Whether you want to buy cannabis for medical or recreational purposes, you may not feel comfortable about shopping from a store. Online cannabis dispensary are the best option if you are one of the discreet users. At the same time, you cannot match the convenience of getting the products delivered right to your doorstep. Moreover, you can browse through a large number of options online without having a salesperson to show them to you. However, there are a few concerns that online shoppers always have, more so while buying medicinal products. But these can be resolved if you bear some factors in mind while ordering cannabis from an online store. Let us share them with you.

Start by looking around and comparing

The first rule of shopping on the internet is to explore. So it is best to start with extensive research across the web. There will probably be hundreds of options once you start looking around. It is always wise to do some research at your end because it gives you the opportunity to check and compare products and prices. Several physical stores have websites to sell their products virtually. It is a good idea to buy from one that has a physical store near your location, though most of them deliver to different locations as well. Do check the contact information from the website before you order.

Assess the seller with a good look at the website

Once you shortlist a virtual seller to order cannabis, do have a good at their website to establish their credibility. Reliable online sellers will have a good one that gives trust signals to the buyers. Good design and high-quality information are definitely the key points to look for. Also, you can expect them to mention their contact details so that you can verify them. Further, customer testimonials are a plus point that adds credibility to the seller’s profile. Ensure that the site delivers a good shopping experience, which credible sellers always do.

Check the product range they offer

It is important to check the product range that the online dispensary offers. If you love to experiment with different strains, the variety on their menu will obviously matter for you. While some dispensaries have limited offerings, others provide almost everything you may want now or later. Go through their product catalog even before you order for the first time. Prioritize the ones that have a good range because you may want to try different products subsequently. You will probably want to stick to a store once you start buying from them. Choosing one with versatile products helps in this context. Also, ensure that they offer thoroughly-tested and high-quality products.

Verify the delivery locations

Before you start shopping from an online dispensary, be sure to check their delivery locations. Verify whether they deliver in your area and also find the expected timelines. Do have a good look at their delivery charges as well because they can elevate the price considerably. Obviously, Mission Organic Center – San Francisco Cannabis Dispensary would make a feasible choice if you live in San Francisco or around. You cannot expect a seller located somewhere in New York to deliver the product to you. This is because location determines the timing and cost of cannabis delivery.

Ask for recommendations and go through online reviews

Another factor that you should consider while buying cannabis online is the reputation of the dispensary. Start by asking for recommendations from other users. Most of them will probably have something to say about the ones they have tried before. Going through online reviews is also a smart idea as hundreds of reviews from real customers will actually be available if you look around. It always helps to know the opinion of real people rather than simply trust what the sellers have to say. When buying online, you cannot just trust blindly because it is not possible to see and experience the products physically.

Find out about their payment options

One of the important concerns for online shoppers is the modes of payment that the store follows. Obviously, you need to find whether the store accepts payments the way you can give them. For example, you may be more comfortable with cash payments rather than debit cards. Or you may simply not have a debit card to make card payments to them. So it is best to go through their policies to find out about the payment modes they accept. Having a look at their website will give you a fair idea because it gives you complete information about their process and policies.

Look for deals and offers

Whether you buy online or in-store, you would always want a good deal. This is an advantage that you get by shopping from an online dispensary. And this is also one of the reasons why the number of cannabis consumers willing to shop online is increasing! You will probably find that most of them give you special coupons and discounts, particularly as first-time buyers. There are membership programs that offer special treatment for regular shoppers. Plus, you may even get a referral bonus or points when you get a new customer through a referral program. Just keep looking around and you will find a site that has something lucrative for you.

Customer support also matters

When you shop cannabis online, you may have some questions to ask and doubts to clarify. Since you do not interact with a salesperson directly, you need someone who can address your concerns properly. Customer support matters a lot in this context. Besides making things easier for the buyers, it indicates the willingness of the seller to serve them better. Check the website to find how they would be available if you need to connect with them.

Shopping cannabis online can make life much easier but it really boils down to finding a seller you can trust. After all, you need one that caters quality products, while making the buying process completely hassle-free for you. This list will surely help you find an online dispensary that you can trust for buying cannabis products for medicinal and recreational purposes.

Eve & Co Incorporated (the “Company” or “Eve & Co”) (TSXV: EVE; OTCQB: EEVVF) is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary Natural MedCo Ltd. has entered into a third binding, non-exclusive supply agreement for the sale of dried cannabis to a German importer and distributor.

The supply agreement is for an initial term of two years and is automatically renewable for subsequent two-year terms unless otherwise terminated by the parties at the end of the initial or renewal term.  The German distributor has agreed to purchase a minimum of 25 kilograms of dried cannabis per month for the first two months and a minimum of 100 kilograms per month for the next 22 months. The Company expects to commence shipments subsequent to the anticipated approval by Health Canada of the Company’s 780,000 square foot greenhouse expansion.

“We are very excited to announce our third German supply agreement and to further expand our supply opportunities in Germany. With regulatory approval of our greenhouse expansion expected before the end of the year, we anticipate being able to meet our supply commitments and to expand our sales channels in Germany,” said Melinda Rombouts, President and Chief Executive Officer of Eve & Co.

The purchase and sale of dried cannabis under the supply agreement are subject to various conditions precedent, including receipt of all requisite regulatory approvals, including applicable Canadian and Germany export and import authorizations.

ABOUT EVE & CO INCORPORATED

Eve & Co, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Natural MedCo Ltd., holds cultivation and processing licenses under the Cannabis Act (Canada) for the production and sale of various cannabis products, including dried cannabis, cannabis plants and cannabis oil. Natural MedCo Ltd. was Canada’s first female founded licensed producer of medicinal marijuana and received its cultivation license from Health Canada in 2016.

Eve & Co is led by a team of agricultural experts and has a licenced 220,000 sq. ft. scalable greenhouse production facility located in Strathroy, Ontario. Eve & Co has completed construction of an additional 780,000 sq. ft. expansion, bringing Eve & Co’s total greenhouse capacity to 1,000,000 sq. ft.

The Company’s website can be visited at www.evecannabis.ca.

Mexico is poised to became the third nation in the world to legalize recreational cannabis. This is in part because President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is in support and in part because Canada and Uruguay and much of the United States allow adults to legally consume the world’s most popular illicit drug, but also because the country has no choice.

Legalization at some unknown later date has been inevitable since last fall, when country’s Supreme Court ruled that a nationwide “absolute ban” on recreational cannabis violated a “fundamental right to the free development of the personality,” and that an appropriate change in federal law — legalization — is necessary.

But lawmaking takes time, even when lawmaking is imposed by the courts. As Marijuana Moment reported, on Tuesday, almost a year after the court’s landmark ruling, Sen. Julio Ramon Menchaca Salazar introduced a legalization bill in the Mexican Congress.

If passed, Salazar’s bill would reform two sections of the country’s General Health Law and allow for both recreational as well as medical use of cannabis. There would also be allowances for a Mexican CBD industry — if passed, Salazar’s proposal would allow for the “textile use of the plant,” according to the senator.

Under Salazar’s proposal, official state sanction from the Ministry of Health would be required to cultivate, process, transport and possess cannabis.

The reasons why will all sound familiar: Prohibition has empowered organized crime (though narcos have largely abandoned cannabis as a cash crop in favor of harder drugs, Mexico’s drug cartels and their cartoonishly heinous acts need no introduction) and has failed to bolster the health or welfare of the state and its citizens.

Ironically, though popular worldwide and in other countries, legalization is not very popular in Mexico, at all. As a 2018 survey from the country’s Center for Social Studies and Public Opinion found, only half of Mexican citizens approve marijuana legalization and 70% disapprove of recreational use, though 90% support medical cannabis, as the Washington Post reported.

What happens next? More talking, and then maybe some lawmaking. Next week, the Congress of the Union will hear from a series of experts exactly how to best regulate and tax cannabis. In the meantime, the proposal will be heard in several committees.

Cannabis reform has come slowly in Mexico despite several clear instructions from the courts to speed things along and legalize.

The first came in 2017, when the Supreme Court also ruled that banning medical marijuana was unconstitutional — though in the interim period, there has been little progress. The courts took notice: In August, the court ordered health authorities to publish “within 180 days” guidelines for how medical cannabis might be obtained, grown, and sold.

Legendary among old-school heads who bore modern-day terp-hunters with tales of heady highs gleaned from Acapulco Gold, Mexican cannabis may be ideal to compete on the growing global market. Unlike Canada, now the world’s largest exporter of cannabis flower and oil, Mexico has an ideal climate and cheap labor costs, as the The Washington Post noticed.

And entrepreneurs are getting ready. Last week, Mexico City hosted the fifth incarnation of ExpoWeed, the country’s largest cannabis convocation. And in Tijuana, the once-notorious border city riven by drug-fueled cartel violence, the city’s first head shop has opened for business.

“Legal weed here is going to happen, but probably not for another year,” the head shop’s owner told WeedMaps’s news vertical.

Portugal’s California-like weather has seen a third Canadian company look to establish a cannabis cultivation footprint in the country.

First it was Tilray, then it was Aurora and now The Flowr Corporation is set to grow cannabis in the country. Flowr has announced plans to acquire the remaining 80% stake in Portuguese firm Holigen which has established a huge cannabis operation in Aljustrel, about 100 miles south east of the capital Lisbon.

The 72-hectare site could become one of the largest cannabis facilities in the world. Located in the Alentejo region it will initially produce about 500,000 kilograms of cannabis per year – and could rise to more than 630,000 kilograms.

Cannabis Clones For Export

Flowr also announced that it has received a Health Canada export permit that will allow it to make an initial shipment of clones from its Kelowna Campus to Portugal.  It says the permits will allow the Aljustrel operation to garner its first outdoor harvest later this year. Its CEO Vinay Tolia said the deal is a major milestone and a ‘cornerstone in its efforts to service the global medical cannabis market’.  

“Aljustrel is one of the largest outdoor THC cultivation licenses in the developed world, and will be instrumental in providing large-scale, low-cost cannabis extract for pharmaceutical APIs, as well as oils to service the European medical markets.” 

Ideal Climatic Cannabis Conditions

Flowr, which is based in Toronto, builds and operates large-scale, GMP-designed cultivation facilities and recently announced plans to raise up to C$125 million to finalize the Holigen purchase. One of Portugal’s major attractions for such foreign companies is that it has ideal climatic and cultivation conditions.

It represents an attractive market, with relatively low labor costs and and a recent change in the law allows for the distribution of medical cannabis to other EU nations, where it is legal. Edmonton-based Aurora has signed an agreement to acquire a 51% ownership stake in Gaia Pharma, a Portuguese-based company with plans to produce medical cannabis and derivative products.

Aurora said construction of the first phase of the Gaia facility, capable of producing up to 2,000 kilograms of cannabis a year, was expected to be completed in late 2020.