Estonian municipality put cannabis leaf on flag
Posted May 16, 2018 06:48:40 AM.
Last Updated May 16, 2018 07:20:42 AM.
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COPENHAGEN – The southern Estonian municipality of Kanepi has a cannabis leaf on its new flag — because that’s what its name means in Estonian.
Andrus Seeme, mayor for Kanepi’s 2,500 souls, says a referendum was held in late 2017 and 80 per cent picked the winning design — a silver cannabis leaf on a green shield — out of seven designs.
Seeme said Wednesday the city council adopted it a day earlier.
Kanepi chose a new flag after three municipalities merged into one following last year’s administrative reform.
Seeme said the leaf has been used as a heraldic symbol by local groups for decades and the new flag has met little opposition in Estonia, where cannabis is illegal.
