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<br /> Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Household
<br /> Survey on Drug Abuse: Main Findings 1998 (Washington, DC: US
<br /> Department of Health and Human Services, March 2000), pp. 18, 24
<br /> Source 4: Abraham, Mama D ,Cohen, Peter D.A., van T>1, Roelf--Jan, and
<br /> de Winter, Marielle A L .University of Amsterdam, Centre for Drug
<br /> Research, Licit and Illicit Drug Use In the Netherlands, 1997
<br /> (Amsterdam: University of Amsterdam, September 1999), pp. 39, 47
<br /> Source 5• US Department of I~ealth and Human Services, Substance
<br /> Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Household
<br /> Survey on Drug Abuse• Main Findings 1998 (Washington, DC: US
<br /> Department of Health and Human Services, March 2000), pp. 24, 62.
<br /> Source 6. Abraham, Mama D ,Cohen. Peter D A ,van T>1, Roelf-Jan, and
<br /> de Winter, Mar>elle A.L , University of Amsterdam, Centre for Drug
<br /> Research, Licit and Illicit Drug Use in the Netherlands, 1997
<br /> (Amsterdam• University of Amsterdam, September 1999), pp. 40, 45
<br /> Source 7. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Based on total U.S population in
<br /> 1997 of 267,636,000 as per the L" S Census Bureau.
<br /> Source 8• According to the Dutch Bureau of Statistics, CBS Voorburg, as
<br /> of September 30, 1996 the Netherlands had 11,931 prisoners with an
<br /> approximate population of 15,424,122. This data was provided by a
<br /> statistician at CBS Voorburg and obtained from Statistics Netherlands:
<br /> Statistical Yearbook 1998, p 434, table 53.
<br /> Source 9: Office of National Drug Control Policy, National Drug Control
<br /> Strategy, 1997 Budget Summary, Washington DC U S Government
<br /> Panting Office (1997); MacCoun, R. & Reuter, P., "Interpreting Dutch
<br /> Cannabis Policy: Reasoning by Analogy in the Legalization Debate,"
<br /> Science, 278. 47 (1997); Based on total U.S population in 1997 of
<br /> 267,636,000 as per U.S Census Bureau
<br /> Source 10: Drug-related law enforcement spending in the Netherlands in
<br /> 1995 is estimated at 640 million Dutch gliders according to the Dutch
<br /> Justice Department
<br /> Source 11 • The FBI reported that the homicide rate in 1995 was 8 per
<br /> 100,000 people, for a total of 21,597 homicides (Uniform Crime Reports:
<br /> Dept of Justice Press Release, Oct 13, 1996)
<br /> Source 12. In both 1995 and 1996. the Netherlands recorded 273
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