Yes, the facts.
Approximately 170 murders were committed in the Netherlands in 2010, a slight decrease from 2009.
http://www.denhaag.nl/de/to/Population-of-The-Hague-rising.htm
That works out to a murder rate of just over 1 per 100,000 population. Compare that to the US murder rate of 5 per 100,000
http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/uscrime.htm
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Let's look at Amsterdam:
In Amsterdam the number of murders decreased from 32 in 2009 to 16 in 2010...
http://www.denhaag.nl/de/to/Population-of-The-Hague-rising.htm
With a population of about 730,000, that works out to a murder rate of about 2.2/100,000.
For comparison, San Jose has consistently been ranked among the safest cities over 500,000 in the US. According to city-data.com, its murder rate for 2009 was 2.6/100,000.
Straw man.
Murder isn't the issue here.
From the piece:
"In order to tackle the nuisance and criminality associated with coffee shops and drug trafficking, the open-door policy of coffee shops will end," the Dutch health and justice ministers wrote in a letter to the country's parliament on Friday."
Not to mention the bad influence that foreign dope smokers from around the world bring to their country.
You’re stating murder statistics. What crimes are concerning the Dutch to the point of changing the laws? Had it been murder that they were concerned about I think the article would have mentioned it.