You will be able to buy pot online if you are ordering in Manitoba from a Manitoba retailer.
Every retailer who is allowed to sell marijuana in Manitoba can sell it online within the province.
Michael Legary, a spokesperson from the Government of Manitoba gives some examples of how sales can work.
“So, if you are in the province of Manitoba you can be, say from Fargo and be in Manitoba, and purchase cannabis if it’s delivered in Manitoba. Or if you’re a Manitoban you can have it purchased here. But a retailer can only sell and deliver cannabis in Manitoba.”
If you find a strain you like while out of the province you won’t be able to buy from that location once you are back home.
Don't worry though, Legary says the same kind of ordering of special products at liquor stores applies to pot sales.
“What you will be able to do is contact one retailer and say ‘I like this strain can you bring it in.' There will be the opportunity for, because the supply through Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries, you can go to your retailer and ask them for a product you like and be brought in. Just like alcohol, if you have a particular wine or scotch you like Liquor and Lotteries can order that and bring it in.”
If you find a strain of marijuana you like while doing some shopping in Yorkton you don’t have to worry when bringing it back to Dauphin.
Once pot is legal you can cross any provincial border without breaking any laws.
Legary says there is a limit to how much you can bring across any provincial border.
“So you can bring up to, for personal consumption, 30 grams. So, if you drive there and you find something you like and you want to bring that across the border, you can bring your personal allotment back.”
If you want to find out more about provincial pot laws, check out the locally produced Reefer MEDness podcast hosted by Trevor Shewfelt and Kirk Nyquist.
