DRUG-FRIENDLY NETHERLANDS TO CLOSE 8 PRISNS.NOT ENOUGH CRIME

[Daanyeer]

Source: http://www.opposingviews.com/i/drug-fri ... ough-crime

News by Marijuana Policy Project
(May 26, 2009) in Society / Drug Law
By Bruce Mirken

For years prohibitionists, including our own Drug Enforcement Administration, have claimed — falsely — that the tolerant marijuana policies of the Netherlands have made that nation a nest of crime and drug abuse. They may have trouble wrapping their little brains around this:

The Dutch government is getting ready to close eight prisons because they don’t have enough criminals to fill them. Officials attribute the shortage of prisoners to a declining crime rate.

Just for fun, let’s compare the Netherlands to California. With a population of 16.6 million, the Dutch prison population is about 12,000. With its population of 36.7 million, California should have a bit more than double the Dutch prison population. California’s actual prison population is 171,000.

So, whose drug policies are keeping the streets safer?

[Basra-]

Hoe gart het!

[Complicated19]

Looool they should legalise cannabis in the UK. I want to see a prison... Never seen one

[waryaa]

Maybe freedom to light a joint can solve today's problems after all

I dont know how it went but they had tried the following in the past.

Imagine what it would be like traveling around towns without street signs. Would people move around carefully, looking out for each other or would chaos break out? In the Netherlands, transport planner Hans Monderman has pioneered a new method which involves removing traffic signs, lights and in some cases, road markings. This concept has successfully been tested in the small Dutch town of Drachten, which has had traffic lights removed. Other changes included the installation of a children's playground in the middle of one of the roads to force drivers to slow down. Who can keep track of what to do here?Bildunterschrift: Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Who can keep track of what to do here? Monderman said that the initial purpose of traffic lights was good and traffic was made safer, ''but created a new problem because traffic no longer flows.''
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,2143663,00.html

[Daanyeer]

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