Prostitution should be legalized in Nevada

I am very glad I prepared for my opponent's responses beforehand because these are some very good points indeed. As I had foreseen, my opponent has made points about how the legalization of prostitution allows the state to generate tax revenue, and how it also allows for regulation. And as I have stated before, I shall now expand on my previous points as to why such optimistic views on legalization of prostitution would actually be impractical fantasies. I have actually seen the 20/20 documentary in class, not for any of my Healthcare classes, but for Medical Ethics. WHile it is easy to watch the video and marvel at the great statistics, there is something that must be taken into account. The brothels that were opened were quite a while away from Las Vegas. The legal brothels mentioned in the documentary were only allowed as per Nevada law, stating that brothels could only be opened in counties with less than 400,000 people. Superficially, this may seem like a strategy to keep people from revolting over the "immoral" nature of prostitution. In actuality, this was done in order to make the situation possible to begin with. When my opponent talks about regulations and nice statistics, he is talking about a fairly negligible sample set of about 30 brothels in the state of Nevada with about 20 prostitutes housed in each in the most populated ones. For the benefit of the doubt, let us say 600 prostitutes. That makes 600 prostitutes servicing all 2.5 million people of Nevada? Absolutely not. You can bet that there are PLENTY of illegal prostitutes making a living, far more than 600. When you're talking about implementing a widespread change such as the legalization of prostitution, it's completely different from allowing a handful of them to exist in desolate areas. Each and every single one of the "benefits" my opponent lists become impossible or impractical when we look at a larger scale. First, there are several things wrong with the brothel system in and of itself that would fail eventually. 1. Overhead for the brothel, medical fees for the weekly testing, condoms, etc. would increase in cost while income for prostitutes decreases. Supply and demand. More brothels in more places means more competition and lower prices. Prostitutes working in brothels would eventually be paid less and less until there is more money to be made illegally (no taxes, no overhead, no rules, regulations, etc.) and since prostitutes are only prostitutes for money (If my opponent chooses to argue, he must argue that the percentage of women who want to be prostitutes purely for the enjoyment is NOT a negligible number), we can assume they would have a harder and harder time "keeping clean" as the price gap enlarges. 2. Medical testing is flawed While the condom use is admirable, STD testing is poorly contrived. There are testing windows of several days where a person could get false negatives, and yet another day or two for the results to be given. Meanwhile, we can assume the the prostitute would still be working. The only alternative is to take her out of work for 3 days a week, which is not an option for desperate women. 3. Brothels can't hold everyone. There are far more women willing to turn to prostitution than brothels can provide working environments and care for. These desperate women will undoubtedly continue illegal and unregulated prostitution. The number of women who will be regulated under legislation will be negligible compared to those continuing illegal prostitution. 4. Prostitutes don't want regulation Prostitutes are not professionals. They are desperate women looking to earn money. As such, they probably want to retain their anonymity, something they can't do under the brothel system. Sure, they can make up fake names for their clients, but they are still using social security numbers for their employment and tax forms. Legalizing prostitution does not eliminate moral stigma, it puts them in the spotlight. My opponent brought up the point about legal prostitutes not being afraid to point out abusers. I severely doubt that these women will have the mindset of women who are selling goods and had them stolen/damaged. I'm sure there are many more points to go over, but this is a 5 round debate, and I actually have a slight fever and a throbbing headache right now, so I apologize if I'm a little disjointed in my argument. I needed to rush this post because I fear I may be out of commission for the next few days and I don't want to keep my opponent waiting.