There's never been a real "war on drugs" in Norway. Yes, drugs are illegal, but penalties are almost non-existent by US standards. It's true that Norway had a

There's never been a real "war on drugs" in Norway. Yes, drugs are illegal, but penalties are almost non-existent by US standards. It's true that Norway had a strong temperance movement. I lived for a while in one of the last municipalities that still had a beer monopoly (Sula), it was removed with referendum when I lived there. Storeowners were actually divided on the issue, many of them didn't especially want to start selling alcohol. But the temperance movements have not lobbied for harsher penalties for drug use or possession.