Pubdate: Sat, 04 Jul 2015 Source: Honolulu Star-Advertiser (HI) Copyright: 2015 Star Advertiser Contact: http://www.staradvertiser.com/info/Star-Advertiser_Letter_to_the_Editor.html Website: http://www.staradvertiser.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/5154 Author: Kirk Muse Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v15/n344/a07.html LEGAL POT LACKS LURE OF FORBIDDEN Marijuana has been quasilegal in the Netherlands for about 40 years, yet the Dutch use cannabis at less than half the rate Americans do ("Legal pot will lead to more addiction," Star-Advertiser, Letters, June 25). And they use cocaine and heroin at about a third the rate Americans do. Why? Because in the Netherlands, there is no "lure of the forbidden fruit" like there is in America. Kirk Muse Mesa, Ariz. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom