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Quote by: Walrus  I think we are basically in agreement that prohibition doesn’t work. However, if it is legalised I do think that certain conditions need to be enforced, mainly that regular health checks take place, that the participants are of a legal age and that everything takes place on a consensual basis. |
If we legalize it we take the violence out of the trade (similarly to how ending the war on drugs would take the violence out of that to). It makes it much safer from spreading STDs: the John, the prostitute and the general public. Uncle Sam gets his rightful cut in a big business. OSHA would have direct regulation rights. And good reforms like month HIV/STD tests could be implemented. Trafficking would be servely reduced, much the same reason you rarely see underaged girls stripping. Yes there is a marketing for that, but now that strip-clubs are legit they use girls that reach maturity age. The Law enforcment resource used to combat prostitutition could be used for other things like fighting the war on terror. This also removes a illegit source of revenue for the mob!