Drugs and Prostitution

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This paper discusses the connections and correlations between drug abuse and prostitution. It describes the costs to society of drug abuse and focuses on the effects on children of addicts. The paper then discusses what is being done to attempt to combat the problem of drug abuse and prostitution and how effective these measures are. It concludes by suggesting ways to improve the current situation.

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"Controlled decriminalization would allow our society to seek other more productive ways to control and reduce drug abuse. If drug use were decriminalized, the problem of prostitution would decrease dramatically. The $20 billion a year we now spend on controlling drug traffic could be used more effectively to address other social problems. Effective or not, the system we now have has invested itself and is working to maintain itself. But doing more of the same will never produce a different result."

Sample of Sources Used:

• America's drug abuse profile web site. Retrieved 23 April 2007 from http://www.ncjrs.gov/htm/chapter2.htm.
• Facts about prostution web site. Sex Workers and Civil Rights. Retrieved 22 April 2007 from http://www.rapeis.org/activism/prostitution/sexworkerscivilrights.htm
• Goldberg, R. (Ed.) (2005). Taking sides: Clashing views in drugs and society, 7th edition. New York: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin.
• Goldstein, P. J. (1979. Prostitution and drugs. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books.
• Heroin - New York drug threat assessment. National Drug Intelligence Center. Retrieved 23 April 2007 from http://www.usdoj.gov/ndic/pubs2/2580/heroin.htm

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