Should drugs and prostitution be legalized?

Answer 1

Yes. After all, cigarrettes and smoking is not any lesser killer than drugs. But still they are legal.

Prostitution is the oldest profession of humans. How is it so bad as to be banned compared to pornography (which is flourishing, especially with the internet) ?

I am pretty sure for people who know how to avoid drugs and prostitution, it really does not matter whether they are legal or not.

So, just like smoking, both drugs and prostitution should be "use at your own risk" and not prohibited by law.

Answer 2

First off, I'm fairly certain prostitution is legal in many areas, just frowned upon.

Besides that, should drugs be legal? It's a serious question that is being heavily debated at this moment, but mainly just marijuana. Think about it though...Drugs are being bought regardless of if it is legal or not. Truthfully, it NOT being legal is probably why so many people are really getting into doing drugs these days.

Kids in high schools want to rebel and break the law. What better way than to start smoking pot? Believe me, this is indeed the case in some high schools. I've seen many students go down this path at my school.

Besides the rebellious impulses, there's still a matter of, will it help at all if its legal? Yes, and no. There will be less fights over drug deals, and possibly the drug-related deaths will go down as well. But there will also be people who were afraid of being thrown in jail for it, who might want to go out and try it once it's legalized.

I'm guessing marijuana will be made legal in the future, just because of the fact they tried banning alcohol before, and it failed just as miserably. The whole prohibition era was almost a complete waste. People still drank, didn't they? Just like people these days still chose to get stoned. If drugs follow the same historical course as alcohol, I wouldn't be surprised if we'll be seeing marijuana being sold in the nearby future.

Answer 3

Yes.

Justice demands it in our country. If you are going to allow 14 year old girls to have the right to decide to end a pregnancy with an abortion. I find it hard to understand how you can continue to justify telling anyone what they can do with or to their own body.

If people are tired of the direction of the war in Iraq and on terrorism. I wished they would rethink the 30+ year war on drugs that have many other viable and economically advantageous ways to be waged.

Sometimes, I believe that most problems have a solution that the authorities are aware of, but that they will not implement because of the tremendous amount of social unrest and inpredictability it would imply.

Think about how many law enforcement agencies, officers, courts, lawyers, bail bondsmen, judges, lobbyists, senators, congressmen, etc that would be out of work. Think of home many people would be released from prison. Think of the empty courts that could deal with real crimes against people and property.

I think it is time that the US stop criminalizing and subsidizing unwanted behavior and start hold people responsible for their own actions. I think that this country forgets that having equal rights does not mean that you have equal consequences.

There are many laws and regulations that should be done away with in a free society. By the way, can you think of anything that the government does not have regulations upon, or something for which they do not require a license or permit? Anybody?

Answer 4

I dont see where the war on drugs has done anyone any good but the prison system. They are locking people up for small amounts of residue in a pipe what part of helping them is that its a big scam on all parts of the system. It is like prostitution it is a choice one person makes and if you think they dont commit crimes to go to prostitutes you nuts. There is one problem with this whole system and that is to many people trying to run peoples lives already cameras on every street corner next in your house. Cigarettes kill more people everyday than drugs do but the government sure wont stop them or drinking how many do they kill in a week other than them selves slowly many.

Answer 5

No, Yes.

Drugs have victims ... the user, the relatives of that user, etc. Chemical drugs cause irreperable damage to health, mentality and general safety. They contribute to violent crimes, robberies, etc. Legalizing them will not help this.

Prostitution does not have a victim. It's a service offered by a consenting adult to another consenting adult. Sex is natural, and prostitution is one of the oldest trades in the universe. Legalizing it reduces the health risks, by ensuring that the prostitute is checked regularly, that sex is protected, etc. It also ensures their safety in terms of no longer getting beaten up in back alleys and marketted by pimps.

Where prostitution IS legal, there's only been positive results. Whether you agree with the profession or not should have no bearing on the actual issue. I would never be able to do it myself, nor would I approve of one of my children doing it, but I'm intelligent enough to recognize that the criminalization of the act only causes more harm than good.

Answer 6

Yes. Over half the prison population is there on drug-related crimes.

Taking drugs is in and of itself a victimless crime. The crime surrounding it is directly related to its being illegal. The same goes for prostitution.

If they were legalized, they could be regulated. Bottom line, there would be savings, economic and socially, for the country.

However, the (more and more) privatized prison industry is a $6 billion dollar annual industry. The drug testing industry took in over $4 billion last year alone. So keep an eye on who's profiting from these things remaining illegal.

Answer 7

Absolutely where it reduces harm

Illegal prostitution is far worse then legal prostitution. Its more dangerous for sex workers, and it involves exploitation of sex workers by criminal predators. It also worsens rates of STD transmission.

If the costs and consequences of making drugs illegal helps society and is worthwhile then its worth keeping them illegal. It takes a tremendous amount of police resources to try and police drug use (and its ultimately incredibly ineffective) so it has to really be worthwhile to justify the expense. Is our society better off from keeping drugs illegal?

Answer 8

drugs no
prostitution yes ( it's legal outside of Clark County in Nevada )

Answer 9

Yes. Take the money from the cartels. You know a $50 gram of coke costs 3 cents to produce.

Answer 10

NO to Drugs, but YES to Prostitution!!!!!!!!!!!!!!