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Originally Posted by dissentowner
As an officer I can tell you the war on drugs is a waste of resources and an impossible battle. It also has caused more damage than anything beneficial. I don't make the rules though.
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As a former Federal Crown agent, I would agree with that.
However, the policy in the Netherlands has not been without problems.
http://www.drugwarfacts.org/cms/neth....duR0dlCX.dpbs
http://www.cedro-uva.org/lib/reinarman.dutch.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_po...he_Netherlands
Criminal investigations into more serious forms of organized crime mainly involve drugs (72%). Most of these are investigations of hard drug crime (specifically cocaine and synthetic drugs) although the number of soft drug cases is rising and currently accounts for 69% of criminal investigations.[29]
In a study of the levels of cannabis, cocaine, ecstasy, meth and other amphetamine in wastewater from 42 major cities in Europe Amsterdam came near the top of the list in every category but meth.[30]
In the province of North-Brabant in the south of the Netherlands, the organized crime organizations form the main producer of MDMA, amphetamine en cannabis in Europe. Together with the proximity of the ports of Antwerp and especially Rotterdam where heroin and cocaine enter the European continent, this causes these substances to be readily available for a relative low price. Therefor there is a large quantity drugs of a relative high quality with few pollution available. This means that users will not have to rely on more polluted substances with greater health risks. Together with an approach that focusses on easily accessible health care, harm reduction and prevention, this causes the medical condition of the Dutch addicts to be less severe than that of many other countries.[31]