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Maybe so, RP. No doubt we aren't exactly the same as the Dutch. We aren't that different from them either. Certainly we are more culturally similar to them than we are to the Japanese, Chinese, Pakistanis, and so on. But it is true that we are different and it is true that just because their more tolerant marijuana policies work well for them doesn't mean that they would work as well for us. That is true. It's still interesting to see how their polices have worked for them though. It's interesting to see that the sky hasn't fallen there. It's interesting to see that despite virtually legal retail markets for marijuana, not only do they not have super high per capita marijuana use rates, but in fact use rates there are middle of the road by western standards. We should study what they do and at least consider that it might work here. It's certainly very possible that it would. What we do surely doesn't seem to work worth a flip. Our use rates are higher than their use rates and there is absolutely no shortage of cheap marijuana on our streets. Maybe they have the right idea.