Colorado has had seven years of legal recreational marijuana sales but now many cities in the state are trying to get marijuana deliveries legal.
One city is Denver who has now come up with a plan for its city council to consider.
“We are solidly in favor of delivery,” said Truman Bradley with the Marijuana Industry Group. “You can get your pharmaceuticals delivered. You can get your groceries delivered. You can even get alcohol delivered. It’s 2021. Even if there wasn’t a pandemic, it just makes sense to deliver.”
Speaking to the Denver Channel, Cliff Stokes, an entrepreneur, has said he already bought a fleet of cars for his delivery drivers to use in preparation.
Denver is calling these delivery people “marijuana transporters” and Stokes has said, “When I think about cannabis and people using it in their homes… it only sounds right. When you think about the ability to get people’s medicine to them in their homes … on all aspects … is a good thing.”
“We’re going to have strong protections in place if city council approves,” remarked Eric Escudero with the Denver Department of Excise & Licensing. “That includes ID scanners to make sure there are no youth purchasing it. We want to make sure we do this right to protect all involved.”
Stokes wants his drivers to wear body cameras at all times in case of robberies.
“My drivers will be in contact with a live dispatcher,” he said. “We have live cameras that are going to be in the vehicle at all times.”
