> Ah yes, Netherlands: a land of barbarians, murder and rampant disentery. Not a single industry in sight. Netherlands were the first in the industrialized wor

> Ah yes, Netherlands: a land of barbarians, murder and rampant disentery. Not a single industry in sight. Netherlands were the first in the industrialized world to tolerate it, and that demonstrated a lot of courage given the general attitudes at the time. Their example paved the way forward to today, when Canada is the first country in the industrialized world to give cannabis legal status. Legalization of cannabis is the drug policy equivalent of marriage equality in social policy (which in Canada is also the law of the land).