Amazon will start testing drones that will drop prescriptions on your doorstep, literally

Amazon says customers will be able to choose from more than 500 medications, including common treatments for conditions like the flu or pneumonia.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — 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 Wednesday that customers in College Station, Texas, can now get prescriptions delivered by a drone within an hour of placing their order.

The drone, programed to fly from a delivery center with a secure pharmacy, will travel to the customer’s address, descend to a height of about four meters —

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