m_the0ry
02-23-2007, 10:37 PM
All drugs - and prostitution - should be made legal.
It is without discussion that both drugs and prostitution carry negative connotations with regards to violence, death, disease and lawlessness.
Think about why there is violence and disease in prostitution and drug use. It isn't because of the inherant nature of the activities, it is because they are forced into the extralegal sector - the 'black market'. As the saying goes, there is no honor among theives. There is no reason to uphold a contract in drug trade other than the risk of being shot and killed. If drug trade were made public and legal, there would be prosecution for violence and legal violations. All kinds of inhumane things happen in illegal prostitution. If prostitution were made legal, prostitutes would gain rights and be protected by the law. That is, after all, the objective of federal law - to protect its citizens.
Making felonies out of the professions of substance dealing and prostitution forces them into the extralegal market (good book on extralegal economics here: http://www.amazon.com/Mystery-Capital-Ca...8&s=books). (http://www.amazon.com/Mystery-Capital-Capitalism-Triumphs-Everywhere/dp/0465016154/sr=1-1/qid=1172283921/ref=sr_1_1/102-8682034-7148135?ie=UTF8&s=books).) This is directly related to the violence and lawlessness in both practices. They operate outside the normal social circle and thus get to invent their own rules. The only way to stop the killing, disease, violence and rape in these markets is to bring them into society where they obey normal rules. You cannot bring litigation against a drug dealer or pimp because their business is staying invisible to the law. When it's profitable for them to operate in the visibility of the law is when we are truely protecting our citizens from prostitution and drug dealing.
Both drugs and prostitution will continue to carry a negative connotation, however, and this is a desired effect. There is no predatory force for humanity and thus the only kind of natural selection lies in social darwinism. The man who spends all of his money on methamphetamine and becomes a hopeless addict will become sterile or die and never reproduce. The man who hires prostitutes every night will be sued for spreading diseases and considered a degenerate by society. He also will never reproduce. Both act as agents of social darwinism in this sense.
I honestly cannot think of a reason not to make prostitution and drug sale completely legal. Obviously some rules would be adopted to protect the youth, but that's it. It would be self regulating and actually put an end to disease and violence by placing both markets subject to litigation.
It is without discussion that both drugs and prostitution carry negative connotations with regards to violence, death, disease and lawlessness.
Think about why there is violence and disease in prostitution and drug use. It isn't because of the inherant nature of the activities, it is because they are forced into the extralegal sector - the 'black market'. As the saying goes, there is no honor among theives. There is no reason to uphold a contract in drug trade other than the risk of being shot and killed. If drug trade were made public and legal, there would be prosecution for violence and legal violations. All kinds of inhumane things happen in illegal prostitution. If prostitution were made legal, prostitutes would gain rights and be protected by the law. That is, after all, the objective of federal law - to protect its citizens.
Making felonies out of the professions of substance dealing and prostitution forces them into the extralegal market (good book on extralegal economics here: http://www.amazon.com/Mystery-Capital-Ca...8&s=books). (http://www.amazon.com/Mystery-Capital-Capitalism-Triumphs-Everywhere/dp/0465016154/sr=1-1/qid=1172283921/ref=sr_1_1/102-8682034-7148135?ie=UTF8&s=books).) This is directly related to the violence and lawlessness in both practices. They operate outside the normal social circle and thus get to invent their own rules. The only way to stop the killing, disease, violence and rape in these markets is to bring them into society where they obey normal rules. You cannot bring litigation against a drug dealer or pimp because their business is staying invisible to the law. When it's profitable for them to operate in the visibility of the law is when we are truely protecting our citizens from prostitution and drug dealing.
Both drugs and prostitution will continue to carry a negative connotation, however, and this is a desired effect. There is no predatory force for humanity and thus the only kind of natural selection lies in social darwinism. The man who spends all of his money on methamphetamine and becomes a hopeless addict will become sterile or die and never reproduce. The man who hires prostitutes every night will be sued for spreading diseases and considered a degenerate by society. He also will never reproduce. Both act as agents of social darwinism in this sense.
I honestly cannot think of a reason not to make prostitution and drug sale completely legal. Obviously some rules would be adopted to protect the youth, but that's it. It would be self regulating and actually put an end to disease and violence by placing both markets subject to litigation.