[quote=harvey]I agree that legalization reduces some of the problems, but probably not the human trafficking and slavery. I know at one time it this was a big problem in Amsterdam – maybe it has improved. We all know we cannot eliminate prostitution, but making it legal probably will make it more common and thus may make some of the problems that come with it more common.[/quote]
Here’s where we have to agree to disagree. For me it’s obvious that making the business legal, regulated, and transparent, would reduce slavery. We know what happened with alcohol prohibition in the U.S.: consumption dropped only a little, but we got plenty of violence, organized crime, corruption in the police and judiciary (even in congress), etc. Not to mention the deaths and disease caused by poorly made illegal booze. I think that the problems caused by prohibition were far worse than the problems caused by alcohol itself. It’s the same with cocaine and prostitution: making them illegal only fosters crime while consumption goes on.
