Victimless crime laws should be repealed.

I. "Prostitutes are often raped. " This is true. it is a sad truth. But if prostitution were legalized, this would not happen. 70% of Target employees are not raped in their profession, because they can go to the police and report the crime. They are protected. Prostitutes are not protected and will be raped and beaten if nobody will protect them. If they can go to the police and report the rape, it will not happen as often. II. "Over 50 percent of Prostitutes world wide show signs of extreme mental disorders. " I think that your statement about the psychological healthcare cost is false. Please prove that prostitutes are using a lot of our tax dollars. History proves (alcohol, Amsterdam) that legalizing a crime reduces the act of that crime. In Amsterdam, when soft drugs were legalized, their usage was halved. Meaning the cost of psychological healthcare will be reduced. These abuses can be from a number of things like the violence in the profession, which would be removed if they could report crimes. You will have to prove correlation. It is possible that people who engage in prostitution are initially mentally disorderly. The government spends a tremendous amount of money fighting prostitution. This will most likely offset any psychological healthcare costs from the government. And if this is true, then it is a small price to pay compared to the well being of these prostitutes. They deserve to be able to report these rapes to the cops. III. "Drugs other than alcohol (e. g. , marijuana and cocaine) are involved in about 18% of motor vehicle driver deaths. " Driving under the influence is very unfortunate. However, this is a crime in itself. If you drive under the influence, you should be punished. Victims are often involved. IV. "IF drugs are legal they are more readily available for people to take before a nice evening drive" This is completely untrue. Minors will not be allowed these drugs and as history proves (alcohol, Amsterdam) drug legalization lowers the usage of the item. V. "users commit crimes in order to get the money to pay for drugs. " However, the drug wars that kill minorities are far more harmful to all of society than these petty crimes, which usually include small thefts and prostituions. The gang drug wars that drug laws cause have people killed each year. These petty theftsare a shame, but are nothing in comparison. Users, as history proves, will be reduced when drugs are legalized. The cops can spend their time and money stopping these thefts and locking people up for these thefts as opposed to locking people up for using drugs, which hurts only the user. Legalization reduces crime. In Amsterdam, where many drugs are legal, crime is 7 times lower. (. http://www.drugwarfacts.org...) VI. "A heroin user who maintains his level of expenditure on heroin when its price falls by a factor of a hundred will no longer be able to commit crimes to pay for his habit, because he will be dead. " First of all, you obviously copied this word for word, which is evident because of the sudden vocabulary increase and random, un-related citation. This point should be void because it is plagirism. No government would support the fact that this individual should die. This small probability, far-fetched theory will be drastically outweighed by the ending of gang drug wars. And the 7 times reduction of crime. The crimes this individual commits are small compared to the ending of all drug related gang wars. Amsterdam's homicide rate was lowered by 5 times after legalizing many drugs. (. http://www.drugwarfacts.org...) VII. "Gambling causes mental disorders" This is unfortunate, however, the government has the duty to allow people to pursue happiness and enjoy freedom. These individuals have to be allowed to gamble, because it hurts nobody but the individual. That family, if they are concerned, can should take him to rehab. Casinos help economies and reduce unemployment, which helps families. These mental disorders are unfortunate, but cannot be taken seriously. These are these people's issues. The government cannot stop you from having freedom. The Constitution uses the word "not" to restrict the government 22 times. The founding fathers designed this country to not over-control its citizenry. VIII. Conclusion If we legalize prostitution and drugs, the violence will significantly reduce, probably to 0%. Prostitutes can report abuse to the police. Drug dealers and gangs will not fight for territory, because it will be legitimate property. In all cases, history proves that legalization of victimless crimes, reduces the act and reduces violence. The most important thing here to consider is actually the freedom that our founding fathers wanted us to have. Remember lower crime and usage as well.