Editing Vending machine (section)

===Marijuana vending machine===
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The [[marijuana vending machine]] originally found a niche market for selling or dispensing [[cannabis]].  In the early 21st century with [[legalization of cannabis]] in many countries, marijuana vending machines became widespread, selling products such as marijuana, hemp and [[Cannabidiol|CBD]] based products and smoke paraphernalia.<ref>{{cite web | title=Seattle gets a marijuana vending machine | website=USA TODAY | date=4 February 2015 | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/02/04/seattle-pot-vending-machine/22817375/ | access-date=5 June 2017}}</ref>  The first experiments in distributing marijuana through vending machines started in the early 2010s, when they were already in use in the United States<ref>{{cite web | title=Seattle gets a marijuana vending machine | website=USA Today | date=4 February 2015 | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/02/04/seattle-pot-vending-machine/22817375/ | access-date=5 June 2017}}</ref> and Canada.<ref>{{cite web | last=McElroy | first=Justin | title=Vancouver dispensary, home to Canada's first marijuana vending machine, vows to stay open | website=Global News | date=27 April 2016 | url=http://globalnews.ca/news/2666093/vancouver-dispensary-home-to-canadas-first-marijuana-vending-machine-vows-to-stay-open/ | access-date=5 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Marijuana easily 'dispensed' in Vancouver, fifth estate finds | website=CBC News | date=2 February 2015 | url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/medical-marijuana-easily-dispensed-in-vancouver-1.2938574 | access-date=5 June 2017}}</ref>  The primary challenge faced in selling restricted or controlled merchandise like cannabis<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/american-green-integrates-world-class-130000632.html|title=American Green Integrates World Class Biometrics in the American Green Machine|access-date=27 June 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> is to verify the identity of the buyer, which is overcome by the application of [[biometrics]] and smart vending software technology, the same technology used to verify the buyer's age in the automatic sales of tobacco.