Thursday, May 17, 2018, 15:06 by Reuters

Estonian district adopts cannabis flag after online poll

A local government in Estonia has narrowly approved using a flag with an image of a cannabis leaf as its symbol after a online poll overwhelmingly voted for it.

The town's name - Kanepi- is derived from the Estonian word for marijuana.

Although fewer than 5,000 people live in this town and region, 12,000 voted in favour of the cannabis symbol in an online poll.

Scarlett Cvitanovitch reports.