DoorDash Driver delivers a page of weed and is potted

A DoorDash customer received more than they expected when placing a food order – they found an unwanted bag of weed in their order and decided to complain about it. The driver’s actions led to his termination as a dasher from the company.

A Columbus, Ohio man who wished to remain anonymous said he ordered food through DoorDash on Aug. 9 and complained that the bag of weed made him “scared.”

“At first I was scared, but then again I wasn’t very surprised,” the man who ordered food from DoorDash told ABC 6.

He provided a photo of his grocery bag, in which he found a fork and a bag filled with cannabis. The photo shows a bag adorned with alien heads holding what appears to be about a gram of weed. “Did that start with the driver?” he said. “Or did this start at the restaurant I ordered it from?”

“It’s scary because I work in healthcare and I see this affecting people every day,” the client said. “I even have a close friend whose nephew actually died from smoking marijuana laced with fentanyl.” (Both WebMD and Snopes have dismissed claims of fentanyl-laced weed, and Dr. Peter Grinspoon told the High Times, that fentanyl will most likely decompose with the heat of a flame.)

“What happened is unacceptable and we have removed Dasher from our platform,” a DoorDash representative told ABC6 and FOX28 in a statement. We thank the customer for reporting the incident.”

“I’m thinking of the children,” he said. “I have a nephew. I think of my colleague. He has granddaughters and grandsons.”

DoorDash responded quickly and informed the customer that Dasher had been terminated. “We do not condone this type of action and have therefore taken the step to remove it from our platform,” the DoorDash customer email reads. “This dasher will no longer be able to deliver future orders on DoorDash.”

Dashers or DoorDash delivery drivers must complete both a DMV and criminal background check before becoming a driver per the company’s background check policy.

DoorDash and cannabis

Four years ago, at Fortune’s Brainstorm Tech 2018 conference, Tony Xu, CEO of DoorDash, said that while the company toyed with the idea of ​​cannabis delivery, there were no immediate plans to do so, at least not in the United States.

“That’s our General Counsel’s favorite question,” Xu said. “This is neither what we are doing today nor what we intend to do. There are a lot of complications with payment when it comes to something that has this level of regulation.”

DoorDash CEO asked if Co plans to start supplying cannabis: “That’s my general counsel’s favorite question.”
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— Dan Primack (@danprimack) July 18, 2018

However, the company has since explored the cannabis industry in Canada, where it is legal at the federal level. However, deliveries are not yet part of the equation.

Forbes reported last April that Canadian cannabis retailer Superette has partnered with DoorDash Inc. and is offering pickup from its locations in Toronto, Canada. The partnership is with DoorDash Technologies Canada, Inc., a subsidiary of DoorDash Inc. The rumor that DoorDash was involved in cannabis was first circulated on Twitter, Benzinga reported last April.

The partnership offers curated menus and special collections that reflect the local environment. However, Superette goods are only available for collection and are not yet offered for delivery.

Uber Eats also announced a partnership with a Canadian cannabis retailer, in this case Tokyo Smoke.

Uber Technologies Inc. added Canadian cannabis retailer Tokyo Smoke to its marketplace on November 29, 2021, allowing customers to browse the Uber Eats app, then place orders, and finally pick up at the nearest Tokyo Smoke store with dozens of locations in the province . You can browse through a selection of cannabis products.