I mean, once you spend more than 10 minutes looking at how their drug enforcement works, you come to the conclusion the Netherlands is a de-facto narcostate. W

I mean, once you spend more than 10 minutes looking at how their drug enforcement works, you come to the conclusion the Netherlands is a de-facto narcostate. While retail supply of soft drugs is permitted and taxed, production and wholesale supply to those retailers is illegal, which helped drug gangs to become immensely powerful. This could be resolved by legalising the production and wholesale supply aspects (with great benefits for the taxman), but the political will is lacking. It would also sharply hurt criminals. The half measures around drug legislation are indicative of how the rest of the country is ran.