Failing to follow this success is not merely stupid, but morally wrong. Indeed, to delay the implementation of the Dutch model would impose intolerable costs on society by undermining the moral authority of the law and the confidence of the citizens in law enforcement - as indeed it should. Ultimately the most basic reason for ending cannabis prohibition is that it is based on a simple fraud and it is morally wrong. Cannabis prohibition is a disaster and a major impediment to any successful drug policy, whether prohibition or legalisation. It is not for us to create a utopia, but rather to eliminate such evils as we can.
Cannabis prohibition is one such evil.