Startup buzzkill: California bans drone delivery services of legalised pot

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After California residents voted to legalise recreational use of marijuana, which is due to come into law at the beginning of next year, a surge in economic activity around the production and retail of the drug is predicted. But supply chains to service both producers and consumers are likely to continue to remain heavily controlled, according to this report in arstechnica, which has obtained emergency regulations created by the state’s cannabis bureau as it sets about processing some 11,500 retail licences: deliveries of the product will only be allowed in manned vehicles (no drones) which are equipped with advanced track and trace equipment.