al activity. Prostitutes are bigcontributors to the spread of sexually transmitted diseases because of this. Legalizingprostitution will curtail the spread of sexually transmitted diseases and keep them undercontrol, take it off the streets to more regulated and comfortable surroundings, and makethe police squads free to control real illegal acts. The laws against prostitution have never been effective because they have neverbeen strictly enforced. They are not practiced on a regular basis. Many times theprostitutes are just fined when caught performing the illegal action. This shows signs oftolerance, not enforcement of laws. Prostitution cannot be tolerated and also madeillegal simultaneously. Then prostitution will become even more corrupt andcriminalized.Diseases have become a major part of prostitution in the past few years. Sinceprostitution has been forced underground, the criminal activity has linked itself withprostitution. Many prostitutes use intravenous drugs which is the second most commonway of transmitting diseases. Some of their clients also use intravenous drugs and arecontaminated with diseases. Therefore the diseases are transmitted to an entire networkof people through the prostitute. Once prostitution is legalized, the prostitutes can bemedically examined on a regular basis. This would improve their health and they wouldreceive better health care. Then the diseases would be under control to a certain extent. Each prostitute would have to work at certain places and have a license. If they arelicensed, then the government can regulate them and the brothels at the same time. Theuse of drugs would also be lessened because the prostitutes would no longer be in Shah 4association with the real criminals. The major sources of profit for organized crimewould be eliminated by the legalization of prostitution.The prostitutes are more likely to clean up themselves, if they know they are notperforming illegal ac...
