I think a more pertinent example would be Portugal, which decriminalised all drugs in 2001. Glenn Greenwald of the Cato Institute said "Judging by every metric

I think a more pertinent example would be Portugal, which decriminalised all drugs in 2001. Glenn Greenwald of the Cato Institute said "Judging by every metric, decriminalization in Portugal has been a resounding success." A couple of links for those interested in learning more: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1893946,00.html http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1893946,00.ht... and http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tomchivers/100047485/portugal-drug-decriminalisation-a-resounding-success-will-britain-respond-no/ http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tomchivers/100047485/po...