[Vigilanteman]

Interesting stats. But I'm told by a Singaporean acquaintence that the addition rate in the late 1950's was close to 10%, so there was a much large base to start from.

Also, the Netherlands is overrun with Muzzies who would just as soon cut off your head as look at you. Compare crime rates with the lenient European countries to a strict county like Singapore and the comparison is a bit more valid. Drug use feeds crime, though there is a need to differentiate between the basically victimless soft drugs like cannabis (for which decriminalization is perhaps a logical alternative) and hard drugs like heroin.

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

Drug use feeds crime, though there is a need to differentiate between the basically victimless soft drugs like cannabis (for which decriminalization is perhaps a logical alternative) and hard drugs like heroin.

I'd like to see personal growth decriminalized. That would be a major blow to the traffickers, and a major relief for law enforcement.

Cannabis is definitely the least of our problems.

[tacticalogic]

Compare crime rates with the lenient European countries to a strict county like Singapore and the comparison is a bit more valid. Drug use feeds crime, though there is a need to differentiate between the basically victimless soft drugs like cannabis (for which decriminalization is perhaps a logical alternative) and hard drugs like heroin.

You might want to compare the conditions in Sweden, where they've adopted the UN's "zero tolerance" policies on even "soft drugs" like cannabis.

[Know your rights]

Drug use feeds crime

High drug prices, as fueled by drug criminalization, feed crime.