Bitcoin-Purchased Marijuana May Soon be Available via Drone
Trees, a California-based medical marijuana distributor, recently has proposed the idea of delivering marijuana kits by air. An idea that certainly is novel and could end up being one that innovates the industry as it becomes more commercialized. The company currently only serves the San Francisco Bay area and accepts Bitcoin as well as more traditional forms of payment through online bank transfers, cash, and credit cards. Marijuana for recreational use is illegal in California, and thus only accepts purchases from people holding medical recommendations by certified doctors. In order to....
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After eBay first released the idea of making deliveries via drones, many companies started to follow this same method. Now a San Francisco-based company announced its plans to deliver bitcoin-purchased medicinal cannabis to customers via drone. A startup named Trees has unveiled a plan to start delivering prescription medication via drone. The company claims to be licensed and even offers a service that enables customers to go through an online doctor evaluation to be able to get the prescription the very same day. Companies like Trees got what looked like a green light to start their....
A company near San Francisco has come up with a novel way to deliver bitcoin-purchased marijuana, via drone. Trees, which claims to sell the "highest quality" medicinal cannabis to people holding a medical recommendation, accepts payments in bitcoin alongside traditional payment methods such as cash, online bank transfer and credit cards. A spokesperson for the company confirmed that drone deliveries were not currently available, due to local regulations. The drone delivery option, the spokesperson said, would be rolled-out in the future if and when the regulation around the flying devices....
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