Should Prostitution Be Legalized?
Should prostitution be legalized? There are many reasons why prostitution should be legalized because it will have many positive effects. Legalizing prostitution would reduce crime, improve public health, increase tax revenue, help people out of poverty, get prostitutes off the streets, and allow adults to make their own choices. People say that prostitution is a victimless crime, especially in the 11 Nevada counties where it remains legal. There are ways that prostitution can be fixed to help the prostitutes be cleaner and more organized and also make sure the clients are safe too. There are other plenty positive effects that legalizing prostitution will bring. One reason prostitution should be legal is so sex industry workers have more protection, rights and access to health care. Most women that are prostitutes today aren't getting treated well and if there were legal regulations on prostitution it would make their lives better. " A sex worker's life is filled with violence from clients and police; with discrimination and scorn from the general public; with drug addiction, homelessness and lack of health services." Prostitutes don't get access to health insurance, it would make the world a safer place if there were laws to protect sex workers. They say that if prostitutes get some health services and medical help, then STD's will be less common and prostitutes will be safer. Many prostitutes use drugs and consume a lot of alcohol, they spend the money that they make on drugs . Some prostitutes used drugs before they became a prostitute and now they're addicted so they cant stop. Prostitutes are also used for drug trafficking and help transfer drugs to different people and places or sell them to clients. Organized crime is also a big problem, if prostitution can be more organized then they wont have "pimps" and clients also wont abuse the prostitutes. If prostitution is legal then prostitutes wont be afraid to go to the police when there are problems but if
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