Marijuana can now be bought from vending machines on the streets of California, the BBC reported this week.
Providing users have a prescription, the drug can now be obtained for health reasons from special machines. These machines, protected by a security guard, require specific checks: a special card, fingerprinting, eye scans and a verifying photograph before allowing patients use of the machine.
The Future?
Operators believe this to be a break through and have a vision of a future where prescription drug vending machines are common place.
Marijuana is used medicinally to mainly relieve pain and stimulate appetite and according to a survey by the International Journal of Clinical Practice, 70% of patients in the UK said:
"cannabis significantly relieved their symptoms."-BBC
Eleven US states controversially identify the use of marijuana for health reasons, whilst the US Government continues to ignore the medicinal benefits of Marijuana, being banned by the 1970 Controlled substances act.
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