What It's Like Delivering Weed In Los Angeles
What It's Like Delivering Weed In Los Angeles
To get an idea of what it’s really like to deliver weed, I spent a day with a driver from SpeedWeed, a delivery service based in Los Angeles. It’s like Postmates or DoorDash, but for cannabis.
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Now that recreational weed is legal in California, anyone over age 21 can buy marijuana in limited amounts. You can even have it brought to your front door, thanks to delivery platforms like Eaze and SpeedWeed.
To get an idea of what it’s really like to deliver weed as a side hustle or a full-time job, I spent a day with SpeedWeed employee Ken Breese. He started with the company four years ago as a driver and has since worked his way up to director of operations, but he still picks up a driving shift here and there.
SpeedWeed, which has been around since 2011, used to operate as a medical marijuana delivery company. It’s no longer a delivery service, Breese explains — rather, it’s a delivery platform that partners with pot shops and helps them run compliant, on-demand delivery. The drivers are technically employed by the shops, he notes, and not SpeedWeed.
I meet Breese in Studio City, Los Angeles and hop in his Mazda 3 Hatchback. Here’s how the day unfolds.
Our first stop: The pot shop
SpeedWeed has partnered with five dispensaries around Los Angeles, including Coast to Coast Cannabis in Canoga Park, which is where we’ll start and end our day. “Any delivery needs to, by law, originate from the licensee’s location and then needs to terminate there as well,” Breese tells me. And all deliveries have to be made between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m.
Walking into Coast to Coast is sort of like walking into a bakery or chocolate shop: There’s a tidy window display featuring all of the offered cannabis strains, plus a back wall featuring of a bunch of products from various pot brands. People wait in line to be helped by an employee, order what they want and pay.
Besides the sales floor, Coast to Coast has 10 grow rooms that produce more than 30 different strains.
At the shop, we check in with the SpeedWeed shift lead on duty. She packs the orders and makes sure the driver is leaving with all of the documentation they need. “We try to make it so the driver just has to show up with their [SpeedWeed] shirt on and then everything else is taken care of,” says Breese.
We’re making two deliveries today. The orders are packed in an opaque “exit bag” and then heat-sealed. We place them in a black SpeedWeed backpack, sign out with the shift lead, who also will track the drivers in real time as they make their deliveries, and head back to the parking lot.
Delivery No. 1
I’m not allowed to be in the car with Breese when he has weed on him, but my video producer and I follow him in our rental.
Our first delivery is for comedian Brian Redban, who helped launch the podcast, “The Joe Rogan Experience.”
SpeedWeed has a lot of celebrity clients, including several stand-up comedians. In general, the clientele is more affluent, Breese tells me, “just because delivery can be a little more expensive.” Products cost more if you have them delivered instead of going into the store; plus, there’s an $8 delivery fee if your order is under $40.
The delivery service also appeals to people who aren’t comfortable going into a pot shop. “There’s a lot of soccer mom types who just don’t want to go into a dispensary,” says Breese. “It can be intimidating.”
Another significant chunk of their clients are people who can’t leave their homes for medical reasons, he adds.
Anyone over 21 can become a SpeedWeed member. You simply register on the site, provide a valid ID and proof of address and can then order cannabis directly to your door.
The drive from Coast to Coast to Redban’s home takes about 45 minutes. I get a true taste of LA traffic.
We find parking on the street near Redban’s home, Breese grabs his backpack and we head to the front door. The drop off is simple: Clients can track their order on the app, so Redban is expecting us when we ring the doorbell. He pays with a card (customers can also pay in cash) and opens the package to confirm the order is correct. It’s filled with cannabis-infused dark chocolate and half-and-half, and his go-to order: pre-rolled joints. SpeedWeed’s menu includes everything from flowers and edibles to concentrates and beverages.
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You have to take the high road for doing this job.
what if u live in a apartments
can you pick up the cannabis out side the building? Please and Thanks
Everyone likes weed
Why do the drivers make less than minimum wage ?
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He looks like he should be doing Karaoke Carpool Ease delivery
Now you can aspire to be a weed pusher and no one will look at you crazy
Don’t drink and drive. But if you do, call me.
This is a real hustle (L E G A L) 🔥😂😂😂😂
Have you tried budd-hub.com ? It was so easy! I got my order delivered in 20 minutes and they had a ton of products to choose from. Literally the hub of bud. Hah
Looks dangerous to me. Lot of low lives out there who’ll put a gun in your face just for an oz. Be safe.
When I visit Santa Monica next month how can I find a truly high grade half or quarter of flower? My experience with dispensaries in eastern states has been that they don’t have the super dank level or they hide it back for their VIP’s. I did get lucky one time and found 8th’s of CK’s Terdz in Michigan. That was excellent bud. IDK if you still deliver, but if you could put me on the best path it would be appreciated.
I need this job
Haha, Seth Rogers time!
I fw ken, you the man ken
I interview at medmen DTLA Tuesday hope I get in
God I hope I can get a job like this in nj once it’s legal!!
i got my weed deliver to me each time i order from mark cole i didn’t know how he does that, that’s crazy anyway but he told me that, he do deliver globally either legal or illegal you can hit him up *@markcole45 on telegram* just incase you want some….
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Earning $12/hr in LA? How can that guy afford to live/eat???!
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Is the delivery guy required to have a medical marijuana license to make deliveries?
I know BLAZE pays way more then 12.$ they start at 17$ plus tips and mileages
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Can you deliver today
So the guys a drug dealer lol. I love when old white guys do it then it’s a business. But before it was taboo and people doin the same as his would get locked up for years
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