February 7th, 2008 by Peter Bonginelli
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Source: Los Angeles Daily News
Los Angeles, CA — Vending machines have long been used to hawk everything from Skittles and sandwiches to juice and java, but now one is being used to offer a new product: medical marijuana. Not just anyone can pop some coins in and get some bud. The machine, developed by Los Angeles medical-marijuana dispensary owner Vincent Mehdizadeh, gives up to an ounce of pot per week only to preapproved patients.
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February 3rd, 2008 by Peter Bonginelli
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For years, the preferred method of smoking by stoner’s worldwide has been the bong. A bong, which consists of a long tube normally filled with water and containing a down stem and slide (bowl) works like most pipes. You light the contents of the bowl to about 1000° Fahrenheit combusting the leaf as well as any desirable chemicals. No more in the 21st century. A new breed of smoking device known as the vaporizer has hit the scene, and Cheech and Chong may be able to put down to bong in favor of a healthier solution.
While a bong works at 1000°, delta-9 tetrahydracannibinol (the active ingredient in marijuana) has an evaporation temperature of about 280°. The carcinogens in marijuana as well as most of the tar don’t evaporate until a temperature of about 450°. A vaporizer works by heating the marijuana to between 370°-390°, effectively evaporating all of the delta-9 tetrahydracannibinol, while leaving the tar and carcinogens untouched. This allows one to smoke without consuming the toxins associated with smoking, but also without the majority of the smell. Needless to say, this has been all the rage in college dorms across the country. Here are a couple of the popular ones
The Volcano Vaporizer: This bad boy is the king of vaporizers currently available. It currently costs around $500 but it vaporizes like an old school bong. You can check them out here.
The Vapir Digital Vaporizer: These vaporizers are handheld, portable, and better yet affordable. They have even come out with one model that is powered by batteries. You can check them out here.
With all these new methods of smoking that are no longer harmful to one’s body, it is hard not to ask the question “why is weed still illegal?” Recent articles have shown that marijuana may increase brain growth as well as the installation of the first marijuana vending machines in Los Angelis. Either way, vaporizers are sure to become the new bong of the 21st century. They are inconspicuous, clean, and affordable, and nothing is better than saving your lungs from cancer.
February 3rd, 2008 by Peter Bonginelli
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Shit, you can now buy weed out of vending machines!. As of monday, anyone with a medical condition can go to their local pot machine and get everything from kush to purple haze. Unfortunately, the electronic drug dealers will not be out on the street and are closely guarded by security. You need a valid prescription for pot in hand before you will be allowed to use the machine.
What is this country coming to? California has not only passed legislation against the will of the federal government by legalizing medicinal pot, but they are commercializing it as well, in vending machines. I can’t remember the last time I saw a vending machine that still sold cigarettes. It brings hope that the 21st century may eventually be a pot-friendly age.
Eventually everything from pot candy bars, to pot lollipops and pot soda will be available in marijuana vending machines at local cannabis clubs. It is also suspected that the machines will soon be selling other drugs such as Viagra and Vicoden.
Source: Los Angeles Daily News 
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