You can now have cannabis delivered to your home by Uber Eats

In France, having cannabis delivered to your home by a platform like Deliveroo or Uber Eats is an activity tracked by the police. But not in Canada. As of Monday, Uber Eats offers cannabis delivery to Toronto residents; reports The Press. The company has partnered with Hidden Leaf Cannabis, Minerva Cannabis and Shivaa’s Rose shops. All orders placed with these establishments can therefore now be delivered to their homes.

This is a first for the American delivery giant. “We’re teaming up with partners like Leafly to help retailers provide safe and convenient options for people in Toronto to buy cannabis legally, while receiving it directly at home”; explains Lola Kassim, general manager of Uber Eats in Canada, in a press release. She says the delivery system “helps fight the illegal vending market, as well as reduce the number of impaired drivers.”

Be 19 and sober

Customers, 19 and older, place their order directly on the Uber Eats app. Then the shops receive them and process them. Delivery people are not employees like the others. To ensure delivery, they must be certified by Ontario’s cannabis retail training program, points out The Press. Once they arrive at the client’s home, they must check their age and state of sobriety.

Home delivery of cannabis has been authorized since 2020 in Ontario, following the Covid-19 pandemic which caused the closure of stores. A device that was permanently maintained last March, subject to meeting several conditions.