Victimless crime laws should be repealed.

My opponent has seen to attempt to discredit my sources. To begin my closing I will inform you the voters of Debate. org about his sources The Web Site most cited Drugwarfacts. com is run by Douglas A. McVay A drug legalization activist and lobbyist Hardly an unbiased source of information The Web Site Drugsense. Org, Also a site dedicated to legalization. . My Opponent also cites Wikipedia a web site where anyone including my opponent can edit the articles. It is impossible to trust these sources as they are all slanted. My research and statistics are from sources previously stated Justice department, The ATF , governmental agencies in the Netherlands as well as Britain. My Opponent also attempted to tie my statistics on the Prohibition to radicals and fundamentalists, however simply because they used the statistics does not negate the statistics. Now for the facts My opponent would have you believe that legalization and taxation would be far more beneficial than the 24 billion dollar war on drugs however the numbers according to the Lewin Group in association with the National Institute on Drug abuse the cost of Drug and alcohol abuse including lost wages medical care and crime (not drug specific i. e. Possession) totaled 244.7 Billion Dollars in 1992 of that 97.7 was due to drug abuse alone. These facts show simply that the amount spent to fight it is far less than the cost of allowing the abuse to continue and or worsen. He would have you believe that legalization would lower violent crime in our nation however this again is not the case The NY DAM project that is Drug Abuse Monitoring Concluded that over 70 percent of violent criminals tested positive for drug use. The facts remain that the very drugs that my opponent would have you vote to legalize as a " Victimless crime" by there very nature cause violence Crack, Cocaine, Methamphetamine, Barbiturates, Methylqulone, These are highly addictive substances that are known for increasing Aggression increased aggression leads to increased violence. "Legalization may very well help curb the drug trafficking related crime however more availability would drive up non distribution drug related crime like robbery, Rape, vandalism etc, Not to mention the fact that unless you legalized all drugs sold to anyone kids included that there would still be a black market for stronger designer drugs" Dr. John Bradford, Journal of Clinical Psychology 1992 My Opponent claims to be advocating total legalization where drugs could be sold to anyone anywhere Children, Playgrounds. This is not the kind of society we need. Now for the Prostitution Argument. My opponent has stated that prostitutes get raped more because they cannot go to the police, This is false Rape or any form of sexual assault is Illegal regardless of who it is perpetrated against and Most prostitutes know this. Legalization of Prostitution would do nothing to stop violent crimes against women. "Regardless of a prostitutes status (Legal, Illegal or decriminalized) Prostitution is extremely dangerous for women and Homicide is a frequent cause of death" "Women in Prostitution are frequently Raped and physically assaulted and are more likely to be victims of intimate partner violence" Coercion and control methods like minimizing traumatic events are often used to keep them in the business. M Farley PHD Psychiatric Times IT is apparent even in this small snippet of an article that this is not a victimless crime these women are battered and sexually assaulted on a daily basis regardless of weather or not it is a legal profession in their area. They raise children in homes where violence is part of everyday life. No one in their right mind can advocate such violence. These are not victimless crimes they are not just people skirting the law they are Violent and dangerous substances and practices. These things are not illegal to provide a safe society They are Illegal because they destroy safe societies.