Pot vending machines take root in Los Angeles

FROM msnbc

LOS ANGELES - The city that popularized the fast food drive-thru has a new innovation: 24-hour medical marijuana vending machines.

Patients suffering from chronic pain, loss of appetite and other ailments that marijuana is said to alleviate can get their pot with a dose of convenience at the Herbal Nutrition Center, where a large machine will dole out the drug around the clock.

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Marijuana use is illegal under federal law, which does not recognize the medical marijuana laws in California and 11 other states.