[idleproc]

> we were afraid that we'd become a place where international criminals come to produce massive amounts of weed legally to then export it illegally

I remember a few years back, someone in the Dutch police claimed the Netherlands was on its way to becoming a narco-state [1].

I'm ignorant about the domestic issues there, so correct me, but it seems like the legality of drugs is a separate issue to the control of organised crime in the country.

[1] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-50821542

[petre]

NL is still a central hub for drug traffic. This is a consequence of the NL ports being very efficient. Belgium and Spain are other entry points for cocaine. But there have also been some high profile arrests of drug lords in the NL, such as the arrest of Tse Chi Lop, the head of the Sam Gor syndicate, responsible for a $8bn per year meth trade.

Here's a 70 page report only on cocaine trade.

https://border-security-report.com/the-cocaine-pipeline-to-e...

[MomoXenosaga]

Drugs earn criminals literally billions of euro every year. Money corrupts. Whether it's in Mexico or the Netherlands.

I think the closest analogy for Americans is what happened during prohibition.