online marijuanaThe internet has become essential to 60% of the global population and continues to grow in popularity as the years’ pass. You can use the internet to find a new job, do your banking, watch movies, and surf the darknet. It seems that there isn’t anything that you can’t find. It may be surprising to some to know that the first purchase ever made online was actually marijuana.

Where It All Began

According to several researchers, the first thing that was ever sold over the internet was marijuana. In 1971, two Stanford students at their university artificial intelligence laboratory set up the first commercial transaction with students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Jamie Bartlett was one of the Stanford trailblazers that conducted this exchange but, for the life of me, I could not seem to find any information about the other students involved. Luckily, Bartlett wrote several books that detail this early transaction. There is a bit of controversy as to whether this was the first online sale as they only used the internet to set up the deal. When they met up, they exchanged cash instead of transferring the money online.

Online CannabisThe Controversy

While this cannabis sale was the earliest online transaction, they did not actually pay over the internet. This has led to controversy over who can make this claim to fame. 
1971 - The iconic first online cannabis sale. People claim that it does not count as the first internet sale for a couple of reasons. The first is the fact that money was exchanged in person rather than online. The other is that at the time marijuana was extremely illegal. 
1984 - Jane Snowball, a 72-year-old British grandmother, bought her groceries from Tesco online. She was part of an initiative to help the elderly. She used computer technology called
Videotex. It was used on the television and the remote was used to choose between hundreds of options. The order was then sent to Tesco over the phone line. Credit cards weren’t popular at the time though so paid with cash.
1994 - Pizza Hut claims the first thing ever bought online was a large pepperoni and mushroom pizza. In 1994 they launched PizzaNet in Santa Cruz. It was pretty basic but you could go online, input your information, and have a pizza delivered right to your door. 
1994 - Dan Kohn, a 21-year-old college student, sold Sting’s CD to a friend in Philadelphia. This is the world’s first secure credit card transaction for a physical good. His friend paid 12.48 plus shipping and received a copy of the disc in the mail a few weeks later.

How The First Online Cannabis Sale Went Down

It may seem improbable that the first online transaction happened as early as 1971. They did not have the same access to the internet as we do now. Today, almost every single device can easily connect to the internet by accessing a global network. In the 1970’s they used something called ARPANET (which would later become the internet). Exchanging data between computers or networks was very hard. The hardest part of this was that there was no universal language to communicate through. Each host had its own programming and login users had to learn this host language to use it. It was rarely used when it was first created.

Buying Cannabis OnlineBuying Cannabis Online Today

With Modern technology buying marijuana online has never been easier. Depending on where you live it may even be the most convenient option. With one click of the mouse, you can find endless products and information on them. Gone are the days of buying a plastic bag of mystery weed from unsavory characters. Now you can easily find any strain no matter how you
prefer to utilize this magical herb. This gives not only the option of more variety but also offers a safe and discreet way to purchase cannabis. Pure Green Express offers a sweeping variety of products with fast and discreet delivery right to your door. Stop adding more stress to your already busy life and do it like they did in the 70’s - Shop online!