Legalize It, Part II
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In America, 37% of adults have tried marijuana; in the Netherlands the figure is 17%. Heroin usage rates are three times higher in the United States than in the Netherlands. Crystal meth , so destructive here, is almost nonexistent there. By any standard — drug usage rates, addiction, homicides, incarceration and dollars spent — America has lost the war on drugs. And just as escalating the drug war over the past three decades hasn’t caused a decrease in supply and demand, there’s no good