Looks like the liberal-tarian experiment in the Netherlands may soon be coming to an end...
“Local politicians across the Netherlands have concluded that by legalizing prostitution in 2000, they opened up their cities to international crime organizations trafficking in women, children and hard drugs. The authorities want to wipe out the crime and are also weary of boozy weekend trippers ogling prostitutes and buying illegal drugs on the streets....”
[caption] “PARTY OVER? Amsterdam’s coffeehouses, where marijuana is sold with official sanction, have been a target of recent curbs. “I’ve been in this business 15 years, and we have never felt so much pressure,” one coffeehouse manager says.”
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-fg-dutch4jan04,1,1872179.story
I hate to break it to you but, the Drug War in this nation has failed.
What is your solution?