Don’t let this delivery sit on your stoop for long. | DANNY WICENTOWSKI week of the delivery service has shown just how needed it really is — and how eager customers are to enjoy the convenience of on-demand cannabis. “From a regulatory standpoint, we have a lot of hoops to jump through,” she notes. “But I just think people are so excited to have cannabis delivery. Everyone has been so patient and so understanding, and they’ve been willing to charge through the mud with us to get to the point where we can pull up to the front door and give them cannabis.” The additional steps to making cannabis delivery work underscore the complexities of operating in the industry while the federal government still considers the product an illegal drug. On one hand, the existence of a service like Doobie couldn’t exist without the state’s legal structure: While dropping off a Doobie-branded bag with the ordered THC edibles, Jane’s delivery driver told the RFT that he appreciates the extra paperwork: It means the Missouri State Highway Patrol is alerted when a (legal) weed delivery is out on the streets. The driver was understandably grateful to not be confused for a drug trafficker every time he left the store with a new order. On the other hand, major financial institutions still consider the cannabis industry risky, forcing dispensaries to rely on cash transactions or companies like Hypur. To encourage medical marijuana patients to try the delivery service, Doobie’s fee is waived through August. Everding tells the RFT that the fee will eventually run at a flat rate of $10 per delivery, though she added that the business is
The first week of the delivery service has shown just how needed it really is — and how eager customers are to enjoy the convenience of ondemand cannabis. also considering a tier-based structure based on the distance for delivery. As far as the delivery footprint, Everding says the store is accepting orders from customers as far out as St. Louis County “a little further west” of Interstate 270. “We wanted to be the only delivery in the area right now,” she says, “so we wanted to make sure we can serve as many people as possible.” For more information about setting up a Doobie-enabled doobie delivery, visit TryDoobie.com. For a more hands-on account of Jane Dispensary products — including the stupifying “Bubba Fett” cannabis strain — go to our site and check out the RFT’s own Tommy Chimchards for the full writeup. n
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