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(56,582 posts) Mon Dec 31, 2012, 11:52 AM Dec 2012

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The US has a higher marijuana use rate than the Netherlands

http://www.drugwarfacts.org/cms/netherlands_v_us

Nearly twice as high, in fact.

Making something illegal doesn't make it go away, but it does remove your ability to effectively regulate it.

Yes, this is about guns somewhat, but then again our gun and our drug problems are still more intertwined than we like to think sometimes (particularly if we throw Pharma in with our "drug problems&quot

. And it's never a bad time to call for some sanity in our drug policy, either...

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The US has a higher marijuana use rate than the Netherlands (Original Post) Recursion Dec 2012 OP

Our govt has NO ability to effectively regulate guns. bunnies Dec 2012 #1

bunnies

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1. Our govt has NO ability to effectively regulate guns.

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Mon Dec 31, 2012, 12:40 PM

Dec 2012

Not as long as our politicians are in the pockets of the NRA. Period.

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