But let's think about this. According to every study ever done on street hookers, most of them are substance abusers. In Holland, the government will not license drug addicts or any diseased person to sell his or her body. If the United States were to legalize prostitution, the same rules would have to apply. So the drug-addicted hookers would still pound the pavement, because they wouldn't get licenses.
Any moron can become a prostitute and increase take-home pay.
That's a lot of money to keep moving these people in and out of the courts. Fining them doesn't work, and counseling doesn't work, either. Most street prostitutes are desperately in need of major psychiatric help. Finding a better solution I say give it to them. As the state of Alabama has demonstrated, it is legal to drug test any person who is arrested.