when drugs were forbidden and penalties high, drugs were very expensive and only heroin available.

It is like alcohol: you start with beer and wine. then some go to whisky and then some become alcoholics.
If only strong booze is available then you have more alcoholics.

some start with cannabis, of those some will use cocaine and of those latter only some will become addicts.
if there is only heroin there will be more addicts.

more addicts means more crime ( more cars broken open and radio's stolen, more insurance claims, rising costs of insurance policies and more taxes because we have to build more prisons )

I am happy to be dutch. I am not paying any taxes, but americans do wherever they live on this planet.

Clogland Policies Forever !

O'Reilly, attack dog for international financial-slime spreader Rupert Murdoch, often reveals his abnormalitdy as a sadistically obsessive control freak dangerous to himself and others by virtually crying fire in crowded theatres, and he is just a dog. O'Reilly's master is the apotheosis of evil who will soon be burning in Hell.

A marvelous, and needed, response to the blather from FOX. Rupert Murdock is the criminal.

Thank you , God bless the Netherlands, let freedom ring in Amsterdam. Amsterdam was not cursed by the great satan PRESIDENT NIXON, who prostituted the office of the president for the good of corporate giants Such as MERCK drug company, so instead of National Health Care, we receive a great screwing in the form of the HMO. Then he removed the gold standard from our dollar. Then instead of giving most favored nation trading status to a great Democracy like the Netherlands, He visits HITLERS EVIL TWIN brother in Red CHINA who tortured raped and murdered his way thru tibet. and gives most favored nation trading to the gangster of communist/capitalism I wish RUSH LIMBAUGH, AND BILL OREILLY would be sentence to life in DETROIT now that all our factorys are in china. PS Remember boys an girls in GOD WE TRUST CONGRESS & CHINA SUCK!

...ahhh, just typically American again. They can make news out of BS and the typical American doesn't know any better than to believe what they are told when told by another American on TV. Majority of them don't know where Canada is and they don't have a clue where Amsterdam is either. Most of them don't know where anything is beyond 2 city blocks away. But, they rise to challenge and you can bet your last euro, all yuall in Amsterdam will now get a whole lot more American tourists looking for fun in casinos and bingo halls, sitting in buses (too big or medically unfit to walk). Heck, they'll board the bus in Schipol and as the bus driver announces arrival in Amsterdam, one of them will come to life and blirt out "What -are we in Paris again?"

You see,Bill O ' Reilly likes safe sex.He likes his over the phone

such news do come up sometimes. but we should just let them be.

such news do come up sometimes. but we should just let them be.

FOX NEWS is so narrow minded to even have News in the title is insane. Not all Americans listen to the stuff they try to pass off as news. Unfortunately, it sells, mostly to those who don't take the time or make the effort to research the news or opposing views. It has become easier to blame others and thats what many do.

do not agree with that at all. i was just in amsterdam, for 3 days and it was a great city. loved it. didn't get any crime while i was there, people were all nice and friendly.. the americans dont like it because it HAS worked and they cant seem to accept it... but i was JUST there yesterday and it was a buzzing city. amazing, beautiful cultured... so im telling everyone that this is a lie.. dont let it put you off. i was there i really enjoyed it , its a cool city.. and i completely disagree with what this is saying .... a great city a great system , it works. the americans are scared because this system does actually work and they dont like it so they will tell lies to put off anyone from going there. but the people where cool, the city is cool. a great place to go visit i defiantly would recommend going there

It seems to me that O'Reilly has been smoking a little too much weed himself to come up with this B.S. Shut up O'Reilly!, you don´t know what the hell you are talking about.

Bill is an ass? Fox News is a joke? I have listened to Radio Netherlands since the mid-1970s...but NO MORE. You are the ass for not admitting that Amsterdam has legalized prostitution and drug use, and that Dutch laws are very liberal. If Radio Netherlands won't tell people the truth then someone has to paint the real picture. Amazing...so many people say they hate Fox News, yet it's by far the highest rated news network in the USA, much higher than CNN or anyone else. Amsterdam may be a nice city and Holland a nice country, but it's extreme in it's liberal views. I saw the story about Amsterdam on Fox and I think the point is, if moral values are on the decline, then so is the country. I am now a former RNW listener. Good luck to you.

Typical American judgment, if you are not doing the American way, its wrong! When will this country finally get with the picture? Europe is years ahead of America, they are the adults while the USA stays the teenage bullys!

What everyone seems to be missing and its' no surprise, in comparing Holland to the USA is like apples to oranges and not even on the same map. We have a right to carry guns, the Dutch do not. Before your borders were open you needed a passport/I.D. to travel within Europe, we have 50 States and have never had to show any I.D. to travel from one State to the other. We have 325 million people with appro. 25 million illegals, we think, the Dutch have how many millions? I know how the truth hurts but the facts are clear, FOX NEWS has been the #1 news source in the USA for the last 7 years and O'Reily is their #1 watched show. Do the math!

Any reply from O'Reilly or Fox (in the henhouse) News?

I´ve lived in the USA, Belgium, Netherlands, Singapore, Argentina and the Philipines. Traveled almost everywhere else. Amsterdam is beautiful, wonderful, tourist-friendly, relatively safe with one of the best airports of the world! And yes: there are people in Amsterdam who use drugs and visit prostitutes just like in any other big city in the world (except the USA???????). I found the commentaries of the two females particularly disturbing. They showed a pathetic lack of knowledge on the subject with a frightening, narrow minded, trigger happy judgemental opinion. And mind you: one is a Ph.D. and the other is a republican strategist! Where did THEY go to school? Really scary people!

If there was an award for blatant ignorance in broadcasting, it should go to OReilly / FOX news, and the propoganda they pump out is nothing more than sensationalist, irresponsible crap, designed to attract more viewers. (Good luck with that.) Studies all confirm that Mr. Nieuwenhuijs is correct. In addition, more Dutch kids quit using because they get BORED with it! Even the younger generation is smart enough to know prohibition IS the gateway drug. Didn't the USA learn anything at all in the 1920's?! Apparently not. FOX you should go off the air because you're wasting air-time with bad information!

I don't know about failings of Amsterdam society, but the display of gross ignorance by the voice of Fox News Oreilly when ever he opens his mouth assures me that what ever the fairy tale to come will be just that! Afairey tale. My guess is that Europeans are rarely subjected to the drivel from Fox news so they are surprised when the strange tales emerge. All north Americans can if they wish subscribe to these strange speeches, and we who do not listen to him/them. Whenever he displays their ignorance some sane person will send the most inane comments to various news groups, which is where I find them. Oreilly is a buffoon, who does not even know what 'NEWS' really is. Many more people consider him to be a joke, and of course their true fans ( not as many) add to the levity that we enjoy. I can hope that Dutch citizens realize that this network and the on air personalities should be looked upon as humour providers. Most of us in North American do just that. ROBERT

Aaaaahhh....something Republican pundits aren't accustomed to...THE FACTS! Signed, An Embarrassed American.

They are good at that at Fox News - anyone can see them coming! Good video response for that Bloviator Bill O'Reilly !! LEAVE EUROPE ALONE !!

Hiram: The code word to silence anybody whose views are not Lefty enough is: RACIST! NAZI! FASCIST! HATEMONGER! ILLITERATE - and they win every argument with it. Ever since their Godfather Stalin set the tone, the new Leftist cannot tolerate dissenting voices; - they even reformulate old slogans to comply with the times. The old enemy was the "Class Enemy and "Class Struggle"", the new is the CORPORATE WORLD and CORPORATE INTEREST. Wilders is "Fascist", O'Reilly is "Fascist-Corporatist". The good guys are the MSNBC whose "legs are tingling with joy because of Obama" and Newsweek: "Obama is a sort of GOD!" These peoples are the "literates" Anonymous referred to.

I have just returned from Amsterdam after spending 4weeks on holiday there. How can someone really say all that shit about a city full of open minded people! Did he really have to say that to prove a point! I think that guy must have entered his mother's womb through the back that is why he thinks like that.

Intelligent Americans pay no attention to Fox news... it is mostly hype directed at the illiterate sheep whose ignorance is cultivated by the Fascists.

Please cool off your emotional rant. While 50% of Bill O'Reilly's show is an archaic, puritanical, moralizing hogwash - no doubt about it - but the other 50% is the only show that devoid of relentless leftist, Obama worshiping propaganda. His investigative program is rather interesting for those Americans who are turned off by the European style Israel bashing, Multiculturalist, neo-Marxist, Islamist shilling, one sided reporting by the other medias. He is not a cosmopolitan, libertine (roué) person - who cares? - but someone who gave us insight into the Obama private army (ACORN) corruptions etc. As I said 50% positive, 50% negative. And the Netherlands is a Super, Great country, so are the Dutch people! - we love you, in deed.

I'm italian and I'd rather be Dutch!! Free minded people who act respectfully.