The War on Sex is as counterproductive as the War on Drugs. Prohibition does not work. Legalize, regulate and tax both sex for sale and drugs. Use the tax money for education, addiction treatment, and health care for the sex workers.
In Washington state, despite the "think of the children!" hysteria from the prohibition fans, legalizing recreational marijuana sales has NOT increased use by children. It has brought in a nice amount of tax revenue, reduced enforcement expenses, made using the drug safer, and taken money away from criminals. Win-win-win-win.
Legal, regulated prostitution would make it harder for the criminals to find demand for their slave workers. Of course I'm only talking about legalizing adult sex work.
