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FACtberlc'ihe Netherlands and the United States http I/www drugwarfacts org/thenethe htm Drug War FACTS The Netherlands and the United States: 1. The Netherlands follows a policy of separating the market for illicit drugs. Cannabis is primarily purchased through coffee shops. Coffee shops offer no or few possibilities for purchasing illicit drugs other than cannabis. Thus The Netherlands achieve a separation of the soft drug market from the hard drugs market - and separation of the 'acceptable risk' drug user from the 'unacceptable risk' drug user. Source: Abraham, Mama D ,University of Amsterdam, Centre for Drug Research, Places of Drug Purchase fn The Netherlands (Amsterdam University of Amsterdam, September 1999), pp. 1-5 2. Comparing Important Drug and Violence Indicators jSocfalIndfcator Years USA Nether erlands Lffetfine prevalence of marf~uana use (ages 12+)'1998 vs 199"r 33%1 15 6%2 ~Z Past month prevalence of marquana use (ages 1998 vs 1997 j5%3 2 5%a I12+) Lffetfine prevalence of heroin use (ages 12+) 1998 vs 1997 it 1%5 0 3%s ; ~/j ;Incarceration Rate per 100,000 populatfon 1997 vs 1996 645' j77 3s Y~ Pe acrPe pfta spending on drug-related law• 1997 vs 1995gg19 $2710 t/ enforcement 1 Tj Homicide rate per 100,000 populatfon 1995 vs 1995;811 ;1 8f2 - r~ Source 1: US Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse: Main Findings 1998 (Washington, DC• US Department of Health and Human Services, March 2000), pp 18, 24 Source 2: Abraham, Mama D., Cohen, Peter D.A., van Tfl, Roelf-Jan, and de Winter, Martelle A.L., University of Amsterdam, Centre for Drug •S o Research, Licit and Illicit Drug Use in the Netherlands, 1997 (Amsterdam: University of Amsterdam. September 1999), pp. 39, 45. IV • o Source 3: US Department of Health and Human Services, Substance x Qom'! ~ 1 of 5 (1?~?na T'!1 7~A~r