Grass green-lit by the town hemp built

A rural Estonian town whose name literally means “cannabis” has voted to adopt a marijuana leaf as its official logo.

Located in southern Estonia, Kanepi’s highly unusual name is rooted in a traditional cottage industry that sprang up around the processing of hemp into oil and fabric centuries ago, according to a spokesman.

The logo was chosen by some 12 000 out of more than 15 000 people who voted in the poll.