7 ways marijuana dispensaries will look totally different in 2020

Marijuana dispensaries have come a long way from the seedy head shops lining Venice Beach.

Today, these brick-and-mortar establishments range from boutique shops where "budtenders" walk you through the product line to fluorescent-lit clinics where medicinal use is emphasized.

The dispensary of the future was a hot topic at last week's New West Summit in San Francisco, California. Here's what we learned.

Vaporizers of all shapes and sizes will line store shelves.

Vaporizers of all shapes and sizes will line store shelves.

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Vaporizers, an extension of the e-cigarette fad, are electric devices that apply heat to dry flowers or marijuana-infused liquid and create an inhalable vapor. Vaping is cheaper and healthier than smoking, and the industry is only now heating up.

In 2015, the retail vaping industry is expected to rake in $3.5 billion, more than twice the $1.7 billion estimate for 2013, a Wells Fargo Securities

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