A marijuana vending machine has started operating in the Canadian city of Vancouver.<br /><br />Accepting cash only, it sells a variety of pot to people who need it for medical purposes.<br /><br />Users have go through an approvals process before they are allowed to buy from the machine. A doctor has to certify that the individual needs to use marijuana as part of the vetting. <br /><br />Vancouver police have said that they will not target the city’s pot dispensaries – as long as they are only selling to people with medical permits.
