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I agree with you about legalizing marijuana in an established state with working institutions. I see Netherlands as a successful example of it. But here we have
by playing_colours 12y ago
I agree with you about legalizing marijuana in an established state with working institutions. I see Netherlands as a successful example of it. But here we have the state in the very beginning of its existence, without the recognised law enforcing institutions. Thus it may be more difficult to control drug traffic.
The current president is more like a king at the moment with a lot of influence to shape the country, but can also be heavily influenced by external forces (by money, armed force). A lot of things depend on personalities and hidden agendas of people who will rule there, and it may be difficult to control them. Money from illegal activities like drug traffic may be very attractive.
I am just speculating about this potentially interesting experiment.
- jp555 12y agoCannabis is not legal in NL and there are many problems with their current setup involving organized crime. You say you "see" NL as a successful example, but I think it's more of a belief based on assumptions. In reality it's a bit of a mess. The U.S. ironically (they're the ones who got the world to sign treaties promising to never legalize) has the some of the best decriminalizatoin/legalization laws on the planet
- playing_colours 12y agoWikipedia [0] says it's still legal, but more and more restricted. So NL are not the best example for successful legalisation. [0]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_policy_of_the_Netherlands http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_policy_of_the_Netherlands
- jp555 12y agoNever been legal, but tolerated. If you're smoking in the streets you can still get into trouble with the police. That's why there's coffeeshops. Smoke there or home and NL looks the other way. But on the supply side there are many problems.