[Melinda]

The country I’m referring to in the last post is the Netherlands, not Morocco.

[Ken H]

The Dutch seem to have a better handle on drug use than countries fighting a "real" WOD. Why is Singapore doing so poorly?

Link to post #146 with data and sources showing heroin addiction substantially higher in Singapore, the US and Iran than in the Netherlands

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Amsterdam had a murder rate of about 3.6/100,000 in 2007¹. San Jose, one of the safest US cities with a population over 500,000, had a murder rate of 3.5 in 2007². Overall, the murder rate in the US is nearly 4X the Dutch rate.³

¹http://www.expatica.com/nl/articles/news/Record-low-murder-rate-once-again.html
²http://city-data.com
³http:/nationmaster.com