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| ISSUE | United States | The Netherlands |
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Use of marijuana by
older teens (1994) | 38% | 30% |
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Use of marijuana by
15-year-old (in 1995) | 34% | 29% |
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Heroin addicts
(in 1995) | 430
per 100,000 | 160
per 100,000 |
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Murder rate
(in 1996) | 8.22
per 100,000 | 1.8
per 100,000 |
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Crime-related
deaths | 8.2
per 100,000 (1995) | 1.2
per 100,000 (1994) |
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Incarceration
rate (1997) | 645
per 100,000 | 73
per 100,000 |
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Per capita spending on
drug-related law enforcement | $81 | $27 |
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| These fact are based on official statistics from Holland
and the United States.Citations are available from the Web site
of the Netherlands
http://www.netherlands-embassy.org/c_hltdru.html or from
Common Sense. |
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