Colorado has a new vending machine, only it’ doesn’t sell food or drink – it sells marijuana.
While similar machines do exist in some states where marijuana is approved for medicinal treatment, this current model is the only machine produced for recreational use. The green ZaZZZ machine will aim to use
Stephen Shearin, CEO of the machine’s parent company, Tranzbyte, has described the ZaZZZ machine as:
‘An automated, age-verifying, climate-controlled marijuana dispensing machine.’
In an interview with 9News, Shearin aimed to address the security issue with a marijuana vending machine, saying:
“[It] would swipe their driver’s license at which point multiple cameras would allow us to use some advanced biometrics to make absolutely certain that the person who swiped the card is the owner of that card.”
Shearin believes this technique is fool-proof against selling marijuana to minors.
Colorado began allowing the sale of recreational marijuana on January 1 to anyone age 21 or older.
Residents can now buy marijuana like alcohol – except the cannabis purchase is limited to an ounce.
Looks like Colorado is the new Amsterdam so.
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