Legalize drugs - people do less drugs?

You see it in the statistics, and also in people's attitudes.

At international parties the foreign students always like to bring some joints and share them around. For many it's a really exciting experience they don't want to miss. Usually the only ones to say 'no thanks' for the joint are the Dutch students. Why aren't we so into drugs?

- it's not exciting since it's legal and you can see drugs everywhere, so it's not something you do to piss off your parents or to be a cool rebel or so;

- we don't go on a road trip to get drugs because.. we're already here. It's a major coming of age ritual for other Europeans and some Americans, but not for us.

- (unrelated to Dutch drug policy) most soft-drugs are smoked, and smoking is quickly becoming less and less popular among young Dutch people. For me that's the main reason: I'm totally not into hard drugs, and since I hate smoking I'm not that into soft drugs either.

Compare most countries' drug policy with the Prohibition in the US: drinking beer and moonshining liquor was cool and exciting because it wasn't allowed. Who would still think making your own booze in the middle of a forest is the coolest thing ever, except for some bored retirees?

I even have thought for over 30 years now that some drugs (inc pot) could desire to be made criminal, presented by using authorized premises by using authorized persons and subjected to mark up and VAT to pay the charges and any income paid into the exchequer. this might propose that customers and their useage are monitored and pull the mat out from below unlawful providers, additionally considerably shrink crime alongside with theft executed to pay highway expenditures. With illicit drug dealing being the international's 4th best financial device and a brilliant form of jobs in the "white" financial device e.g. Police, Customs and Excise etc. reckoning on the unlawful drug commerce persevering with i do no longer see legalisation occurring.

You have not put a link up to show that your information is based on evidence. So on the basis of what you have written I disagree.