Uber’s meal delivery platform, Uber Eats, has announced that it has started cannabis delivery in Canada. Users in Toronto who meet the required criteria will be able to order marijuana as if ordering food via the app.
US-based transportation network company Uberserves its users in many different areas. In addition to the car call service, the platform also stands out in food and package delivery issues that are not yet available in Turkey.
First established in 2014 Uber Eats de Uber’s platform for online food ordering and delivery, package delivery and courier services. The platform, which is used in more than 6,000 cities in 45 countries, has now broken new ground.
Uber Eats will order marijuana to homes
Uber Eats in Canada starting today to order marijuana started. An online cannabis retailer leafy within the scope of the project developed in partnership with the company located in Toronto, Canada. 19 years and older Uber Eats users will be able to order marijuana through the platform.
According to Leafly, the move has set Uber Eats on record as the first third-party food ordering platform to deliver cannabis. According to the statements, users in Toronto directly Via the Uber Eats app able to purchase these products. Products will come from retailers licensed by CanSell, an Ontario-based cannabis education program.
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According to the statement, users will be able to choose from the menus, just like in food orders, by entering the ‘Cannabis’ section in the application. Uber Eats will require users to verify their age before this selection is made. In addition, CanSell certified personnel following the delivery. age verification will need to be done.
Hope to prevent users from driving while under the influence of cannabis
Leafly and Uber with this move to overcome the underground marijuana market will help and users prevent him from driving while under the influence of cannabis He says he hopes. Leafly CEO Yoko Miyashita also made a statement to people with this move. safe and legal cannabis conveys that they want to help sell.
It is unclear whether these deliveries will come to the rest of Canada. Uber, on the other hand, does not have such plans for the USA at the moment; because the legality of cannabis varies a lot from state to state, he says.
Canada, in 2018 legalized the consumption and sale of marijuana. The decision to liberalize recreational cannabis use made Canada one of the rare countries to take this step across the country.
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