marijuana vending machine

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A marijuana vending machine is a vending machine for selling or dispensing cannabis. They are currently in use in the United States{{cite web | title=Seattle gets a marijuana vending machine | website=USA Today | date=February 4, 2015 | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/02/04/seattle-pot-vending-machine/22817375/ | access-date=June 5, 2017}} and Canada{{cite web | last=McElroy | first=Justin | title=Vancouver dispensary, home to Canada's first marijuana vending machine, vows to stay open | website=Global News | date=April 27, 2016 | url=http://globalnews.ca/news/2666093/vancouver-dispensary-home-to-canadas-first-marijuana-vending-machine-vows-to-stay-open/ | access-date=June 5, 2017}}{{cite web | title=Marijuana easily 'dispensed' in Vancouver, fifth estate finds | website=CBC News | date=February 2, 2015 | url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/medical-marijuana-easily-dispensed-in-vancouver-1.2938574 | access-date=June 5, 2017}} and some may be located in secure rooms in marijuana dispensaries. Some may be operated by employees after a fingerprint scan is obtained from the patient.{{cite web|url=http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/03/20/marijuana-vending-machines-popping-up-at-california-pot-clubs/|title=Marijuana Vending Machines Popping Up At California Pot Clubs " CBS San Francisco|publisher=Sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com |date=2013-03-20 |accessdate=2013-10-19}}{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/09/marijuana-vending-machines_n_3405314.html|title=Marijuana Vending Machines, Stoner Fantasy, May Become Industry Norm |publisher=Huffingtonpost.com |date=2013-06-09|accessdate=2013-10-19}} In Canada in 2013, marijuana vending machines were planned to be used in centres that cultivate the drug.{{cite news |url=http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/10/16/pot-vending-machines-to-start-rolling-into-canada-after-firm-partners-with-u-s-company/ |title= The pot vending machine's first foreign market? Canada, of course, 'a seed for the rest of the world' |publisher= National Post |author= Blackwell, Tom |date= 2013-10-16|accessdate= 2013-12-04}} At least three companies are developing the vending machines.

In 2019, a cannabis vending machine was installed in Athens, Greece, for low-THC CBD cannabis products.{{Cite web|url=https://greece.greekreporter.com/2019/02/06/first-cannabis-vending-machine-installed-in-athens|title = First Cannabis Vending Machine Installed in Athens|date = 6 February 2019}}