Decriminalizing Cannabis in Estonia
Decriminalizing Cannabis in Estonia.
Estonia is the leading country in Europe with the highest number of drug fatalities per capita,
deaths by fentanyl are raising and current drug policy is not doing its job. According to the
most recent data, Estonia's overdose mortality rate is seven times the average in the EU. This
is a big concern for a country as little as Estonia, and also a reason why the decriminalizing
cannabis topic has grown so popular lately. Cannabis, as a soft drug, is criminalized in Estonia
and that fact leads people to go after stronger drugs because by the law they are on the same
scale. The popularity of “China white” is growing in Estonia, as it is so easily accessible, but
so does the mortality rate because it is very easy to overdose on fentanyl. Estonia should re-
form its drug policy because stricter laws and punishments do not change society for the
better and current drug polic...