A Vancouver marijuana dispensary has released a video showing off what they claim is Canada’s first pot vending machine, which the society’s director has dubbed “The Green Machine.”

The B.C. Pain Society, a dispensary in the Commercial Drive neighbourhood, heralds the machine as “the future of marijuana dispensing.”

Chuck Varabioff, president and director of the B.C. Pain Society, said he hopes the new addition to his store is just the beginning.

“We want to get these machines in every retirement home, medical clinic, corner store in Vancouver. And we will install them, fill them, service them, maintain them for anybody who wants to have them in their business,” said Varabioff.

In the YouTube video, released this week and already garnering international media attention, local hip hop artist Ray Gill shows off the machine, which dispenses a half-ounce bag of Master Kush for $50, with the push of a button.

The “Green Machine” offers a variety of cannabis products, according to the YouTube description, including Bubba Kush, Purple Kush and Phoenix Tears Oil.

“So easy, so simple!” exclaims Gill in the video. “This is the future of Vancouver dispensaries.”

Anyone using the machine needs a signed doctor’s note, Varabioff said. Any visitor off the street can drop into the premises, but in order to gain access to the B.C. Pain Society’s members’ area — where the vending machine is located — guests need to show a dispensary membership card, which requires a doctor’s consent form.

“Absolutely, 100 per cent, guaranteed, yes,” Varabioff said. “We also have a doctor’s consent form that people can get filled out by their doctor. Then the doctors will fax it in. (Patients) come in and we print them up a free ID card."

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