Former “drug czar” John Walters argues against legalization without having one favorable word for Sweden or the Netherlands. All he can say is that they “backtracked” from their original stances on things like marijuana decriminalization or street methadone, without saying how far they backtracked. (They didn’t eliminate these stances, which is what he implies.)
Nor does he have stats on exactly why they nuanced their approach to drugs, etc. Nor does Walters compare the severity of prison sentences in the U.S. not just to the Netherlands and Sweden, but to about any country in western Europe.
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