I have loved Arsenio Hall ever since I was a kid. I watched his show growing up, and Coming to America with him and Eddie Murphy is still a movie that I can never pass up when I see it on TV. I saw a tweet come across Tom Angell’s Twitter feed the other day in which Arsenio Hall stated the following:
The smell of marijuana in this Uber car is overpowering. #contact
— Arsenio Hall (@ArsenioHall) January 22, 2016
That tweet led to a response from Uber, which stated:
@ArsenioHall Completely unacceptable, Arsenio! Please DM us your account email address so we can follow up with you right away.
— Uber Support (@Uber_Support) January 22, 2016
But Arsenio isn’t a narc, and tweeted back the following:
Noooooo! It’s all good y’all. That ride was the first time I giggled, this entire day! 🔀 https://t.co/V6GzJseNJS
— Arsenio Hall (@ArsenioHall) January 22, 2016
I in no way condone driving under the influence, of marijuana or anything else that can impair an individual. However, just because the smell of marijuana is present does not mean that the driver consumed cannabis recently, let alone that the driver was under the influence. Arsenio Hall gets it, and Uber should too! I have used Uber quite a few times, and the drivers are always cannabis friendly. It’s not like I’m trying to hot box their car, but having a sweet aroma emitting from my pocket should be a good thing, and not a bad thing, and most Uber drivers (and Arsenio Hall!) seem to agree.
