[mugs99]

The reason many violent offenders are caught with pot is because it is illegal & sold on the black market. High profit motives bring unsavory people into the business - forcing the poor, peaceful pothead to have to deal with society's worst to get their harmless buzz.

You only have to look at Holland to see the real world proof of that. Drug abuse in Holland was epidemic. They had more hard drug addicts than America and Europe. They had a War On Drugs that was a total failure. They stopped their War On Drugs. Addiction and crime plummeted. Teen use of Marijuana went down, not up!
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[muawiyah]

There's no evidence whatsoever that MJ use declined in Nederland. On the other hand, there is evidence that it has grown, as has the use of other drugs, and that roaving bands of drug-crazed foreigners have become a problem in the country.

Here's the deal in Nederland ~ you become a junkie, or a chronic pot user, and you're gonna' fall in a canal or sluice.

They don't pull you out. Darned things are greasy and full of muck ~ mess up your clothes, and you will never get your shoes cleaned.

They have one of the world's greater death by drowning rates.

My suspicion is that the "pragmatic" Dutch tradition of leaving you alone to your own devices actually provides a rough sort of death penalty justice for those who refuse to go along with the flow.