--- title: "Uber’s Delivering Weed Now, Apparently" description: "Canadian stoners, rejoice! If you're in Toronto and over the age of 19, you can now order some weed using Uber Eats." date: "2022-10-19" modified: "2022-10-19" authors: - name: "Maggie Harrison Dupré" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/mharrison" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/uber-eats-delivering-weed" categories: - "Future Society" tags: - "cannabis" - "the digest" - "Uber" - "weed" --- # Uber’s Delivering Weed Now, Apparently ![Canadian stoners, rejoice! If you're in Toronto and over the age of 19, you can now order some weed using Uber Eats.]() *\Image: Getty Images/Futurism\* ## Uber Weed Canadian stoners, rejoice! If you're in Toronto and over the age of 19, you can now order some weed using Uber Eats. Uber partnered with a cannabis marketplace Leafly — which claims to be "the world's most trusted destination to discover cannabis products and buy them from legal, licensed retailers" — to bring app-delivery pot to the Canadian city, [according to a press release](). According to the company, it's the first time cannabis delivery will "be available on a major third-party delivery platform." "Leafly has been empowering the cannabis marketplace in Canada for more than four years and we support more than 200 cannabis retailers in the \[Greater Toronto Area\]," said CEO Yoko Miyashita. "We are thrilled to work with Uber Eats to help licensed retailers bring safe, legal cannabis to people across the city." ## CannDo As for how the system actually works, users will be able to pick their cannabis of choice from a digital menu. The orders will then be fulfilled by staffers at CannSell, a marijuana retail education program based in Ontario, which takes care of confirming both the buyer's age and sobriety upon delivery. Lola Kassim, general manager of Uber Eats Canada, said that bringing legal, local weed to the delivery app "will help combat the illegal market and help reduce impaired driving." ## Special Delivery It's unclear when Uber Eats intends to take this experiment beyond the Greater Toronto Area, but it's likely only a matter of time. Canada became the second country in the world to [formally legalize cannabis]() back in 2018. In the US, however, [only 19 states]() have legalized the drug for recreational use. Legal or not, marijuana is a major market — and as the drug becomes increasingly decriminalized, a lot of already established companies like Uber will be looking to cash in. And to that point, it'll be fascinating to see who makes a similarly major move to gain a strong footing in the weed market next. Well, before Amazon founder Jeff Bezos [tries to take over the whole thing](), that is. **READ MORE:** *[Uber Eats to deliver pot in Toronto]()* \[*Axios*\] **More on cannabis:** [*Geniuses Selling Nfts That Just Happen to Come with Free Weed*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've reported extensively on the rise of AI as a cultural and business force shaping the media industry, and more broadly how those dynamics are changing how we all consume and share information and relate to one another. I'm also fascinated by public health policy and ethics, the role of emerging tech in politics and governance — and the powerful people and forces at those intersections — climate change, and the environment. My investigation on Sports Illustrated's use of AI-generated authors with fictional biographies won a 2024 Mirror Award for "Best Story on Media Coverage of Artificial Intelligence in Journalism and the Media" from Syracuse University's SI Newhouse School, I contributed to Niemen Lab's 2025 Predictions for Journalism series, and I've discussed my work for Futurism during appearances on NPR, CNN, the BBC, the CBC, and more. I grew up in rural Pennsylvania and attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where I played Division I field hockey for the Minutewomen as a midfielder. Since then, I've lived in New Orleans, Louisiana and Manhattan, New York. I spend my free time running, reading, perusing archival fashion, and searching for the world’s best negroni. I also have a debonair tuxedo cat, Westley, who's named after "The Princess Bride." ### Author social links [Bluesky]()