should prostitution and drug pushing be legalised..........?explain ur answer?
483701
Prostitution and drug pushing are two different acts and should be kept separate in legal and moral terms. When a person sells her/his body for money, it demeans the act of sexual intercourse into a purely business transaction.If the person selling sex has a transmittable disease, the other person may get it and, in turn spread it to others. The results can be ugly, and occasionally fatal, as with AIDS.\nDrug pushing, on the other hand, is intended to keep people addicted to some substance that has the power to kill. The people pushing the drugs are really helping the big drug lords in this and other countries to become rich,and they seldom are caught. Afghanistan, for example, is the world's largest producer of opium, and by buying this product the user is really helping the Taliban and the friends of Osama bin Laden. You remember him, don't you? He was the mastermind behind the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, killing more than 3,000 innocent people.\nIf you know these things, why would you want to make drug pushing or prostitution legal?
239286
People need someone to tell them right from wrong Amanalda? Isn't that what your parents were supposed to teach you when you were a kid? Do you honestly think the morals of this country aren't screwed up as it is? Prostitution isn't called the oldest profession in the book for nothing. It's been around since before Jesus was born. Why not go ahead and make it legal? Evidently there's not a big issue in Nevada. It generates revenue for the state and takes it off of street corners and back alleys, regulating it and making it safer. Sex workers in Nevada have to be tested monthly so it would stop the spread of STDs in prostitutes, who pass it to their customers, who pass it to someone else, etc. If that's someones chosen career, more power to them I guess. At least they're not sitting home collecting welfare. Look at the issue in black & white--isn't a housewife just a prostitute when it comes down to it? Or is it ok because she's a maid & cook and just prostitutes on the side?
421284
Absolutely.With guidlines, such as they cannot ply their trade on the streets, pay taxes just like all working people and operate out of a house(brothel).It works great in Nevada.It would also be safer for the girls since they wouldn't be on the street.I also think that its better for the public as long as there is a 'red-light district' instead of them invading neighbourhoods where kids go to school and bringing property down. No one want to look out and see a hooker do her business out their window.I beleive everyone would win if it was legalized.
128166
Prostituion is not a crime, and unless women are not force to make that job it sholdn't be considered illegal, inmoral or anything else.\n\nI knew prostitutes that had a great education and culture, and they made that choice because it was fast money and they had a body and attitude according to do that job.
587349
Certain countries in Europe have legalized it and have had no adverse effects.  Others have had problems.  It primarily depends on the culture of the people there.  It can dramatically reduce the occurance of STD's by instituting mandatory monitoring and treatment as well as control standards (i.e. condoms, cleanliness quidelines).  It would reduce adult trafficing beccause the need would be filled legally.  As for child prostsitution, that's a completely different game and the legalization of adult prostitution would hve little to no impact on it.
24032
Yes, marijuana should be legalized.  If you were to put the stats together, you would see that many, many more rapes, murders, thefts, assaults, fatal car crashes, deadly occupational accidents, and various other crimes have been committed under the influence of alcohol.  Recently, a young man was arrested for murdering his mother. His line of defense was that he was under the influence of Marijuana.  Marijuana does not make one aggressive in the least. Anyone that does or has smoked will testify to that. Marijuana has a relaxing effect, not to mention its medicinal benefits.  As for prostitution, it should also be legalized. It is THE oldest profession in the WORLD. You cannot put a restriction on ones body.  The only way to stop it would be to eliminate one of the sexes. Just my guess, but there would probably be a drop in sex crimes and sexually transmitted diseases if prostitution were to become legal.  THE ONLY REASON NEITHER OF THESE THINGS ARE LEGAL, IS BECAUSE OUR GOVERNMENT CANT FIGURE A WAY TO CONTROL OR TAX THEM. (Like cigarettes and alcohol. Which by the way is two very high contributors to our mortality rate here in America.)  Hence the war against them.
609502
I'm against it- people dont know how to regulate themselves- besides, we have enough problems with alcohol- adding another addicting drug that alters your emotions and motor skills to the legal list is a bad idea.
525258
yes, certainly , the issue is already answer by you , i have plan the programme to work in Africa also , following the Bbc report of drugs in Africa, also i plan to make it strict for only the addict confirm by the doctors, is obvious that it will reduce the crime in the society , very certain , since no need to steal to get money for the drug , the reason drug addict steal is to get the money to buy the drug, and yo know during the stealing it can lead to robeery if his having chance to use weapon
1061242
i think prostitution is overrated, if people wanna have sex and get paid way not. a women can have sex with many men and get nothing is considered a whore, but if the men throw her a few dollars, she is a prostitute, why? why give it up for free. my take is if a guy friend of mine want's to have sex with me and my light bill is due, and i don't have it, hey, why not, get the bill paid and feel good while doing it
825233
I would much rather see the murders caught then seeing a drug bust for marijuana.\n\nI think for harder drugs they should provide more help for possession then incarceration.  These people are addicted--not criminals.\n\nFor the dealers I believe in incarceration, counseling, education, and rehab for these people.  They should know about the lives they have ruined--by dealing to a child who OD and died.  They should deal with the consequences of their actions.\n\nI feel the system is not working well.  To many times do these addicts and dealers get out to do the same things again.
356066
Wow. That's a tough question.\nPersonally I disagree with government controls of personal decions. Unfortunately, there are a lot of stupid people out there that don't know how to behave responsibly. Also, meth is an amazingly addictive drug. I know, I became addicted to it. I haven't touched it in over a year and a half, but having been there I can say that there is no positive outcome from using it. It eats your body and numbs your mind.\n\nSo, should it be legal? Probably not.\nDo I feel that it would be safer if allowed to be produced in safer, controlled conditions, not to mention the amount of money it would save the government not fighting that particular war? Plus tax revenues? Probably. Plus our personal freedoms could use every boost they can get, even in this "free" country.
327200
Hey cam, you moron, is having drugs be illegal keeping people from getting them?? Obviously not since you can tell that story.\n\nLegalize everything.  You should be able to buy anything in the same way you can buy hard liquor, whatever the rules are in your state.\n\nDrug prohibition does not work, just like alcohol prohibition did not.  Anyone stupid enough to use drugs should be allowed to, it's called thinning the herd.
991503
Depends on how you define crime. \nI think prostitution should be legal. If it were legal, the state could collect taxes and require the registered prostitutes to take health checks and those taxes could pay for it. It'd make the world a safer place. So long as there's a demand, there will be a supply and keeping it illegal won't change the fact that there's a demand for sex.\nThe conservative religious right thinks it would lead to the moral corruption of young women which, as can be seen in western countries where it is legal, is simply wrong.\nI bet my shorts that rape would decrease quite a bit if sex were available legally... but hey ho.. let's just continue to let the police waste their time and resources to lock up hookers and release them the next day to continue business as usual.
998407
unfortunately, cocaine is too destructive to really consider legalizing it...\n\nin Europe where they have experimented with distributing free heroin to addicts (they are also trying this now, here in Canada - the NAOMI project) it has been determined with a daily dose(s) the heroin addict can actually get by.... by giving them free drugs, they are able to break the cycle of street hustling and become functioning members of society. They can get real jobs, and popoff to the WC, shoot up and get back to work (more or less)\n\nCocaine, (esp. crack) on the other hand necessitates more ingestion, more frequently - and the results tend to be more disfunctional ranging from manic to paranoid, etc. They simply cannot function as hardcore addicts in regular society, hold down a job, etc. Chronic users often develop serious, psychological issues.   Speed's even worse, as it completely and irreperably ROTS the user's brain.\n\nAll that being said - cocaine should be decrimilazed.. ie addicts and users (but not pushers and traffikers) should not face jail and / or a criminal record....
976665
There needs to be more education particular in third world countries about the possible consequences of unsafe sex - HIV/AIDS being one of them.\n\nIn developed countries, try to stop needle sharing between drug users to bring down the spread of HIV/AIDS.
59910
Billions of Dollars is spent worldwide to treat people with mental disabilities and cancer and other diseases caused by drugs. What is the point in legalizing them and kill more people?? Even drug addiction affects the offsprings or your children and their children.\n\nAlso the smoking cigarettes, cigars; I would recommend to be banned.
538629
I think all drugs should be legalized, and I havent touched anything harder than alcohol in the last 10 years. If the US legalized everything, here are some of the advantages:\n\n1) They would tax it. Hopefully this would get them to ease up on some of the other things that are taxable. Additionaly maybe we could work off some national debt, use the money for medical and scientific research and other benificial things.\n2) Crime would go down. Many crimes are committed (ie armed robbery, breaking and entering, etc...) are commited to raise money for drugs. Since the government would be the ones selling and pruducing the drugs, there would no longer be drug dealers on our streets, forcing them to find other means of income. \n3) We would weed out a lot of society. My theory is that within the first 6 months of legalization, we would eradicate many of the junkies, simply due to overindulgence. Many of them would simply OD due to having a vast supply of their favorite drugs. \n3) I think there would actualy be a reduction in drug use. Many people use drugs for the simple reason that they are something that is illegal. \n4) We would free up prison space for actual violent offenders. More than half of the prison system today is filled with people who just had felonious amounts of drugs on them, as opposed to killers, rapists, child molestors, etc...that we allow to walk free. \n\nThats just a few of the reasons i believe they should be legalized. Of course we would also have to have strict rules and regulations for use. Some jobs would have to be exempt from these legalizations for obvious reasons, such as doctors, public engineers, professional drivers, and others that would have a reasonable potential for affecting others lives in a negative way. \n\nOk, thats long enough. Theres a lot of other things that i would say, but ill leave some space for others to answer.