Apparently the Dutch are not as smart as the Americans.
It's simple:
1- Legalize Guns so people can shoot each other over anything
2- Privatize Prisons so that greedy CEOs can take over the "business"
3- Create laws that can criminalize you for any stupid thing you do, procedures that make everyone frustrated, and an economy that keeps you bankrupt most of the time
Or for a small person to have a chance against a big person. Or an old person to have a chance against a young person. Or for one person to have a chance against lots of people.
Cannabis is technically a white-listed illegal substance, for which the possession, consumption, and sale is legal up to certain thresholds. Amusingly, the sellers require a license and are not supposed to purchase stock to sell. Viz. The cannabis being sold is appearing out of thin air!
> Amusingly, the sellers require a license and are not supposed to purchase stock to sell.
Correct, it's a schizophrenic situation that pro-legalization and liberal parties have been trying to solve for a while.
However, since 2002 more conservative, christian and/or centre-right parties have been ruling who ideally want to criminalize again so it's not getting solved any time soon.
You don't really need point 3. It's implicit in point 2, because private prisons will allocate funds to lobbyists in pursuit of regulatory capture, resulting in 3.
