News story shows legalization best control:
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Dutch among lowest cannabis users in Europe
AMSTERDAM, Nov 5 (Reuters) – The Dutch are among the lowest users of marijuana or cannabis in Europe despite the Netherlands’ well-known tolerance of the drug, according to a regional study published on Thursday.
Among adults in the Netherlands, 5.4 percent used cannabis, compared with the European average of 6.8 percent, according to an annual report by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, using latest available figures.
A higher percentage of adults in Italy, Spain, the Czech Republic and France took cannabis last year, the EU agency said, with the highest being Italy at 14.6 percent. Usage in Italy used to be among the lowest at below 10 percent a decade ago.
Countries with the lowest usage rates, according to the Lisbon-based agency, were Romania, Malta, Greece and Bulgaria.
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- Source: Dutch among lowest cannabis users in Europe-report, Reuters, Nov. 5, 2009
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The idea that you can force changes in behavior has long been proved false -- yet those who wish the most harm to the most people continue to promote the concept.
Roe v Wade legalization of abortion (c1973) actually reduced the number of abortions in the United States. Given time to think & choose, because they no longer had to seek an abortionist, many women decided to have the child -- thus there has been an increase in unmarried mothers. The legalization dramatically reduced the number of women who died from, or were rendered sterile by, backroom & self induced abortions.
Thiose whose lives are decvoted to inducing the most harm to the most people still call for a return to the old days. These people, generally members of the Republican Party, are evil incarnate -- they are proud of it ... but will lie about the pride they take in hurting their innocent neighbors. These people have counterparts in A; Qaeda and other terrorist groups -- they know, they aid, they abet each other at every opportunity.
If we want to stop illegal drugs -- we do not engage in border concerns. The goal is to remove the profit which comes from marketing the drugs, and the "coolness" of breaking the law. The Dutch have proved the point. Make it legal and available ... then people will think and decide. Most people will decide to favor their health and ability to function -- so they will turn from any activity which hurts only themselves. People, given the chance might try, but then will ultimately reject, anything which negatively impacts their quality of life. However, there still remains those whose enjoyment comes from hurting others -- or controlling the actions of others and denying them their God Given Right to freewill and choice ... those people invoke and live by a policy of the most harm to the most people.
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