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Mark Hoofnagle has a MD and PhD in physiology from the University of Virginia, and is now a general surgery resident. His interest in denialism concerns the use of denialist tactics to confuse public understanding of scientific knowledge.
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Only in California
Category: Wasting your time
Posted on: January 24, 2008 5:39 PM, by MarkH
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Man, that reminds me of Futurama's "Delicious Crack" vending machines. Life imitates art, perhaps?
Posted by: Turcano | January 24, 2008 8:01 PM
Don't Bogart that vending machine!
Posted by: Ian | January 25, 2008 8:15 AM
Once you have the credit card in hand, you can enter the "standalone room" that is "protected by round-the-clock security guards." Then you can run home in glee at having paid for weed. from. a. vending. machine.
LOL! Not quite up to the Futurama Delicious Crack level yet, but we will have to wait and see what the future holds! LOL!
Dave Briggs :~)
Posted by: Dave Briggs | January 25, 2008 11:08 AM
So how long before the Feds put it on a stake-out and arrest the owner for distribution of a prohibited narcotic? Some states allow medical use, but its still illegal at the federal level, and there have been numerous occasions of the FBI raiding state-licenced growers and distributers.
Posted by: Suricou Raven | February 2, 2008 5:53 AM
OOH!?! I can't wait for that to hit Oregon. Talk about making life easier.
It would go well next to one of those vending machines that sells ramen, with a hot water spigot, or Orac's Kosher foods machine. Think of the vending machine mall possibilities.
Posted by: DuWayne | February 4, 2008 3:49 PM
LOL thats will be the best part of this year for all the weed smokers out there.
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