Prostitution to be legalized?

Wholeheartedly agree. I think it's about time too, especially with Marijuana. I wish I could get some good statistics on it, but I know the Jail system holds like 85% of drug users/dealers in them. Legalize marijuana and i'm sure a huge chunk of the jail populous will free up some of our money being poured into the system.

Not to mention the money that is spent every year on the drug war, not to mention the potential market for hemp products that we're missing out on, not to mention the heavy taxes the government could put on marijuana...

The list goes on and on, and thus is why anyone with half a brain understands that marijuana being illegal does more harm than good.

Anyway, I don't wanna turn this into a discussion about marijuana. I'll just go into an epic rant about that. Prostitution!

Prostitution is only illegal because of the far-right bible thumping crowd. It's another control tactic over women telling them what they can and cannot do with their body. (Men can be whores too, but not nearly as easy).

The same can be said for pretty much any victimless crime. Victimless crimes, by default, are things that are considered "morally" wrong, and that's why they're illegal. Normal crimes are illegal because of other people being endangered or negatively impacted by the crimes, but the same isn't really true about victimless crimes, and quite often, by making the things illegal, you cause people to be endangered or negatively impacted by the crimes.

Which is more dangerous, going out and finding a drug dealer to buy pot from, or going to your local quik-e-mart and buying some like a pack of cigarettes? Similar cases can be made for prostitution and sex education (which, now, seems a bit off topic because it's not a crime, but I think it fits the theme of the conversation.)

I didn't read your post but, there was a comedian that said, "If selling is legal, and sex is legal, then why isn't selling sex legal".