UN declares pot vending machines illegal
VIENNA, Austria - marijuana vending machines in Los Angeles violate international treaties and should be shut down, the U.N.-affiliated drug control board said Friday.

"The International Narcotics Control Board is deeply concerned about reports that computerized vending machines to dispense cannabis (marijuana) have been put into operation in Los Angeles," Philip O. Emafo, president of the board, said in a statement.

At least three Los Angeles medical marijuana dispensaries have installed vending machines to distribute the drug to people who carry cards authorizing marijuana use. The drug is said to alleviate chronic pain, loss of appetite and other ailments.

Supporters say the machines, which dispense 1/8th or 2/8th of an ounce of marijuana at a time, offers users lower drug prices and increases security.

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

The Drug Enforcement Agency and other U.S. agencies have been shutting down major medical marijuana dispensaries throughout California in the last two years and charging their operators with felony distribution charges.

"We know that the use of cannabis is illegal under federal law of the United States and we trust the authorities will stop such activities, which contravene the international drug control treaties," Emafo said.

In its statement, the Vienna-based drug board also said scientific research about the therapeutic usefulness of cannabis or cannabis extracts was still in progress and had not produced much evidence.

The board is an independent monitoring body for the implementation of the United Nations international drug control conventions

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'nuff said!

another reason we need to pull out of the UN

tell me about it

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'nuff said!

Right on brother,im an old dude & ive seen alot of stupid shit in my lifetime outta the UN & your right,another reason why the UN can get straight fuked.

The spineless jellyfish who run the UN want to talk real issues to death,then issue faggoty little warnings instead of acting like they have a set of balls,now they want to come right out & condem something as harmless as medicine machines.

Screw the UN,in it's time it was nessacary but now it's just become another political money maker for those who run & work for it,the UN is a world wide joke that only the United States pay's any attention to,the rest of the world blows them right off & so should we.

fuck them faggets! They just don't want people to know that $$$$$ grows on TREEZ, and that all the medicine you need can be grown with the rays of the sun. WE BE STILL CHIEF'N

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COL TEMPO LA FOGLIA DI GELSO DIVENTA SETA - "time and patience change the mulberry leaf to satin"

the UN was against the war in iraq that didnt stop us, why is it when it comes to marijuana we all of a sudden listen?

I just cant belive the UN would weigh in on this. They had to get some pressure. Leave us the fuck alone!!!

seriously fuck the UN...power trips come out of there asses

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yeah okay 1