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This advertisement appeared in the November 2, 1998 issue of
The New Republic
.
ISSUE
United States
The Netherlands
Use of marijuana by
older teens (1994)
38%
30%
Use of marijuana by
15-year-old (in 1995)
34%
29%
Heroin addicts
(in 1995)
430
per 100,000
160
per 100,000
Murder rate
(in 1996)
8.22
per 100,000
1.8
per 100,000
Crime-related
deaths
8.2
per 100,000 (1995)
1.2
per 100,000 (1994)
Incarceration
rate (1997)
645
per 100,000
73
per 100,000
Per capita spending on
drug-related law enforcement
$81
$27
Are we so committed to past mistakes that we
cannot shift to more effective strategies?
Visit Drug War Facts at:
www.drugsense.org
Paid for by Common Sense for Drug Policy Foundation
Kevin B. Zeese President, 703-354-5694, 703-354-5695 (fax),
info@csdp.org
These fact are based on official statistics from Holland and the United States.Citations are available from the Web site of the Netherlands
http://www.netherlands-embassy.org/c_hltdru.html
or from
Common Sense
.
Introduction
Supreme Court Justice Questions Marijuana Policy
Meet the Drug War Winners and Losers
Iraq Vets Victims of the Drug War
A Letter to Mom
The Blue Ribbon Report Richard Nixon Chose to Bury
Good News for Doctors and Pain Patients
The Man Who Gave Us the Drug War
The Devil Weed and Harry Anslinger
Why Not Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol
Is It Sound Policy to Jail Expectant Mothers
A Riveting 12-Minute Documentary
Mexico Is Becoming the Next Colombia
Suffering from Chronic Pain
Another Drug Baby Media Scare
Methamphetamine Crisis - Hype Or Fact
They're telling the Attorney General to butt out
How can judges and jurors dispense justice and mercy without relevant information?
Urine drug testing fails at school and work
Isn't rewarding achievement the American way?
Are we addicted to drug war money?
Who says we are winning the drug war?
Shafer Commission 30th Anniversary
The public is saying 'No More Drug War!'
Now we are in a real war . . . isn't it time to abandon the war on ourselves?
Is the funding of terrorism another unintended consequence of drug prohibition?
Should Coerced Treatment Replace Prison For First Time, Non-Violent Drug Offenders?
Change of Tune on drug policy?
UK Police End Cannabis Seizures
White Kids Use and Sell, Black Kids Go To Prison
Time for the Government to Provide Safe Access to Medical Marijuana
Annual Causes of Deaths in the US
Pregnant Women: Drug War Casualties?
Bush Offers Hope
Clinton Interview
Drug Czar Wanted
Voting Rights
Drug Courts
A Real War in Colombia?
What We Know About Ecstasy
How We Judge a Fallen Hero
Crooked Cops
Findings of the British Police Foundation
Just Say Not Guilty?
The More We Escalate, The More Die
Protecting Kids?
What Should We Tell Our Kids?
Happy Valentine's Day?
McCaffrey Resign
Drug Problem in Perspective
Ending the Drug War Is Popular
Time to admit the War on Drugs has failed
Mandatory Sentencing is Bad
Controlled Access to Heroin
Do Drug Laws Focus on the Dangerous Drugs?
Arizona Stops Jailing Drug Users
We Are Deeply Troubled
A Police View on the War on Drugs
Dutch Drug Policy Even More Effective
Treatment More Effective Than Enforcement
It's as Simple as 123
Has the Drug Czar Bought the Media?
Compromising Integrity and Prestige?
Constitution a Victim of the Drug War?
Marijuana Myths/Marijuana Facts
Dutch Drug Policy Works
Pinocchio McCaffrey
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