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PETER HITCHENS: Drug propagandists always claimed that this move would take drugs out of the hands of criminal gangs. But that simply has not happened.
PETER HITCHENS: One of the great myths of our age is the Portuguese Drug Paradise. Now that myth lies crumpled in the dustbin, destroyed by the liberal Washington Post newspaper.
Amsterdam has introduced a number of laws over the recent years to limit the appeal of the area, including limits on how long bars stay open and how late sex workers can operate.