Alberta's Aurora Cannabis launches same-day home delivery of medical marijuana
Service available in Calgary and surrounding area now, launching in Red Deer and Edmonton area next month
Marijuana delivery services used to be the type of thing you heard about through whispers on university campuses orthrough friends of friends now, companies are issuing press releases about it.
Aurora Cannabis, the firstcompany to obtain amedicinal marijuana grow licence in Alberta, has launched same-day home delivery to approved users.
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The company will now bring pot directly to the homes ofregistered clients living in Calgary and the surrounding area within hours of it being ordered.
It plans to expand the service to the Edmonton area next month.
"We are very proud to bring this innovative commitment to our customers, and by next month we will be able to offer same-day delivery to an area covering the majority of the population of Alberta," NeilBelot, the company's chief brand officer, said in a release.
Order by noon, light upby 8 p.m.
If orders are placed by noon Monday to Friday, the companyguarantees marijuana delivery by 8 p.m.
The current delivery area encompasses some 1.2 million, including those living in Airdrie, High River, Okotoks, Strathmore and Cochrane.
In June, Aurora said that will expand to includeEdmonton, Nisku, Sherwood Park, St. Albert, Spruce Grove,Fort Saskatchewan, andRed Deer.
Aurora Cannabis Enterprises,a licensed producer of medical marijuana, runs a55,200square footproduction facility near Cremona, Alta., about 80 kmsnorthwestof Calgary.