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[Big_Bird]

For those who've been following the dreadful events in Suffolk (5 women murdered in just 10 days) you may be aware that there is new discussion about how drugs can pull people into a life of prostitution, and that perhaps we should be looking at new ways of coping with drug use.

I think the government needs to seriously overhaul drug laws and spend more resources on helping people cope with their habits, if they can not successfully quit. It's unfortunate enough to be a drug addict without also finding yourself living on society's fringes as a prostitute or house burglar. Shouldn't we be finding ways of helping addicts live as normal lives as possible?

[SPINOZA]

CRUSH PROHIBITION! Prohibition is by far the largest cause of crime. Worldwide, annual drug profits are in excess of 400 billion dollars. This is 80 percent of total criminal turnover.

CRUSH PROHIBITION! public safety is endangered by armed gangs fighting over turf. In western cities, 80 percent of petty crime is related to drugs.

CRUSH! KILL! DESTROY PROHIBITION! Massive amounts of tax-payers' money are wasted fighting the crime that prohibition itself creates. In the United States, 15 billion dollars are fed into the federal drug control budget annually, and the total costs of property damage, police work and incarceration are a multiple of this amount.

SMASH PROHIBITION! Prohibition causes social and personal harm on a worldwide scale. Illegality, combined with addiction and sky-high black market prices, guarantees criminality and social decay.

BURN PROHIBITION! Prohibition doesn't have any of its intended effects. Crime rates soar, the number of drug users increases, and the health problem is made worse. Mmany police commissioners now are in favour of controlled provision of heroin by the state.

FLUSH PROHIBITION DOWN THE PAN! Moral standards are declining because of prohibition. Drug use and possession places ordinary people outside the law, which may cause disrespect for the rules and moral standards society wants to set. In Western societies, 80 percent of all crime is related to prohibition. If we are really concerned about morality, we must first remove the cause of all this crime - prohibition.

GIVE PROHIBITION A MISS! The 'drug scourge' is a hoax. The actual health problem which prohibition is supposed to solve is minor in comparison to other health problems. Mind you, I do not propose banning smoking and alcohol. Banning cigarettes would quadruple their existing cost on the black market.

Prohibition? Just say no. Kick the habit.

Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)

[jmbran11]

I agree with the last guy. Drug policies drive a lot crime upwards, not just prostitution. After all, there were plenty of hookers before crack. It's easy, quick money. I mean easy because it doesn't require a degree or references, not because it wouldn't be difficult.

In the U.S. the "war on drugs" has warped an entire generation and created a whole culture of street crime and an industrial prison system. Personally, I'd rather see it decriminalized and treated. But, people have been so conditioned that drugs are evil and perpetrator should be punished, despite all evidence that we have utterly failed to even slow down the rate of drug use and all the innocent people who have been caught in the crossfire.

[Moldy Rutabaga]

Come now. A murderer is targeting prostitutes, and the villain for causing all this is drugs? Nice priorities, guys. How about trying to help the women who are falling into prostitution? How about trying to make their work safer? How about trying to catch the guy, Sherlocks?

Drugs cause problems, yes. But it's ridiculous to say that jailing a dorm student with a spliff is somehow connected with stopping Jack the Ripper II. For even these cheesy tabloids it's poor journalism.

Ken:>

[Wangja]

Americans ought to know well that prohibition fails.

Legalise it, control and tax it.

[Big_Bird]

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[Moldy Rutabaga]

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