[tdadams]

What's a failure is the decriminalization and liberalizing of drugs in nations like the Netherlands, where drug use, drug dealing and crime have all dramatically increased over the past 15 to 20 years.

Do you think that by repeating a canard over and over again, it will eventually become true?

Claims similar to yours are made all the time, probably by people who fervently believe it's true. But it's not true (in fact, the opposite is true) and I've yet to see anyone who makes those claims back it up with facts or statistics.

[MrLeRoy]

Claims similar to yours are made all the time, probably by people who fervently believe it's true.

It's a variety of urban legend.