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07-10-2018, 10:40 AM
Holding weed? Your Uber driver can get you banned from the app
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Your Uber (https://mashable.com/category/uber/) driver is not your friend. In fact, they may very well be narcing on you right now — and you could get banned from the ride-hail app as a result.
The company's Community Guidelines (https://www.uber.com/legal/community-guidelines/us-en/) strictly prohibit "bringing open containers of alcohol or drugs into the car," and that apparently includes weed. Marijuana, of course, is recreationally legal in nine states (http://www.businessinsider.com/where-can-you-can-legally-smoke-weed-2018-1) and the District of Columbia, but that doesn't mean Uber is cool with it.*
SEE ALSO: Uber employees 'really enjoyed' London play about Travis Kalanick (https://mashable.com/2018/03/15/uber-brilliant-jerks-travis-kalanick-play-theater/)
One rider found that out the hard way after he got a notification from the company threatening "permanent account deactivation." The offense? Allegedly bringing some drugs into the vehicle. Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/07/09/uber-drug-use-narc-in-app/)
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Your Uber (https://mashable.com/category/uber/) driver is not your friend. In fact, they may very well be narcing on you right now — and you could get banned from the ride-hail app as a result.
The company's Community Guidelines (https://www.uber.com/legal/community-guidelines/us-en/) strictly prohibit "bringing open containers of alcohol or drugs into the car," and that apparently includes weed. Marijuana, of course, is recreationally legal in nine states (http://www.businessinsider.com/where-can-you-can-legally-smoke-weed-2018-1) and the District of Columbia, but that doesn't mean Uber is cool with it.*
SEE ALSO: Uber employees 'really enjoyed' London play about Travis Kalanick (https://mashable.com/2018/03/15/uber-brilliant-jerks-travis-kalanick-play-theater/)
One rider found that out the hard way after he got a notification from the company threatening "permanent account deactivation." The offense? Allegedly bringing some drugs into the vehicle. Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/07/09/uber-drug-use-narc-in-app/)
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