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Episode: Amazon will start testing drones that will drop prescriptions on your doorstep, literally
Description: Amazon will soon make prescription drugs fall from the sky when the e-commerce giant becomes the latest company to test drone deliveries for medications. The company said that customers in College Station, Texas, can now get prescriptions delivered by a drone within an hour of placing their order.
The drone, programmed to fly from a delivery center with a secure pharmacy, will travel to the customerβs address, descend to a height of about four meters β or 13 feet β and drop a padded package.
Amazon says customers will be able to choose from more than 500 medications, a list that includes common treatm...