Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Cecilia's news


In America vending machines are starting to be placed around California. In these vending machines the drug marijuana can be bought. people trying to buy the drug will have to give a perscription and a fingerprint. The person will also have a picture taken of them. After they have given these things they are given a card wich can be put in the machine to buy the marijuana. They'll be greeted by a security guard right there. They'll slide the card in and they'll fingerprint in to verify that it's them," he was quoted by KWTX News 10 as saying."A camera takes a picture of them, verifying that they're actually at the machine. And they get the medicine and they move on." The operators think that the sight of a marijuana vending machine will become a common sight. Proponents say that marijuana is a valiable drug that helps realives pain. However, it remains banned by the 1970 Controlled Substances Act and the US federal government does not currently recognise any legitimate medical use.

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