[FirstPrinciple]

I highly doubt it. If you did then you would know that it is not like what you are describing. How many drug addicts did you see laying on the streets of Helsinki and Stockholm? You would also know why their productivity is so low and it has nothing to do with drugs. If you are talking about crime, do you feel safer in the streets of NYC or in Stockholm? Which city has a higher crime rate, even after adjusting for population, NYC or Stockholm? If you actually been there, you would know the answer.

[Peach]

Perhaps you didn't know. Stockholm has drug parks where addicts are not harrassed and are supposed to be "safe." Of course, the opposite is true, but that's another story. Drug addicts lying around streets outside the park are routinely busted and/or moved.

I can't find it, although I've tried, but there was an article posted on FR about how the Scandanavian countries that have extremely liberal laws regarding drug use are trying to find ways to overturn those laws. The cost to human lives and society are becoming to high to sustain the current laws.