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A marijuana vending machine is a vending machine for selling or dispensing marijuana. They are currently in use in the United States. In the United States, they are normally located in secure rooms in medical marijuana dispensaries. They are operated by employees after a fingerprint scan is obtained from the patient. In Canada, marijuana vending machines are planned to be used in centres that cultivate the drug.

Development of machines

At least three companies are developing the vending machines.

Endexx Corp. (ticker symbol: EDXC) has recently acquired two smaller companies to merge their respective technologies into a marijuana vending machine. The first acquisition, called Cann-Can LLC, was announced by Endexx on April 9, 2013. Cann-Can's founder and developer, David Levine, was brought onto the Endexx board as a specialty consultant. David Levine has extensive vending machine expertise and holds a patent for a vending machine messaging system. The second acquisition, known as Dispense Labs LLC, was finalized and announced by Endexx on October 7, 2013. Dispense Labs has developed an advanced vending machine, known as Autospense, through it's partnership with the leader in industrial vending inventory solutions, Autocrib, Inc. The Autospense machines have many built-in benefits and features to improve security, inventory management, profitability, efficiency, accountability and to mitigate risk. Endexx, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Dispense Labs, has secured exclusive worldwide rights for medical marijuana dispensing technology with Autocrib. Together, with M3Hub and the recent acquistion of THCFinder.com, these vending machine acquisitions will enable Endexx to provide a complete seed-to-sale solution to assist dispensaries, and other cannabis-related businesses, to work within the confines of the law. Additionally, it is expected that the THC Finder website will enable marijuana patients to locate the nearest dispensary with an Autospense marijuana vending machine.

Medbox Inc. is the industry leader in medical marijuana dispensing machines. They sell two machines for $50,000, one for edible marijuana products like brownies, and the other for portions of marijuana itself. As of October 2013, Medbox has sold approximately 160 marijuana vending machines to US medical marijuana dispensaries.

Tranzbyte Corp. plans to commence distribution of vending machines that use radio-frequency identification tags.

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