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Now with prostitution being legal be strict regulation and Government inspections. Looking at brothels having to have armed guards. Workers have to have a Govermment issue ID and tested monthly. Institutions find violating these regulations are shut down for 6 months and a year for a 2nd violation. Third violation permanently shut down. Anyone exploting those under 18 or younger are shut down permanently and face legal charges.
Illegal prostitution is decriminalized with 3 slaps on the wrist and 3rd slap year in jail. Followed by a 6 month job placement program.
With hard drugs sellers receive 3 slaps on the wrist for anything under 15g or less. 2 months in jail for each gram for any hard drugs over 15g in person possession. Automatic 5 years in jail for those selling hard drugs to minors. 10 years in jail if U.S. citizen trafficking drugs from another State.
Minors in possession of selling hard drugs automatically first offense have to attend a month rehab program. After that attend weekly outpatient rehab program with a Guardian. Have weekly urine test. If hard drugs are found increase weekly meetings to 2. Third time 3 month inpatient rehab and then repeat till 18 years of age.
Users can avoid fines if use at a Government sanction safe zone.
After 3 slaps user or seller are sentenced to an inpatient drug rehab program for 6 months and jail for 6 months. After that 3 months of outpatient rehab. During those 3 month rehabs must have a clean urine and not be in possession of hard drugs. Also if no employment after release from jail must sign up for a goverment job placement program.
Legalizing marijuana nationally and regulate like alcohol.
Universal mental health and substance abuse health care.
A Federal Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse.
Decriminalize EVERYTHING if doing or not doing it doesn't encroach upon the rights or property of another. Legalizing things simply allows the government to step in and tax the heck out of the action or inaction.
Decriminalize EVERYTHING if doing or not doing it doesn't encroach upon the rights or property of another. Legalizing things simply allows the government to step in and tax the heck out of the action or inaction.
Legalize all of that type of stuff, gambling, drugs, prostitution. All of it.
Drop the bottom out the drug market and sex trafficking just the same way as they did with the bootleggers back in the day.
Save money fighting it, tax the hell out of it and use the money for programs to help keep people away from those types of activities and for sex workers to provide them protections.
We've tried the other way and it's not working.
Man has always wanted to get his head change on, man has always wanted to buy some sex, man has always engaged in some form of gambling.
We're not going to change humanity on that scale, we might as well try another approach.
If other nations have had success with some of this stuff we should look into it. I've heard Portugal has had some success with their drug issues.
I would be in favor of decriminalizing hard drugs but taxing them into oblivion. Tax revenue raised from them would go back into the health care system.
Hard drugs (cocaine, heroin) should be so expensive that the average middle class person and below can't really afford them.
Prostitution should be legal but heavily regulated and taxed again.
Decriminalize. Why do people think its a good idea that the gov become the pusher, pimp or bookie by way of "taxing the hell out of it"? Doesn't it take enough of your money?
You have to make all the drugs legal...however with restrictions as you suggest...the price of the prohibited drugs causes much crime... we as a country learned better in the same situation with booze
people are so conditioned by the propaganda of the war on drugs that they seem unable to differentiate between the effects of prohibition and the effects of drugs themselves...there are powerful forces that profit from the illegality
i lived in the world of addiction for my first 25 years of adulthood and the last 20 years in the sober world while still actively working with those addicted...
this is the simplest solution with the greatest rewards that our country completely misses while constantly fooling around with half-assed measures
drugs that cost 10 dollars are most likely 10 cents to make lol please understand this point!
I would fear the "shotgun marketing mentality" of America once these vices became available. Some discretion would be nice.
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