Crime is down and Marijauna is Legal.

[::::BASSIST::::]

Gee, I wonder if there is a correlation?

http://www.nrc.nl/international/arti...k_of_criminals

[RD]

It's time to de-criminalize all drugs in the US. Treat drug problems as the medical issue they are, not as a crime. Criminals and smugglers will have to get real jobs.
RD

[::::BASSIST::::]

Agreed.

[RyRob813]

Originally Posted by RD

It's time to de-criminalize all drugs in the US. Treat drug problems as the medical issue they are, not as a crime. Criminals and smugglers will have to get real jobs.
RD

Not to mention the positive effect it will have economically speaking. Drug addicts will do drugs regardless of the legality, and non-users aren't going to think, "oh well heroin's legal now, might as well boot up." Come on.

[Mark Latimour]

Originally Posted by ::::BASSIST::::

Gee, I wonder if there is a correlation?

http://www.nrc.nl/international/arti...k_of_criminals

Probably not, but you'd have known that if you did your research

The current policy on Cannibis in the Netherlands (which is that posession of cannibis technically still illegal other than the seeds) has been in place since 1978 (see the Opium Act 1978). The crime boom that the article you linked talks about occurred in the mid-90's. Those two dates would indicate that the two are probably not related, but you could google crime statistics in the Netherlands to check it out if you wanted further correlation. However, your OP is faulty anway because dope is not legal in the Netherlands, its merely torrelated ie not prosecuted (this year, for example, 30 odd coffee shops had to close for being too close for schools).

[Muusers]

Ya man, just turn your lights down low and chill man. Though I never did drugs.

[Ívar Þórólfsson]

There is no way this thread can keep on track.

Closed.