Legalization of Prostitution

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This paper discusses the potential benefits to the United States that would come with the decriminalization of prostitution. It describes the potential profits from taxes and commerce that would be created by brothels and how the streets would be rid of crime and raise the property values of surrounding areas. The paper also suggests that the regulation of prostitution by the government would lower the infection rate of sex workers by testing for diseases and prohibiting the use of drugs.

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"Removing prostitutes from the street and placing them in brothels will remove an element of crime that ranges from petty theft to capital murder. Many prostitutes are drug addicts that attract a criminal element that lowers the property value of an area. The first female serial killer to be executed, Aileen 'Lee' Carol Wuornos, was a drug addicted prostitute. Street prostitution causes gentrification in the area that these prostitutes begin to operate, by bringing not only the crimes committed by the prostitutes but by the criminal element that tends to operate in the same area. Placing brothels in these areas with an increased police presence funded by the revenues attained by the brothel would raise property values in an otherwise condemned area and increase the safety for those too porr to move out of the area. The decrease of customers and increase of police presence would also remove the drugs from the area and the criminal element that is so often associated with the use of drugs. The decrease of drug use in these areas would create a decrease in profits for drug smugglers and force these criminals to seek out new markets."

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