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Marijuana Vending Machines Opening For Business in LA

gizmodo.com — To use them, you'll need to go with a prescription in hand, get fingerprinted and get a prepaid credit card that's loaded up with your dosage and what strain of weed you want. Yeah, no joke, the pharmacists in LA give you a choice between OG Kush and Granddaddy Purple.

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  • Demonol, on 01/24/2008, -56/+2Marijuana Vending machine?
    • DRINKxREDxBULL, on 01/24/2008, -2/+43Yes, that is what the title says.
    • banthis, on 01/24/2008, -2/+8Lol, Schwarzenegger sure wants some of that.
      (i had to google his name)
      • offspring06, on 01/25/2008, -1/+2Everytime I write his name I have to google it.
    • stubadub, on 01/24/2008, -2/+8I can see Demonol has already tried the new machine out.
  • 0rion16, on 01/24/2008, -13/+48I've always hated everything about LA, every shred of every last piece of silicon, but now its starting to grow on me. The only thing that would make this better is a bourbon and coke dispensor next to it.
    • gameforge, on 01/24/2008, -1/+27Or if they just put the weed machine in the liquor store... I always thought liquor stores would be the first to start selling pot when it's legalized.
    • badtz, on 01/24/2008, -7/+1....
    • Smiths, on 01/24/2008, -3/+16...or a hooker and coke dispenser instead.
    • Buddhaismybuddy, on 01/24/2008, -8/+4***** LA, I live in Nor Cal. And I would much rather go to the local cannabis club, all I gotta do is flash my cannabis card, and im lookin at display cases full of white widow, AK, purple nurple, strawberry cough and much more, not to mention all the hash, ganja food, oils, honey, butter, candy, tea, ***** the even have dog treats! and they even sell plants you can take home with you!
      • jus1haz2, on 01/24/2008, -1/+4Im hella curios what would it cost for like a 1.7 dub or an 1/8th? What are the prices like in those 'clubs'?
        • Buddhaismybuddy, on 01/24/2008, -0/+3it depends they only sell in grams and 1/8ths, usually $40-50 for an 1/8, the best stuff is always at least $50, then its $11-15 a gram. I went in yesterday and they had some outdoor on sale(yes the have sales on their pot) for $25 an 1/8
          • popfrogs, on 01/25/2008, -0/+2***** sounds expensive. I'll stick with some designer weed around here at those prices.
          • senatorpjt, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1I thought legalization was supposed to lower the price?
          • RunnyBabbit, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1@senatorpit

            Outright legalization would increase the available supply. At the moment, it's legal in an isolated area, meaning demand is much much higher than supply.
          • Barbosa, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1Oh my God! I really am wasting my life living in Virginia. Same price for the good here, but to get it without fear like that sounds like heaven.
        • XxN3RDC0R3xX, on 01/25/2008, -1/+2Did you really just ask how much a dub would cost? (Hint: it costs dub)
      • funk49, on 01/24/2008, -0/+3FYI...also LA has ***** of dispensaries that sell the same damn strains ala Sour Diesel, Trainwreck, every Kush known to man, as well as Ear Wax, kief, edibles, butters, blah, blah.
        • Buddhaismybuddy, on 01/24/2008, -2/+2I know that, LA still blows. now it just smells a little better
      • Audacitor, on 01/24/2008, -1/+4I had no idea we so many drug enthusiasts on Digg. I feel...cool!
        • AttilaD, on 01/26/2008, -0/+1Drug enthusiasts? Oh, you mean anyone who went to college in the past 10-30 years?
      • ngmcs8203, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1The candy and food items were the best. Did all of the candy bars get taken out after that bust a few months back?
      • JoeVet, on 01/25/2008, -0/+3How difficult is it to get a prescription there? Do you have to have a particular diagnosis or can you ask for a script like you ask for ambion?
    • laserob, on 01/24/2008, -2/+9LA=Louisiana
      L.A.=Los Angeles
    • The_Dude, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1Try just having Bourbon with just a bunch of ice. As it melts in with the Bourbon...well, le'ts just say you won't be missing the Coke. What? A weed machine? Yeah, put one in my neighborhood please. Couple blocks away.
  • TalaBAM, on 01/24/2008, -3/+29Balls.
  • stronglikedan, on 01/24/2008, -3/+65They better lock these down better than ATMs.
    Mary Jane FTW!!!
    • skyshock1, on 01/24/2008, -4/+2Not if they legalized it. Then no theft would be needed.
      • marktastic, on 01/24/2008, -2/+12Because people don't steal legal things?
  • floridiot2, on 01/24/2008, -1/+306I think it would be wise to put a snack machine next to it.
    • LogicBomB, on 01/24/2008, -1/+25and 10 minutes up the road as well.
    • jakeou812, on 01/24/2008, -25/+1Uh, no. Then people would do smack. And unlike weed, smack is actually bad for you.

      I think they should put kkk headquarters next to your church.
      • Seifey, on 01/24/2008, -0/+20Somebody's high..
      • Magnus150, on 01/25/2008, -0/+6wait...what?
      • popfrogs, on 01/25/2008, -0/+8He said SNACK machine, not SMACK machine, you *****.

        Someone remove his Digg membership.
    • zephyr42, on 01/24/2008, -2/+4I would love to see the pictures where the feds knock over a vending machine.... you know they'd feel dumb.
    • DIGGAGE, on 01/27/2008, -0/+1Hell yeah munchy food
  • matthewdestroys, on 01/24/2008, -6/+29sponsored by snoop.
  • 10goto10, on 01/24/2008, -4/+73Damn, that's one machine I wouldn't mind getting a second bag if the first gets stuck between the tray and the glass.
  • Djokuuskaj, on 01/24/2008, -14/+5http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaucoma .. study it.
  • goldni0020, on 01/24/2008, -15/+4jah jah jahhhh

    whos coming to cali??
    whos with me?
  • legoalert33, on 01/24/2008, -3/+20Where is the display case?
    • ep53, on 01/24/2008, -1/+4You think they would only have a plate of glass between a few $000's worth of weed?
  • S3dative, on 01/24/2008, -4/+147Just legalize it already geez
  • christopheles, on 01/24/2008, -17/+8Coming soon to the world of tomorrow: The Delicious Crack vending machine
    • Rysac1, on 01/24/2008, -1/+9Come on, man. Don't hold out on me like this!!!!
  • statrick, on 01/24/2008, -3/+18hmm OG Kush or Granddaddy Purple.... haha topic this thing is pretty epic.
  • Albear89, on 01/24/2008, -13/+3potheads:)
  • whyufail, on 01/24/2008, -17/+5How long before some stoned out frat ***** drive a car into one, rob it, and speed off? I'd say about a few seconds after they took that shot.
    • gameforge, on 01/24/2008, -0/+8Probably a while, since they're in isolated rooms with armed security guards.
    • zephc, on 01/24/2008, -1/+36Speeding while stoned? Aggressive behavior while stoned? Have you even *been* stoned before?
    • Magnus150, on 01/25/2008, -1/+4Dude, when I'm stoned I wouldn't be able to figure out how rob the thing, let alone speed off!
    • tonycomputerguy, on 01/25/2008, -1/+3Sounds like someone is just upset about never being invited to a frat party. First off, zephc FTW, second, do you hear of a lot of drunk "frat *****" as you put it, driving their cars into liquor stores and stealing all the booze? It's just as easy for a frat to get a bag of weed as it is for them to get a keg. There are as many, if not more, people in this country who smoke pot as there are who drink. People who drink are a lot more likely to have a negative impact (drunk driving pun intended) on your life than those who smoke. It's sad that you've decided to believe the propaganda that's been shoved down your throat by school/parents/tv/government instead of finding out for yourself, even if it's not your thing, doesn't mean every user is an evil "reefer madness" style maniac who'll kill someone for their next high. Prohibition DOES NOT WORK, you might understand that if you were capable of independent thought.
      • AttilaD, on 01/26/2008, -0/+1I didn't read all that, but YEAH!!!!
  • MrVW, on 01/24/2008, -3/+10i cant wait for one of those youtube videos telling you how to hack on of these machines :P. its only a matter of time, especially when the technical manual gets leaked
    • acidbass, on 01/24/2008, -0/+5in calif, they are ok with you growing a few plants so long as you dont start up a business. So i dont think people will risk breaking the law when they can get it for free.
    • gameforge, on 01/24/2008, -0/+4See thread directly above. They will be staffed with security guards.
    • AttilaD, on 01/26/2008, -0/+1Step 1: hax0r Diebold voting machine to get Cheech elected president....
  • lukeduke, on 01/24/2008, -8/+25Snack machine with weed....soon to come the energy drink machine with meth
    • acidbass, on 01/24/2008, -4/+2yo
    • ChromaVita, on 01/24/2008, -1/+12POWER THIRST! IT'S LIKE CRYSTAL METH IN A CAN!
      IT'S CRYSTAL METH IN A CAN!
      POWER THIRST IS CRYSTAL METH!
      • Skootles, on 01/25/2008, -1/+2You want strawberry? Well how about RAWBERRY!?
    • mattsegal, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1practically already exists
  • s4g4n, on 01/24/2008, -6/+2Computer hackers smoking weed for free, ha!
  • BannedTwice, on 01/24/2008, -35/+5***** druggies..... sad just sad.
    • gameforge, on 01/24/2008, -3/+18What, do stoners hang out on your lawn or something? What do you care?
    • zephc, on 01/24/2008, -2/+12Yeah! ***** druggie chemo patients!
      /sarc
    • acidbass, on 01/24/2008, -0/+11so people that get medicine prescribed by a doctor are just sad to you? ok got it.
      • Pillage, on 01/24/2008, -2/+5Yet they don't want it prescribed in pill form.
      • solid12345, on 01/24/2008, -4/+4How many medical marijuana patients truly need it? Most are scrubs with restless leg syndrome scamming the system.
        • gameforge, on 01/24/2008, -4/+3All of them need it, and many, many millions more as well. "The system" doesn't know WTF it's doing, remember?
    • drakethegreat, on 01/24/2008, -1/+2With comments like those and a name like that, you must really be a hit at the party!
  • GhostyBoy, on 01/24/2008, -1/+24But then I'd be paranoid that they have my fingerprints....
    • Memitim, on 01/25/2008, -1/+14For the convenience of buying weed from a vending machine with a credit card, they can have a full color print of my ballsack.
  • tonaros, on 01/24/2008, -0/+7I'd have thought San Francisco would be first.
  • AndrewDB, on 01/24/2008, -1/+56I'm still waiting for a Clean Prostitute vending machine.
    • SemiSarcastic, on 01/24/2008, -1/+3I hear they started setting some up in Las Vegas.
    • Pillage, on 01/24/2008, -0/+18In today's lesson, AndrewDB gives us an example of an oxymoron.
      • AndrewDB, on 01/24/2008, -1/+5I had to digg you up for the laugh you gave me. :)
    • danarama, on 01/24/2008, -5/+1gross
    • th3B3n, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1I concur. Nobody likes a gross vending machine!
  • TimeLincoln, on 01/24/2008, -1/+7What a waste of money, lol. Seriously 2 guards round the clock!? Why not just have it in the back of the pharmacy.
    • paganize, on 01/25/2008, -2/+1I'm just guessing here, but...
      I would guess that the armed guards are for 2 things; 1, to prevent people robbing the machine. and 2, to prevent federal agents from just standing next to it; maybe it's in a very small room, and "fire code" will say there is a 1-person occupancy limit. That way, when the users come out, the feds will have to invent a charge to arrest them.
  • baalzebub, on 01/24/2008, -2/+8Kush or Trainwreck FTW!!!
    http://boingboing.net/images/budshomer-1.jpg
  • hotspot102, on 01/24/2008, -3/+17you people talk, like people are chronically addicted to pot. The number of people, who are addictive to alcohol far out numbers those who smoke pot. I dont hear people suggesting "o how long before that new liquor store on the corner gets robbed."
    • irstoopd, on 01/24/2008, -4/+8That's because the number of people that are addicted to alcohol die. Marijuana almost prolongs life, I mean, you're in a safe environment (ie the couch), doing low stress activities (ie games). You're dealing with something that decreases every day due to alcohol, and people who don't die due to weed.
    • Barbosa, on 01/25/2008, -1/+1it's not pot addicts I'm worried about (since pot is not addictive), it's the greedy ***** who rob to make money who would do something ***** like knock over a dispensary.
  • EntropyGun, on 01/24/2008, -2/+14I'm predicting a glaucoma outbreak, like around Monday.
  • hycalvinc, on 01/24/2008, -0/+3meet Holland :)
  • Joeyg50, on 01/24/2008, -0/+6California Love!!!
    • SaiaRiddle, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1We sure know how to party, that's for sure. In the citaaay of L.A. and good 'ol watts, etc, etc.
  • RetlawST, on 01/24/2008, -2/+27I give 10 years before California secedes from the union, Oregon and Washington to follow closely.
    • funk49, on 01/24/2008, -2/+3I seriously doubt that Washington would sit idly by and watch the world's 5 largest economy secede from the Union.
    • skyshock1, on 01/24/2008, -2/+2... and rejoins Mexico.
    • leftnutz, on 01/25/2008, -0/+2Yeah, because it worked out really well for Texas... (The south shall rise again!!)
    • Barbosa, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1What about Vermont? Thats the only state that I know of even marginally considering leaving...
  • SemiSarcastic, on 01/24/2008, -3/+3It will go great with that new energy drink Cocaine that came out recently.
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=2sidokz6ltk
    • capiCrimm, on 01/24/2008, -1/+3Cocaine no longer uses the name "Cocaine"(FDA or someone didn't like it). It's "Write Name Here" or something similar. Second, that's all it has going for it. It only has 280ml of caffeine, and they put stuff in it to make it "burn". Where my favorite drink Wired X 344 has 344ml in a can($.99 around here). They even have a large can Wired X 505 with 505ml. Not as cool a name, but it works better. Until tolerance kicks in at least.
  • wishninja, on 01/24/2008, -4/+6Solves a few problems. No worries about the feds busting down your door and shooting your children. No worries about the feds claiming that you are selling without a script if you have to have a card to get it out of the machine. And easy access for the people with disabilities. I hope it catches on.
    • SemiSarcastic, on 01/24/2008, -3/+12Yeah my uncle being a retired cop shot ALOT of children in drug raids. He told me that unfortunately its just wired into police officers the moment they join the force. They just really can't stop themselves from shooting those children!
      • unjustend, on 01/24/2008, -1/+5Just have to lead them a little less.
        • th3B3n, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1* is going to hell for laughing his ass off at these 2 comments
      • wishninja, on 01/26/2008, -0/+1It happened in my hometown last weekend. No weapons, no drugs, the guy they was looking for was not even there. The cops knew there were going to be children there and the police went in with guns blazing shot a mother holding her infant baby. Murdered the mother and wounded the baby. With the paramilitary mindset of the police these days it is difficult to know what the police will do.
        Here is the link: http://www.limaohio.com/story.php?IDnum=47620
  • Atom, on 01/24/2008, -2/+3I think I'll stick with my starbucks style MJ Cafe. 1qt Purple Mist and an 8x Chocolate Bar, To Go Please
  • mawh, on 01/24/2008, -0/+5original: http://www.thrillist.com/archives/2008/01/worlds_f ...
  • fattymcgee311, on 01/24/2008, -0/+2Now Tom Cruise can get weed even more easily through a scientologists' prescription. Get him on Letterman, QUICK!
    • alkaline213, on 01/25/2008, -0/+2Who cares about Tom Cruise? But since you brought it up, I'm sure he has enough money to bet as much weed as he wants w/o a scrip.
  • acidbass, on 01/24/2008, -13/+4Oh My God! A vending machine with pot and a vending machine with snacks together? Ha ha ha, thats so funny, Thats like having a Bible vending machine next to a kiddie porn vending machine.
    • Jukaal, on 01/24/2008, -0/+9If I understand your analogy correctly then reading the bible makes you want to look at kiddie porn?
    • Chassit, on 01/24/2008, -1/+2Huh?
    • drkroman9, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1zing!
  • SilverBack101, on 01/24/2008, -3/+3$50 Bucks someone will be able to break into it and prescribe themselves some good weed.
    • razorsedge555, on 01/24/2008, -0/+3When did potheads ever have the energy to break into anything?
  • Albear89, on 01/24/2008, -1/+3I meant potheads inthe good way .. gosh! =P
  • saralovemuffins, on 01/24/2008, -2/+6"In the future, the machines may also be outfitted to sell other popular drugs such as Viagra, Vicodin and Propecia. Combine all four for a really interesting night that'll also slowly grow your hair back!"
  • Pillage, on 01/24/2008, -13/+2Isn't Pot bad for you? Just sayin...
    • JKinney, on 01/24/2008, -2/+5I'm way too high laugh at you.
    • 5lack3r, on 01/24/2008, -1/+2Says who, exactly?
      • Pillage, on 01/24/2008, -3/+2says the guy who sees the people's who's brains have been fried by it. And their lungs, and throat, and mouth, and teeth, er need I go on?
    • RunnyBabbit, on 01/25/2008, -0/+2If you aren't a ***** retard, it can't hurt you.

      I have known some ***** retards, unfortunately. They went to about 30% of their first semester college classes and never signed up for another. So they laid around the apartment until eventually our lease was up, and they moved back in with their parents. It gets worse but it's bad enough at that.
  • platinumrod, on 01/24/2008, -0/+3Cool idea, maybe Amsterdam coffeeshops will buy some of these. Tourists usually like to see the goods up close though, so maybe just a novelty
  • uselessexpert, on 01/24/2008, -0/+3The lines for those vending machines are going to be loooooooooong!
  • Spanktacular, on 01/24/2008, -1/+1Great! Now you can be fired for simply taking your medicine from the same vending machine, too!
  • YvesKlein, on 01/24/2008, -0/+14That's Dope.
  • FreeZyp0pS, on 01/24/2008, -0/+0Amazing........im sooo excited....
  • greenriver572, on 01/24/2008, -0/+3in other news multiple robberies occur near marijuana vending machines in LA. no money was taken, just the green.
  • razorsedge555, on 01/24/2008, -3/+5The voters in Arizona legalized medical mary jane and a number of other drugs several years ago. All that was required was a doctor's signature. Then the legislature told us we didn't know what we were voting for. Meanwhile legal pot was sold in front of the '96 Superbowl. Those were the days.
  • MovieQuest, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1It looks like the monolith from "2001"
  • solid12345, on 01/24/2008, -1/+2Will this be next to the Malt Liquor, bling-bling and the .44 magnum vending machines?
  • rjn17960, on 01/24/2008, -1/+9Let's hope these are as secure as our Diebold voting machines
  • bcnl, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1I don't get why people spend so much money on the dispensaries (the used to be called "compassion clubs" but you can't really be all that compassionate when you're selling for $80 for 1/8th) when it's so much simpler to just grow your own. There are plenty of ways to maintain 4-9 discrete plants and supply yourself with everything you need/want.
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