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  There was a major item on the radio two nights ago ..the World Tonight I believe it was.
  
  It was about Amsterdam and their drug system. Their system is often heralded here as a way forward, but the powers that be in Amsterdam are now having an about turn...some might call it a U-turn. The free for all system they employed which was supposed to reduce drug related crime has had the exact opposite effect..drug related crime, prostitution etc etc has increased dramatically.
  
  The liberal approach to all things drug related simply attracted criminals from all over to practice their game there in Amsterdam...so the drug problem and its associated pitfalls has increased dramatically.
  
  Every so often the notion comes to the fore here that we should relax on drugs, make them legal and available, but Amsterdam are finding out now that its not the answer. The drug problem has soared there. Make the drugs legal then every Joe Soap thinks it is okay to use them, so the problem gets worse. The notion that you can contain the few that are already using in a new system doesnt hold water, the original number of users just gets ever larger.

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