Meet an essential worker delivering weed

I'm quite astonished by the range of goods and services that can be delivered to your front door during this pandemic, provided you have the money for it. To my delight, alcohol delivery is now a thing in New York, and in more than 20 states, so is weed delivery (medical marijuana has been deemed essential in places like California and Colorado). The market for weed is apparently booming even after the initial wave of panic-buying. Luke Winkie [interviewed]( a California-based weed delivery driver for The Goods' series on unusual jobs, who related this heartwarming quote: "I hope I can help spread the message that this silly little weed can do an enormous amount of good." —[Terry Nguyen](, reporter for The Goods What it’s like to deliver weed in a pandemic [weed weed weed]( Getty Images Last year, [The Goods interviewed a driver]( employed by the San Jose marijuana dispensary Caliva, who spent her workdays ferrying CBD and THC products to customers around the Bay Area. She represented a burgeoning network of labor opportunities around the legal cannabis boom; as growers and cultivators spring up in hot spots like Denver, Oregon, and Massachusetts, so too does the need for weed-fluent marketers, concierges, and delivery professionals. But like every other industry in 2020, the still-young American cannabis sector is dealing with the fallout of [Covid-19](. On March 19, California Gov. Gavin Newsom [declared dispensaries as “essential businesses”]( alongside grocery stores and pharmacies, making them exceptions to the statewide shelter-in-place order. For now, that means Caliva drivers are still on the road. [Read the full story on Vox ]( Coronavirus is changing some high school seniors’ college plans Some are considering a gap year, a later transfer date, or a college closer to home. [Read the full story ]( Money Talks: The couple making it work during coronavirus layoffs Ryan and Julie work in the entertainment industry and were already living paycheck to paycheck. Now Ryan is navigating unemployment. [Read the full story ]( More good stuff to read today - [Essential workers take care of us. We’re not taking care of them.]( - [Here’s what eating out might look like when restaurants reopen]( - [The era of peak travel is over]( - [Cam sites are seeing a spike during quarantine, but not just because people are horny]( - [How the coronavirus is disrupting US air travel, in 2 charts]( - [Nobody’s buying clothes right now. So stores are filing for bankruptcy.]( Manage your [email preferences](, or [unsubscribe]( to stop receiving emails from Vox Media. View our [Privacy Policy]( and our [Terms of Service](. Vox Media, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20036. Copyright © 2020. All rights reserved.