"The percentages of people who had ever smoked dope (23.7%) and those who smoked dope (almost) every day (1.6%) were higher in 2018 than in previous years (21.1% and 1.2% in 2015), but it is still too early to speak of a trend. Colorado Crime Rate Statistics Surely Suggest So America is gradually taking a softer or, at least, less harsh stance against recreational use of marijuana, or cannabis. Am. When I'm looking for news, here are the websites I check out, in order. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian . (2013). All Rights Reserved, Crimes with the Highest Rates in the Dutch Capital, Still, you ought to know which crimes are most commonly committed in this city. 2019 All Rights Reserved. Do you live in any of the cities on the list? Attesting to this, there is an interactive map onAD.nl that lists every province in the Netherlands and their corresponding criminal rank. Use among 18-24 year-olds stayed the same. The Netherlands is one of the largest sources of synthetic drugs for international markets and has identified an increase in the number of methamphetamine laboratories where Mexican nationals were accomplices. Researchers have begun to estimate the effect marijuana legalization has had on crime rates. At the same time, however, minorities have received no relief with respect to marijuana-related crime rates, which could indicate a larger problem in the criminal justice system. The Dutch government`s notoriously tolerant drug policy almost certainly helps to keep the crime rate low. But it's the more dangerous drugs that are secretly dealt along the sketchier parts of the city. may not be sold. Moreover, even though use of marijuana is legal in the Netherlands, its rate of marijuana use is no higher than the rate of marijuana use in the United States (Drug Policy Alliance, 2012). Compare it to the fight on drugs in America, currently the government loses money in its pursuit of drug users, including the enforcement of laws against cannabis users and dealers. The authors of this study noted three explanations offered by scholars regarding the possible ways in which marijuana legalization may decrease crime. Hello world! caution against drawing conclusions based on simple before-and-after comparisons that do not take into account pre-existing trends or crime rates in states that have not legalized marijuana. Legalizing the production and use of cannabis does not lead to an immediate reduction in drug crime, a delegation from the Dutch police concluded after a working visit to Canada, which legalized cannabis in October last year. He estimates there was an 80 per cent decline in street-level crime when underground gaming houses dissolved.