I've been here.
 
So long as it works the way it should, it's in accordance with their laws, however much I think marijuana should not be legal.
 
Ask some of those who've been around here longer than you have. They'll tell you my position has been dead-on consistant the whold time I've been here.

Searching for utopia? Yes. Your utopian destination? Ever-changing.
 
COOL

I am not a big pot fan personally (makes me a bit paranoid)...but this is a fantastic symbol of victory for freedom.
 
If I COULD get out of here, I would. One of the problems with Freedom is that it allows people to do things you don't like; which is why I'm not in favor of Freedom.

What happens when things that you like to do are banned? The injustices you allow against others will become injustices made against you. When you use coercion and violence against people doing things you don't like, soon it will be turned around.
 
What happens when things that you like to do are banned? The injustices you allow against others will become injustices made against you. When you use coercion and violence against people doing things you don't like, soon it will be turned around.

I have three options:

1. Accept and abide by the rules
2. Ignore the rules and accept the consequences if caught
3. Leave the country.

It's not really all that difficult.
 
This has to be the dumbest idea ever.

You may as well have a vending machine with a hole you can stick your dick into, pop 3 bucks worth of quarters into the slot, have an automated mouth fellate you, and press a button that promises you're over 18.
 
This has to be the dumbest idea ever.

You may as well have a vending machine with a hole you can stick your dick into, pop 3 bucks worth of quarters into the slot, have an automated mouth fellate you, and press a button that promises you're over 18.
I take it you've never been to Hank's Adult books and novelties right off of route 41
 
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?

You can't take comments like these seriously, especially when they come from a poster like Tigger. People like this use these tactics to make themselves the topic of the thread, and the more preposterous their stance, the more attention they get. Like kids throwing a tantrum to get their way.
 
In Abu Dhabi they have vending machines which distribute solid gold bars. In America? Weed.

And we wonder why we're going down the crapper...
 
I was recently in Buenos Aires. And about 1 1/2 hours away is Uruguay. Pot in that country is 100% legal...no bars hold, no taxing conditions, no government control, no forbidden amounts. NOW THAT'S HOW IT NEEDS TO BE IN THE U.S.A.! Sorry, MMC, got carried away. And I don't smoke dope anymore, haven't in nearly 30 years. But for the 20 I did made up for the past 30. ;)

There's a difference in decriminalizing and truly legalizing. The way Colorado's law is setup...it's kind of somewhere on the continuum between decriminalizing and legalizing. They have a really strict licensing law. And there's a lot of legal strings attached.

I say, "Let'er rip tator chip". Degovernmentization is what's needed.



Heya RMind :2wave: thanks for that info. I did not know it was legal there. Also I don't think with this news that they show any less traffic with those who sell weed on the streets.
 
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