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FSctbook The Netherlands and the United States http /lwa•w drugwarfacts org/thenethe htm <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 <br /> <br /> 2 of 5 n2~2;~2nol a qn apt <br /> <br />