Prostitution.

No, the affordable part will be made by the free market, supply and demand etc...not the government. The Agency would be in charge of making sure all sex workers receive STD testing, provide security for workers, and ensure that fair wages are being given. Condoms are a given. Ever since mandatory condom use has been instigated in Nevada brothels not 1 sex worker has caught HIV. (fact) The sex industry was always a great wholesome place to work, platonic, no feeling sex, and you leave afterwards. No hard feelings. Somehow Nevada, Amsterdam, and Japan function, as well as many other countries. "More prostitutes mean more disease" I refer you to my previous statement about Nevada brothels, also, with testing and mandatory protection STD's would be a non-issue or very minor. Some people would contract herpes and the such, but the same thing happens with normal sex too. Besides, the workers would be tested monthly (if not weekly) and any diseases caught by them would quickly be treated or they would be taken, "out of circulation" Pimps are the ones with the business connections who know the men who want the sex. Take out the middle man and there is no "pimp hand" hurting these women. Their brothel would be able to arrange it (or a girl can handle herself, but it's unwise) How would spreading the sex business cause more crime? I'd buy sex. I'm a college student whom is probably more moral than most people. Questionable people and unquestionable people both want sex. So let's stop punishing unquestionable people. For example, the former gov. of NY. I had no issue with him, his scandal leaked, I still have no issue with him other than the fact that he was hypocritical. Prostitution is the oldest trade in existence and many of our world leaders have participated, many men wiser than I have participated (a simple google search of famous people using prostitutes would confirm). The only reason you assign the title of "questionable" is because it is in your mind an immoral thing to do and that someone is a BAD person for wanting sex. If you legalize something illegal, you create a legal market. Most people don't find it very safe having sex with hookers who have no protection, look like skanks, and entail a jail sentence. Make it legal and entrepreneurs will create clean safe environments for sex workers and their clients. This is indisputable. Drugs and prostituites are a common pair, because they're both illegal for the wrong reasons and shouldn't be illegal. Because hookers are FORCED to associate with people who break the law, drugs become involved. It would be easy to have a strict NO DRUG policy for any brothel on pain of being thrown out. If people want druggie hookers then they can find them outside of the brothel. No one SEEKS hookers that are into drugs, but because of the lifestyle they live they are forced into the drug underworld. "Pimp's will still be in control of these working girls, and there will still be horrible drug abuse, abuse of the women, and sex trafficking." No there won't. I've made it very clear how it WONT happen. The only sex trafficking that will happen if prostitution will be that of illegal sex workers. There's only one category left. Children. There's already a child sex trade, I hate it. I find it disgusting. No child under the age of consent should be having sex with anyone older than law permits them to have sex (if your state allows 16 and 20 year olds to have sex, then prostitution is fine with me) Pimps will be replaced by managers of brothels. Drugs into the brothels will be barred (and regulated and tested for, it could even be a requirement of employment at a brothel) Women enjoy sex just as much as men. It's just more of a taboo for women to like it because of the anglo saxon concept of a "whore". Before the 10 commandments and the take over of Christianity in the Western World prostitution was common place and prostitutes were called upon often. Examine the first tablet of the Epic of Gilgamesh. Ishtar, a prostitute, is used to culture Enkidu. She is not made fun of, depicted as immoral, or killed for her ...skills. Let's examine the word, "degradation", defined by the dictionary as, "The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation" They are only degraded in your eyes. To most, they are indifferent. I don't care if a girl gets paid for sex. Hell I love it. The point being that "degrading" women is a very subjective point of view. Further, what about the degradation of men? Male prostitutes are also in high demand, women travel to Eastern Europe just for the sex all the time.. Greed is the root of all evil. You won't get rich being a prostitute. I have no idea why anyone would choose this lifestyle to get rich. The only ones that get rich are the ones that would be high class hookers that serve the elite of our country, and even then, they wouldn't be bill gates rich. If you really believed that money is the root of all evil you would donate your savings to charity. Right now. All of it. You don't need it because it's evil right? You only need what you need. "Women don't want to sell their bodies for sex." Then why are Nevada brothels FILLED with women. Why do many high class hookers have college degrees? It's a fun activity and if you can get paid for it...why not? "Making love to your husband or wife is not comparable to prostitution." In a country where divorce is fiftysomething percent, do you really think that argument is valid? Marriage is an institution of love and financial security coupled with the idea of passing on genes to carry on your name and genetics. Sex. Is pleasure. Pure pleasure. Nothing more. Nothing less. Making love and having sex are completely different concepts. "dumb down communities" sounds like you've been having too much sex sweetheart. There is no link between amount of sex and intelligence. ANYWHERE. I have an IQ of 130 and I love sex. I take it everywhere I can, from those I'm attracted to. I've refuted every single one of your arguments with logic and without hard fact I might add. There is plenty of hard fact to support my claims. Google around. Your move.