Topic: DRUGS - on April 5, 2003 at 10:29:31 PM CEST
Nostalgic Small Town Puts Cannabis on Its Flag
All leaders wanted to do was celebrate the history of their small town by creating a flag everyone would be proud to see flying above the rooftops.
Instead, they have been mocked on national television for making a local plant their emblem. The local plant in question is cannabis.
Some 250 kilometers southwest of Moscow in the Bryansk region, a yellow, green and white flag now flies above the town hall. In the top left-hand corner is the plant more widely known for its hallucinogenic qualities and for being depicted on T-shirts and student posters.
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