SEATTLE -- Seattle residents can now purchase cannabis the same way they buy soda and snacks – right out of a vending machine, KING5 reports.

The ZaZZZ marijuana vending machine opened Tuesday morning at Seattle Caregivers, a medical marijuana dispensary. Arizona-based American Green, the company behind the vending machine, says it's the first age-verifying, climate controlled, self-service dispensary.

"A few years ago we recognized the fact that Uncle Harvey's dive bar that was giving out cigarettes 40 years ago. The 21st century was here and maybe we can upgrade on that because dispensing machines are a very effective way to service the public," said Stephen Shearin, president and COO of American Green.

H/T: USA Today