What a shame the rest of Europe especially the UK cant swallow their pride and admit they've been wrong over the last 40 years and follow the Netherlands drug policy.

By stuart | June 20, 2007 2:55 PM

@Stuart
No reason for the decrease has been mentioned (poor research or poor reporting), so 'claiming' it is because of Dutch policy is nothing more than propaganda and premature jumping to conclusions. As there are also no figures about other countries with other policies.
Perhaps the drug as such is not trendy enough anymore. Or too expensive compared to alternatives. Or, although an oxymoron, drug users become 'smarter', staying away from the truly unhealthy stuff.
Basically nothing more than the reaction of a mind affected by too much dope.

By Sjefke | June 20, 2007 5:37 PM

It's not just a shame that the UK can't accept and adapt the policy, but the same goes for my own country (US) and pretty much every other country on the planet.

I've been saying it for years now, the "war on drugs" is a war that no one is ever going to win and it's time we stopped wasting tax payers' money to fund this "war on drugs" and start using that money to fund better drug policies... and by "better," I don't mean passing laws that make penalties harsher.

By Lonna Brown | June 20, 2007 6:32 PM