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iPhone App Helps Users Locate Marijuana

by Caleb Johnson on July 22, 2009 at 03:54 PM


Say goodbye to afternoons spent driving around looking for marijuana. Well, medical marijuana, anyway. A new iPhone application might help to push pot further into the mainstream. Or at least make it a whole lot easier to find.

Mashable reported that Apple recently approved the app 'Cannabis' (iTunes link), which costs $2.99 and is currently available for download. The app works the same as countless others that pinpoint locations like restaurants and movie theaters. This mobile weed-finder locates doctors' offices, clinics, medical collectives, and other organizations, placing little green pins on a GoogleMap. For those who don't have a doctor's recommendation for medical marijuana, you can also use the app to locate organizations that promote legal reform.

Don't expect a load of controversy here. It's not like Apple is helping you to locate the guy who deals pot on the street corner, or anything. Rumor has it, Tommy Chong wanted to check out the app, but couldn't figure out how to download it. [From: Mashable, via Textually]

Tags: application, google, gps, iphone, marijuana, pot, top

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