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Originally Posted by rcarichter
Also, it's almost impossible to separate prostitution from drugs, abuse, pimps, etc., and those things absolutely should be illegal.
Noelle
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Maybe if prostitution was legal, it would be easier to separate it from the other illegal activities (don't know, just speculating). I saw an interview (I can't remember what program it was on) with a group of prostitutes from Nevada (I think), and they certainly made a convincing argument for it being legal. Basically they said they were adults so they should be able to choose for themselves, and it is safer for them to work where it's legal (they don't need a pimp, because if there's a problem they can call the police and not worry about being arrested).
My personal feeling is that we spend alot of money arresting, prosecuting, and imprisoning people for stuff that isn't really harmful to others, and I'm not convinced that that is the best use of our tax dollars...