Photo courtesy of Kush n Go.

Since Metro’s extended year of track work began, we’ve seen ride-sharing services try their luck with an expansion into the District. But none of them are quite like Kush n Go, a “vape and ride service” slated to begin tomorrow.

Nicholas Cunningham, the man behind Kush Gods, promises “top shelf medical grade Kush” for passengers.

Here’s how he says it will work: customers can call the business, use the app, or the website to get a ride. For a $10 “donation,” you get a five-minute ride. $20 will net you a 10 minute ride, and $50 gets you half an hour. The service will be open from noon to 9 p.m., and he says “everyone will be able to sign up to drive for us like Uber and Lyft starting in September.”

He posted job openings for half a dozen drivers for the service on social media sites, though it’s unclear if they’ve been filled.

“People have been wanting a place to enjoy marijuana because you can’t consume it in most homes that are rented or government homes,” Cunningham says over email. Indeed, D.C. Council passed a permanent pot club ban in April. “They can only consume it in the privacy of our vehicle, not in the public.”

The D.C. Code has a different idea about public versus private. “It is unlawful for any person to smoke or otherwise consume marijuana in or upon a public space … [including] a vehicle in or upon any street, alley, park, or parking area,” it reads.

Cunningham did not respond to multiple requests for additional details, including whether the rides will take people to a specific destination, how he’s setting up infrastructure for a rideshare-style business, and concerns about law enforcement.

The Kush Gods cars, once ubiquitous on crowded D.C. corridors like U Street and Chinatown, offered weed edibles for donations—a way of skirting the fact that it remains illegal to sell cannabis. But Cunningham and an associate were arrested in December for misdemeanor distribution of marijuana charges. When Cunnningham pled guilty in March, the terms of his probation included refraining from the Kush Gods marijuana business and mobile app, and not engaging in any marijuana transactions—regardless of remuneration.

“The government respects that [cannabis] laws have changed,” said Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard Barker during the hearing. “But not as far as Mr. Cunningham would like to carry them.”

Cunningham has not let the terms of his probation stop him from continuing to operate the Kush Gods business. He has also expanded into music and apparel, as well as an effort to educate the public about the health benefits of cannabis.

He remains defiant about his treatment by law enforcement and the media. In a recent song he released, “Conspiracy,” he says, “Welcome to my conspiracy / Police involved in this shit / The news involved in this shit / The weed community involved in this shit / They must think I’m a little bitch.”