Uber Eats Is Helping Canadian's Get High With New Cannabis Delivery Service
By Kay on October 18, 2022 at 2:15 AM EDT
Canadians have been getting high legally for four years! Now, they don’t have to leave their house for that high.
Uber Eats Partnered With Leafly
The transportation company partnered up with the online marijuana marketplace Leafly to fill orders that will be delivered immediately just like their food and driver services. This is a first for Uber around the world.
As long as you are 19 and older, you will be able to place an order on the same app you place your food orders on and have your pot and if you want, your food to accommodate those munchies.
Don’t get too excited, there are obvious restrictions for those sneaky folks who plan on pulling a fast one.
Only Some Retailers Are On The App
Only particular selected stores will appear depending on your location and if that city opted to have pot shops in their neighborhood. Once the order is placed, certified staff members only will be allowed to deliver there goods!
These staff members are educated and certified through CannSell and not only will they check your age but they are certified to check your sobriety as well. The new initiative is one the Ontario government is overjoyed to jump into because of the benefits it offers in the cannabis market.
Lately, there has been a disruption in the Ontario cannabis market, they sales through the government are low and many people who voted to make the drug illegal are now seeing cracks in the surface.
Ontario Wants To Keep Ontarians Safe
Lola Kassim, Uber Eats Canada's general manager, told CBC Toronto that they are focused on helping the government keep Canadians safe with the growing use of cannabis. "First and foremost, we see this as a critical piece to helping dis
courage impaired driving, and secondly, this is just another initiative that can help combat the illegal cannabis market, which still makes up more than 40 percent of cannabis sales in Ontario today.”
"So, we're providing an option that goes beyond in-store, that goes beyond pickup and it's also an option for consumers on a platform like Uber Eats, which many Torontonians already know and love and also is built on, you know, trust and safety."
Ontario Is Still Cornering The Market
Although there isn’t really any need for this new function because the Ontario government still dominates about 57% of the sales of cannabis, we can see how many people would take advantage of this service.
Currently, there are about 1,460 Ontario cannabis stores, and while they are not required to have a delivery person, why would they want to miss out on the sales? "We're a small business and really it was just to help be able to get cannabis to a broader number of people,” Marissa Taylor, co-owner of Hidden Leaf told CBC News.
"Accessibility is not always easy for everyone... and then to expand our reach, e-commerce is definitely the way to go."
