This is why I feel prostitution will NEVER be legalized. Ever

[Mocha]

I feel the missing link to making escorting legal is the fact that drugs have not been under control. I feel the first step to legalizing anything is to deal with our country's drug issues. Since it it's proving to be something that is resisting control measures, prostitution will likely never be legalized in America. That will likely be one of the inhibiting factors trying to move forward. Dumb shit like this by using prostitution to get drugs:

 

https://www.yahoo.com/beauty/mom-pleads-guilty-prostituting-mentally-150608407.html

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kzbZFEMBHI

[Samfoslom]

The conundrum about legalization is that prostitution and human trafficking intersect. Your story above is one about human trafficking. Human trafficking is not victimless

[+ sync]

My complaint is that prostitution, human trafficking, and illegal drug activities are separate crimes. They are charged and prosecuted as separate crimes. But, whenever there is a movement to legalize prostitution, the detractors immediately link it with the other crimes. Do they seriously believe that if there were no prostitution, there would be no human trafficking or illegal drug activities?

[+ Eric Hassan]

My complaint is that prostitution, human trafficking, and illegal drug activities are separate crimes. They are charged and prosecuted as separate crimes. But, whenever there is a movement to legalize prostitution, the detractors immediately link it with the other crimes. Do they seriously believe that if there were no prostitution, there would be no human trafficking or illegal drug activities?

 

Strongly agree.

 

Legalize it. Regulate it. Tax it. Offer support, not jail time.