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Estonia: Cannabis stores found to be selling illegal products
Radio Tallinn Wednesday 12 Feb 2020 Rait Pikaro, head of the North Prefecture's Office of Narcotics and Organized Crime unit said: "The test results showed traders had not determined the products they were selling contained the drug THC in legal quantities." The permitted limit for THC in industrial hemp products is 0.2 percent. Of the 35 products in one store, 25 were over the limit - the highest THC content was 1.3 percent and the lowest 0.26 percent. Samples of liquid products from another store showed THC levels of 0.48 percent to 3 percent. "It is no longer possible to use ignorance as an excuse for the violations committed here, as the results of the samples show multiple violations of the THC limit," Pikaro said. For the remaining stores, the sample rate was between 0.41 and 1 percent. Criminal proceedings for the six controlled shops are ongoing. Possible punishment for shops found to be in violation will come to light after the investigation is completed once the prosecution has made a final decision on the proceedings. Pikaro said they are working to ensure that regulations are accurate. He said buying products from unknown vendors over the Internet in the belief they would comply with Estonian law are probably not correct, even if the vendor has certificate-like letters of approval. "A piece of colored paper with the word "certificate" accompanying the goods does not excuse the local trader of liability in the event of production exceeding the THC limit," Pikaro explained. The police officer noted that when ordering products from abroad, every person has to make sure in advance that every product brought or ordered to Estonia is legal. "It is not permissible for a substance or product of unknown composition to be ordered to Estonia and then to test its legality here. The police will verify the correctness of the goods in case of suspected infringement, but the police cannot be used as a tester for goods." Pikaro said criminal proceedings will continue to be initiated when tests carried out by the Estonian Institute of Forensic Science (EKEI) show a product has exceeded the permitted limit. https://news.err.ee/1034211/cannabis-stores-found-to-be-selling-illegal-products
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